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May Home Education Day

Special ticketed event
Especially for home educated children
Thursday 1 May, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Two boys being assisted by parent with experiment in Newcastle's Life Science Centre.

Home Education Days have been designed for home educated children to benefit from our curriculum-linked workshops, which reflect current and relevant STEM themes and topics 

Children experience working like scientists in a lab setting which they would not have access to at home. At this Home Education Day, no school groups will be in the science centre, so you are guaranteed a more relaxed environment for your children. Families can also explore the science centre at leisure rather than having a ‘school style’ schedule to follow. 

Families can book one of the workshop sessions and combine this with a science centre visit or can opt for science centre only.   

The theme of May’s workshops is Exciting Experiments. Keep scrolling for further details… 

Terms and conditions

Enjoy a fantastic day of learning with other home educators

Ticket prices

Combined workshop and science centre visit £11.00
Under 11s must be accompanied by a parent in workshops. One adult comes free with every paying workshop attendee. If there are more adults coming along, additional tickets can be purchased for £14.25 each.
All workshops cost £11.00 per child and include a science centre visit. Sorry, but no membership discounts apply. Children not attending workshops pay normal science centre admission prices.
Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate children younger than 4 in our workshops for health and safety reasons.
Children who are participating in the 11–14-year-old workshops can attend unaccompanied, however parents/carers must stay in the centre and provide contact information so that they can be reached if necessary.

May workshops

Close up on shiny purple or violet slime in the hand isolated on blue background. fun and stress relief concept.

Slime Time

Recommended ages: 5-7 (minimum age 4)
Curriculum link: Working scientifically, Everyday Materials

 

Home-educated children will make and investigate the properties of different types of slime. Please note that the wearing of lab coats and safety glasses is highly recommended in this workshop.

 

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Two Boys Watching A Chemistry Experiment

Vicious Volcanoes

Recommended ages: 7-11 (minimum age 7)
Curriculum link: Working Scientifically, Physical Geography

 

Home-educated children will explore the work of volcanologists including erupting a ‘volcano’ and taking samples from it.

 

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Home educated child doing a titration experience inside science centre.

Titrations

Recommended ages: 11-14 (minimum age 11)
Curriculum link: Working Scientifically, Chemical Analysis

 

Home-educated children will learn how to use specialist equipment to carry out a titration and then use this to compare the strength of different chemicals. 

 

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Getting here

Life is located in Times Square, just a two minute walk from Newcastle Central train and Metro station.

Driving? Times Square Car Park is just around the corner. The sat nav reference for the car park is NE1 4AD (opposite Leonardo Hotel – formerly Jurys Inn). Look out for Centre for Life and/or Times Square Car Park signage to direct you.

Life Science Centre, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP