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As part of National Science Week, Mr Jackson led a coach-load of forty-seven students from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10, to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
It was a long day our for us, departing at 06:30 and returning at 18:40, but we had a great day. On arrival (with many other coaches), we walked to the main NEC building, which itself is a feat of engineering as it is massive! After checking-in, we then spent the day exploring the many stands and exhibitions, trying out as many practical activities as we could. Students:
- measured their own heartbeats on an ECG machine
- climbed towers
- participated in (acted!) open heart surgery
- held stick insects
- sat in a ‘Red Arrow’
- excavated a hole with a JCB
- moved (pretend!) nuclear fuel from one area to another
- used the various ‘night-sights’ the military use
- built a railway
- discovered the science behind making chocolate
- studied malaria-infected blood
- designed a road
- and so much more!
We also all watched the ‘’Royal Institute (not the) Christmas Lectures’ Show’, which emulated the seasonal RI Lectures that the BBC broadcast on the television every Christmas. We all jumped and went ‘WOW!’ during their amazing show which was full of ‘whizzes, pops and bangs’, all highlighting how useful and important STEM is in our everyday lives, across the Earth and beyond.
The day was incredibly useful for all of our students, as it not only helped them understand the role that school, then college, then university can play in our futures, but also highlighted many new and different potential STEM-based careers that anyone can aspire to follow.
Our students were impeccably behaved throughout the day, and a credit to our school.
