REPORT: ENGAGING CHILDREN IN STEM EDUCATION THROUGH CREATIVITY CLUBS

In 2021, our STEM team partnered with NUSTEM (STEM outreach and research group based at Northumbria University) to develop Creativity Clubs: a STEM project delivered in Meadow Well Connected.

The 12-month project, funded through a Science and Technology Facilities Council Spark Award, was delivered in 6-week blocks, with each block designed around a specific STEM theme.

Now that the project has come to an end, both teams have spent time reflecting on and evaluating their project and have combined it all in their newly published report, ‘Creativity Clubs: Delivering equitable and effective STEM engagement in community settings’.

In the report, both teams detail their learning and outline their original assumptions, the adaptations that they made, and what happened as a result of the changes.

They also present four recommendations for others, whether individuals or organisations, who are in the process of developing community STEM engagement projects.

You can access the report by scrolling down or by clicking here. 

Please share with us your thoughts and if you would like to discuss anything further, please do not hesitate to email us at info@s4a.org.uk