A railway development company has build a new STEM room in a primary school.

The Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company has worked with Settle Primary School to build the room which opened on June 22.

The room will be accessible to local schools across the Settle-Carlisle line.

Settle Primary School, working with the Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company, has been working towards a STEM curriculum, becoming the Roll Royce Science Prize Finalists and Employee Choice Winners (2018), Farmvention STEM National Finalists 2019 and 2020, and is currently the only school in North Yorkshire to have been in three consecutive national STEM finals.

As well as being a STEM hub for the school, the studio will also be available for the community, and other schools along the Settle-Carlisle railway.

Richard Wright, executive headteacher of Settle and Malhamdale Primary Partnership, said: “With thanks to the Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company, we now have a brand new STEM Studio resource that we can use to continue the important work we began before the Pandemic.

“We now look forward with great excitement to championing the teaching and  learning of STEM subjects to children across the locality for many years to come and to continuing the momentum that was established pre-Covid 19.

“We are very grateful for the amazing support that we have received. It is most definitely true that without the help of our sponsors we would not have been able to have this superb facility”

Joanna Buckley, Community Manager at Avanti West Coast, said: “We’re delighted this classroom is now open, so Settle Primary School can expand their efforts to teach more children these important subjects.

“This new facility will help equip local schoolchildren with invaluable skills and knowledge that are vital for the transport sector while making the Settle-Carlisle Railway a bigger part of the community by providing a space for people of all ages to meet.

“We want to connect young people to opportunity and by supporting this great initiative through our Community Rail Project Fund we hope to inspire the next generation to think about rail as a career and help them develop skills for the future.”

The STEM Studio plans to be open to the community as well, helping provide a new and unique space for groups to meet.

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