Grasmere Academy

Hello Grasmere, 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.

Grasmere Academy website

NUSTEM loans boxes 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 Key Stage 1 have been using our Cubetto loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Cubetto loans box page.

Wednesday 14th September Year 1 Naval Architects

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’.

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.

18th November 2021 EYFS Lighting Engineers

This morning Reception and Nursery became lighting engineers, investigating light and colours and shadows and making shadow puppets. Why not try our NUSTEM at home shadow tubes activity? This uses only a toilet roll tube, a torch (or phone) and some clingfilm.

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