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Young People making films about their local heritage

Added 4th December, 2023

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Instructions for Building a Model Pilot Cutter

Added 27th July, 2022

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Young Shipwrights onboard the MV Balmoral

Added 2nd July, 2021

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Christchurch Primary build boats and exploring the Bristol Floating Harbour by boat and foot

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International Womens day - Engineering Challenges that help address gender biase

Added 23rd June, 2021

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A pack of 52 Cards that represent some real women in engineering working in the South West of the UK today

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Fun way to learn the principles of flight -

Added 11th November, 2020

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Luckwell Primary School Windrush Project

Added 23rd October, 2020

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Empire Windrush, Migration Event with Nova Primary School

Added 2nd November, 2018

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Family co-operation and rivalry triumph at Bristol Harbour Festival's cardboard boat race!

Added 25th July, 2018

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Three generations from one family compete in the Bristol Harbour Festival cardboard boat race

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Learning Ships 2018 - Final Event at Bristol Harbour Festival

Added 24th July, 2018

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A round up of the Young Shipwrights programme and the Cardboard Boat Race at Bristol Harbour Festival

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Butliegh Primary School - Polar Explorers Build Boats

Added 2nd July, 2018

A report on an event from Butleigh Primary School for their local magazine

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Frome Vale Academy - Fantastic Flight, aviation with real engineers

Added 26th February, 2018

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Pupils explore flight and make an Air Show for parents at the end of the school day

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Wallscourt Young Shipwrights

Added 31st July, 2017

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Children in Key Stage One build miniature working land yachts

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Young Shipwrights 2017

Added 27th July, 2017

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Bristol Primary School Children build boats to race in the Bristol Harbour Festival at the end of the school year

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Shirehampton Primary- build historic boats and visit the Bristol Port

Added 12th July, 2017

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Year 6 pupils build boats and put them in context with a visit to the port

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British Science Week on the MV Balmoral

Added 20th March, 2017

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Working from a ship under the historic Cargo Cranes in Bristol's Floating Harbour students built Cranes, visited demonstrations of robotics and machines that give mechanical advantage. They also went up and operated a real crane high above the ship.

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Bannerman Road Build Boats at Engine Shed

Added 11th January, 2017

Primary school children visit a business hub on Bristol's Floating Harbour to build boats

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Classroom Design - How to analyse and improve the design of a learning space

Added 15th December, 2016

Ways to improve classroom design using stakeholders as designers as well as teacher's and TA's ingenuity

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Talking Heads at Bristol Museum Art Gallery.

Added 30th July, 2016

Primary Schools bring portraits to life with full size puppets.

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Lifting Aspirations on MV Balmoral during National Science Week

Added 22nd March, 2016

Hundreds of children across Bristol used MV Balmoral as a floating classroom during National Science Week 2016 to learn about hydraulics, pneumatics and pulley systems.

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'Classroom-Afloat' onboard the MV Balmoral - Lifting Aspirations

Added 30th November, 2015

Shield Road Primary on board a ship under the Cargo Cranes with M Shed Volunteers. Supported by Speedy Services analyse

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