More boards repaired for bright sparks. The bit teachers don’t see and many probably don’t think about. There is quite a bit of work and preparation behind the scenes.
Also replaced my demo socket. The old one disappeared. Think I must have left it at Broughton Moor primary school.
Well the first delivery of March saw me heading off to Grayrigg C of E school.
A lovely little school on the outskirts of Kendal.
The pupils really seemed to enjoy their day especially as I think it was a surprise for all but 2 pupils, who came in screaming “You’re Jamie. You know our mum.”
Every pupil seemed to enjoy the day and I think I could even remember all of their names by the end of the day.
The head teacher, Mrs Cooper, was very welcoming and took plenty of pictures. A sample of which can be seen here.
A massive thanks to Mrs Cooper for being so welcoming and uploading the pictures in what must be record time!
Hopefully see you all again soon.
Link added to Selside CofE Primary school’s write up of the day.
The term started with a late Christmas lunch with the great folks from STEM Cumbria. Unbelievably the first time I’d met some of the staff! And I have actually yet to meet one member of the team who couldn’t make it.
This half term has I’ve been to the following schools and would like to extend my thanks to them all, for being so helpful and welcoming:
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary in Carlisle
Kirkoswold Primary in Kirkoswald- who kept me supplied with Tea due to my early starts 🙂
St Bedes Primary in Carlisle
George Romney Junior School in Dalton-in-Furness
Valley Primary in Whitehaven
Selside School in Kendal
Click to access Bright_Djembe_Camerata_Feb.pdf
St Pauls School in Barrow
Steps have also been made to start replacing the current circuit boards. The only…
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The term started with a late Christmas lunch with the great folks from STEM Cumbria. Unbelievably the first time I’d met some of the staff! And I have actually yet to meet one member of the team who couldn’t make it.
This half term has I’ve been to the following schools and would like to extend my thanks to them all, for being so helpful and welcoming:
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary in Carlisle
Kirkoswold Primary in Kirkoswald- who kept me supplied with Tea due to my early starts 🙂
St Bedes Primary in Carlisle
George Romney Junior School in Dalton-in-Furness
Valley Primary in Whitehaven
Selside School in Kendal
Click to access Bright_Djembe_Camerata_Feb.pdf
St Pauls School in Barrow
Steps have also been made to start replacing the current circuit boards. The only barrier at the minute is finding a good base material for the boards which is proving difficult to say the least. We should get there soon and before we know it I’ll have lots of pictures of shiny new boards!
Next half term will see me travelling all over the county once more, with possibly my first journey of over 1hr30. In addition to this I will be spending 3 days a week in a local high school covering for an absent Science teacher.
It’s good to have a bit of variety.
Anyway to all people who work in schools have a good half term. First job for me is to fix my broken laptop, courtesy of the little man.
First experiment of the day. Investigating how the changing the length of wire affects the brightness of the bulb.
Extension board. Setting the LEDs up to work as traffic lights
Bright Sparks Electricity Workshop 
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on 10 February 2014