Week of STEM sees students at Hurst school grow in confidence with science
A HURST school recently celebrated STEM subjects with a week of special events.
The events at Dolphin
School started with an interactive assembly featuring special guest, Boffin John.
The school said that students were left amazed and the hall very messy.
The Boffin then continued the fun by conducting polymerisation workshops - a great excuse to make some slime.
The school said that the energy balls showed just how much our bodies rely on electricity.
The day ended with an impressive rocket launch, the parachute landing in a nearby field.
There were a whole host of activities throughout the week: going online with Geobus from UCL, who showed images of meteors viewed with 3D glasses.
There was an Engineering Day where students were tasked with building structures that would withstand a natural disaster - well .. water guns and fans
Some Escape Rooms were set-up, to encourage students’ problem solving skills and put their maths brains to the test to find the code to escape.
All Dolphin students took part in maths relay races, displaying teamwork, collaboration within their Houses and excellent mathematical skills.
The week concluded with its very first Science Fair. Students from Years 1 – 8 had been asked to produce a display board showing either an investigation or an information project – topics covered a huge range, including “Whose mouth is cleaner, a human or an animal?” and “How can you calculate the number of atoms in your body?”
Parents, staff and pupils were invited to drop in and quiz the exhibitors – it was a fantastic example of the creativity and passion of the school’s teachers, and an opportunity for children to express their own interests and ideas.