@PetcheySTEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Group based at the Petchey Academy

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

We are excited that the FTC 2023/24 season is underway! We are looking forward to seeing how this year’s team get on with the challenge. Best of luck!

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

Super proud of the passion for STEM shown by Lina as a youth ambassador @PetcheyAcademy

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Our Robotics Team have been providing all the entertainment for our Year 7 students this afternoon. They put on an incredible disco for the children in a bid to raise money for their trip to the National Championships! It’s been a busy week and what a great way to end it! #disco

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Have you seen our Year 12 students investigating our school grounds? They have been investigating biodiversity in different areas of the school site as part of their fieldwork topic. #biodiversity

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

It’s fantastic to see our students engaging with the robot raceway in the VLA! #robots #roboticsclub

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Come along and join in the fun at Robot Raceway! #robots #roboticsclub

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

For their practical work, year 12 physics students used an LED circuit with different capacitors to record variations in the capacitance of the circuit. Using a graph of their data, they will identify the capacitance of other capacitors which were not part of the test equipment.

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Our A-level biology students have begun the plant transport module by applying their knowledge of transpiration to explain the mass change of plants in different conditions. Great work everyone! #biology

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

In our first session of the holiday @PetcheyAcademy the @PetcheyRobotic1 team were challenged to crate a loft mechanism from lego...this was our favourite and sparked some good discussion about improvements to their bot #Robots #STEM

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

Following their success at the FTC-uk South East regional at the weekend, the @petcheyacademy robotics team met @Omar_Deria to share their achievements....can't wait to see even more developments as they prepare for Championships

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Our Year 12 Biology students learnt how to orientate the heart using the feel of the different chambers and then measured the width of the walls to create a comparison table. Great work Year 12! @petcheystem

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

We would like to say a huge congratulations to our Year 9 students for winning two awards as part of the JP Morgan’s Schools Challenge. Students were recognised for their problem solving, creativity, listening and speaking skills! Amazing achievement, well done! #awards #petchey

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Our Year 12 students had a brilliant day at Akamai Technologies. Students took part in a variety of workshops where they learned about the vast range of careers in Tech and Cyber Security. Students then had a networking lunch with senior employees. A great day! #careers

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

As part of the lego challenge for #Britishscienceweek one student chose to make symbols for chemical elements @petcheystem Our students loved this challenge and were very engaged! #lego

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Not only are teachers’ words gold dust, the #Britishscienceweek demo was making gold dust as part of the golden rain demo @petcheystem #science

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Our Year 11 students were focused on completing an assessed practical in lessons today before drawing fantastic graphs of their result. #britishscienceweek

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

Progress! Well done team robotics @PetcheyAcademy not long till competition day #STEM #Robots

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

As part of #BritishScienceWeek2023 @PetcheyAcademy students had the chance to build their own barometers to help predict the weather. Well done everyone!

[TheExcelsiorAcademy @excelsiorcst]

Science week starts with a POP! Great to see the students enjoying getting involved! @petcheystem #britishscienceweek

[@PetcheySTEM @petcheystem]

Excited for #BritishScienceWeek @PetcheyAcademy lots of activities for students to take part in and really feel the buzz around science