What a fantastic time 15 of our Year 7 pupils had at this year’s Girls in STEM event at St. James’ Park!  We were greeted on our arrival by our host Michael who took us into the Bamburgh Suite which was filled with purple and green tables and the most wonderful balloons we had ever seen!

Firstly, we were given a talk by some really inspiring STEM ambassadors before we were taken to the Innovation Lounge.  The girls had to complete 6 challenges from the different areas to be entered into a prize draw where 4 of our pupils won their own drone!

We then were challenged to build a wind turbine that would generate electricity.  All of our pupils made successful wind turbines but one of our groups managed to generate 0.68 volts, which was the 3rd highest reading out of the 39 groups taking part in the workshop!  Elise, Elspeth, Fiona and Ava were given an Amazon Echo Dot each for their reward!

After that we were treated to a Q&A panel of inspiring women in STEM careers before a design skills workshop. All of the girls who took part had a brilliant day and worked extremely well on all the tasks they were challenged at! Well done girls!