Dear STEM Ambassadors,

We have just finished celebrating National Apprenticeship Week where we hosted our first networking event at Airbus & AMRC in Broughton, and also ran on online session for teachers and pupils where they had the opportunity to talk to current apprentices, those STEM Ambassadors who have completed an apprenticeship and STEM Ambassadors from professional bodies who were in a position to offer information on apprenticeship routes.

Many Ambassadors are hosting events  at Cardiff Science Festival this weekend - please log yor hours on your account or get in touch. 

 We are looking forward to British Science Week in March - if you are involved in an activity then please register your activity with the British Science Association and on your account.
 

STEM Learning have built two short surveys – one to gather information from STEM Ambassadors themselves, and the other for representatives of employers which have STEM Ambassadors. These will allow STEM Ambassadors and their employers to submit their own case studies about their experience with the STEM Ambassador programme. 

Ambassador: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90489792/STEM-Ambassador-case-study-submission?id=w

On a more local level if anybody needs any help or support  then please get in touch hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk.

See Science  have a facebook page where we will also be sharing lots of new ideas regularly - please like or follow the page.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can support the teaching of STEM subjects.

Best wishes

Hayley


The STEM Ambassador Partner Wales
@See Science 

Latest STEM news and updates

National Apprenticeship Week at Airbus & AMRC
 

National Apprenticeship Week saw See Science work alongside Airbus to host a day for STEM Ambassadors and teachers at AMRC. We started the day hosting a refresher STEM Ambassador session to those STEM Ambassadors at Airbus. Followed by some Airbus & AMRC apprentices, who joined See Science and ASE to host some teachers CPD. The evening then saw AMRC & Airbus kindly open their doors to let us host a STEM Ambassador networking event which saw STEM Ambassadors from Ipsen, Read Construction and BAE Systems attend. The networking event also welcomed the teachers from the earlier CPD session to stay and meet the STEM Ambassadors that are in their area. The day was enjoyed by all with STEM Ambassadors saying that they found the refresher training useful and hadn’t considered all the types of activities and awareness days/weeks that could be used to engage with the local schools and community.

 

Read more here

IET Faraday Days

Last term See Science were excited to deliver 8 IET Faraday Challenge Days to schools across Wales. The days give 6 teams of 6 year 8 pupils the opportunity to think and work as Engineers for the day while taking part in a prestigious national competition.
Can you volunteer to help at events across Wales - see below
The days can be run in schools or other organisations, such as Universities, and with all pupils coming from one school or from multiple schools.
Contact llinos.misra@see-science.co.uk for more information on booking your own day.
Click below for more information on the IET Faraday Challenge.

Events for STEM Ambassadors in Wales 
IOP Wales Teachers Forum 

February 22 and March 21. Online 7pm

The IOP Wales Physics Teachers' Online Forum is a fantastic opportunity to join up with other teachers of physics from across Wales and beyond to share ideas and resources.

We are looking for Ambassadors to provide a short presentation about their career path or an interesting topic- presentations susuall last 5-10 mins online

It is really enjoyable to listen in to these sessions and you can take part as much or as little as you want.
 

The Forum is a good opportunity to find out what colleagues in other schools are doing.
Ambassadors are welcome to join the sessions to listen.

Please contact Hayley if you are interested in presenting
Book here

First Lego League 2024

The 2023-24 FIRST LEGO League MASTERPIECE season has officially begun! This season is all about putting the Art in to ‘STEAM’, with teams imagining and innovating new ways to create and communicate art across the globe. We are really excited to see all of the amazing and creative ideas that we know will be produced this season.

We are hoping to hold 4 competitions across Wales and would be grateful if STEM Ambassadors could help in the following ways
Can you mentor a team and help them with the coding etc?

Can you judge at one of our competitions in March between 9.30am and 3pm  - all information and guidance will be provided
Merthyr Tydfil - 13 March 
Pembrokeshire -16 March 
Ebbw Vale -18 March 
Cardiff - 20 March


To find out more about the competitions please contact cerian.angharad@see-science.co.uk
More information 
 

National Events

British Science WeekMarch 8th - 17th
The theme for 2024’s activity packs and poster competition is ‘Time’.

Free activity packs for #BSW24 are available to download now!

The packs provide fun and engaging ways to introduce the theme to the children.

Each pack, created with the support of UK Research and Innovation and 3M, includes a wide range of fun, hands-on activities, and loads of useful information for planning your events for the Week.
 

There are separate packs for Early Years, Primary and Secondary. Find them here.
 

Organise your own event

Are you thinking about hosting an event at your school, community group or elsewhere? You can find tips on how to do this in our ‘How to’ guides and download British Science Week marketing materials to help promote it!

Read more

Read Your Way this World Book Day 2024

Exciting events, activities and partnerships will encourage more children to enjoy reading, however they choose to!

The charity World Book Day® is holding its annual celebration on Thursday 7th March right across the UK and Ireland.

Reading for pleasure improves children’s life chances across a range of social, educational and well-being measures. However, research from National Literacy Trust found that fewer than 1 in 2 (47.8%) children now say they enjoy reading , this is the lowest level since 2005, and reading enjoyment is lowest among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 

Read Your Way calls on everyone to let go of pressure and expectations, giving children a choice – and a chance – to enjoy reading.

One million children in the UK currently do not have a single book of their own at home, and World Book Day’s £1/€1.50 books are often the first book many children will own.

An exclusive title will be available for young readers in Wales. The Welsh Language book supported by the Books Council of Wales, will be Ffeithiau Ffiaidd: Y Corff  written and illustrated by Kev Payne and adapted into Welsh by Mari George, which is published by Rily Publications.

There are numerous resources available here for you to run your own activity in a school or centre  near you 

At the core of the World Book Day’s work to change lives through reading is the opportunity for all children to have a book of their own. 

Read more

National Careers Week 2024

(NCW) promotes careers guidance across the UK. It happens in early March each year, with this year's event running from 4-9 March 2024.
Join Bitesize Careers throughout the week to find out how we can help you find your next step.Bitesize qwill be launching lots of new resources

  • Videos

    • Job swap – watch Dr Ranj swaps jobs with Radio 1 DJ Charlie Tee – can they smash it in a totally different role?

    • From hobby to career – meet three young people who turned their passions and interests into jobs

  • Video podcasts - join Radio 1 presenter Katie Thistleton for three special episodes of The Bitesize Careers Podcast. Hear from young workers and award-winning careers experts to get inspired about what your future career could look like

  • Quizzes -see if you can suss out which school subjects can lead to which careers with our Can you guess the job? quiz

  • Top 10 jobs list - find out which jobs teenagers want to do the most, and loads of interesting insights about motivations, ambitions and worries, as we reveal the results of our big Bitesize Careers survey.
     
Read more about NCW

International Pi Day

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th  around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.

Pi Day is an annual opportunity for maths enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie.


However, the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all. It comes from  farmer’s son and largely self-taught mathematician from the small island of Anglesey. The Welsh Government has decided  to rename Pi Day (on March 14 or 3/14, which matches the first three digits of pi, 3.14) as “Pi Day Cymru”.
 

William Jones was born in 1674 in the parish of Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd. After attending a charity school, Jones became a merchant’s accountant and then a maths teacher on a warship, before publishing A New Compendium of the Whole Art of Navigation, his first book in 1702 on the mathematics of navigation


Shortly afterwards he published Synopsis palmariorum matheseos, a summary of the current state of the art developments in mathematics which reflected his own particular interests. 


 
Read more Pi day Cymru
 

Volunteering Opportunities in Wales

Insights & Aspirations

Ysgol Y Grango, Wrexham
27th February 2024
8-10 minute sessions with groups of about 4/5 pupils throughout the day.

Pupils will be making their option choices at the beginning of March; this event will support their career decision making. The event will take the form of a speed-networking employer event whereby small groups of Yr 9 mixed ability pupils spend time with each employer, within a carousel, pupils will ask you questions about your career journey, skills, qualifications and opportunities. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk


 

Scientists and Inventors

Cardiff Muslim Primary School, Cardiff
28th February 2024


To prepare and plan some activities for the pupils related to the topic Scientists and Inventors. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk


 

IET Faraday Challenge

Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn
8th March 2024
Volunteers do not need to have an engineering background.


The Challenge Leader will give you a role on the day. The most common roles for supporters are to help run the shop where students purchase materials, to respond to students’ questions about careers in engineering, to pose questions which enable the teams to reflect on and develop their ideas and provide ‘expert’ advice, if necessary, under the direction of the Challenge Leader, but your role may vary depending on the needs of the day. The day is very intense so there will be no time for you to do a formal presentation, but you may wish to talk to the teachers present about ways in which you could support their school(s) in the future. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk

Primary Careers Week

Gwauncelyn Primary School, Tonteg
8th March 2024

We were wondering if any STEM Ambassadors would be available to deliver short sessions, talking a little about the career they have and then perhaps holding a short workshop.

This would be held ideally on Friday 8th March.

Engineering: One request would be for an engineer to discuss their field of engineering and hold a workshop for Year 6 on designing/building bridges.
Pneumatics: Another opportunity would be for Year 5 with pneumatics.
Car design: A possibility for Year 3 and below would be someone willing to talk about a career in design, toy or car manufacture as they will be making objects with moving parts. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk

British Science Week Workshops

Pentwynmawr Primary School
11th March 2024
I am very interested in booking a session with a STEM Ambassador for each class in our school during British Science Week 2024

Our classes are;
Nursery
Reception and Year 1
Year 1, 2 and 3
Year 3, 4 and 5
Year 5 and 6

I would love for each session to link progressively link to 'time' to work within the theme. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk


 

STEM Week

Coity Primary School
11th March 2024
I am looking for a range of STEM ambassadors to present to children from the ages of 4-11. I have availability to present throughout the week and would be delighted if as many ambassadors were able to be involved as possible! If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk


 

British Science Week

Tongwynlais Primary School
From 11th March 2024
**FLEXIBLE DATES & TIMES**

Tongwynlais Primary School are looking for STEM Ambassadors to attend the school to carry out some fun and interactive activities as part of British Science Week.

No particular themes, we would just appreciate a little bit of external enrichment to make it special! If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk


 
 

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