Foldr | HP Email | Teams | Wisepay | Staff Home About Information School Life Enrichment Sixth Form School DIrect Contact STEM 'We inspire our students to have the aspiration, knowledge and skills to progress into STEM related studies, training or careers.' Introduction STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities aim to provide education outside of the laboratory, workshop or classroom with links to potential future pathways. We inspire our students to have the aspiration, knowledge and skills to progress into STEM related studies, training or careers. We provide opportunities for students to hear from local employees and employers. This gives our local community access to our talented STEM students. There is also the opportunity to enter local and national competitions. Projects/research is either pre prepared or can be developed by an individual or group. The school supports Greenpower Racing at Goodwood, Lego Mindstorm and the Big Bang Competition. All of these can lead to recognition of achievements. Jr STEM club Jr STEM club runs throughout the year and aims to increase student’s confidence, learning and understanding of STEM subjects, whilst developing leadership, teamwork and practical skills. Students complete a wide range of weekly challenges from building catapults to making their own lava lamps. Opportunities include the chance to complete a nationally accredited Award, engage with local businesses and attend exciting STEM related trips. Code and Rescue! This week at jr STEM club, students continued their work on coding using the ‘code and rescue’ pack. This included using sensors to detect water for a life jacket which activates when submerged and sending messages via morse code. We were really impressed with how students showed initiative, worked well in teams and helped each other to complete the challenges. Well done you were brilliant. Mr Hamblin and Mrs McCutcheon Human augmentation Last week Year 8 Jr STEM were investigating human augmentation and created a model of a bionic hand! Well done to all involved. Ms Buckingham Jr STEM Egg drop challenge This week, students were exploring forces and how to reduce the impact of an egg falling 9m onto the concrete floor! Students had lots of different designs and had fun building and testing their structures. Luckily the eggs were hard boiled in the testing stage! Team ‘Winford’ were clear winners with their parachute opening nicely, gliding safety to the ground with the egg intact. Well done to all involved. Mr Hamblin and Mrs McCutcheon Show More Greenpower race The Greenpower race is a highlight of our STEM calendar. This exciting club helps students improve their team work and STEM skills as they work on our F24 car throughout the year, and then race it at Goodwood in the Summer. We have support from Industry experts between September and May to help us modify the car and try to improve its performance. Students use this time to fundraise for modifications. At Goodwood during the Summer the car is put through a practice and then two x 1 hour 30 minutes endurance races. Goodwood Greenpower Race 2019 A group of 13 students took our electric race car to Goodwood to race other schools and colleges. It was the biggest event we have been to yet. Although we hadn’t made any alterations to the car this year we still came two thirds of the way down the leader board at 49th place. Super teamwork show by the students working together to make sure everyone got to drive at least a lap. Goodwood Greenpower Race 2018 It was an amazing day at Goodwood, the sun was shining and the atmosphere was electric. Despite a break down during practice we were able to find a replacement part and we were up and running again. All of the students worked really well together to make the driver changeovers and swap the batteries very efficiently. Every student managed to compete and we eventually placed 40th out of 78, our highest ever ranking. Bella T from year 8 managed the fastest lap at 6 minutes, 39 seconds. We’re looking forward to next year’s Greenpower race, and hope to do even better. Land, Sea & Air Project - drones, Lego Mindstorms & Spheros Computer Science students this year have been engaged in a project to explore STEM via Land, Air and Sea. Activities have included drone flying, programming lego and trying out Spheros. Students have been provided with a series of quick paced challenges, requiring them to collaborate as part of team to plan, create and solve problems. To enhance the experience, our guest James Hannam has brought a wealth of knowledge about drone flying laws, product design, entrepreneurship and how to be successful in business. His enthusiasm has captivated the students, fully engaging them as they build their foundations for their computer science GCSE. Facebook feed Latest News Music Enrichment Day Our second Curriculum Enrichment Day was themed as Music from Around the World. Students participated in a range of workshops from external companies on genres such as the music and dance of China, African drumming and samba. There were also many classroom-based activities such as using the app Garageband to create music and the Year 7s enjoyed making their own rap music. Our very own Mr Miles and Mr Barbour also organised and led sessions to whole year groups, which students clearly found both fascinating and engaging. Mr Miles’ session, for example, was a very loud samba extravaganza! Students really enjoyed the day and were fully engaged in these enrichment activities which are designed to supplement the breadth and depth of our curriculum offer. The curriculum days later in the year will look to develop these areas, as well as a focus on supporting other areas of the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Christmas Market & Ice Rink Thursday 2nd December - Hove Park Valley Campus - Christmas Market & Ice Rink Book your Ice Skating tickets here > www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/192260194417 ﻿ Hove Park School for the first time ever, will have a 10m x 10m synthetic ice rink at our annual Christmas Market, complete with music, lights and a snow machine to add to the fun! Tickets are £6 per adult or child, for 20 minutes skating (price includes skate hire). There are 3 penguin aids available per session for our younger skaters, these can be reserved on a first come first served basis for an extra charge of £2.50. To book visit - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/192260194417 If you would like to advertise your business, we are selling advertising space around the ice rink’s barriers – please contact ksalter@hovepark.org.uk with your advertising enquiries. If you would like to run a stall contact dwillard@hovepark.org.uk All profits from our Christmas Market and Ice rink will be going to The Sussex Cancer Fund. Equalities Enrichment day All students in Years 7 to 11 enjoyed a range of activities and learning experiences outside of their normal timetabled lessons on Friday 15th October. This was the first of our Project Days this year and the focus was on Equalities. We had a variety of external agencies and companies who presented to the students on topics around Equalities and Diversity including Disability in Sport, Race and Racism, LGBTU presentations including a talk from Sophie Cook, who presented on trans-gender themes. At the Valley Campus some of our students also participated in a talk about the refugee status of people who enter the country at Gatwick airport. This talk was really interesting as it highlighted the situation and context of many of these refugees, including their welfare, human rights and many other issues. Our aim is for the annual Equalities Day to supplement the thorough and comprehensive education we offer around the Equalities Agenda in Learning for Life sessions. In future editions of Parklife lookout for information about our upcoming Project Days, where we will be focusing on key aspects of the curriculum, including Music Around the World and other Creative Arts themed days. Helpdesk Contacts Nevill Campus Nevill Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7BN Nevill Office: 01273 082817 Valley Campus Hangleton Way, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 8AA Valley Office: 01273 082857 Sixth Form Office: 01273 082870 office@hovepark.org.uk