This week we were outside again creating nature collages in support of #30dayswild launched by the Wildlife Trusts. There was lots of creativity shown as rabbits, foxes, trees, butterflies and flowers were re-created using any natural resources that the children…
Bug hotels, butterfly feeders and seed bombs!
It’s been a busy few weeks at after school STEM Club for year one and two. Unfortunately we had some technological issues which have prevented me from updating the blog so here is a round up of what we have…
Bird feeder success
This week our year 1 and 2 STEM Club pupils were once again out in the Wildlife Garden. Today we were making bird feeders. The first task was to gather some sticks that would serve as the perches for the…
First session of the y1/2 STEM Club
What brilliant weather we had to start off our block of outdoor learning at the y1/2 after-school STEM Club. This half-term we will be aiming to make the most of our school Wildlife Garden after its recent refurbishment. It was…
Explosive fun at STEM Club
Last Thursday saw the last STEM Club session of the term and the last session for year 3 and 4. Following a recent visit from chemist, Mr Carey, who showed some classes haw to test the ph value of acids…
STEM Summit success
Today several pupils from our school including two of our STEM Ambassadors represented us at the STEM environmental summit at Hilderthorpe School. There were a number of local schools there who had all been working really hard on their pledge…
British Science Week 2023
Well what an amazing week we had! Apologies for the extremely long post but there is so much to write about! There were so many science and STEM based activities taking place across the school and such a buzz as…
The best bug hotel in town
On Tuesday 7th March we had a visit from Russell who works for JP developers Ltd. At the STEM environmental summit that some of our pupils attended in the Autumn term, Russell had offered to supply materials for a bug…
Building Bridges
This week at STEM Club we had another engineering challenge. We looked at the work of the engineer Emily Roebling. Then the pupils divided into three teams, each led by a STEM Ambassador. Each team had newspaper sheets, paper clips…
We are engineers!
This week we looked at the work of the engineer Gustave Eiffel. We discussed who had visited or been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. We looked at its construction and marvelled at this feat of engineering…