February 2015
Bursaries for disadvantaged schools have
Been added to Bletchley Park’s expanding
education programme
Winton Global Investment Management is
funding a pilot bursary scheme to allow free
school trips to Bletchley Park.
Bletchley Park welcomes more than 9,000
schoolchildren every year to its thriving
education programme. The bursaries will
be available to schools which might be most
in need of financial support. Each bursary will
cover the cost of coach hire and 40 children
attending two workshops during their time
at Bletchley Park.
The first school to participate in the scheme
was Greenleys Junior School in Milton Keynes.
A group of year six students were given a
Codes and Ciphers workshop, tried their hands
at operating a real World War Two Enigma
machine and toured the uniquely historic site.
Victoria Worpole, the Bletchley Park Trust’s
Director of Learning and Collections, says
“These bursaries will help enormously by
making exciting and engaging school trips
to Bletchley Park available to children to
whom it might have been out of reach. It’s
vital that we inspire young minds.
Encouraging children to put themselves in
the Codebreakers’ shoes to solve seemingly
impossible problems brings the STEM
subjects to life.”
The scheme forms part of a greatly improved
education programme at Bletchley Park. Cyber
Security Workshops are now available either
as part of a school visit or at the school itself,
since the appointment of the first Online
Safety Officer. Schools, colleges, clubs or
societies can book an Enigma Outreach visit,
where Bletchley Park’s Education Officer
demonstrates a real World War Two Enigma
machine which participants can try using
themselves.
Picture: ©ShaunArmstrong/mubsta.com
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