Here at The STEM Workshop we are passionate about ensuring that all children access a broad curriculum offer regardless of the resources available to them within their school or community.
Our Ethos
Our workshops are designed to nurture children’s inner creative thinking. We provide safe, supportive environments for children to explore, innovate, take risks and problem solve.
We connect the learning from across Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and link to wider learning opportunities. Offering experiences that are fun, exciting, memorable and support in raising children’s aspirations. Their thinking will be challenged so that they can be the innovators of tomorrow and take their learning beyond the classroom.
Leanne Mee, founder of The STEM Workshop
Leanne Mee founded The STEM Workshop in 2018 with the ambition of ensuring all young people gained access to quality STEM education. Leanne has worked in education for over 20 years teaching and leading STEM.
- An experienced leader of STEM and Design and Technology having gained National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership for bringing about sustainable changes in STEM education within the Academy and surrounding community to include transitional work at primary and secondary within her previous roles.
- Worked with a number of organisations to bring about sustainable change for the provision of high quality STEM engagement activities working with In Comm Training to implement a funded programme over 5 years to showcase the range of pathways, working with MAKE uk, The Royal Academy of Engineering and many more organisations including a portfolio of schools to bring about changes to the provision for our young people in schools.
- Leanne also works as a consultant for the Design and Technology Association, an associate facilitator for STEM Learning and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chester working on both the primary and secondary programmes.
- Leanne was awarded an excellence award in 2021 from the Design and Technology Association for the ‘Development of STEM Learning Opportunities Award’.
Michelle Rickard, Midlands Regional Facilitator
Michelle has over 15 years experience teaching and leading Design and Technology. Michelle’s experience covers all disciplines of Design and Technology working with both primary and secondary. Michelle joined the team in 2022 to support us in leading our STEM Workshops and runs the workshops in the midlands.
She has supported in running our workshops for the Royal Academy of Engineering and our provision at In-Comm Training and MAKE uk working with a number of schools across the midlands.
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Having gained a background in design Simran understands the importance of promoting these fields to young people in schools. Simran supports with all our admin and marketing needs at The STEM Workshop and she also supports at our public engagement events.
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