Primary Engineer

We're thrilled to have Thales UK as a national partner for our Leaders Award competition! 👏 UK pupils from ages 3-19 answered the question "If you were an engineer, what would you do?" as part of our Leaders Award competition and submitted incredible engineering ideas during 2023-2024. Now this year, Thales UK will be turning 6 of those competition entries into 6 impressive prototypes! Ideas such as Millie's "Rainbow Glasses," a pair of glasses with interchangeable coloured lenses designed to help people with dyslexia. See how Thales Cheadle are bringing her vision to life: https://lnkd.in/e5UwQksw ProtoTeams select from a range of pupil designs or ideas, choosing one to prototype across the next academic year, with this being exclusively available for our Regional and National Partners. Check out all the prototypes being built this year https://lnkd.in/ePJ4WPGM Sam Hassan Benjamin Butcher Hassan Shabbir Tyler Creagh Chris Moloney Adele Smalley Ryan Harrison Colin Scouller Chloe Penny Jenni Watt Natalie Brooks Emma Thursby Susan Scurlock MBE Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Daniel Summerfield

3/6 Primary Engineer Leaders Award School Visits Complete for 24/25. St Ninian’s Primary in Prestwick walked along with some of their P7’s for a fun day at GE Aerospace, Caledonian as part of the Leaders Award competition. They were a brilliant bunch and energised the shopfloor as they walked around learning about our overhaul process. Huge shout out to Robert Muir for his time, knowledge and enthusiasm as the pupils visited the Test Cell. And massive thanks to Jackie McPhee, Chris Maxwell & Liam Johnstone for their time and support. Three brilliant engineers for the pupils to listen to and ask all their questions too. Best of luck to St Ninian’s Primary in the competitions; you all made a great start to your entries. Definitely some engineers in the making! Primary Engineer Carl Graham Hannah Jennings Andy Prow

Shout out to Halil Bedevi MSc, FMM, CEng, FIET who took engineering into classroom, literally! These pupils will take inspiration from Halil's visit before coming up with their own engineering ideas, something that wouldn't be possible without the engagement from Halil. If you are an engineer and want to learn how you can help inspire #EngineersInTheMaking, then join us today! https://lnkd.in/dAwzzW5j

They say everyday is a school day and they'd be right! Saws, wood, and a whole lot of engineering learning contributed to a fantastic day in Northamptonshire on Friday with these teachers and our partner Silverstone Technology Cluster for our Primary Engineer Vehicle Programme teacher training day 👏 Andrew Norris Christopher Rochester Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Daniel Summerfield Sophie Chatfield-Cox Sarah McManus Melanie Sinclair Pim van Baarsen Debbie Locke

So much creativity (and glue!) from these teachers on Friday in London! ✨ Last week we brought together a new cohort of primary school teachers and representatives from our partner Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers for our Primary Engineer Vehicle Programme Teacher Training Day. Huge well done to everyone who joined us! Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Daniel Summerfield Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Melanie Sinclair Sophie Chatfield-Cox Sarah McManus Alaris Hart Elise Taylor Elizabeth Frémont

🚀 Calling all teachers, educators, and careers advisors! 🚀 Join us to learn more about Engineering a Career - a fully funded, CPD Accredited, STEM qualification from Primary Engineer. This research-based professional development opportunity will deepen your understanding of the engineering sector, engineer skill sets, and career pathways. Discover how to connect engineering to EVERY school subject, opening doors for students with diverse talents: https://lnkd.in/drVXuinZ To find out more about the course, join our short webinar on 10th February at 16:00-16:30 📅 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyV6kQtn Rachael Nutter Rebecca Dean Jamie McIlvenny Susan Scurlock MBE Helen Snook Jamie B. Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Daniel Summerfield

WOW WOW WOW! 😮    The story about our Commendation Medal is out! 🎉    Rebecca Young, a pupil from Kelvinside Academy, came up with the idea for a Solar Powered Heated Blanket to help the homeless as part of the Leaders Award Competition. The Thales ProtoTeam from Glasgow then turned this idea into a prototype that went on to win the Public Vote at the 2024 Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal. 🏅    This has been picked up by the press and the congratulations and admiration for Rebecca has come POURING in - and rightly so! 👏    This was part of our free national competition for schools that asks the question "If you were an engineer, what would you do?".     If you think your pupils can come up with ideas to change the world like Rebecca did, then join the competition today! >>> https://lnkd.in/eagR4Gzs Susan Scurlock MBE Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Jason Stone Natasha Kinnear Daniel Summerfield Steph Shencoe Jamie McIlvenny Emma Thursby Colin Scouller Ruairidh Colombini Allison #EngineersInTheMaking

Just look at these big smiles from teachers and engineering professionals yesterday at our latest teacher training day 😁 Huge thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Worshipful Company Of Constructors for partnering with us to bring engineering into classrooms in London with our Primary Engineer Construction Programme 👏 Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Daniel Summerfield Melanie Sinclair Sophie Chatfield-Cox Sarah McManus Anne Downey Karuna Mistry Alaris Hart Elise Taylor Elizabeth Frémont Deborah Pullen MBE Andrew Hastie

Primary Engineer are a not for profit, offering a short course for primary and secondary teachers wanting to build on their career guidance skills! 👷♀️👷🏿 ‘Engineering a Career’ is a short course designed to build confidence to be able to signpost children into the world of engineering through their existing skills and interests. The industry is crying out for future talent! Read more information here: https://lnkd.in/drVXuinZ To find out more about the course, join Primary Engineer's short webinar on 📅 10th February at 16:00-16:30. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyV6kQtn

Interviewing engineers and engineer engagement is the first step in our Leaders Award Competition which asks UK pupils aged 3-19 'If you were an engineer, what would you do?'. On Tuesday 11th March 2025 we will be hosting a live engineer interview with Joseph, an engineering apprentice at Thales as together we dive deep into the world of submarines. Thales UK are a longstanding National Partner on our Leaders Award Competition. From September - March every year we host interviews with engineers, they share how they use creative problem-solving in their work and inspire the pupils to find their own engineering idea plus pupils get to ask the questions that matter to them. This interview is exclusively available to schools and home learners as part of our competition. 👉 Simply log in/register for our competition: https://lnkd.in/ebRXFTsP  👉 Go to resources 👉 RSVP for the webinar Know a school who would love to take part in the competition? Nominate them here: https://lnkd.in/eJ4gWVYU Emma Thursby Chloe Penny Natalie Brooks Colin Scouller Adele Smalley Ryan Harrison Susan Scurlock MBE Christopher Rochester Andrew Norris Natasha Kinnear Jason Stone Daniel Summerfield Joshua Holt