Teachers, family practitioners, and playworkers! Take part in a free, family-friendly all-day lab on Saturday 27 Apri...
In celebration of Science Week, St Bridget's Catholic Primary School were visited by trainees and apprentices from Atkin...
DigVentures are hosting an online event titled "How To Study Medieval Artefacts" to share a taster of what it’s like t...
Kooth are offering webinars for year 6 classes, ahead of the SAT's to promote Kooth as a resource to manage stress and...
Brockhole on Windermere are working in partnership with United Utilities to deliver FREE half day Water Workshops and as...
Take a ticket to attend a special STEM Story Time event with STEMFirst and the Primary Business Partnership. 13th of Ju...
Richmond Hill School recently took part in a Dream Jobs workshop for 23 enthusiastic Year 4 students. With the support o...
SEERIH are running a final package of free teacher support for delivering our Engineering Educates Farmvention Challen...
Roving Robots is a FREE coding workshop run by BAE systems! Develop essential skills such as creativity, problem solv...
Frizington Community Primary School Year 6 pupils were joined by Arlecdon Primary School and St Joseph’s Catholic Prim...
Last Monday, we held a "Scaffold the World" Workshop at Seascale Primary School for 30 students in Year 3 & 4, suppo...
On 23rd January 2024 the Y6 children at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School were joined by Dave Cryer, a local author,...
To celebrate Safer Internet Day in Cumbria, the CSCP is offering a virtual briefing session on Tuesday 6 February 3.15...
On 15th January 2024 the Y6 children at All Saints’ CE Primary School were joined by Lucy Dunn from Lake District Wil...
What is National Storytelling Week? In 2024, National Storytelling Week will take place from 27 January to 4 February....
Do you have an idea for a classroom-based project that you’re ready to test and refine and take to the next level? ...
Arkwright Scholarships The Arkwright Engineering Scholarships are the most esteemed scholarship scheme of its type in...
British Science Week British Science Week 2024 has the theme of 'TIME' and will take place from 8 - 17th March 2024....
Cumbria Primary Schools - Year 6 STEM Challenge FREE in-school STEM Challenge Days Students will: Wor...
Want to know what is going on in the STEM world? Come to our fantastic STEM Community teacher session and anything !...
STEM In Space The popular teacher session for KS2 and KS3 is about all things STEM in S...
See inside STEM - Innovation and Research The world of STEM is amazing. Did you know ... Scientists and...
This is Me - I am a STEM Ambassador This is Me - I am a STEM Ambassador is a fantastic initiative to make it very easy...
Find out more Webinars If you would like to find out more about STEM Ambassadors, then STEM Learning are hosting regula...
What is World Nursery Rhyme Week? Founded by Music Bugs and launched in 2013, World Nursery Rhyme Week promotes the i...
The SkillsBlox programme is a bespoke toolkit consisting of age-appropriate workshops to help primary pupils across Cum...
The government's new National Education Nature Park is about to launch. From Wednesday 4 October, all education settin...
October is Black History Month, a time to focus on recognising and celebrating the invaluable contributions of black peo...
The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven is opening its doors to everyone for free this weekend (Saturday 30 September and Sunday...
Autumn Term courses for early years educators are now available to book. Active Start is Active Cumbrias early years...
These early-years sessions are designed to encourage your little ones to be creative and playful. Each themed morning is...
Enjoy a creative spell at Fell Foot, learning a few basics of this traditional craft. Part of a National Lottery Heritag...
Experience a weekend of free creative activities at Allan Bank for Heritage Open Days. Be inspired by the villa's rich h...
Rheged are offering a brand new Décopatch workshop. With a selection of items to choose from ranging from bunnies, dino...
3rd July-8th October 2023 Address: Windermere Jetty Museum Venue: Windermere Jetty Museum Website: https://lakel...
The University of Cumbria - Back On Our Map Project will be running a series of nature-based family activity days in Ba...
Cumberland Council with Cumbria Wildlife Trust, have been working to reverse pollinator decline across north & west...
From September, SEERIH are launching a new staged package of free teacher support for delivering the projects. Sign u...
Over 90,000 children are signed up for our live Harvest Thali on the 4th October which will include an action-pack...
World Nursery Rhyme Week is due to take place from 13th to 17th November 2023. Settings are invited to register to dow...
With the school holidays fast approaching, the Summer Holiday Activity and Food Programme provides a wide range of activ...
Over 220 pupils from Netherton Infants, Maryport CofE Primary, Our Lady & St Patricks, Grasslot Infants & Ewanri...
Becca & Lizzie meet Flavian the pig farmer Friday 17th February @ 2PM! In our final webinar of this series, Becca...
BECBC are celebrating their 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, they are launching a competition on 23rd January!...
Pupils at Grasslot Infant School were given a glimpse into the working world this week as they were visited by local vol...
We have some new training sessions planned for 2023 for the following workshops: Animal Me Contract to Cube it...
A huge congratulations to our overall winner, James McGowan from Ashfield Juniors. James wrote this fabulous poem below...
Safe Parking Pledge ‘Design A Postcard Competition’ This year the Active Travel team would like to promote Clean...
https://youtu.be/t5aoBfeTD4g The OneAim Joint venture has won the NDA’s Best Approach to Sustainability Award 2022...
The Primary Business Partnership have been working with Innova Learning Ltd to help distribute their Innovabox. It's a r...
It might not be career advice at this stage in their lives, but exploring what work is with young children is set to mak...
Enter for a chance to win a trophy, book tokens and books for your school. In collaboration with Cumbria County Counci...
A group of 43 children from St Gregory’s Primary School in Workington and Our Lady and St. Patrick's Primary School in...
It's been wonderful to hear from All Saints primary school after their Introduction to West Cumbrian Night Sky by Dennis...
https://youtu.be/wugP0SYtVuk From 2022, rockets will be launched into space from UK spaceports for the very first ti...
The idea behind the day is to celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities around the world as well as promoti...
We are helping to promote The Anti-Bullying Alliance campaign who’s theme this year is ‘One Kind Word’ in partners...
Last year we had a Social Return on Investment Report carried out to assess the value of the whole PBP programme and the...
For the last couple of years Contract to Cube-it has been a popular and well received workshop in West Cumbrian schools....
15th - 19th November Road Safety Week Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service New to book starting this week, Cumbria Fire...
Schools are invited to take part in Active Travel Cumbria's Autumn Term ‘Get Active Day’ and Be Bright, Be Seen on a...
For more information on how to access all the FREE resources https://www.jacobs.com/steam/butterfly-effect The Bu...
National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has created some COP26 activities to keep you and the kids entertained this half term,...
Join us for a Live Q&A session with Asher Best, the director of Space Advanced Programs USA on Tuesday 5th October a...
Lowes Court Gallery, Egremont 1st - 26th September 2021 Lowes Court Gallery, Egremont are running an art competiti...
Come and take part in our Fun Dog Show Saturday 11th September 11am - 3pm at Hammond's Pond Is your dog a super sa...
A fun day out for dogs and their families! Saturday 21st August 11am-3pm Meet-and-Groom sessions with ponies and d...
Are you looking for activities to do with the children over the Summer holidays? Why not take part in the various activa...
Join the Wild World Heroes for the Summer Reading Challenge and discover how you can make a real difference to the envir...
Do you want to get wildly creative, have fun and try something new this summer? Join Barra Culture at Workington Librar...
The Theatre by the Lake in association with Allerdale Borough Council are running a FREE 2 week summer school. Spend...
In this hot weather it can be very tempting to have a quick dip in a river to quickly cool down but this could result in...
The Widening Horizons Collective is a trio of individual professional artists who work together in collaborative creativ...
The Cumbria Holiday Activity Programme has a wide range of activities on offer across Cumbria to suit all age ranges, fr...
The Big Ask is a survey for children and young people aged 4–17 in England. The survey is split into different age gro...
Trellis Arts in collaboration with Cumbria Music Hub had developed a mini sing last year which unfortunately had to be c...
Age UK West Cumbria has teamed up with PBP to launch a new art competition, putting older people in the spotlight. Th...
Children and young people can be vulnerable in an emergency situation. Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service strive to minimis...
Has the past year been a ‘GAP YEAR’ that none of our children asked for but turned out to be the most productive of...
The John Dalton Science Fund STEM Grants Available of up to £500 for your school. Students from Cockermouth School h...
Grab yourself a book for the adventure of a lifetime… We know you’ll all be celebrating the love of reading by ge...
It’s nearly National Career Week and for the first time it is linking in to World Book Day with a fantastic new primar...
The Primary Business Partnership (PBP) has launched a new cookbook, created to brighten up lockdown. It features w...
Solway Stories: Draw-a-long Tutorial. The Romans at Milefortlet 21. If you LOVE to draw then be sure to join Liz Mil...
Please find links for all our resource links this week- Chester Zoo Live Virtual Zoo Day Friday 19th February 2021...
LOVE BOOKS?TAKE PART IN OUR FANTASTIC COMPETITION TO WIN BOOK BAGS KINDLY DONATED BY HILLS BOOKS AND SIGNED COPIES...
Chance Camp have decided to provide a virtual Chance Camp for February 2021. They hope you can use this opportunit...
Are you an illustrator, an Author, Photographer, Publisher, Editor, Designer, work in a book shop, a Printer, Proof read...
British Science week – 5 th to 14 th March 2021 The PBP are looking for volunteers to take part in pre-recorded (or...
Age UK West Cumbria has teamed up with PBP to launch a new art competition, putting older people in the spotlight. "I...
Nationally, Children’s Mental Health Week is taking place on 1-7 February 2021. This year's theme is ‘Express Yourse...
Oak National Academy Free weekly books and activities. This week's book by Jacqueline Wilson.Find out more: https://prim...
Live Cook along with Peter Sidwell. MasterClass Juniors is an online FREE cook-along session with top chef Peter Sidw...
Please find links for all our resource links this week- Northern Gas Networks have created some fantastic at home lea...
They are really easy to download- From the main Amazon web page type in "Free Maths books", the list of the free ones...
Paignton Zoo - Lesson live from the zoo! Next Friday 15th January at 11am Paignton Zoo will be presenting a short les...
Creative Earth is an art competition for people aged 16 and under from across the UK, run by the UN COP26 Climate Change...
Free CPD Webinar Sessions 20th & 26th January 2021 The National Careers Week FREE CPD sessions on 20th and 26th J...
1st - 6th March 2021 For the first time National Careers Week is linking in to World Book Day with their primary res...
Welcome back to our Aspiration session - helping children in our areaDream BIG. Last week saw us pilot an adaptation...
Remember to sign up for the FREE training sessions to help you get the most out of MS Teams and building your confidence...
We are currently looking at how we can still run some of these sessions taking into account the present situation. We st...
Vodafone are offering free SIMs to help those school children most in need to access school work from home, catch up on...
Last Friday, the Primary Business Partnership shone a light on the Hospitality and Catering sector giving primary school...
Competition for Schools in West Cumbria Local author, Helen Haraldsen, is giving West Cumbrian primary schools the ch...
Last week the Primary Buisness Partnership and their amazing volunteers have put together a series of resources and sess...
Calling all mini chefs – Do you want to take part in the ‘Aspiration in the Kitchen’ Lockdown Cookery Book competi...
Wow. What an amazing response we had to our Gardening Competition. The judges met (virtually) on Friday...
Children at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Frizington are holding an Alice in Wonderland week starting on Mond...
Practical Action is an international development organisation working with people in poverty to change their world. P...
Lockdown Gardening Competition - Now extended to 30th June! We know many of you have been busy over this lockdown per...
Wright Sports Services, while currently unable to visit schools, have been busy working hard to create some FREE activit...
Congratulations to Silloth Primary School! One of their pupils had her miniature book shared on the British Library feed...
University of Cumbria's trainee teachers are keen to support in any way they can during these uncertain times and have s...
BlueJam is a music and arts organisation in Cumbria and the North West. They have teamed up with Jess Boatright from Gro...
A week before all of our lives changed and we entered lockdown the Primary Business Partnership team helped deliver work...
On the 7 May STEM Ambassadors will be presenting a day of live streamed activities for schools and students at home...
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure have just produced a fantastic set of Activity Cards. The pack contains a variety of acti...
Cumbria Wildlife TrustDownload Cumbria Wildlife Trust Can you identify Pollinators in your garden or during your...
CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY Here at the Primary Business Partnership, we have a commitment to continue to pr...
KAEFER launch the “Love Where You Live” poster competition for primary school children KAEFER have launched the ...
We wanted to highlight this great opportunity from Transform our World. This is some of the information from their webs...
While we are no longer out and about we are still here finding ways of supporting schools and businesses during these un...
The children at St Bega's C of E Primary learnt about how to dream BIG! Last week volunteers from a range of local bu...
That's what the students of Allonby Primary were aiming for when they were set the challenge of building the tallest tow...
"I loved it, it was very fun and exciting to find out their jobs!" This is what one student from Maryport Primary rep...
Congratulations to St Mary's Catholic School, Harrington who took on the challenge to experience the Contract to Cube-it...
Six months ago, we had a chance meeting with the team from Honister Slate Mine. Employee Tori Jones volunteered for one...
The children at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Cleator Moor learnt about the most dangerous and best jobs in the...
The pupils at Northside Primary school, Workington were joined by James Kuechel, Red Pike Education and Claire Johnson f...
This is what we asked the children of Oughterside Primary School last week when Primary Business Partnership delivered a...
Children Dream BIG at Thornhill Primary School A great start to the New Year last week when the Primary Business Part...
We were joined by Alfie Oaten from Balfour Beatty at Moresby Primary School at the end of November for a challenging, fu...
MEGALITHIC - Mega/ Great this is what some of the yr 3 & 4 pupils at Gosforth Primary School described the session g...
Last month, Elizabeth from Kaefer delivered an Animal Me session at Holme St. Cuthbert School. After the session the...
Volunteers from Honister Slate Mine visited Dearham Primary School to share their passion about what it is they do. W...
Take a look at our new video and find out more about how the Primary Business Partnership can support your school and he...
30 volunteers from local business joined primary school teachers to find out how to bring science careers to life in the...
Bill Miller from Doosan Babcock, has been delivering this great career related learning session into local primary schoo...
Following recent training from Red Pike Education, Claire and Melanie from Primary Business Partnership jumped in at the...
Last day of term for Orgill Primary School, Egremont and Bill Miller from Doosan dropped in to deliver his Dream Job wor...
It's been a week full of inspiration and BIG Dreams with another Aspiration Session this time at St Bridget's Catholic P...
Last week volunteers from the NHS, Smurfit Kappa and AS Designs went to St Bridget's CofE Primary School to help the chi...
Adam Ross (AS Designs), Gerard Richardson (Richardsons of Whitehaven) and Julia Myerscough (Jelf Insurance) shared their...
Thank you to our business volunteers Clare Macaulay from Sellafield, Kerri Allison from Reays, Aidan Harrison from Sealy...
ASPIRATION SESSION AT ORGILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, EGREMONT. Keith Nichol, from Smurfit Kappa, spent an afternoon this week s...
Thank you to our business volunteers Clare Macaulay from Sellafield, Kerri Allison from Reays, Aidan Harrison from Sealy...
Welcome back to school! we've got lots of new exciting activities in the pipeline for the new school year and some that...
Schools out! just time for one last Aspiration Session before the holidays begin. Our business volunteers this week w...
This month, Tori, from Honister Slate Mine headed down to Borrowdale School to spend time with the pupils at their After...
This month, Tori, from Honister Slate Mine headed down to Borrowdale School to spend time with the pupils at their After...
Arup Employees, Lewis Bawden and Matthew Henry called into Valley Primary School, Whitehaven this month to hand out some...
Children from St Bridget's Catholic Primary School in Egremont started to think about the opportunities available to the...
Year 5 and 6 pupils from Montreal Primary School spent the morning trying out their interviewing skills to find out more...
From Rocks to Lasers to working in the mills and analysing human waste products…… the children at St Patrick's Catho...
The year 6 pupils at Victoria Junior School, Workington took part in a STEM Aspiration session. Volunteers from Sellafie...
Year 5 and 6 pupils from Montreal Primary School spent the morning trying out their interviewing skills to find out more...
For the children of Ewanrigg Junior School the opportunity to explore the World of work became a reality yesterday. E...
Last week saw the Primary Business Partnership facilitate an Aspiration Session with business volunteers from the local...
It was back to school for Sellafield employee, Darren Stables. Not so many years ago he was sat at a desk at Eaglesfield...
The sun was shining down on the pupils of St James' Church of England Junior School last month when over 50 children vis...
It was back to school for Sellafield employee, Darren Stables. Not so many years ago he was sat at a desk at Eaglesfield...
A whole day of Dreaming BIG at Bransty Primary School last week. The Primary Business Partnership along with Energus Nuc...
A big thank you to Adam Ross and Hannah Simpson from AS designs, Beth Nicholls from PPM Ltd who joined Sarah and Claire...
More than 200 pupils from primary schools in and around Maryport came together to learn first-hand about science, engine...
A session delivered by James from Red Pike Education on behalf of PBP at Bookwell School to support their Maths Week....
Imagine an Owl working in Design or Hospitality, ok maybe not the owl but if you've got the same personality traits then...
#NCW2019 is the official hashtag for the week and it's a celebration of brilliant careers ideas, resources and experienc...
Enthusiastic Year 5 and 6 pupils from Distington Primary School spent the morning trying out their interviewing skills t...
Here are some photos from the Aspiration Day at St Mary's Catholic Workington......
Here are some photos from the Aspiration Session at Arlecdon Primary yr 5 and 6 with Lucy Tompkins, Catherine Eve, Carol...
Primary Business Partnership ran an Aspiration Session at Bookwell School with company representatives from Thomas Graha...
The Steam Trail, an exciting new initiative organised and funded by BEC and based on Westlakes Science Park for Primary...
CfLP coordinated and facilitated an Aspiration Morning with Key Stage 2 children at Thornhill primary school who are inv...
Who thought accounting could be fun? It is according to Year 6 students at Valley Primary School in Whitehaven. The scho...
Representatives from a range of local businesses brought careers and job titles to life when they visited Frizington Pri...
Pupils from Years 5 and 6 at Derwent Vale Primary School had a fascinating morning at Amcor Flexibles in Workington, whe...
Pupils from year 1 & 2 at Eaglesfield Paddle Primary School had a fascinating morning today, gaining an insight into...
Imagine an Owl working in Design or Hospitality, ok maybe not the owl but if you've got the same personality traits then...