SCORCHING SUCCESS FOR SCIENCE

SATRO Volunteer Graham Manly
demonstrating the Egg Drop Challenge
at Leatherhead Trinity School

The heat is on to raise the profile of STEM subjects and the last two weeks of the Summer Term has seen a succession of exciting SATRO science events taking place across the county:  science days at the Connaught Junior School in Bagshot and Leatherhead Trinity School; a water rockets day at Eastwick Infant/Junior School; a dedicated space day at Broadwater School in Godalming attended by Dr Helen Sharman, amongst other luminaries; Mega-Structures challenges at The Greville Primary School, Ashtead, Therfield School in Leatherhead and Glyn School in Epsom.  A total of 1445 students have participated in a SATRO STEM-based activity during July - a resounding success for bringing science to life for young people.

SATRO has been fortunate in receiving sponsorship for some of the above events.  We acknowledge the generous support from the following:

• ExxonMobil, Leatherhead
• Surrey County Councillors:  Mrs Clare Curran, Mr Tim Hall and Mr Chris Townsend

Some children's comments on how they felt about STEM after the activities:

"Great and happy and makes me want to learn more about science!"

"Before today, I thought engineering was all really hard work and a bit boring, but, today, honestly, has completely changed my mind.  THANK YOU SATRO team. J"