Stem School Self Evaluation:
As posts of responsibilities are now being restored, our school is lucky enough to now have a STEM co-ordinator. Our STEM policy is a work in progress but after this course it’ll be a great opportunity to share with my colleagues how we can improve access to free online resources such as Stellarium or Marvin and Milo. Like a lot of schools we have limited science equipment and is an issue for us to be noted in our self evaluation report.
We don’t engage with Space Week in October. So that is something we could in-corporate in our Improvement Plan.
As a school we often showcase our work in Irish or Literacy. So perhaps as a school we could showcase our practical work in science.
My school is based near the border and we definitely do take advantage of The Armagh Planetarium and W5 in Belfast when we plan educational tours for our pupils. That is to be noted and celebrated in our self evaluation report.
Using Aistear more to develop aspects of the STEM curriculum is something we could take on board also.
