Offering STEM professional learning, health and safety advice and STEM engagement opportunities to Early Years and Primary educators across Scotland
Joined March 2017
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Welcome to the @pstt_whyhow Scottish fellows team. 4 new recruits at the most recent PSTT Awards night.
Huge well done to Lynne, Shannon, John and Graeme.
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
🧮The first round of Maths Week Scotland Grant Funding is now open! Schools, nurseries, early learning & childcare providers, community & family providers & other educational settings can apply for £250 or £500 towards their #MWS2026 activities!
👉ow.ly/Kg9b50Z7G0c
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
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We have three exciting career opportunities at SSERC:
Education Manager: Physics
STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Programme Manager (Maternity Leave)
Young STEM Leader ARTAV posts.
For more information, visit: sserc.org.uk/
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
P7 investigated wind energy as part of their learning about the Sustainable Development Goals 🌍. Groups designed their own science inquiries to explore how blade design, wind speed or direction affected the electricity generated by their plastic bottle turbines. @SSERCprimary
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Some exciting vacancies at SSERC, please see sserc.org.uk/ for more information:
Education Manager for Physics (Secondary)
STEM Ambassador Programme Manager (Maternity Cover)
Associate Regional Trainer and Verifier (ARTAV) x2 for the Young STEM Leader Programme
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Apply now for our Zoom In Zoom Out SSERC Meet - with a focus on magnification to develop observation skills.
🎁Online twilight session for a group of staff with a box of kit, including digital microscopes
🗓️16 or 18 June
Find out more and apply here: sserc.org.uk/professional-le…
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
Want to find out more? Join our Engineering Educates webinar on 28 or 30 April to find out about ready-made resources:
⭐️no cost
⭐️CfE-linked
⭐️exciting contexts for learning
⭐️STEM careers
⭐️meta-skills
Find out more: sserc.org.uk/professional-le…
@EngEdChallenge @RaiseScotland
The Engineering Educates team have created this fantastic resource to support learners to build models and prototypes - an online toolkit including videos and info on materials, joining, mechanisms and more.
Register for free to download!
engineeringeducates.org/crea…
@EngEdChallenge
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
Mar 26
Check out the Royal Society's "Partnership Grants Scheme". Primary schools can receive up to £3,000 to work in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry to run an investigative STEM project 🤩!royalsociety.org/grants/part… The 2026 round is now open!
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
Join our Engineering Educates webinar on 28 or 30 April to find out about STEM activities from ready-made resources:
⭐️no cost
⭐️CfE-linked
⭐️exciting contexts for learning
⭐️STEM careers
⭐️meta-skills
Find out more: sserc.org.uk/professional-le…
@EngEdChallenge @RaiseScotland
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Fantastic morning spent at the Children’s interaction and design networking event at Edinburgh futures building. Superb to speak with academics on their research and other agencies too. How ca sserc help to support all this work being carried out? Shame to be missing this pm
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
Take a look at our latest Early Years & Primary STEM Bulletin - packed full of ideas and advice. Bulletin 101 is themed on Health & Safety - are you up to date with the latest H&S advice? Find Bulletin 101 here: sserc.org.uk/
@SSERCofficial @RaiseScotland @STEMedscot
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The Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) is moving forward—are you ready? 🔬
Don't tackle the changes alone. Join the @ASE_Scotland 'Hang Oot' to discuss, deconstruct, and learn how the CIC impacts science education in Scotland.
Collaborative professional discussion at its best.⬇️
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Kicking off a very exciting day!
13 teachers 6 researchers from @UoE_EFI working alongside @SSERCofficial’s Head of Early Years & Primary.
Powerful feedback on grasping data, embodied learning, haptics, AI & Numbukko — shaping what comes next
#STEMeducation #EdResearch
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The Engineering Educates team have created this fantastic resource to support learners to build models and prototypes - an online toolkit including videos and info on materials, joining, mechanisms and more.
Register for free to download!
engineeringeducates.org/crea…
@EngEdChallenge
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Take a look at these upcoming Digital and Computing Science courses from @SSERCDigital - new Saturday courses also available: sserc.org.uk/professional-le…
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DIGITAL & CS OPPORTUNITIES for TERM 3
4 courses on Sphero and VEX
Full day, engaging PL at SSERC
Resources to take away on loan for 16 weeks
Opportunity to see the impact on learners and staff
Can be used in class or coding clubs
More info and apply: bit.ly/3Wyci5c
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
#EngEdChallenge 'Engineers of Tomorrow' challenges learners to explore problems that are important to them. Then, guided by the Engineering Design Cycle, they create a robotic solution.
Sign up for access: engineeringeducates.org
@UoMSEERIH @UKRobotics @SSERCofficial @RAEngNews
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SSERC Early Years and Primary Team retweeted
Debris Detectives! This #EngEdChallenge introduces learners to the exciting world of space robotics and explores how space junk is being removed using robotic solutions.
Register to get started: engineeringeducates.org
@UoMSEERIH @UKRobotics @SSERCofficial @RAEngNews
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