STEM Archives - Education North Tyneside

FIRST LEGO League 2025/26 – Unearthed

We are delighted to be launching another FIRST LEGO League season across the North East, as we dig deep into the new ‘Unearthed’ season. Students will explore this year’s archeological theme as they take on the biggest STEM programmes in the world! Around 1000 young people will put their team work, problem solving, coding and…

Scratch: How a Colourful Cat Changed Coding Forever

If you’ve ever been in a primary computing lesson and seen a cartoon cat spinning across a screen while a child proudly declares, “I made that!”, chances are you’ve met Scratch, the revolutionary programming platform that is now well over twenty years old. Not just any platform. Scratch is the first step to coding for…

Women in Maths day

To celebrate ‘Women in Maths’ day on 12th May, how can we encourage girls to believe that they can be mathematicians? Perhaps looking to some inspirational female figures is the answer. Inspiring Girls in Maths: Heroines Who Paved the Way It’s so important that all children – and especially girls – grow up believing that…

The Big Maths Party

On March 21, 2025, North Tyneside witnessed an extraordinary celebration of mathematics as 8,000 children from 35 schools across the region participated in the first ever Big Maths Party. Organised by our expert advisors at Education North Tyneside, the event aimed to ignite a passion for mathematics among students by exploring its presence in everyday…

FIRST LEGO League – Gateshead and Grown-ups

This year we are bringing FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge to another new part of the North East. In the third in this three-part series, we meet our new partners, Aspire Technology Solutions, who are supporting our Gateshead event, as well as finding out what comes next for the teams that find success in the regional tournaments. I’ll…

International Women’s Day and STEM Careers

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on the 8th of March as a focal point in the women’s rights movement. On this special day, we celebrate the contributions and achievements of women around the world. It is important to encourage young women into industries, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics…

FIRST LEGO League, taking on Teesside

In my first article in this series, I introduced FIRST® LEGO® League and our outstanding partnership with Sage. In this second part, we dive deeper into this year’s ‘Submerged’ theme and also meet the organisations that are helping us take FIRST LEGO League to a new audience on Teesside. Going under! This season, FIRST® LEGO® League teams…

FIRST LEGO League & Sage, our winning partnership

Sage volunteer at a FIRST LEGO League Challenge event

This year will see our biggest ever year of FIRST® LEGO® League events as we deliver five tournaments in March and two more events in July. We will welcoming teams from North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, Teesside, Newcastle, County Durham, and even a visiting guest team from Ghana! In this first in a series of…

Addressing the gender imbalance in STEM subjects

Still only 24% of people working in the Tech Industry are women. The underrepresentation of women and girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects remains a significant challenge in the UK. Despite some progress, females continue to be outnumbered by males in both STEM education and careers. UK Exam results 2024 This year,…

Support the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024

Our team at Education North Tyneside work closely with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to deliver FIRST® LEGO® League programmes across the North East. The IET are a fantastic non-profit organisation who strive to inspire young people to pursue STEM learning and careers and hopefully become the next generation of engineers, and this…