Pupils celebrate STEM achievements at Robert Gordon University
An awards and exhibition event was held on 13th May 2025 in Aberdeen, which showcased and celebrated local school pupils across Scotland North for their engineering ideas submitted to the Primary Engineer annual UK STEM competition.
These pupils had taken part in a national competition, run by educational not-for-profit Primary Engineer, where they answered the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”. Pupils interview an engineer, learn how to think like an Engineer and are tasked with identifying a problem in the world around them and coming up with a creative solution to that problem.
Entries were then graded by local industry professionals before going to a regional judging panel were they picked two winners and two highly commended for each year group.
The highly commended and winning pupils were awarded trophies and framed certificates of their ideas, with 28 pupils from schools in the area being celebrated.
Congratulations to all the pupils, including Primary 5 pupil Mimi from Anderson’s Primary, whose idea “Infinity Glasses” stood out for the judges and won the special ‘Judges Award’. These glasses allow you to see through materials and select the material you want to see, such as wood, metal or stone! They connect to a smart watch for ease of control. They are normal glasses until you push the button!”
Primary Engineer were joined by Dr Ibiye Iyalla from the university, Jon Gill from Metron and Mo from AFBE for the presentation to pupils on the night.
Our competition has been fully-funded for this region by our national and regional partners.
“If you were an Engineer, what would you do” is an annual, national competition free to enter for all 3-19 school pupils. Entries are open now for 2025-2026 and schools can register now at www.leadersaward.com
Primary Engineer Public Exhibitions and Award Ceremonies continue all over the UK through to July, with thousands of pupils engineering ideas being displayed for all to see, find out more. The full event photo album will be available shortly after the event on our Facebook page.
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About Primary Engineer:
Primary Engineer®, since 2005, have developed an engineering curriculum that spans Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Further Education institutions. Its core aims include; the development of children and young people through engagement with engineering, the promotion of engineering careers through inspiring programmes and competitions, the development of engineering skills for teachers and practitioners addressing the inequalities in engineering.
We developed a project-based learning approach to education which enables children and pupils to engage with practical math’s and science alongside creative problem solving and literacy. It has been described as STEM by Stealth® due to the integrated curriculum nature of the programmes which also develop resilience and curiosity.
Strong links to engineers and the industries they work in provides an opportunity for both pupils and teachers to expand their knowledge of careers, career paths and opportunities.