Home Educators Day – British Science Week

Thursday 13 March 2025 | 10.30am - 3pm Show all dates and times

A day for home educated children to develop their science, engineering and local history with sessions and activities led by experienced STEM educators.

Book Online | FREE - £11.55 Per Child

For ages 0-14

Explore the science and engineering around vehicles at our day for home educated children and their families. Led by our expert Learning Team, amazing science communicators and visitors from the University of Warwick, you are set to experience unique learning opportunities diving in to the fascinating science of transport.

Prices:

*2 FREE accompanying adults per paying child.

Ages 0-2	FREE
Ages 3-5	£4 Per Child*
Ages 6-16	£10 Per Child*
Additonal Adults	£3 Per Adult

 

Activity Programme:

Throughout the day, you can select workshops to attend, drop-in play-based activities and take time to explore the museum.

Choose from the following workshops and activities to attend, giving you a range of experience for mixed ages appealing to varied learning abilities and interests:

Activity	Delivery Team	Age
Sensory Stories & Rhymes	CTM Learning Team	0 - 4
Exploring STEM with Rob Bennett	Rob Bennett	6 - 11
Mini Museum Engineers	Self-led play experience	0 - 4
4D Land Speed Record Simulator	CTM Museum Stadd	6 - 11
Future Engineers	University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group	6 - 11
Playing with Fractals	University of Warwick, Maths Department	6 - 11
Programming with Artbots	CTM Learning Team	6 - 11

 

Sensory Stories and Rhymes:
Explore our collections through songs, stories, movement and sensory play. These sessions provide an opportunity for our youngest visitors to engage with our collections in a way that is meaningful to them.

The hands-on nature of these sessions appeal to their imaginations and above all else is fun. Each child will receive a sensory play bag, containing freshly cleaned sensory resources, which helps to keep them engaged for the duration of the session; adds context by using a physical object to give words meaning; extends learning through play and increases their opportunities to develop good listening and language skills.
 

Mini Museum Engineers:
Get playful with loose parts in our museum galleries to create things that go, tall towers, marvellous marble runs, 'robots' and more! This popular child-led play space will be available to drop into throughout the day. Suitable for all ages.
 

4D Land Speed Record Simulator:
Experience the thrill of breaking the World Land Speed Record on our 4D Land Speed Record Simulator! Take your seat*, buckle up, and discover for yourself what it's like to drive faster than the speed of sound, across the Black Rock Desert in America.

Exploring STEM with Rob Bennett:
Explore the science and engineering within vehicles with STEM Ambassador Rob Bennett. Get stuck in to some open ended and hands on investigative work around the science of transport that will drive intrigue and curiosity.

Future Engineers:
Join Dr Phil Jemmett and other STEM experts from the University of Warwick WMG department to get hands on with Science.

Playing with Fractals:
Join mathematics students from the University of Warwick to explore the fascinating and perplexing maths of fractals and other geometrical wonders.
 

Programming with Artbots:
Combine art and programming with our programmable robots that allow you to create impressive repeating patterns. Get creative with these little artbots and see what you can make.

 

Full timings of the day to follow. Following on from your booking, our team will contact you in the lead up to the event to confirm which bookable workshops you would like to attend on the day to help us manage numbers, avoiding overcrowding and to create a positive learning environment for your children,

Please note, bookable workshops will be repeated to allow for maximum participation.

For further information, please contact Joe Hind, Schools Learning Coordinator: ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk

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