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Education

About the Regional Education Team
Educational Activities
ICE Ambassadors
Support from Industry
Contact Information

More comments from Schools (evidence of schools' satisfaction with the work ICE carries out in schools)

Online Activity Diary (the new home of our Diary of Activity in the Yorkshire and Humber Region)

The MEGA Tetrahedron Event in the Light, Leeds

In 1998 ICE Y&H began its schools initiative to promote Civil Engineering to society with a team of around a dozen members, largely from the Graduates and Students Committee. The Regional Education Team has now grown to contain over 100 ICE Ambassadors, willing volunteers from all sectors of the Civil Engineering profession, working to promote Civil Engineering throughout the education system.

Contstructing the Giant Tetrahedron with a Cub Scout Group

Through our working partnerships with STEMNET and ConstructionSkills we have been able to attend well in excess of 100 events each year recently, and with our collaborative partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Structural Engineers we hope to be able to improve dramatically on these figures to reach even more of the over 4000 schools in our region.

As our activities expand and more projects are developed, we continually need the support of our members. Involvement in this initiative will be part of a member’s Continuing Professional Development and may also contribute to fulfilling parts of the Development Objectives.

Further information about our activities and the ICE Ambassadors scheme is available on this website, or by contacting one of our Education Coordinators using the details below.

Working with Secondary Schools using the Bridge to Schools activity at the White Rose Centre, Leeds

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Educational Activities

The Regional Education Team works with schools, colleges and universities, and we:

• deliver practical educational activities,
• attend careers fairs,
• deliver careers presentations,
• give presentations to specific audiences,
• and support events in universities.

In schools, we aim to deliver highly exciting and educational activities based on the themes of Civil Engineering. These are designed to cater for all Key Stages and are tailored specifically to incorporate many different areas of the National Curriculum. All of the activities have been very well received by the schools over the years and we have now begun plans to develop additional activities that reflect even more disciplines from the Civil Engineering profession.

The Resources section provides a full list of the activities we offer and the intended audiences. For our more popular activities, Activity Plans are available and give outline details of our activities, such as learning outcomes, length of the activity, ideal audience size, required resources and who these will be supplied by and a précis of how the event will work.

A Secondary School competition to recreate the Wembley Stadium Arch in the Light, Leeds

The picture above is of the Wembley Stadium Arch Activity carried out by students from Benton Park Technology College. This took place at the Light in Leeds on Friday 7 March 2008 during the ICE President's visit. Here is some of the very positive feedback the students gave:

"We enjoyed working together as a team, helping each other succeed and getting everyone involved"

"We would liked the day to have been longer and let the arch stay up so more people could see our work"

"The day taught us how to work in teams and solve problems - which will help us with maths"

Overall, the students rated the activity a very impressive 4.7 out of 5 - most gave a score of 5 out of 5!

The Rapid Response Engineering Challenge for Year 9 students drawing to a close with the Shelter testing!

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More comments from Schools

Thank you so much for giving so generously of your time to come into Eastburn Junior & Infant School as an Ambassador for the ICE (to deliver the Lego Towers Activity). The children thoroughly enjoyed your visit and it was a very worthwhile project both from an educational and a personal development point of view. The school has donated to Wateraid as a result of your visit so there has been benefit all round. We hope to do futher projects with the ICE in the future and so it is possible that we might see you again sometime .

A huge thankyou from everyone at Priory Lane Junior School for a great afternoon of fun and learning, building the MEGA Tetrahedron in Church Square (Scunthorpe). All of our (Year 6) children were buzzing on the way back to school and can't wait to show others in school what they learnt. We really appreicate the time Ambassadors give up to help out in schools with events such as this and the other workshops.

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ICE Ambassadors

Activities are delivered by ICE Ambassadors, volunteers from all sectors of the profession.

The work of the RET would not be possible without the support of our Ambassadors. Each year certificates are awarded to the Ambassadors that have engaged in activities during the year. An extra Certificate of Merit is also awarded to those Ambassadors whose level of participation has been exemplary.

The Ambassadors section contains resources for potential and existing Ambassadors.

Working with a primary school during the launch of the Education Zone of ICE's website

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Support from Industry

The work of ICE Yorkshire and Humber’s Regional Education Team would not be possible without the support of Ambassadors’ employers. Gold, Silver and Bronze Certificates are awarded each year to those organisations that have allowed the highest levels of attendance for activities. Many of these certificates now adorn the walls of receptions and board rooms around the region and are becoming quite sought after! Supporting organsiations include:

A-One+, Aecom, Amey, ARUP, Atkins, Birse Civils Ltd, Bryan G Hall, Buro Happold, Carillion, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Clugston Construction, Costain Ltd, Diva Engineering Ltd, Environment Agency, ETM, Ferrovial Agroman, Freedom Group, Gifford, GMPTE, Grontmij, Halcrow Group Limited, Hannah Reed and Associates, Harrogate Borough Council, Highways Agency, Hobson and Porter Ltd, JN Bentley, Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd, JMP Consulting, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, Laing O'Rourke, Leeds City Council, Mason Clark Associates, Metropolitan University of Leeds, MJM Consulting Engineers, Mott MacDonald, Mouchel, Network Rail, Pell Frischmann, Poss Ltd, RCB Associates, Ramboll Whitby Bird, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Scarborough Borough Council, Scott Wilson, Sinclair Knight Merz, Taylor Woodrow, Turner and Townsend, University of Bradford, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, WSP Group and WYG

Online Activity Diary

Date Venue Location Postcode Activity School Year No. of students No. of ambassadors Current support Start Finish Organiser

Humber (East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Northeast Lincolnshire

North Yorkshire

16-03-10 Easingwold School York YO61 3EF Careers Convention 7 to 13 500 3 Lisa Martin 1830 2030 ICE

27-04-10 New Earswick Primary School York YO32 4BY Careers Event - Career Stereotypes - female ambassadors 6 29 1 15 mins CSkills

One day, 17, 18, 19 or 20 October 2010 Queen Ethelburga College York YO26 9SS Shelter Challenge 9 to 13 100 3 1000 1200 ICE

South Yorkshire

10-03-10 Penistone Grammar School Penistone S36 7BX Burj Al Yorkshire - School Exchange (with Firth Park School) 7 50 3 Kate Watson, Robert Brown, James Seddon 0900 1200 ICE

18-03-10 Thomas Rotherham College Rotherham S60 2BE Careers Presentations and Skyscraper Challenge 11 to 14 TBC 2 1030 1400 ICE

18-03-10 St John the Baptist School Penistone S36 6BS Shelter Challenge 3 50 2 Kate Watson, Treasa Keane 1300 1530 ICE

25-03-10 Firth Park School Sheffield S5 0SD Rapid Response Engineering Challenge - School Exchange (with Penistone Grammar School) 7 50 4 Kate Watson, Robert Brown, James Seddon 0900 1530 ICE

Summer Term St John the Baptist School Penistone S36 6BS Giant Tetradedron 6 56 2 Kate Watson, Michelle Gregg 0900 1200 ICE

Summer Term St John the Baptist School Penistone S36 6BS Burj Al Yorkshire 6 56 3 Kate Watson, Robert Brown, Michelle Gregg 1300 1530 ICE

West Yorkshire

2009 University of Bradford Bradford 2nd Year Mentoring Scheme 2 unlimited unlimited Amy Parker, Andrew Roberts, Daniel Ankorah, Eric Tan, Nazneen Malik n/a n/a ICE

25-02-10 Greenhead College Huddersfield HD1 4ES Careers Convention 11-13 300 2 Ivan Nip, Ruth Snowden 1600 1830 CSkills

Spring 2010 Eastburn Junior & Infant School Eastburn, Nr Keighley BD20 8UX INPUT Greek Temple 6 30 2 Rhianna Williams TBC TBC ICE

Spring 2010 David Young Community Academy Leeds LS14 6NU Wembley stadium arch or Burj al Yorkshire 10 25 2 TBC TBC ICE

Summer 2010 Eastburn Junior & Infant School Eastburn, Nr Keighley Rotten Romans (will require some planning input from ambassadors) 3 30 2 TBC TBC ICE

22-03-10 Moorlands Primary School Huddersfield HD3 3UH Shelter Challenges (three sessions) 4 30 2 Amy Parker, Ivan Nip 0900 1530 ICE

23-03-10 Thornbury Primary School Bradford BD3 7AU Water Challenges (three sessions) 2 and 6 180 2 0830 1530 ICE

26-04-10 Mackie Hill J&I School Criggleston WF4 3HW Rivers and Bridges Topic - INPUT Bridges 4/5 30 2 Michelle Gregg 0900 1200 ICE

26-04-10 Mackie Hill J&I School Criggleston WF4 3HW Rivers and Bridges Topic - INPUT Bridges 5/6 30 2 Michelle Gregg 1300 1515 ICE

10-05-10 Castleford High School Technology and Sports College Castleford WF10 4JQ Rapid Response Engineering Challenge 9 72 3 Michelle Gregg 0900 1450 ICE

Northamptonshire

01-05-09 New Testament Church of God To be held at the Bethel Convention Centre B70 7JW Giant Tetrahedon as part of National youth Convention Weekend 1 to 6 TBC 2 Simone Bertram 1030 1230 NTCG

01-05-09 New Testament Church of God To be held at the Bethel Convention Centre B70 7JW Giant Tetrahedon as part of National youth Convention Weekend 1 to 6 TBC 2 Simone Bertram 1400 1530 NTCG

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