Barley Mow Primary School

Hello Barley Mow, we’re NUSTEM. We’re based at Northumbria University, and we work across the region supporting children, families and teachers in exploring science, technology, engineering and maths. We’re particularly keen to help people recognise that careers in these STEM subjects are available to them.

On this page you’ll find a summary of the things we’ve done with your school, and links to follow-up activities you can do at home.

Barley Mow Primary website

NUSTEM loans boxes Autumn 2 2022

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Your child or children have been using one of our NUSTEM loans boxes in class. NUSTEM loans boxes are linked to STEM careers and contain original objects and replicas that can be handled and used as part of classroom activities.  While using the resources in the boxes, children get the opportunity to try out and explore some of the skills, techniques, equipment and ideas that STEM professionals use on a day-to-day basis.

Children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 have been using our build a city loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Build a city loans box page.

Children in Key Stage 2 have been using our light loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Light loans box page.

Children in Key Stage 2 have also been using our SamLabs loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our SamLabs loans box page.

Thursday 22nd September Year 1 Naval Architects

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This afternoon, Year 1 became naval architects. They designed, built and tested their own boats.

To discover how to design, build and test a boat with tin foil, visit our STEM at Home tin foil boats page.

NUSTEM at Barley Mow Primary School 2022 – 2023

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NUSTEM is an outreach group based at Northumbria University. We believe that STEM should be accessible to everyone, for study and for pleasure, from early years, through school, to employment, and beyond. We support children, families and teachers to feel more confident that a career in STEM is for ‘people like them’.

Your child or children have been using one of our NUSTEM loans boxes in class. NUSTEM loans boxes are linked to STEM careers and contain original objects and replicas that can be handled and used as part of classroom activities.  While using the resources in the boxes, children get the opportunity to try out and explore some of the skills, techniques, equipment and ideas that STEM professionals use on a day-to-day basis.

This term, children in Key Stage 2 have been using our Electricity  and SAMlabs loans boxes. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our  and our Electricity loans box page and our SAMlabs loans box activity page.

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