It’s Maths Week England (15th-23rd November) and there’s no better way to embed all things numeracy and data into your school curriculum than with Primary Engineer’s annual STATWARS Climate Change Challenge. Our competition delivers meaningful and engaging mathematics, numeracy, science, and data handling skills. Our national data competition empowers and educates pupils in Key Stage 2 and […]
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The world’s attention is fixed on Belém, Brazil, where the 30th United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) is underway from November 10th to 21st, 2025. This gathering is held in the Amazon rainforest, a once-lush symbol of biodiversity that is now critically threatened—a powerful, backdrop for the world’s most critical climate discussions. COP30 marks the halfway […]
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This week, as we mark Halloween, it’s fitting to talk about something that often feels spooky to many: data. Indeed “the devil is in the data,” but if you look closely, you’ll see it’s nothing to find scary. In fact, data is everywhere—it’s the backbone of every evolving industry, technology, and aspect of everyday life. […]
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STATWARS: Climate Change Challenge is a national data competition with multiple curriculum links to science, mathematics, computing, and engineering as well as english and geography. In total, we saw 2,641 Pupils from 91 Schools take part in the STATWARS: Climate Change Challenge. The competition empowers and educates pupils in Key Stage 2 and 3, aged 8-14, […]
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It’s Maths Week Scotland (22nd – 28th September) and there’s no better way to embed all things numeracy and data into your school curriculum than with Primary Engineer’s annual STATWARS Climate Change Challenge. This year’s “Wild Maths” theme invites pupils to see how numbers shape the world around us, from patterns in nature to the data behind climate action. […]
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In total we saw 5,370 Pupils and 179 Teachers, from 179 Schools, take part in the STATWARS: Climate Change Challenge. STATWARS was run across the UK in the 2023–24 academic year thanks to the support of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust (RAFCT). STATWARS: Climate Change Challenge is a data project with multiple curriculum links to […]
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Exasol Joins Forces With STATWARS® to Inspire the Next Generation to Use Data to Address Real-World Challenges
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The Aim of the Project is to Enable Young People to Engage With Data in a Way That Promotes Skills, Understanding and a Love of Data London, United Kingdom – September 07, 2021 – Exasol, the high-performance analytics database, has today announced that it has become a national funding partner for not-for-profit organization, Primary […]
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MET OFFICE AND STATWARS PANEL INTERVIEW In 1970, the first Earth Day occurred, giving a voice to the emerging environmental consciousness of the time. Now, in 2021, more than a billion individuals have played their part in raising awareness for our planet, alongside partners in 192 countries. To play our part, Primary Engineer® partnered with […]
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Royal Society and Primary Engineer’s STATWARS Partnership to Help Pupils Investigate Climate Change
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In the lead up to UN climate summit COP26, the Royal Society is partnering with not-for-profit organisation Primary Engineer – and their new project STATWARS® – to help primary and secondary pupils across the UK develop their data skills and investigate climate change. Through the STATWARS Climate Change Challenge, pupils across the UK will train […]
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Helping 480 institutions across 114 countries, the Met Office is contributing greatly to the movement for sustainability. On the 22nd of April, Primary Engineer’s STATWARS Climate Change Challenge and the Met Office are celebrating Earth Day 2021 with a unique panel interview! Inspiring and educating, Professors Lead Berrang Ford and Richard Betts are using their […]
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