Science October Half-Term Holiday Camp

Specially developed over 15+ years to inspire all children, ages 5-11yrs, with a lifelong love of science and learning, through enriching, educational experiments, indoor and outdoor social play and take-home activities that explore the science around us in our daily life. Every Day includes: 4* indoor classroom-based fun, hands-on science sessions 3* outdoor ‘Activity Playground Breaks’ – That’s why our camps are referred to as ‘Science Activity Camps’. Halloween Science Every day at this hauntingly-fun, educational week-long 5-day October Half Term Science School Holiday Camp is a science expedition into the spooky unknown and over the week your child will do 40+ safe, fun, STEM craft-focused activities, exciting demonstrations, hands-on, take-home experiments, team games and fun quizzes – across Chemistry, Biology and Physics! Day 1: Atomic Monsters! After a ‘getting to know you’ and orientation session we start the week by washing our hands and investigating gruesome germs! We make a slimy “blood” sample and see the content of our blood. Then the children experiment with shocking static electricity and make their own petrifying haunted ghost house! Getting To Know You! – Fun ‘Getting to Know You’ games to start the week and an introduction to the Scientific Method to set up our little scientists for a fantastic week of spooky science! Viral Viruses! – We start by washing our hands! We learn why hand hygiene is so important and investigate some gruesome germs. Blood Making! – We explore the make-up of blood and then make our own gory blood sample. Haunted House! – The children experiment with shocking static electricity and make their own petrifying haunted house. Day 2: Gory Genius! Our scientific geniuses become ghoulish chemists for the day as they create an acid/base volcanic eruption, explore stretchy, gooey polymer slime, and then investigate why oil and water don’t mix. Eerie Eruptions! – We learn about chemical reactions before making eerie erupting pumpkins. Spooky Slime! – Then we investigate the power of polymers and make some glow-in-the-dark florescent slime. Witch’s Cauldron! – Finally, we try to mix two liquids that don’t want to mix and create a bubbling witch’s cauldron! The Fun Zone! – We re-cap the activities with quizzes and challenges designed to reinforce the day’s learning, support the younger children, and stretch the more able learners. Day 3: Trick or Treat! We trick our eyes with ghostly optical illusions, discover the life cycle behind a popular Halloween decoration – the pumpkin lantern! and examine what makes up our skeleton and make a friendly model skeleton – Skelly! Witchcraft Illusions! – Our science wizards practice their magical skills and create a baffling thaumatrope optical illusion. Pumpkin Life Cycle! – We discover the life cycle behind spooky pumpkin lanterns and make a pumpkin life cycle model. Skelly, the 3D Skeleton! – We end this day with a spine-chilling look at the skeletal system and put Skelly the Skeleton together. The Fun Zone! – We re-cap the activities with quizzes and challenges designed to reinforce the day’s learning, support the younger children, and stretch the more able learners. Day 4: Witchcraft Science! Today we shoot rockets and examine how jet propulsion could speed up a witch’s broom and zoom bats across the classroom! Then we create a glow-in-the-dark spider web and uncover some creepy spider facts. Flying Bats! – We investigate jet propulsion and launch some rocket bats. Spooky Spider Webs! – Arachnophobes beware! We take a close look at the world of spiders and make a glow-in-the-dark spider web. Broom Zoom! – Then we take the jet propulsion theme further and investigate sending witches into space with a rocket witches’ broom! The Fun Zone! – We re-cap the activities with quizzes and challenges designed to reinforce the day’s learning, support the younger children, and stretch the more able learners. Day 5: Freaky Fun! The body is the focus when we ‘dissect’ a plasticine brain and get to grips with a skeleton hand. Then we re-animate some jelly worms as they do a wiggly dance. Brain Building! – We get the children to use their heads and make a grisly brain model! Manic Bone Hand! – A gruesome grabber helps up discover the bone structure in our hands. Dancing Franken-Worms! – We then bring to life some Franken-worms and make them dance in a bubbling liquid. The Fun Zone! – We re-cap the activities with quizzes and challenges designed to reinforce the day’s learning, support the younger children, and stretch the more able learners. Parents, don’t worry you get something too – you will also receive a ‘TOP SECRET Parent Handout’ that tells you: 1. What they DID? 2. What they LEARNT? 3. Other cool science you can EXPLORE AT HOME? Extended Hours Available 8.30am-4pm (£10 extra per day)