Both Oundle School and Imperial College London are members of the Oundle, Peterborough and East Northants (OPEN) Learning Partnership alongside Hub Schools - Kettering Buccleuch Academy, Thomas Deacon Academy, Prince William School, Oundle CE Primary School and Laxton Junior School.
Each year, several thousand young people take part in a range of online and in-person events hosted by this regional partnership.
Events and activities offered by the OPEN Learning Partnership include:
- Oundle STEM Potential (Years 10-13) supports 100 state school pupils on their journey towards STEM degree programmes through hands-on workshops, lessons and skill development. It includes five full Saturdays each year and summer schools held in Year 10 and Year 12.
- A STEM resource library (offered to any state school) which provides apparatus and classroom resources to support science lessons from early years through to A Level.
- Family STEM afternoons for parents/guardians and children to undertake experiments together.
- Physics teacher training - Six days per year offered free of charge to teachers in state schools.
- The Summer STEM Festival provides workshops for up to 500 children in Year 5 and Year 8, community events and speakers who visit local schools.
- STEM roadshows for pupils in Years 5 -9.
- STEM residentials for pupils in Year 8 attending three partner state schools.
- Weekly Science Clubs delivered in four OPEN Learning Partnership schools.
- The free online programme, ExpertEd Live, offers highlight speakers for schools, and parent/guardian child lessons.
Follow the OPEN Learning Partnership on Twitter or Facebook @OPENLPLearning.
For more information about the OPEN Learning Partnership, please contact the Partnerships Team at Oundle School.
OPEN Learning Partnership members
Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Thomas Deacon Academy
Prince William School
Oundle CE Primary School
Oundle School
Laxton Junior School
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