Battle Hill Primary School

Hello Battle Hill, 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.

Battle Hill Primary website

NUSTEM loans box Autumn 2 2022

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 half term, children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 have been using our magnets loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Magnets loans box page.

Wednesday 12th October Year 6 Underneath the Ice

12 October, 2022/0 Comments/in Battle Hill Primary Workshop/by Melanie Horan

Today Year 6 became ice core scientists. They travelled to the Antarctic and discovered what we can find out about the past from air bubbles trapped in the ice. The children used this as inspiration to write their own poetry. To find out more about the Antarctic and to see the completed poems, visit our Underneath the Ice page.