“ Sevenoaks were on hand to provide resources, training and support for schools that were not as comfortable in offering new content / resources at the pace and time scales required( a welcomed helping hand)”
“ Sevenoaks were on hand to provide resources, training and support for schools that were not as comfortable in offering new content / resources at the pace and time scales required( a welcomed helping hand)”
Sevenoaks School takes a proactive approach in providing ancillary and educational activities for the benefit of the community. After 9 years of offering a STEM week of activities, free of charge, with audiences of up to 15,000 local school children and adults Sevenoaks were looking to broaden their outreach efforts. Enter MIE-Expert Graeme Lawrie.
Graeme Lawrie is the Director of Innovation and Outreach at Sevenoaks School and his background is in Design and Technology, specialising in computer based teaching through advanced electronics, programming, robotics and computer aided design and manufacture. Graeme is also
a Microsoft Innovative Expert and Surface Expert. As Director of Outreach, in 2014 / 2015 when the new computing National Curriculum was launched to schools, Sevenoaks were on hand to provide resources, training and support for schools that were not as comfortable in offering new content / resources at the pace and time scales required( a welcomed helping hand).
Combined with the‘ Director of Innovation’ role, Graeme found that they could also share research of emerging technologies with schools, advising teachers on technologies and procedures and predicting the future of tech.
In 2015 Graeme Lawrie was incredibly fortunate to be selected by HRH The Duke of York and was asked to take on a secondment at Buckingham Palace working on the digital initiative www. idea. org. uk, which is a national project that hosts a series of online challenges and events allowing the users to win career enhancing badges, unlock new opportunities and, ultimately, gain nationally recognised awards.
“ We hosted 50 year 6 children for the entire day and offered them a carousel of Electronics, breadboarding and Arduino programming...”
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