X-mas Event 2023
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The AnnieGrams STEM Holiday Club
About the camp
The Anniegrams STEM holiday club is a four week ICT summer camp for students aged between 12 and 18 years old. The first edition took place earlier this year, between July 31st and August 25th, 2023. 100 students were nominated by their school to participate, with an impressive 96% completion rate. The course was also split evenly by gender, with 50% male, 50% female students taking part – ensuring vital STEM skills were truly available to all.
The camp focused on highly skilled and sought after skills such as coding, photography, graphic design, digital literacy, video production and robotics. There were also intensive sessions on artificial intelligence, blockchain and cybersecurity, as well as an insightful lesson on ways these students could discover and build their careers in STEM.
Why STEM?
The aim of our STEM Holiday Clubs is to aid students in developing core science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills that apply to both school subjects and, beyond that, their future careers. Robotics kits and computers donated by SLGS OBA were utilised for sessions on programming and building various machines to learn engineering theory through practical lessons.
STEM skills for all
Each attendee had 24 training sessions – 16 during the four weeks of the summer camp and 8 Saturday sessions held in the 1st term of their school curriculum (Sept 23 to November 23).
The tutors for these sessions comprised alumni from both schools, some of whom flew into the country from the UK, USA and Ghana. These tutors were able to pass on in-depth knowledge and practical skills in their respective subjects.
With female participation accounting for half the participants, we introduced a dedicated Girls Can Code club as a means of increasing access to and awareness of STEM subjects in a key underrepresented group.
Tuition and lunch were completely free. In addition, expenses were given to the students to cover their travel cost for the days they attended the STEM sessions. A special thanks to project coordinators Bassie Turay and Donald Smith, as well as SLGS School principal Rev Ken Davies, for the use of the SLGS facilities.
Tuition and lunch were completely free. In addition, expenses were given to the students to cover their travel cost for the days they attended the STEM sessions. A special thanks to project coordinators Bassie Turay and Donald Smith, as well as SLGS School principal Rev Ken Davies, for the use of the SLGS facilities.
Anniegrams STEM Holiday Camps 2023: Building the Future Now