NUSTEM Loans Boxes Spring 2023

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This term children at New York 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 Key Stage 2 have been using the following boxes. Click on the link to find out more about the box:

Levers, Pulleys and Gears loans box

Sound loans box.

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

Wednesday 30th November and Wednesday 7th December Year 5 Underneath the Ice

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Year 5 visited Thinklab at Northumbria University and 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.

Thursday 3rd November 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 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.

This half term, children in Key Stage 2 have been using our levers, pulleys and gears loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Levers, pulleys and gears loans box page.

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

Finally, children in Key Stage 2 have been using our space loans box. For more information and activities to try at home, visit our Space loans box page.

Thursday 20th October Year 4 Geologists

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Iron meteorite from Chaco, Argentina. One of the ‘Campo del Cielo’ fragments first found in 1576.

This afternoon Year 4 became geologists and investigated rocks from space. For more information about geologists and meteorites, visit our Geologist page.

To use objects from around your home to create your own meteorite impact craters- just like those we can see on the moon, visit our STEM at Home Impact Craters page.

NUSTEM at New York 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 light loans box. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our  and our Light loans box page.

 

 

Children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 have been using our Mini beast loans box. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our  and our Mini beasts loans box page.

Friday 24th June STEM Fair @ New York

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Today NUSTEM were at the school STEM fair, making marble runs and seed packets from recycled materials.

The seeds are to grow wildflowers, which attract bees, butterflies and other important pollinators to our gardens and open spaces.

To plant the seeds, you just need to find some soil (this could be in your garden, in a park or field or by the side of a road) tear open the corner of your packet, sprinkle the seeds then  rake over or cover with a thin layer of soil.

Pollinators are important as they carry pollen from flower to flower, making sure plants can produce fruit and seeds. This provides us with food!

To discover how another common creature, the earthworm, helps us in our gardens, fields and farms, you could visit our Make a wormery STEM at home page.

22nd and 23rd June Systems Engineers and Mechanical Engineers

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Years 1,2, 4 and 5 have been using marble runs this week. Year 1 and 2 became systems engineers and investigated how to put difference pieces together to become a single marble run. Years 4 and 5 used the same equipment to become mechanical engineers and investigated how to use their knowledge of forces to solve a problem. Visit our NUSTEM at home marble run page to find out how to build a marble run at home using cardboard and tape.

20th and 21st June EYFS Marine Engineers

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This week children in Reception and Nursery have become marine engineers and investigated floating and sinking. To try a simple floating and sinking activity at home, using only tin foil and coins, visit our NUSTEM at home Foil Boats page.

Structural Engineer and Marble Runs Loans Boxes June – July 2022

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This half term, New York Primary have borrowed our Structural Engineer and Marble Run loans boxes. To find out more about our loans boxes and to try some related activities at home, click:

Structural Engineer loans box

Marble Run loans box