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May 20, 2020 Mums&Dads 13 Comments colouring pages, STEM

Lillicorn Project by QuestFriendz

STEM educational company is launching Lillicorn, a new learning project and picture book series designed to promote STEM skills in young children through puzzles, play and fun.

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July 4, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Bluedot festival, Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire, festivals, Jodrell Bank, STEM

STEM under the Sky

Cheadle Hulme School takes part in Bluedot festival. Bluedot is the annual music, science and culture festival held at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Macclesfield. This year three students from the independent Cheadle Hulme School, are tasked with sharing their love of all things science and technology with youngsters attending the festival.

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February 1, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments STEM, Stockport, Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar Pupils Enjoy STEM Success

Stockport Grammar School pupils are building an impressive record of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) successes from securing awards for airplane designs to excelling in the UK Mathematics Trust’s Senior Mathematical Challenge.

Group of participants, Girls Global Forum II, 2018, Whashington DC

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June 30, 2018 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Alderley Edge School for Girls, girls and science, Manchester High School for Girls, STEM

Heads of Schools from Manchester Share Their Expertise with Global Audience

Helen Jeys from Alderley Edge School for Girls and Claire Hewitt from Manchester High School for Girls joined forces this

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March 29, 2018 Mums&Dads 0 Comments girls and science, STEM, Withington, Withington Girls’ School

Superb Science Successes for Sasha

Sasha Geim, a Withington Girls’ School Sixth Former is celebrating an impressive duo of successes in two of the country’s most prestigious Science challenges, British Physics Olympiad and National Chemistry Olympiad.

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February 5, 2018 Mums&Dads 0 Comments STEM, Stockport, Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar Pupils are Code Breaking Champions

Nine SGS pupils from the Fifth Year and Sixth Form competed against over 3,500 teams in the National Cipher Challenge at the University of Southampton. They proved they are the best codebreakers in the country and got the top team prize of £1,000.

AESG Engineering Team girls and Tatton MP Esther McVey

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November 10, 2017 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Alderley Edge, Alderley Edge School for Girls, STEM

AESG Engineering Girls Impress at Parliament!

In July, the AESG Engineering Team were named the Young Engineers North West at the regional finals of The Big Bang Competition. They successfully designed and built a playground clock and traffic light system for deaf and blind children and wheelchair users. As a result of their success they were invited to Parliament by Stephen Metcalfe MP on Tuesday 7^th November to display their project and explain it to MPs and industry leaders.

King's School, Macclesfield, science masterclass at Greenbank Preparatory School

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October 23, 2017 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Cheadle Hulme, Greenbank Preparatory School, Macclesfield, schools, STEM, The King’s School

Weird Science Masterclass Inspires Bright Young Minds

Exploding chemical reactions that go whiz, bang and pop were used to inspire young minds at Greenbank Preparatory School when King’s Sixth Form students gave a masterclass in the “cool, weird and wonderful world of science.”

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February 24, 2017 Mums&Dads 0 Comments STEM, Stockport, Stockport Grammar School

Super Science

Stockport Grammar Junior School pupils have been exploring the world of space and the solar system as they boosted their science skills.

Kings winning team in Faraday Challenge (thumbnail)

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December 14, 2016 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Macclesfield, STEM, The King’s School

Young Designers Win Silver in Faraday Challenge

Young design engineers from King’s Girls’ Division came a narrow second in a region-wide challenge to design sophisticated computer programmes to help former Maxonian Ben Ainslie win the America’s Cup.

Withington Girls’ School 2016 successes (thumbnail)

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December 9, 2016 Mums&Dads 0 Comments schools, STEM, Withington, Withington Girls’ School

Withington’s Winning Ways

Withington Girls’ School has been celebrating a series of wins in a wide range of pursuits – and the Manchester-based School has also just been ranked as the top school in the North in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power league tables.