Access to Success STEM workshops

Two of Putney’s year 13 students used their own experience to encourage local children from Years 5 and 6 to learn more about senior Maths and Science and inspire them with some fun and engaging STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based challenges.

Aims

With the support of teachers and other Putney students, the workshops are competitive, fun and engaging, involving the pupil visitors in relay challenges (Maths) and experiments in magnetism (Physics), microscope examinations (Biology) and flame tests (Chemistry).

Background

The workshops were the brainchild of two Year 12 students, both of whom joined Putney in the Sixth Form as bursary students. Fifteen pupils from Hotham Primary in Putney joined their first, “Access to STEM” Maths workshop in November 2022, and a second, Science based workshop took place in the spring of 2023.

Resources

The workshops are devised and led by students with a few supporting staff.

Pupil Involvement

Primary school pupils from years 5 and 6.

Frequency

We hope that following the two workshops in 2022/23, the project will continue each year.