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Holiday workshops: Architecture for plants (Year 5 and 6)

Fri 14 Aug 2026

Discover architecture and design through playful, hands-on building challenges.

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Holiday workshops: Architecture for plants (Year 3 and 4)

Fri 14 Aug 2026

Discover architecture and design through playful, hands-on building challenges.

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Holiday workshops: Engineering and Machines (Year 5 and 6)

Tue 25 Aug 2026

Join this hands-on workshop exploring machines and engineering

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Holiday workshops: Engineering and Machines (Year 3 and 4)

Tue 25 Aug 2026

Join this hands-on workshop exploring machines and engineering

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Holiday workshops: Micro:bits - Sensing the Body through AI (Year 7 - 9)

Fri 21 Aug 2026

Use leading edge technology to explore the electrical signals your body produces and discover how engineers are using the same

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Holiday workshops: Micro:bits - Sensing the Body through AI (Year 5 and 6)

Fri 21 Aug 2026

Use leading edge technology to explore the electrical signals your body produces and discover how engineers are using the same

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Holiday workshops: Magnetronics - Cracking the Code (Year 5 and 6)

Thu 20 Aug 2026

Build your own telegraph and communicate in secret, just like World War Two codebreakers.

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Holiday workshops: Magnetronics - Cracking the Code (Year 3 and 4)

Thu 20 Aug 2026

Build your own telegraph and communicate in secret, just like World War Two codebreakers.

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Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (Year 3 and 4)

Mon 24 Aug 2026

Students get hands-on making their own bath bombs and lip balm.

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Holiday workshops: Magnets and motors (Year 5 and 6)

Fri 21 Aug 2026

Follow the journey of the discovery of electromagnetism, how Ri scientists harnessed it to invent the motor, and the future of

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