Month: February 2016

BAE Systems Naval Ships and The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI)

The Design and Technology department are delighted to continue their partnership with BAE Systems Naval Ships, and recently took part in a get girls into engineering event hosted by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI).

The group of girls from S3-S6 took part in a series of challenges based around the theme of “ I’m an engineer and I can help”. The team took part in a flooding emergency challenge and were tasked with three practical STEM activities supported by BAE Systems STEM Ambassadors and SCDI staff. The girls also enjoyed the opportunity to experience a shop floor tour as well as a demonstration of the 3D visualisation suite.

Thank you to Rebecca MacLennan (SCDI) and Kerri Chappell (BAE) for organising such an exciting and informative event,  furthermore the department will continue to work with BAE and take part in a variety of exciting opportunities in 2016.

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On Thursday 28th January SCS provided S3 & S4 practical woodworking pupils with an insight into the joinery industry through a combination of discussion and practical demonstrations.  The key elements of the session included:

• A brief introduction to the industry and career paths.
• Discussion of technical craft:  taking pupils through a range of sample fixings typically used on construction projects.
• Practical demonstration:  construction of sample partitions with pupils having the opportunity to screw partitions and fixings together.

This session was planned by Mr Falconer (PT Pupil Support) and Miss Gallagher (PT Design and Technology) in collaboration with Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd.