Category: Local Events
Science Week Success!
Science Week was certainly very different this year but as always, we were amazed by the adaptability and dedication shown by our local teachers, schools and STEM Ambassadors. Everyone involved in the Big Beam In for British Science Week event worked hard to make the online sessions the best they could be, providing children in… Continue reading Science Week Success!
Connecting to inspire Curiosity at the Bristol Forum
Parents reading with their children is at an all time low, and this is particularly the case among low and middle socioeconomic status groups (Shahaeiana et al (2018)). There’s strong evidence indicating that shared reading is associated with children’s academic achievement, and so this lack of parental reading among the poorest in the city feeds into the inequality… Continue reading Connecting to inspire Curiosity at the Bristol Forum
Children as Engineers
Launching in November 2017, Children as Engineers is a free programme from UWE Bristol that brings together pre-service teachers (BA Initial Teacher Education) with undergraduate engineers (BEng/MEng) to run inspirational engineering activities in primary schools. The programme provides a learning experience for the higher education students; with the teachers of the future gaining more experience, knowledge… Continue reading Children as Engineers
