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RAF pilots and DJs inspiring Inscape students to explore career opportunities

By Martina Milkova
*Names have been anonymised to protect identities
24 May 2022

A one-day event celebrating the joys of innovation and hands-on learning was delivered at Inscape House School. The day helped our students explore a wide range of fun, interactive, and educational activities and games in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and maths (STEAM).

The first workshop of the day enabled students to explore careers in aviation with Lieutenant Charlotte Delaney from the Royal Air Force. Speaking about the course, she shared:

We had someone with a learning difficulty that didn't really have much confidence prior to joining our course. We empowered him just to give it a go, and his confidence went through the roof.

Charlotte was keen to teach the young people about parachute making and landing, air resistance, as well as giving them the chance to experience being an air cadet.

"I enjoyed the visual representation for the practical work and learnt that air resistance plays a big part when flying a plane."
Liam*, a middle school pupil
"I loved trying on the RAF pilot uniform and having a real-life size parachute attached to me and learning how to land."
Daisy*, a middle school pupil

In another workshop, the young people could experience what it is like to be part of the cultural industry and experiment with music production, DJing and breakdancing. The activities were delivered by the creative youth and community organisations, Manchester Hip Hop Archive and Beat Bazaar, whose mission was to help our learners develop their creative play and express themselves through different forms of art.

"With autistic children, it is important that you work with them instead of trying to put them into a box."
John, who works for the Manchester Hip Hop Archive

From the dancefloor, students moved to the science room where along with their teachers Marcus, Hashim and Luisa, explored careers in the healthcare sector and engineering. The most exciting activity that pupils had the chance to observe in the workshop was a rapid reaction accompanied by a dramatic "whoosh" sound and flames – the whoosh bottle experiment used in chemical rocket engines.

The 'whoosh' bottle demonstration

For our outdoor enthusiasts, we had invited Milly and Catherine from National Trust's Dunham Massey, who helped our students explore careers in nature and wildlife. In the workshop, the young people took part in a range of activities, including analysing various plants and animals, identifying trees by their twigs, as well as learning about pond life and its habitants.

Dunham Massey is currently offering work experience to two of our learners, about which Marie Young, Careers Teacher at the school, says: "Their experiences link back into education to subjects like science and nature. It's so much more than learning, it's being involved in the community."

Students also had the pleasure to practise how to think like a mathematician with Rita Ball, who brought hands-on mathematical thinking, problem-solving, puzzles, challenges and games. Rita runs her own business in the creative mathematics industry - Roots2Grow, and believes that career days are important to organise and of great benefit to the students as "a young person's day is often very school-based. And the school isn't the industry or the workplace. You don't get much exposure to what the real working life is like."

"In the maths workshop, I enjoyed the simpleness yet, the difficulty of some of the puzzles, and I could use my creative mind to come up with unexpected solutions."
Daniel*, a post-16 pupil

Although maths is one of the toughest subjects for some students, Rita believes that it teaches young people essential skills for everyday life:

"You don't get much confidence doing easy things. You get confidence when you know you were challenged. You practise how to stay disciplined even when it is really difficult. And that's what mathematics can offer everybody on an emotional level. On a mental level, practising, reasoning, logic, methods, systems – all of those are life skills to practise."
Rita Ball, Managing Director at Roots2Grow

"Today was absolutely inspiring. The students took part in a vastly huge range of experiences and opportunities - from National Trust to hip-hop. It was a privilege to take part in the day. This was an excellent event giving our students life chances and helping them to surpass expectations."
Hannah Stollar, Headteacher at Inscape House School
“I would like to thank all our guests who made our STEAM careers event interactive, engaging and fun for our students and the staff at Inscape who were creative and enthusiastic in supporting the pupils on the day. The biggest thank you goes to the pupils who embraced all the activities on the day to learn new things about the world of work whilst having lots of fun with their peers.”
Marie Young, Careers Teacher at Inscape House School

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