Sorry for the quality of pictures, all taken on my Blackberry
I was invited over to Queen Elizabeths Grammer School, Ashbourne on Saturday for their Technology Day.
It is a really picturesque school set in some of the most beautiful countryside, I love old buildings and the main entrance is so grand and what I think of as a ‘proper’ school. The school is a Technology College and the whole morning event was designed for parents to see the school. With fundraising and department demonstrations, to workshops and a hall of industry stands from JCB, Derbyshire University, Fripp Design, Moy Park and of course StairSteady to name just a few. The aim of the event was to encourage, inspire and inform students about the opportunities in technology.
It was a busy morning with so many activities, I fell in love with Moy Parks little new born chicks (hatched that very morning) and the school had done a on mass school dance- which was really impressive, and funny, and must have took them all a lot of time. I did a bit of promo for the Bloodhound SSC land speed record attempt. It’s an exciting project and so many people there, young and old were energized. I mean who wouldn’t be! Take a look
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/
It was so nice to spend time in a school where everyone was so supportive and wanted the best for everyone, the students, the teachers and the parents. Everyone was so welcoming (and they even had a BBQ) I left feeling really positive about the link that School and industry can have, I know that it’s a problem that in Sheffield we are trying to address with the work-wise intuitive, and it need business and education to work together. Events like this are a really good place to start, the students were so enthusiastic and had lots of questions to ask everyone.
More pictures of the little chicksWell done Mrs Tynan these events only happen when someone puts in a lot of hard work!
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