The Stemnet group, previously just run by Mr Morris and Miss Knapp at Shene School has expanded its remit for next year and has gained some new leaders.
The Technology Department now has a Technology Club run by Mr Tribe. This club will focus on the mechanical & electronic with such projects as model cars using various methods of propulsion and small robotic projects.
The Gifted and Talented, run by Ms Blease, has been designing and creating a School Farm. Over 200 plants have been propagated and planted. Not all survived but those that have are thriving well under the pupils’ ministrations. The pupils have also designed a rabbit hutch and various planters and benches. The rabbit hutch is almost completed (and from that we can assume we will soon have a rabbit), and the designs for the benches and planters have been approved and the wood purchased ready for building before the end of the year.
Further, spin-off projects run by Stemnet include replacing some of the dead or unhealthy plants and trees with fruiting trees and fruit bushes. Planning has been completed and discussions are under way with two nurseries regarding the actual plants.
Additionally a small "meadow" area will be created to encourage insects, bees and butterflies and a bird-box has been built/purchased with a wireless camera to generate a live feed in the spring when (hopefully) the box will be occupied.
The Princes Trust, currently run by Miss Staples, will be involved in the creation of a new pond, incorporating twin levels so that both shallow and deep plants can be accommodated. This is still in the planning stage so time lines and exact details are still vague.
The Geography department has also joined the Stemnet group and is run by Mr Richardson. The original idea was to have a weather club, but some technical issues have meant a rearrangement of priorities and the group has been focused on volcanoes and plate tectonics and has produced several, rather fun, working models of volcanoes. The weather club will now begin next year when at least one person will have learnt how to do some basic programming in XTML, which will be compatible with the with the new online learning platform being introduced to the school next year, and which staff and students have expressed a high level of excitement about as it will allow them to easily showcase their work.
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