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 at Marine Park Primary School 2022-2023

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 1 have been using our Magnets loans boxes. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our  and our Magnets loans box page.

Wednesday 25th May Reception Bubbles

Today Reception class have been investigating different ways to blow bubbles. Why not try our non-messy indoor bubbles at home? You only need a teaspoon of washing up liquid and sugar and a straw to blow bubbles with. Go to our STEM at home bubbles page to find out more.

KS2 Palaeontology and Electricity Loans Boxes June to July 2022

This half term, Marine Park Primary have borrowed our KS2 Palaeontology and Electricity loans boxes. To find out more about the boxes and for related activities you can try at home, click:

Palaeontology loans box

Electricity loans box

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