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We were delighted to be invited to be part of Renishaw open doors engineering event at their Innovation Centre on August 2nd. Our jet powered cars project was one of a range of activities for students aiming to give taste…

This summer STEMworks were invited to run three Meccano Challenge drop in days at the STEAM Museum in Swindon. The aim of the challenge was to celebrate the work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and to inspire children visiting the museum…

On July 19th, teams from 17 primary schools in the Fairford Area took part in the final of the space-inspired Junior Engineering Challenge, run by STEMworks and funded by the Gloucestershire-based RAF Charitable Trust at the Royal International Air Tattoo….

Eight teams of students from schools in the Fairford area teamed up with engineering firms to compete in a unique challenge at the Royal International Air Tattoo on July 20th. The engineering challenge sponsored by Lockheed Martin asked the engineers…

During the summer term, STEMworks visited Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School and The Cotswold School to run a Discovery Day funded by the British Science Association’s CREST Awards; a scheme that inspires young people to take on the role of scientists…

This year marks 150 years since the discovery of the Mendeleev’s Periodic Table. To celebrate, STEMworks in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry and BASF, Cinderford developed an entirely new workshop where students could discover the elements. The exciting…

On June 7th, QinetiQ hosted the final of the Robotics Challenge at Malvern Technology Centre. The competition began with a robotics workshop at each of the participating schools. From this a team was selected to represent the school at the…

Last term, the British Science Association launched it’s new, national STEM initiative: The Youth Industrial Strategy Competition. The competition focuses around the four Grand Challenges of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and it calls on students to come up with innovative solutions that have…

This year’s KNEX final was hosted by Renishaw and held in the very impressive innovation centre at their site in Wotton-Under-Edge. Almost 200 students attended the final on May 21st from schools in Gloucestershire and South Glos. Students were full…

We’re excited and wanted to share some great news. For some time we have been asked if we have a coding / robotics workshop for KS1 students. We have been disappointed with the robotics system available. We wanted kit that…