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First cohort enjoy
lavish graduation ceremony
On Friday 25th February, 48 students
from the first cohort of the Mulberry STEM
Academy graduated at an incredible event
hosted at Mulberry Academy Shoreditch.
The students were joined by parents, carers, headteachers
from across our schools, trustees and speakers to
celebrate the students’ achievements.
During the event, guests were addressed by Paul Mills,
Chief People Officer at Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd
(MGP) and Dr Ogden, CEO at the Mulberry Schools Trust
(MST). Graduate representatives from Mulberry Academy
Shoreditch and Mulberry School for Girls also gave an
address and spoke passionately about their experiences
on the programme.
All students graduated with a certificate, a presentation
badge and a Mercedes winners T-shirt. Five students were
awarded the individual PRIDE awards and a prize for best
exemplifying Passion, Respect, Innovation, Determination
and Excellence. The Mulberry Academy Shoreditch team
won the Best Team award and took home special MGP
Rubik’s cubes!
A very big thank you to Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd
for partnering with the Mulberry Schools Trust to give our
young people such amazing opportunities.
Read more about the day’s event and watch the highlight
video here (https://bit.ly/381ufn0)
Greenpower project update
The second cohort of STEM scholars are already deeply
immersed in the Greenpower project. The project is
currently running with Year 12 students at Mulberry
Academy Shoreditch, Mulberry School for Girls and
Mulberry Stepney Green, who are dismantling last
year’s cars, and rebuilding them with improvements
including body work, wheels, driver position and careful
consideration to
aerodynamics and
efficiency. We are
racing in the heats for
Greenpower in May.
We are very grateful to
Peter Hodgkinson from
MGP who visited our
schools to advise us on
the project.
In the summer term,
Year 10 will be involved
in building the cars.
We will also be
hosting the primary
school London heat
of Greenpower Goblin
cars at Mulberry
Academy Shoreditch
in June.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Let EPQ commence…
On Saturday 12th March, a conference of over 40
Year 12 students in cohort 2 took place to launch the
Extended Project Qualification process. An EPQ is a
qualification that is worth half an A level. Students
select a topic that they are particularly interested in
beyond what they are taught at A level, then plan
and carry out an independent project resulting in a
5000 word dissertation.
Year 10 robotics launch
All 55 Year 10 STEM scholars joined together for a
robotics launch recently. Students worked in groups
and learnt how to programme and code our MST robots
so that they
talked, walked
and moved. In a
world of increased
automation, the
skills of coding,
programming and
robotics are highly
sought after by
employers in the
STEM field.
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