Feedback from teachers “Very supportive and helpful team running the event, the resources provided to take back to school were great, a very enjoyable day” & “ The day has been great fun, finding out about primary engineering opportunities for the children. Very inspiring thank you.”

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Great feedback from teachers on the day : “I attended the course instead of my Head Teacher, who was unable to make it. I feel very lucky to have been able to participate and it was really good fun. Thank you very much for the resources which I will give to both schools and they will be delighted. We will definitely have a go with the project.” & “Brilliant course, thoroughly enjoyed it. Loved the hands on approach and working collaboratively. Great course leader and support from Jemma and Lise.”

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We ran the Structures and Mechanism course over two twilight sessions for three schools who had great fun constructing their vehicles.

All the schools will now deliver the project to their pupils and will attend a celebration event later in the year.

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Liam Weatherill, Primary Engineer Regional Director, said “It is essential that we bring teachers into an industrial setting away from the classroom to give them an appreciation of an engineering environment.  Many of the teachers have not had personal experiences of working within industry and coming to such an excellent venue affords an introduction to an engineering workplace. The training is centred on introducing engineering methodologies into the classroom through projects that are both competitive and curriculum-based.”

The course title for the training day is ‘Structures and Mechanics with Basic Electrics’ and utilises these aspects of engineering to produce ‘Shoe-box’ cars with a range of complexities that are commensurate with the age-ranges and abilities of children throughout the school years. Teachers learn how to construct vehicles of differing functionality and format using tools, engineering processes and following direction, and also how to access the online resources provided by Primary Engineer necessary to run the activity in the classroom.

Jo Norwood, Primary Engineer Events Manager said “It is always a pleasure to see teachers grow in confidence during the training day and move from trepidation to excitement and show a real desire to start delivering the sessions within their classroom. Having engineer support on the day from ManDiesel also adds to the general understanding of why engineers do things in a certain way, and this will be replicated in the school classrooms where Engineers will join in with the teaching staff and pupils to work through the project.” 

Dave Seneviratne, Science and Engineering Lead Teacher at Alexandra Park Primary school in Stockport, attended the day. “I’d like to thank Primary Engineer for providing such an amazing training opportunity. It has been really useful, engaging and inspiring. I can’t wait to implement what I have learnt back at school.”

The teachers will run the projects in their individual Primary schools with the support of their “Classroom Engineer”. In addition to producing working vehicles, the Classroom Engineer can pose and answer questions to increase the children’s knowledge of STEM and Engineering and provide a real-world aspect to the tasks they are undertaking.

Stockport Council has commissioned Primary Engineer to deliver the programme across nine local primary schools in addition to one Secondary school.  The programme builds toward a Celebration event where all participating schools have representative teams across the age-ranges that compete against each other in a series of challenges. There are judging panels that consider all aspects of design, functionality and performance and winning teams are presented with their deserved prizes.

The ultimate aim of the programme is to inspire young people to find and solve those problems and understand the engineering methodology behind the solutions. Teachers increase their knowledge and understanding of how to deliver the tasks using tools and a range of resources and by doing this increase their confidence to repeat the process in subsequent years with this and other activities. The connection between industry and schools formed through the relationship with the Classroom Engineer is an important benefit, and the programme can play a significant role in giving young people an appreciation of the opportunities of what a future in STEM, and especially engineering, can bring.

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One teacher said “I had a brilliant day and have come away feeling more confident, more inspired and excited to go back and show the children what they can do! Thanks!”

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Taking place at HMS Culdrose, Cornwall, this was Primary Engineer’s first time delivering training in a Faraday cage in an aircraft hangar! Despite being very coldall day, the training went really well with 25 teachers from 15 schools participating, aided very enthusiastically by Royal Navy engineers.

One teacher summed up the training “fantastic opportunity for personal CPD and whole class impact. I really believe this could be a gateway for some of my children accessing a career in engineering and superb to be linked with a navy engineer. Opens up so many opportunties.”

We’ll be back to HMS Culdrose on 3rd July for the Celebration Event!

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After the first event one teacher said “excellent fun, loved the practical nature, great to pair up with an engineer, good pace of session, amazing resources. Oneof the best courses I’ve been on!”

The second event was just as well-received: “very excited to get started with this in my school. Thank you for an inspirational and hands-on day.” We were pleased to work with BOMAG and the University for the first time and to be able to link 18 schools with engineers on the day.

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Great day at MBDA Stevenage with 10 schools and 20 teachers attending. Our Theme were Children in need and had some fantastic designs.  Lots of positive feedback from all the teachers too “very well thought out and filled me with confidence”.

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