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Year 8 had a fantastic few days at University of Surrey last week exploring higher education! They had workshops about university life and took part in a health sciences subject taster. We ended the week with a graduation ceremony back at school! Well done everyone 👏 Surrey WP & Outreach
Very proud of some of our fantastic Year 10s who completed ‘Realise Your Potential’ today! After attending a variety of subject tasters and revision masterclasses, today they celebrated with a formal graduation on campus! Huge achievement, well done all! 👏 🎓🦌 Surrey WP & Outreach
We were visited by Animal Aspirations from University of Surrey yesterday. Year 7/8s prepared for surgery, learning aseptic technique with gloves and gowns, tried some dog bandaging and used the microscopes to help diagnose potential illness. Great fun and lots of learning! 🐶 Surrey WP & Outreach
We had a brilliant time at Guildford College for their Girls in STEM event today! So great to see some of our future scientists and engineers develop their skills! 🤩 Activate Learning
Some of our Year 10s took on different maths challenges yesterday, whilst learning about exam technique and revision skills. You all showed fantastic reasoning and problem solving skills when tackling those tricky questions! 👏 Thanks Surrey WP & Outreach for an insightful day!
Some of our Year 9s learnt about future pathways and transferrable skills yesterday with Surrey WP & Outreach They took on engineering challenges such as bridge, shelter and raft building, developing their teamwork, communication and resilience skills! A great day!
Today Year 10 completed the Elite Skills Academy with British Army 🇬🇧! They took on different problem solving challenges, developing their teamwork, communication and resilience skills 💪 🧠 They also learnt about the variety of careers within the army and the different pathways in.
Some of our Y9s had an inspiring day with SATRO on the Surrey Research Park today, hearing from local STEM employers including Surrey Satellites, ipTEST, BAE Systems and NatureMetrics. Great to hear about the variety of jobs in these industries and the skills involved!
On Monday, some of our Year 8s worked with The Smallpeice Trust to design, solder, glue, build and market sustainable water pumps. Each team even had a finance manager to make sure the build was on budget. Great to see so many creative designs to solve the same problem!