Driving Success Through STEM

SiemensManchester

Monday 27th June 2011

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

Des HerlihyHeadteacher

Royton and Crompton SchoolOldham

A Specialist Science College

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

In the run up to the G 8 Summit 2011

National Science Academies issue a joint statement addressing two critical areas ;

‘Water and Health’ : Access to clean water and sanitation has been declared a Human Right by the UN since July 2010

‘Numerous current challenges can only be faced using the results of scientific progress’.

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

Royton & Crompton School

A Specialist Science College

Political need for ;

Public understanding of Policy

Intelligence and capability to deliver the implementation

of the Policy

STEM is a political imperative

How does the education system address this imperative ?

Professor Sir John Holman

‘More than two-thirds of employers say that science and mathematics should be promoted in schools. Sir John explained that, in these straiten times, “We have to think about priorities… what really matters is the quality of our education system and this depends on its teachers. It’s about investing in them.”

National Science Learning Centre

Science Learning Centre North West

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Global Competition Michael Teitelbaum, Sloan Foundation

Currently the United States and Western Europe are producing 28000 PhDs in STEM

So at the moment knowledge capital is where it has been traditionally

China and India a long way behind

How long will this continue ?

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

‘Change before you have to’

Jack Welch

Former CEO

General Electric

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

Mr. Mark Pritchard - Assistant Headteacher

SciTech

The Technology curriculum is driven by the Science curriculum at KS3

Technology is Applied Science at KS3

Leadership and Management Strategy to achieve this

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

Royton & Crompton School

A Specialist Science College

Comments from visitors :

Concern about lack of working with materials

Meccano - A quick win in a lesson cf. food rather than weeks of production

‘It is about ideas and using materials to hand rather than heavy investment in ‘industry standard’ materials and equipment which staff are afraid to use’.

‘The improvement in curriculum is as a result of more people providing input for new ideas, not just 1 or 2 people in a small department’

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

‘The development is also due to us not being blinkered to

new ideas from visitors. We ourselves have changed and will continue to change to provide our pupils with new opportunities’

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

Impact…

• Uptake of GCSE 2009 45 option and pupils 2010 20

year or finishing 2011 252012 602013 75

Royton & Crompton SchoolA Specialist Science College

We are trying to find out material strengths and uses.

Materials such as :

» Foamboard

» Corrugated cardboard» Perspex» Acetate sheets» Newspaper» Glues» Lolly pop sticks

Royton & Crompton School A Specialist Science College

James Dyson quote

‘After the idea,

there is time to learn the technology’.

Royton & Crompton School A Specialist Science College