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Young Shipwrights onboard the MV Balmoral
Added 2nd July, 2021
Christchurch Primary build boats and exploring the Bristol Floating Harbour by boat and foot
Aviation at BTE Academy
Added 26th October, 2018
Year 10 Students design, build and fly RC Aircraftwith the help of volunteers from industry
Build My Future at Olympus Academy Trust Schools
Added 22nd October, 2018
Workshops for 13 year olds at Patchway Community School and Abbeywood School. Looking at why taking action steps to balance aspects of life is critical for a happy and succesful future.
Family co-operation and rivalry triumph at Bristol Harbour Festival's cardboard boat race!
Added 25th July, 2018
Three generations from one family compete in the Bristol Harbour Festival cardboard boat race
Learning Ships 2018 - Final Event at Bristol Harbour Festival
Added 24th July, 2018
A round up of the Young Shipwrights programme and the Cardboard Boat Race at Bristol Harbour Festival
Butliegh Primary School - Polar Explorers Build Boats
Added 2nd July, 2018
A report on an event from Butleigh Primary School for their local magazine
British Science Week On the MV Balmoral
Added 21st March, 2018
Families board a boat in Bristol to explore cranes, winches, pulleys, hydraulics and robotics
Campaign launch at Bristol West of England Initiative Meeting
Added 15th March, 2018
#ROMyE Reach Out My Experience campaign was launched with help from Y11 students and their Plan My Future business coaches at the Aerospace Museum
Aviation worshops at Bristol Technology Engineering Academy
Added 11th February, 2018
Year 10 students at BTEA build unigue model aircraft
Build My Future - Patchway Community School with GE, Rowan Dartington and other business volunteers
Added 17th November, 2017
All of Year 9 at Patchway School are supported by business volunteers to explore action steps for a happy and successful future
Crispin School do the Lifting and Access Challenge
Added 7th November, 2017
80 Year10 students work in teams to complete a series of challenges about hydraulics, lifting and access
Shipping 2050 Bristol Technology Engineering Academy
Added 15th October, 2017
120 Engineering students respond to a future crisis for the globilized economy and shipping in a series of workshops on the MV Balmoral
Young Shipwrights 2017
Added 27th July, 2017
Bristol Primary School Children build boats to race in the Bristol Harbour Festival at the end of the school year
Liebherr sponsor Lifting Aspirations Programme at Vertikal Days, Siverstone
Added 29th May, 2017
Crane manufacturers Liebherr sponsor the Lifting Aspirations Programme at Vertikal Days, the largest lifting and access industry trade show in the UK held at the Siverstone Curcuit. Two days of workshops held fro Year 10 students from the Slvestone Circuit UTC
British Science Week on the MV Balmoral
Added 20th March, 2017
Working from a ship under the historic Cargo Cranes in Bristol's Floating Harbour students built Cranes, visited demonstrations of robotics and machines that give mechanical advantage. They also went up and operated a real crane high above the ship.
Bannerman Road Build Boats at Engine Shed
Added 11th January, 2017
Primary school children visit a business hub on Bristol's Floating Harbour to build boats
Bristol Technology Engineering Academy - Lifting and Access
Added 15th December, 2016
60 students explore lifting technology, robotics and bio mechanics while building their own robotic arm from card, syringes, plastic tubing, paper clips and split pins.
Build My Future at Patchway Community College Bristol
Added 9th November, 2016
A well-being activity for adolescents. 120 Students in Year 8, 9, 10 build adolescents their future with staff from Rowan Dartington, GE and the Mall at Cribbs Causeway.
Wallscourt Farm - KS1 Boat Building. Buiding, Testing, Improving and Racing
Added 4th August, 2016
KS 1 Exploring Transport and Exploration - building wind powered land yachts
Wigan Schools on a Learning adventure at Vertikal Days - UK's biggest trade fair for the Lifting Engineering Industry
Added 30th July, 2016
Students from Primary and Secondary Schools exploring engineering and working in teams to build a working crane
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