STEAM

What is STEAM?

STEAM is a curriculum based on educating students in five specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators.

We run an award-winning STEAM program at Shaftesbury School and have established links with STEAM industry companies that include: Epson, Satig, and Atlas Electronics. STEAM trips in 2018/19 included; Thorpe Park, Big Bang, BETT London. We also invite industry experts to work with our students. The infographics below tell the full story.

How does my child get involved?

We currently have 100 STEAM ambassadors involved in our program which is one-tenth of the school population. Students have to sign up and then complete an application process. It is a popular program as you can imagine so we run interviews a couple of times per year. In 2022 our program reached 100 – a landmark moment. We currently have 50 x Year 7 and 8 students on the waiting list and will be working with new partner DESTINATION IMAGINATION to involve our new recruits in some STEAM Challenges from January 2023.

The FUTURE SERIES is the 2022/23 focus with five ONE-day workshops planned. We invite industry experts into school to work with our students. The workshops are divided into primary students (in the morning) and secondary students (in the afternoon). Each workshop caters for over 200 children.

Who are the STEAM ambassadors?

STEAM ambassadors are selected from the annual interview process. Traditionally, these students work on the CREST Award to plan projects in teams to present their ideas at the annual Big Bang STEM competitions. We plan to work with DESTINATION IMAGINATION from January 2023 to keep the STEAM competitions alive.

To view one of our sessions with an external visitor (Fatimah Hussain) click the link below:

The Future Classroom

We have a classroom that won an award! Normally, people win awards but this space is so special it has its own following. All of our STEAM workshops take place in the Future Classroom and it has become a feature of global prizes and events. In November 2022 it was voted as one of the top 100 global innovations via Hundred.org. you can view the full report here: https://cdn.hundred.org/uploads/report/file/168/hundred_global_collection_2023_digital.pdf

Check out our live HUNDRED.OG page here: https://hundred.org/en/innovations/classroom-of-the-future

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