The second Power Day of the Year is themed ‘Industry and Enterprise’. Both the Year 9 and Year 10 cohorts took part in STEAM workshops throughout the day.

The Year 9 students who were not preparing for their Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions could choose from a selection of STEAM workshops, including Food Technology (icing skills), Creative Arts, Design Technology, Computer Science, Architecture and an Outbreak Simulation workshop run by a team from UKHSA. Altogether, we had 7 ambassadors from different industries working with the year 9 students to open their eyes to the wide array of different fields and careers involving STEAM subjects. The different activities were very creative and varied; as always, I was hugely impressed by the work produced by our students. All the visitors commented on how attentive and engaged they were throughout.

The Year 10 students enjoyed an engineering-themed day. This was also supported by engineers from a number of different companies who came in to work with our students throughout the day. The ambassadors came from Mott Macdonald, WSP, Ceres.tech and Buro Happold. Activities included building Go-Karts, creating a marble run out of newspaper and various design and build challenges. As always, our students impressed with their level of creativity and enthusiasm throughout a long and busy day. I hope this has inspired them that they too can go on to have a fascinating career in this field.

Ms Lusted, STEM Coordinator