ACS International Schools STEAM Event at Thorpe Park.

It is a long time since I went to a theme park, so I was very excited to be invited to the ACS International Schools STEAM 2025 event at Thorpe Park.

I joined the Lord Lieutenant in seeing almost 10,000 8-18 year old school children undertaking STEAM (Science technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) challenges prepared and supervised by an array of companies, to earn stamps. Five stamps resulted in a free ride! The enthusiasm of the young people was plain to see and it was interesting to note that many just wanted to get as many stamps as possible rather than enjoy the rides. 

It is a wonderful way to open the eyes of young people to opportunities in the STEAM related industries which ultimately is equally as rewarding for the companies involved as some of these young people may become their future employees. We were escorted round by Tim Cagney, CEO, and Graeme Lawrie, Partnership Director, who has orchestrated bringing together over 100 schools and community organisations to co-create and collaborate on a large number of projects to enrich pupil’s learning beyond the classroom of which STEAM 2025 at Thorpe Park is the flagship event.

Next time I hope I can stay a little longer to collect some stamps!