STEAM is an educational approach to learning and development, integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. It encourages babies and children to investigate, discover, connect create and reflect – and sets the foundations for a deeper understanding and experience of the world in which they live.
• Science: The intellectual and practical activity of observation and experiment.
• Technology: Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge
• Engineering: A branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building and use of machines and structures.
• Arts: The expression of creative skills and imagination.
• Maths: The abstract science of number, quantity and space.