Marine Park Primary School

Hello Marine Park, 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.

Marine Park Primary website

NUSTEM Loans Boxes Spring 2023

This term children at Marine Park Primary have been using NUSTEM loans boxes. 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 the following boxes. Click on the links to find out more about each box:

Build a city loans box

Magnets loans box

Space loans box.

Children in Key Stage 2 have been using the following box. Click on the link to find out more about the box:

Structural Engineer loans box

We hope you enjoy trying some of our activities at home!

Thursday 1st December Year 5 Wind Energy Engineers

This afternoon Year 5 visited the Thinklab here at Northumbria University. They became wind energy engineers and used origami to create wind turbine blades that unfold when in position. They then tested their wind turbines to see how efficient they were. For more information about wind energy engineers, wind turbines and for some activities you could try at home, visit our Wind Energy Engineer page.

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.

Children in EYFS have been using our mini beasts loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Mini beasts loans box page.

Children in Key Stage 1 have been using our meteorology and weather loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Meteorology and weather loans box page.

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