Engaging with STEM Ambassadors

Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn have been going from strength to strength engaging in as many STEM outreach opportunities as possible during the academic year. They have also reached out to the STEM Ambassador Programme to support their enrichment activities and benefitied hugely from the expereince . Below is some feedback from Amy Spencer
"Our pupils have benefited so much from engaging with the STEM Ambassador Programme to bring their learning to life. Pupils at Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn follow a careers-based curriculum in Science and we have engaged with a range of Ambassadors this year including Forensic Scientists and Marine Engineers who have shared their experiences with our pupils and led hands-on activities. We have also used the programme to support our STEM enrichment programme by having a Global Security Operations Manager from a Microsoft Partner talk to our winning team as part of the Cyberfirst Competition and an Automotive Project Manager to support our teams in the F1 in Schools Competition. The STEM Ambassador Programme has helped us to develop 'Science Capital' by showing our pupils that Science is relevant to them and to help change the perspective that 'all scientists wear white coats'. Pupils have left the sessions enthused, engaged and intrigued to find out more. Another benefit from the Programme is that many of the Ambassadors are local to Wales so they can talk about their own childhoods,  study choices and work-based experiences that have shaped their journey in STEM.

We would like to thank the team at the STEM Ambassador Programme for their ongoing enthusiasm and support in helping us to bring our Science lessons to life!"

IET Faraday Challenge 2024-2025

See Science have been busy delivering the IET Faraday Challenge to schools across the whole of Wales. 33 schools will have participated in this free, whole day workshop that encourages year 8 students to discover more about engineering and project management.

It is a fantastic opportunity for students to develop skills crucial to the work place such as problem solving, team work, meeting deadlines, managing budgets, building prototypes and presentation skills.

We have received some fantastic feedback from teachers:
An excellent day. The students have really enjoyed themselves. Thank you!
Thank you, great out of school experience.

STEM Ambassadors:
It was great seeing the students come up with ideas and bringing them into reality. There were so many valuable learning points in there which hopefully will serve them well in the future, whether that be in engineering or other career paths.
Thanks for today. It was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and most importantly, students:
It was nice working as a team and it was most enjoyable.
I really enjoyed this session.
Structure of the day is very good and the atmosphere was great, really enjoyed the day.
I had lots of fun and would love to do it again.

It was great seeing the students come up with ideas and bringing them into reality. There were so many valuable learning points which hopefully will serve them well in the future, whether that be in engineering or other career paths.

STEM Ambassadors:
There is still the opportunity to volunteer at this year’s workshops so please sign up on the website for a truly rewarding experience. https://www.stem.org.uk/platform/activity

Internatio

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February every year, is an opportunity to promote full access and equal participation for women and girls in science and related fields. Around the world, women and girls are contributing to the scientific and technological advancements that are rapidly impacting our lives. From medical breakthroughs to new space discoveries, from advanced quantum computing research to new scientific methods to understand the natural world around us, women and girls are shattering glass ceilings. Although science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are regarded as critical to national economies, most countries have not achieved gender equality in STEM.

For this celebratory day we wanted to highlight and showcase a few of our female STEM Ambassadors, which make up a little under 50% of our cohort, so throughout the day we posted STEM Ambassador biopics on X & LinkedIn (@SeeScience) to reach a wide audience across the UK. Please take a look, as role models like these are available to visit school to inspire your students.

Safeguarding Refresher March 6th 12.00

This 20-minute session runs from 12:00pm and is a training session for STEM Ambassadors to refresh and develop your knowledge and understanding of safeguarding. We will discuss what safeguarding is, professional boundaries, managing disclosures, reporting concerns, and Health & Safety. There will be the opportunity to ask questions too. To reserve a place book here

Volunteers needed for Greenpower Renishaw Miskin Goblins Electric Car Race - 31 May 2025

We are Greenpower Education Trust - a UK based charity which gets young people enthusiastic about science and engineering by challenging them to design, build and race an electric car.

We supply age appropriate Kit Cars, which can be built in school, college or elsewhere and raced at motorsport venues at Greenpower organised events. Alternatively, older participants can design and build their own car to our regulations. The Greenpower challenge uses the excitement of motorsport to inspire young people to excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). We are looking for volunteers to help run our events in which the children race their kit cars.

We offer a range of roles from scrutineering, to marshalling, as well as some more admin based roles.. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the link here or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk

IOP Physics forum. - online  Thursday evenings

Thursday evenings 7pm-8pm

Presentation for teachers about career from Physics A Level to present day or about their day to day work or area of research. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using the links 06/03/25, 27/03/25 or email cerian.angharad@see-science.co.uk

Year 7 STEM Day - Brynteg Comprehensive School,Bridgend

31 March 2025

We are looking for volunteers to deliver an interactive classroom session (25 to 30 learners per group with staff supervision). Hands on activities are ideal for some part of the session. We are ideally looking for the workshop session to be repeated up to 4 times with different groups of learners. Alternatively, an interactive presentation to whole year group would be another most welcomed activity.
If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest using this link
or email hayley.pincott@see-science.co.uk

FIRST LEGO League Challenge

is a global STEM program for young people to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Teams design, build, and program LEGO robots to solve real-world challenges
The competition will be held in
Merthyr College  11th March
Llanrumney Hall, Cardiff - 13th March 
Ysgol Henry Tudor 22nd March 
Ebbw Fawr Primary School 28th March 

We are looking for referees to judge the Robot Game and for Judges to judge the presenation
If you are able to assist with any of these events please visit the STEM Ambassador platform 

Further details will also be sent to all volunteers in advance 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 Day

See Science are hosting IET Faraday Days on behalf of the IET during the forthcoming academic year. The IET Faraday day is a an annual competition of STEM activity day with a real-world challenge for pupils aged 12-13 years.

The role of the STEM Ambassador will be to support during the workshop and host the shop where students will purchase and hire equipment during the day. For further information please contact kate.johnson@see-science.co.uk or cerian.angharad@see-science.co.uk or register your interest using the following links.

7/3/2025: St Brigids School

13/3/2025: Rydal Penrhos
14/3/25: Ysgol Clywedog
19/3/25 Cwm Tawe Community School

17/3/2025: Ysgol Glan Clwyd (Welsh speakers required)
3/4/25 Pontarddulais Comprehensive School