Our Science Week event was called ‘Aspiring Engineers’ and we had a grant from the British Association to support this. All children from Year 1 to Year 6 will had the opportunity to work as engineers for a day and use the engineering design process; ask, imagine, plan, create, improve, to work on projects associated with investigating power generation.
All classes will had a half-day workshop led by us. KS1 will made and tested anemometers, Lower KS2 will made air powered buggies and Upper KS2 used KNEX to build wind turbines and tested how much electricity they produce. Parents will be invited to assist with the Foundation Stage session. All children worked in teams for the event.
We had a STEM Ambassador, Libby Rush, working with us all day and had an afternoon Science Fair where parents could see all the work the children had done during the sessions.