STEM

Wooden Puzzle Modelling*

Girls will have the experience of designing, colouring and constructing their very own wooden model of choice, all of which are either solar or spring powered. Choose a Curiosity Lunar Rover, the Spirit Desert Explorer or the Hexapod Moon Buggy! The sessions will teach the girls the importance of a methodical approach, the need for care as well as allowing a great deal of creative input into the design colour scheme! Once finished, the girls will collaboratively audit the various models in terms of their ability to perform certain functions, including tacking rough ground, climbing slopes, as well as travelling in a straight line and an eventual winner will be found! There may even be time to construct a highly complex marble towards the end of term?

Stem

Upper School STEM

STEM club is the bringing together of the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It provides an opportunity to build knowledge and skills that will help children to explore and apply their knowledge of the world around them through problem solving and creative activities.

Nessy

Nessy has been making fun, educational software for children since 1999 and has developed a reputation for exceptional quality. Nessy offers the complete dyslexia aware solution with a suite of multisensory products aimed at making learning to read, write and spell fun. Nessy is used globally by hundreds of thousands of teachers and students and is a 3 time winner at the prestigious Educational Resources Awards.

Robotics*

Girls will receive a weekly challenge to solve, which will involve them building individual 'robots' from Lego. These will be tested against others and the differences discussed. These points can form the basics of design improvements in the weeks that follow. Each robot kit contains around 200 individual parts, including a drive motor to move each robot, a solar panel as a power source, as well as sufficient parts to build robots which work on land and sea. There will be extensive opportunity for collaboration and teamwork in these sessions and we hope that girls will become adept at problem solving, as well as improving logical thinking and self-confidence.