STEM Ambassador Opportunities June 2016 Bristol, Bath and Somerset

STEM Ambassador Opportunities – June 2016 – Bristol, Bath and Somerset

Dear STEM Ambassadors,

Welcome to June’s STEM Ambassador Opportunities newsletter.

We are still full of opportunity for this month and next! Follow the links to find out more:

 Events – all sorts of fairs and competitions, networking and training.  Careers & Mentoring – ways you can work with young people to help them see their future through STEM  STEM Clubs – one-off interactions or help with ongoing projects, usually after school.  Curriculum support – support curriculum enrichment in lessons by working with pupils and their teachers.  Workshops – help deliver STEM-themed interactive workshops, or deliver one of your own.

If you are interested in any of the opportunities on this newsletter then just reply to this email and we will be able to provide more info and put you in touch with the right people. Opportunities in Somerset & North Somerset are highlighted in red.

And don’t forget our STEM Celebration 2016! - 13th July 2016, 6pm, Bristol Zoo Gardens. Our annual STEM Celebration is a chance to celebrate and reward some of the greatest STEM goings-on from all across our region. Join us on the evening of the 13th July for some drinks and nibbles, speeches (short, we promise) and highlights of the last year in STEM. Register for free at https://stemcelebration2016.eventbrite.co.uk

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If you’ve taken part in *any* STEM activity recently, regardless of whether it’s been organised through us or another route, then please click here to tell us how your activity went.

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Events

VOLUNTEERING EVENT - Wellsway School, Keynsham (BS31 1PH) – Wednesday 29th June, 3:30pm- 6:30pm – Key Stage 3 Science Fair. Students will present their projects completed in lessons and in Science Club and STEM Ambassadors will be there to judge the projects for prizes and support students in their presentations. Get in touch for more information. VOLUNTEERING EVENT – Hans Price Academy – 6th July, STEM Project Fair. Yr 8 students will present their STEM projects and STEM Ambassadors will be there to help assess the projects and support students in their presentations. There is a set of retractable claws being built – come and see what else they have come up with!

VOLUNTEERING EVENT – Bristol Free School, Westbury-on-Trym (BS10 6NJ) – 5th July ( Year 7) and/or 6th July (Year 8), 3pm – 4:30pm - Discovery Prize. Students will present their STEM projects and STEM Ambassadors are invited to come and pick out their favourites for the coveted prize!

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY - FIRST ® LEGO® League (FLL) Open Championship, 21st – 25th June 2017, University of Bath. In 2017 The FIRST ® LEGO® League (FLL) Open Championship is coming to the UK for the first time in its history! The tournament host, the IET is looking for organisations to become sponsors of this major STEM event, part of a global STEM challenge for young people aged 9 – 16. For more information about the range of sponsorship opportunities available, contact [email protected].

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Careers and Mentoring

CAREERS – Stanchester Academy, Stoke-sub-Hamdon (TA14 6UG) - Careers Talks for GCSE Triple Science Students. Inspire the next cohort of science students - where can science GCSEs take you? Any career with a science background considered. Times can be arranged to suit, but mornings (8:30-8:50) preferred.

MENTORING - Taunton Academy and Court Fields School – applications from May, monthly, times negotiable – be a Raising Aspirations mentor. The Raising Aspirations programme, run by Somerset Community Foundation, pairs up mentors from the community with Year 7 students to help the students develop self-belief, confidence and aspirational life goals. STEM Ambassadors with an interest in mentoring and an ambition to develop a longer term relationship with these schools would find this a particularly rewarding opportunity. For more information, get in touch.

CAREERS – Ralph Allen School, Bath (BA2 7AD) – 5th July – Speak to year 12 students about higher apprenticeships. Timings during the day can be negotiated.

CAREERS – Orchard School, Bristol (BS7 OXZ) – 7th July, 5:30pm – 7pm – Options post- 16. A chance to have a stand and raise awareness of apprenticeships or other post-16 options to Year 10 pupils (and their families) before the start of Year 11. The school are also potentially looking for a keynote speaker for this event

CAREERS – Oldfield School, Bath (BA1 9AB) – 8th July, all day. Have a stall at a career fair for Yr 7-10 and demonstrate what your organisation does, explain routes in to the sector/industry and what qualifications/skills you would look for. Students will receive instruction beforehand about how to approach the activity.

MENTORING – Wadham School, Crewkerne (TA18 7NT) – Ambassadors with an interest in STEM and its application in international development, and who would like to help a student shape a project for a Gold CREST Award, please get in touch. No need to be based near the school as support can be given remotely. CAREERS – The Willows, West Buckland (TA21 9LR), 25th July. Female STEM Role Models for career profile talks. The Willows is a very small all-girls school that supports girls with behavioural issues. Could you help shine a light on STEM careers?

MENTORING - Be an Enterprise Advisor - The Enterprise Advisor initiative has been established by the Careers and Enterprise Company to help create connections between local businesses and the schools and colleges in their area. Enterprise Advisers are volunteers from businesses who will work directly with the leadership team of a school to develop effective employer engagement plans. Each Enterprise Advisor will be allocated one school or college and will be supported by the Enterprise Coordinator based with Heart of the South West (Somerset) or West of England (Bristol & Bath area) Local Enterprise Partnerships. To enquire about becoming an Enterprise Advisor, please get in touch.

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STEM Clubs

Docklands Youth Centre, Bristol (BS2 8UA) – Tuesday evenings, 6 pm - 7pm. Code Club are looking for mentors for this club so if there are any STEM Ambassadors in the area that would be interested that'd be awesome.

Hayesfield Girls’ School, Bath (BA2 3LA) – ongoing – The school run a Tech Club for Girls and are looking for female role models to run tech/coding projects (either a one-off or ongoing).

Redland Green School, Bristol (BS6 7EH) – ongoing – The school’s science club are looking for projects they can do and then enter into the National Science + Engineering Competition. If you have an idea for a project you could help launch, get in touch.

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Curriculum Support

Oasis Academy Longcross Primary, Bristol (BS11 0LP) – ongoing – The school is looking for Ambassadors to help enrich of the following science topics: simple forces, incl. magnetism (Yr3), sound (Yr4), gravity, the sun & moon (Yr5) and light & the eye (Yr6). This is to help teach these topics but also to enthuse their pupils about science.

Hayesfield Girls’ School, Bath (BA2 3LA) – ongoing – The school are looking for someone to run some Teacher CPD to help teachers learn python. If you have ideas for projects they can run in school that would be a bonus!

Blaise Primary School, Bristol (BS10 7EJ) – ongoing – The school is looking for people who would like to run activities about materials, e.g. comparing materials based on simple physical properties, changing the shape of solid objects, thinking about suitability of everyday materials for tasks, etc. This is to help teach these topics but also to enthuse pupils about science. Dates/times negotiable.

Nailsea School (BS48 2HN) – from September – food technologists and food scientists needed to help shape the Young Chefs Competition. Get in touch if you would like to talk to the school about how science and engineering might be incorporated into this competition. Go to top

Workshops

SUPPORT A WORKSHOP - Chilton Trinity School, Bridgwater (TA6 3JA), 7th and/or 8th July – Dig out your old gadgets and help us deliver our Evolution of Technology workshop. No preparation required other than to revisit any retro technology you have knocking about at home and let incredulous youngsters try and figure out what it’s for, how it’s used, and how their future jobs could involve developing the next generation of gadgetry. Get in touch for more information.

DELIVER A PRESENTATION - North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College, Weston-super- Mare (BS22 8NL) – 9th July, 10:30 – 12:30. Short interactive presentation on any STEM topic, suitable for approximately 50 Year 9 students on an induction day.

SUPPORT A WORKSHOP – Bristol Metropolitan Academy, Fishponds (BS16 2HD) – 11th July, all day. The School is looking for STEM Ambassadors to come in and volunteer as team mentors during their all day STEM workshop with Year 7 & 8 students.

DELIVER YOUR OWN WORKSHOP - Wellsway School, Keynsham (BS31 1PH) - 12th &/or 13th July – The School is looking for Ambassadors to come in and deliver a workshop to Year 10 students. These can be either half or whole day sessions.

DELIVER YOUR OWN WORKSHOP - Digitech Studio School, Warmley (BS30 8XQ) – ongoing, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 3.30-4.30pm –support the school’s enrichment programme by giving talks, running workshops or taking part in Tea with a Scientist/Engineer. If you’d like to get involved, get in touch with your availability and what you’d like to do.

DELIVER YOUR OWN WORKSHOP – Combe Down Primary School, Bath (BA2 5JQ) – Deliver a workshop or a talk on space for pupils in Yr 4. Time and date can be negotiated with the school, either the end of this academic year or the beginning of next.

SUPPORT A WORKSHOP - Knowle West Media Centre – Looking for volunteers who would like to help deliver Maker Lab in a Box workshops in Bristol schools on any aspect of making – innovation, design process, digital manufacturing, coding, and so on. Experienced facilitators from Knowle West Media Centre will run the workshops and volunteers will provide the imagination, insight and inspiration, as well as some practical hands-on help. Session dates / times can be arranged to suit. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

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For further information or to volunteer please contact Liz Lister – [email protected] or 01275 474948