We have recently enjoyed taking part in STEM week. We had lots of interesting activities to take part in and we had some great visitors in.

One of our favourite activities was working with Jade from Robertson Construction to build a tower. This was really interesting because we had to consider the cost of the bricks, how tall it was and how long it took to build. Each of these categories had profits linked to it and we had to work out how much money our tower would make.

We also had a visit from Craig who talked to us about his work using computer aided design technology. He showed us how a drawing can be made into a computer design and how this is an important step in many manufacturing processes, including fashion. We even got a chance to draw our own designs for tshirts or a whole outfit. Craig then took them away and picked a few to be made into the computer design.

We had a STEM Fun Day at the end of the week where each teacher planned a STEM activity for us to try. We got to play with cornflour gloop, try to stick a kebab skewer through a balloon, made glitter tornadoes inside bottles and take part in K’Nex Challenges! This was a great day and we learned that STEM is all around us.

We got to take part in a Maths Roadshow which challenged us in our problem solving skills. We worked in pairs to try and complete as many challenges as we could around the stations. Some were easier than others and sometimes we needed a little bit of help along the way. It was great fun though and we really enjoyed getting our hands on the different activities.