1 March 2023
During February half term, twenty pupils and three members of staff travelled to Silicon Valley for a once in a lifetime trip. It was an inspiring and action-packed week - everything from the history of Alcatraz to fun at Six Flags. Bringing the history to life at the Intel Museum, to so many tactile and fun activities at The Tech Interactive, plus the awe inspiring IMAX film on Volcanoes.
Our biggest thanks go to our amazing hosts and speakers at our two visits - Meta kindly organised by Heidi L Rhodes which proves the power of networking and relationships. The amazing speakers Anitha Aravind, Alice Chen (from Accenture), Miku Jha, Kathleen Tandy, Kristiina Kansen and the Reality Labs.
We will be working on the +1s with these pupils and many more...
Our Zoom visit was thanks to the last minute skills of Jay Weisblatt who linked us to the amazing Mahesh Ram, Ritu Mukherjee, Chelsea Trattner and Amber Au – thank you for sharing your time, stories and inspiration. An amazing environment to work in.
It is now time to get planning for our 2025/26 trip - now where was that list of places we would like to visit - anyone have a contact for Tesla , Apple and NASA?
A selection of photographs from the trip can be viewed on our Flickr page at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kgsphotos/albums/72177720306370086