On 11th March we had our annual British Science Week celebrations.

The day was packed with fun activities to engage students with the STEM subjects. We had a host of external STEM ambassadors who came in to share their expertise and passion for their given specialism . The purpose of the day was to engage all the students with a wide range of STEM activities.

Here is a flavour of the activities that took place during the day.

Year 5  

• Mrs Urwin delivered a solar mechanics activity.
• Technology Tom gave an interactive workshop about scientific developments.
• Alan Jones from the National Energy Alliance worked on a drama based energy workshop.
• Year 5 staff had the students working on Baskerville linked circuits

Year 6

• Michelle Payne a biomedical scientist from Sunderland university ran an infection workshop
• Tracy Atkins launched the pedometer challenge
• Mrs Brown (one of our parents) volunteered to run an engaging physics workshop
• Fran Mockford from IHC got the students bridge building in her engineering workshop
• The much loved Creepy Crawley roadshow offered the students to get up close to some of their favourite minibeast including a snake!

Year 7 activities were co-ordinated by Northumberland Education Business Partnership.

• The egg rocket challenge was enjoyed by all
• The digital Skills workshop was delivered by Newcastle College and the students designed their own games
• Piramal delivered a workshop which gave an insight into the pharmaceutical industry
• The roller coaster engineering workshop gave students an opportunity to work at their engineering skills.

Year 8

• Jess Stangward travelled all the way from London to discuss animal researching
• Teeside university delivered a forensics workshop and a bridge building activity
• Hannah from Newcastle University talked about chemistry in your world
• ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) delivered a water filtration workshop

To view a gallery of images from the day click ‘continue reading’.