The BCA STEM Centre is a brand new STEM facility at @BCAWarrington. Home of @FabLabWarrBCA, @ComputingHubMW @SLPMerseyside @DojoWarrington. Open Mon to Sat.
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
12 Dec 2023
Fantastic #engineering opportunity for @BCAWarrington #STEM pupils! 20 week project with @JacobsConnects for 6 outstanding young #engineers
12 Dec 2023
#EDT Industrial Cadets #BronzeProject Initial planning meeting today with @JacobsConnects and some of the team from @BCAWarrington at @FablabWarrBCA. Some amazing ideas already and off to a great start! #Warrington #enrichment #futureengineers @TCATchallenge @ChrisHillidge
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
12 Dec 2023
#EDT Industrial Cadets #BronzeProject Initial planning meeting today with @JacobsConnects and some of the team from @BCAWarrington at @FablabWarrBCA. Some amazing ideas already and off to a great start! #Warrington #enrichment #futureengineers @TCATchallenge @ChrisHillidge
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
12 Dec 2023
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11 Dec 2023
🎄Year 3 are very proud of their wall display showcasing their @microbit_edu animated Christmas decorations 🎄
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
13 Dec 2023
Another amazing opportunity for the NW young people who want to try some incredible STEM sessions for Free! @BCAWarrington
13 Dec 2023
The Norths biggest FREE regular #STEM event for children is back on Saturday 3rd February! CoderDojo with #code #drones #stopmotionanimation #Minecraft #crazyscience
At @BCA_STEM and @BCAWarrington. Get your tickets now!!
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@TCATchallenge @ChrisHillidge
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
13 Dec 2023
I was talking to an industry/AI leader last month who said that education is broken, but it will need to fail completely before we can rebuild it fit for purpose.
I wonder if we will reach that point?
13 Dec 2023
Change ‘is urgently needed to address an overloaded curriculum, disproportionate exam burden and declining opportunities to study creative and technical subjects’, says @Lords11to16Ed chair as report calls for 11-16 education reform
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
6 Dec 2023
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'Scrapping key stage 3 SATs, science tests for year 6 pupils and abandoning subject-level inspection have resulted in a “significant de-emphasis” of the subject, Ofsted’s chief has warned following the release of PISA results'
schoolsweek.co.uk/pisa-resul…
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
6 Dec 2023
This is such a great project that hundreds of Warrington children will get to experience in the #Fablab.
6 Dec 2023
First session with group 2 from @AppletonThorn Primary School and they were amazing! Can’t wait to have them back in @FablabWarrBCA next week to complete their birdboxes. @ChrisHillidge @TCATchallenge @BCAWarrington
#warrington #fablab #woodwork #designandtechnology
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
8 Dec 2023
In @FablabWarrBCA you can create and produce objects, materials and electronics with cutting-edge technology! With our #3Dprinting, #CNC, #Cricut, #vinylcutter, #kiln, #BrazingHearth, #sandcastingBay, #lasercutting, #computeraideddesign, #woodworking and #metalworking tools.
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
9 Dec 2023
Just some of the amazing Christmas craft going on in the @BCAWarrington Saturday Club at @FablabWarrBCA this morning! @TCATchallenge
#Christmas #craft #enrichment #warrington #FutureMakers @BCA_Transition @ChrisHillidge
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
11 Dec 2023
In my experience, we are also losing experienced teachers at unprecedented rates too. I'm seeing STEM teachers leaving in their droves across the NW. It isn't sustainable.
11 Dec 2023
Teacher recruitment stats are out, and it's bleak
⬇️ Just half of required secondary teachers recruited
🥎 Targets only met in PE, classics and history
🧮 Just 17% of target met in physics, recruitment worse in maths, English and chemistry
schoolsweek.co.uk/just-half-…
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
6 Dec 2023
Great to talk #partnerships with @AlisonMPeacock and @ChristinaAstin this morning. Meaningful #collaboration between #education professionals is always beneficial. Thanks for the invite Christina!
27 Nov 2023
Happy Partnerships Week 2023!
This week I'm sharing lots of ideas & resources, with a daily vlog addressing some of the important questions about school partnerships.
📽️Today's vlog is about MEASURING IMPACT.
#powerofpartnerships #PartnerChat
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
5 Dec 2023
We have some fantastic young scientists in our @TCATchallenge Primary schools!
Can't wait to see these kits in action!
@theASE
5 Dec 2023
Lots of lovely science equipment being loaned to one of our primary schools to support the delivery of their science curriculum. Get in touch for more information about our primary science kit loan scheme. @TCATchallenge @GtSankeyPrimary @ChrisHillidge @NW_LP @SILPrimary
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
3 Dec 2023
Just chatting to my sister, who is also a science teacher. 4 science teachers out of her department of 8 are leaving the profession before next Easter. Young teachers on mainscale.
Not sure how we counteract this exodus? @ASCL_UK
30 Nov 2023
I am seeing good Science and Technology teachers leaving the profession all across the NW. Many are moving into tutoring because they love teaching, but the 'other stuff' is too much. Recruitment is getting more difficult.
We need a #APPG with teeth that can effect change soon.
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
3 Dec 2023
It's our Christmas party!
Come along for fun and frolics on Saturday 16th December at @BridewellStudio, and help us celebrate another year!
Tickets here:
DoESLiverpool.com/does-chris…
#makerspaces #coworking
#poetry #performance #art #music #arollockinggoodtime
ALT White text, on a black background with snowflakes reads"COME ONE AND ALL TO DoES CHRISTMAS IGNITE 16th December - 6 til late. Bridewell Studios, Prescot Street
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
29 Nov 2023
Been out on a fantastic Design & Technology (SMHS)
Health & Safety Training Standards course today. Brilliant day, learning new skills as well as all the important H&S aspects behind them. #warrington #woodwork #fablab
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
30 Nov 2023
I am seeing good Science and Technology teachers leaving the profession all across the NW. Many are moving into tutoring because they love teaching, but the 'other stuff' is too much. Recruitment is getting more difficult.
We need a #APPG with teeth that can effect change soon.
29 Nov 2023
Two of the absolute best teachers I know, who have been teaching exactly the same amount of time as me, told me this weekend they were getting out ASAP and were completely done with it.
This is unsustainable in every sense.
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Educational research can be a minefield, but the @EducEndowFoundn resources and conclusions are always workable and pragmatic.
30 Nov 2023
🤔 What is statistical significance? How does it relate to teaching practice?
Find out with @Tes explains.
Read now: ow.ly/9PQB50QaYoL
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Last weekend, I had someone explain to me that #Covid was a hoax & doctors were paid to issue bogus death certificates. I didn't really challenge them because it didn't seem worth the inevitable argument. After reading this, I wish I had. #CovidInquiry #covidinquiryUK
Hancock: "there was no way we could allow the NHS to become overwhelmed"
Except, the NHS WAS overwhelmed
Here is what NHS staff said about that time - Pls read whole 🧵
"Heartbreaking"
"Horrific"
"It broke my soul"
"We cried, we came home exhausted. We were overwhelmed"
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Fantastic to see #Warrington youngsters getting to grips with D&T in @TCATchallenge high schools!
30 Nov 2023
Another day, another visit from a primary school! We loved having Beamont Primary over today for the beginning of an amazing DT project.
@BCAWarrington @MrReynoldsmBCA @ChrisHillidge #stem #designtechnolgy #primarytransition
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BCA STEM Centre retweeted
3 Dec 2023
'Women, racially minoritised and working-class people remain persistently and acutely underrepresented in STEM'. @ASPIRESscience new report is out and means there is still lots if work to do. #STEM #Equality of #Opportunity is clearly a #workinprogress
30 Nov 2023
🥳Project news! Yesterday we launched the summary report of our findings from the third phase of the ASPIRES study, examining Young People’s STEM Trajectories from age 10-22.
Read the report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
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