Inspire 2 Learn

Happy @WorldBookDayUK everyone! You are all looking super good in your costumes, what's your favourite book? #WorldBookDay

So the Challenge Day is coming to an end- took a look on our website to see how fantastic all the schools have done https://inspire2learnblog.com/challenge-d ay-march-2017/

Wow, what an amazingly enthusiastic, talented and inquisitive groups of children we have in today. Over a hundred pupils from Layfield, Oakdene, Whale Hill, Newcomen, St Bedes, St Gabriels, St Paulinus and Riverdale are currently in the centre being inspired by colleagues from some of our local businesses. Analox, EDF Energy, LearnitComputeit, Accenture, Whessoe and Osbourne Technologies have all spent the day at the centre running hands on inspiring sessions for children with a STEM theme. [ 183 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/…/02/23/st em-in-the-tees-valley

Please take care if going out in this awful weather! #stormdoris

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What a crazy half term we have had here. Hundreds of students doing such a wide range of different activities. Today we welcomed Rift House Primary and Ormesby Primary to the centre to learn how to animate. As ever, we don't just talk about the task in hand. Teamwork, especially compromise and sharing, were the key attitudes that we wanted to focus on with a smattering or 'being creative' thrown in. [ 275 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/…/10/anima tion-for-the-first-t…

Those were the words of the STEM ambassador Gareth Attwood who came to support our event today. He was unable to come first thing so joined the activity at the end of the morning. 'How can I help them?' he asked as he arrived. I suggested he just go and have a chat with each group to get an idea of what they were doing. [ 331 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/2017/01/13/i -am-astounded

Isn't it great to be back into a new year? Don't all cheer at once! Well after a first week back of working in classrooms we had our first centre based event today which involved teams from our local VEX league. The league was funded by the CSI and we wanted to build in som done off 'cup competition' type events....today was the first. [ 266 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/…/wintry-w eather-we-have-got-i…

Hey guys, excited for Christmas? We definitely are! Check out our website to view all the upcoming events for next year!

An interesting day today with a range of students, Y7 - 9, from Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough. We wanted to focus on their creativity in the same way as the previous post on this blog. What immediately struck me was how much more reticent they were than primary age children when asked to talk about their own ideas and stand by them. [ 337 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/2016/12/05/t hrowing-it-at-them

It was appropriate that today was one of our LEGO creativity days. We hear about creativity as one of the key attributes/skills that employers want from employees. Today follows from yesterday. Let me explain. Yesterday we welcomed Anthony Mann and Elnaz Kashefpatel to the centre. Maybe not household names but two of the lead researchers at the Education and Employers Taskforce. [ 446 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/2016/11/25/c reativity-in-action

Hope all the children enjoyed yesterday's STEM Day, seemed like you all had real fun! Let us know what you enjoyed the most.

Exciting? Well we thought it would be when myself and Karen Marshall from Accenture hatched a plan a few months ago to widen children's horizons for their potential future careers in a digital world. We weren't planning a careers day; we wanted to give the children lots situations using digital technology to develop the everyday skills that employers find so valuable. [ 232 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/2016/11/17/t echnokids

It's not everyday that children walk into a room with basic musical knowledge and walk out 5 hours later having laid down a cover version of 'Livin' on a Prayer'. But that is exactly what children from St Benedicts and Captain Cook Primaries did this afternoon. Certainly none of them had used Garageband to any great extent, but by 2.30pm we had bassists, lead guitars and rhythms section all merrily playing in unison - almost! [ 80 more words ]
http://inspire2learnblog.com/2016/11/15/l ivin-on-a-prayer