From the onset the students and staff were excited to unbox and start the project. Everyone has given positive feedback and really enjoyed the experience. 80% of the students who gave feedback feel more confident around science and enjoyed different aspects. When providing feedback majority of the students used vocabulary and language associated with the theme of the box. The funding ahs enabled us to purchase three boxes of STEM for our 5th class cohort. That is around 90 pupils who have engaged in this project. It has given Science and STEM a platform and has enabled us to imbed STEM more within our school. I have attached photos of some work completed by the students which they wanted to share. We also completed surveys using forms on TEAMS. The project has highlighted the need to make a link between STEM in school and the real world/ community through making links with local scientists, engineers etc in order for the students to STEM in action.

Here in Holywell ETNS we believe in providing a rich and stimulating environment. We believe STEM is an important part of this. We received a European STEM award last year and just celebrated our first STEM fortnight. This year our STEM mainly focused on Maths as part of our School Self-evaluation process and also Lego spike (coding) and bee-bots (coding) as part of our Digital learning plan. We are beginning to implement and embed STEM within our school culture through initiatives such as the STEM fortnight, weekly timetabling of K’nex, Bee-bots (jI-2nd Class) and Lego spike (3rd -6th Class). We also have purchased STEM boxes to link in with our science curriculum for each year. In order to develop the STEM culture within our school we feel we need to develop community relationships and expertise within the area in order to support our professional development and teaching and learning within our school. STEM in box is part of this process.