Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 20 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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KIRKCALDY HIGH SCHOOL

That this House congratulates Kirkcaldy High School teacher, Helen Higham, on receiving a STEMNET STEM Teacher Award for inspiring her pupils to take an interest in science, engineering, technology and mathematics; understands that the STEMNET awards are held annually to honour the UK's most dedicated and inspirational people who are motivating young people to study and pursue STEM subjects; recognises that Helen Higham is a chemistry teacher, who also volunteered to be Kirkcaldy High School's STEM coordinator and who runs the school's STEM Club; notes that Helen also leads the annual employability event with 25 other STEM Ambassadors and makes a priority of helping to breakdown stereotypes and promote positive role models for girls in STEM; commends Helen's efforts which have supported the school in achieving the highest number of pupils gaining engineering scholarships out of all Scottish state schools; and hopes that Helen will continue to inspire young people in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency to pursue careers and achieve their potential in STEM in order to ensure the continued survival and prosperity of these important industries in the UK into the future.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

545 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Martyn Day

Patricia Gibson

Neil Gray

Alison Thewliss

Owen Thompson

Subjects

Schools Teachers Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk