Secondary Workshops

Designed to challenge S1 and S2 pupils, these science, technology, engineering and maths workshops help to develop problem solving, team work, communication and time management skills in a fun, stimulating and educational environment.

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   Tallest Towers                            P4-7                                  60 mins

Working in pairs pupils will design, build and measure a free-standing K'NEX tower. The design will have to take into account strength, stability and balance. Team-work, communication and problem-solving skills are tested and developed during this workshop. The workshop concludes with a discussion of what makes a 'good' tower. This workshop includes a competition element.

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  Programmable Robots             S1-2                     60 mins

This workshop introduces programming in a fun, exciting and challenging way. Pupils work in teams of 2 or 3 to build their robot, to programme it, and then undertake a series of increasingly complex challenge boards: Novice, Intermediate and Ultimate. Important principles of programming and fair-testing are explored and team-work, communication and problem-solving skills are encouraged and developed. 

RISK ASSESSMENT            WORKSHOP GUIDE   

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  K'NEXematics                           S1-2                       60 mins

An active learning mathematical workshop that will challenge traditional attitudes towards maths. Travelling around the world with a companion, each pair of pupils will collect stamps in their passport from the countries they visit by solving a mathematical conundrum from that country. Everyone is guaranteed to succeed, especially those that don't usually enjoy maths.                     Maths - engaging and inspiring - you'd better believe it!

RISK ASSESSMENT           WORKSHOP GUIDE             ROOM LAYOUT

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