Year 8 STEM Event with the National Grid

On the 19th January, women working with the National Grid, including the international development manager for the UK and US, visited Capital City Academy to meet with Year 8 girls and some parents. This event is the first of many which will be held every year with the aim of mentoring and inspiring girls to careers in STEM and technology, and is the first time they are working with any school on the project. Nationwide, the National Grid will work with five schools and Capital City Academy is the only school in London they are partnering with.
On the day, the Year 8 girls solved real life social engineering problems faced at the cyber security department at the National Grid. The feedback was positive from students who overall showed a renewed interest in STEM careers on the questionnaires and the Senior Manager from the National Grid mentioning how impressed she was with the strategic approach the children had to problem solving; a key skill required at their company.
This partnership between Capital City Academy and the National Grid promises to provide mentoring on careers in STEM from women at the National Grid through an online support platform, tracking of attainment and study support with meeting attainment for key students.
The National Grid are also offering some girls from Capital City Academy opportunities to work at the National Grid headquarter offices during the summer holidays and Mr Okoh is now negotiating arrangements for placements at the National Grid for students in Key stage 4 and Sixth Form.
This partnership with the National Grid will continue until the Year 2020 at the least.
The next event will be on the 13th of March with Year 11.