SEEDA Case Study 4

Windsor Slough EBP

Delights of Science Technology

Windsor Slough EBP worked on a project called the Delights of Science & Technology which was sponsored by Nortel and also received funding from the SEEDA fund for learning.

The aim was to introduce KS2 pupils in year 6 to the exciting world of Science and Technology in a new way. By demonstrating how science and technology is used in the real world, children may be encouraged to carry that out in to a career. 10 Companies from the local area hosted their own workshops, which ran for a duration of either half an hour or an hour. Each pupil experiences 3 workshops over the course of the morning and in total 636 pupils attended over the two days. Provisions were also made for special needs pupils who were allocated workshops, which would be accessible in terms of their ability level and most beneficial to them.

Summary

Overall the running of the Delights of Science and Technology project has proved to be a huge success for all those involved. Organisations running the workshops have commented that their involvement has helped raise company profile in the local area. As well as being the ideal platform for internal team building, whereby even senior personnel were involved in workshops, participation gave companies an ideal opportunity to build links with local schools.

This project offers pupils a fun filled day whilst at the same time an opportunity for them to develop some of their curriculum and key skill areas.

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