4th Form Partnership Day: STEM Extravaganza

This large-scale event aimed to stimulate the inquisitive minds of both St Aloysius' and St Edward's pupils through a wide range of STEM workshops and live demonstrations. Pupils were excited to interact and learn from each other in a social setting. They also had the opportunity to develop relationships across the schools and deepen their knowledge.  

 

Resources

The event took place on the school site, making use of the school facilities to run multiple workshops and live demonstrations safely and effectively. 

Pupils explored STEM topics ranging from rocket engineering and robotics to Mars landers and space elevators. Highlights included: 

STEM Challenges: focusing on creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork through engineering tasks. 

Mars Lander Workshop: Pupils design, build, and test spacecraft landing devices.

Demonstrations: exciting experiments featuring a rocket car, a hybrid motor, jet engine demonstration, and a fireball display- a memorable, loud and visual learning experience. 

Space Elevator Challenge: Using K'nex, pupils engineered vertical transport systems to explore space travel.  

Impact

Feedback from staff and pupils has been very positive. 

Pupil Involvement

We invited over 117 pupils from St Aloysius Primary School (Years 3/4 and 5/6). About 160 St Edward's pupils were involved in the event. Up to 30 staff members were involved in the event. Even more staff members were involved in setting up the event, including the logistics and catering teams. 

Frequency

This is an annual event.