SCIENCE CLASSES & CAMPS 2024

• CLASSROOM-BASED HOLIDAY CAMP INFORMATION
• Weekly/daily holiday camps run from 9.30-3.30, (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online)
• Regular and accompanied breaks for refreshments, air-conditioned rooms, Security monitored rooms at all times!
• Our holiday camps are completely hands-on & project-based throughout each day
• International students are welcome
• Your children will be grouped & taught separately by ages/ability and will be assisted during all experiments
• Please ensure that your children are fully potty trained and are able to go to the toilet by themselves
• 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online
• Our teachers are fully vaccinated & have enhanced DBS checks and first aid training in place
• We have a very high teacher/child ratio during all camp days (1:6)
• All workshops are fully risk assessed
• PLEASE NOTE: Lunch & 2 snacks have to be provided by the parents, due to the different dietary requirements
• **WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY NUTS, SEEDS, OR EGGS IN THE ROOM**!

OCTOBER HALF-TERM CAMPS

From Arid Sands to Mountain Summits: Exploring the Science of Biomes

Mon-Fri, 21-25 October Camp 2024

Taught in age-adjusted groups: 4-7 and 8-12 years, (separately taught, with age-adjusted highly interactive content). Our teacher/children ratio is 1:6

Book single days or the full weeks from 9.30-3.30 (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online, 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online)

Location: Holiday Inn London - High Street Kensington, Ground Floor, Wrights Lane, London W8 5SP (2 mins High Street Kensington Tube and 10 mins from Earl's Court Station), air-conditioned rooms, secure garden area for outdoor activities during lunch breaks.

Day 1: Desert Ecosystems – Completely Dry! • Explore Desert: Gobi, Atacama, Sahara, and other Mysterious Places • Desert Survivors: The Amazing Adaptations of Camels and Cactuses • Desert Biomimicry or Let Us Learn from the Namibian Darkling Beetle • Finding Water in the Desert? – Evaporation and Condensation • Mirages: The Physics of Heat and Light in the Desert

Day 2: Ecosystems – Watery Ones • Fresh Water Ecosystems: Rivers, Lakes, and Streams • Chilling Adventures: Exploring Wildlife and Human Adaptations in the Arctic Tundra • Ecosystems in Motion: Ocean Food Webs, Waves, and Tidal Forces • Amazing Journeys of Marine Animals: Whales Migration and Sea Turtle Nesting • Amphibians Unleashed: Masters of the Land and Water

Day 3: The Tropics – Getting Dryer • In the Heart of the Jungle: Rainforest Ecology and Adaptations • Mastering the Art of Disguise: Exploring Animal Camouflage • Nature's Pharmacy: Medicines from the Tropical Biome (plants and fungi) • Aztec Agriculture: Chinampas and Sustainable Farming Techniques • The Inca Road System: Engineering Marvels of the Andes

Day 4: The Web of Life; Earth’s Intricate Ecosystems • Geology and Botany: Unveiling the Earth's Living Landscape • Secrets of Soil: Unveiling the Hidden Word Beneath our Feet • The Hidden Ecosystem Engineers: Termites and Ants • Beyond Honey: The importance of Bees • Rachel Carson and Ecological Protection, Conservation/ Rewilding. What are Food Webs?

Day 5: Artificial Ecosystems: Surviving on Alien Planets • Space Age Navigation: Space Travel and Spaceships of the Future • Cloud Cities: Designing Human Habitats in Venus' Atmosphere • Mars Gardens: Growing Plants in Extraterrestrial Environments • Moon Habitats: Engineering a Lunar Home

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Junior Medical Explorers: Discovering the World of Medicine

Mon-Fri, 28 October to 1 November 2024 

Taught in age-adjusted groups: 4-6, 7-10 and 11-13 years, (separately taught, with age-adjusted highly interactive content). Our teacher/children ratio is 1:6

Book single days or the full weeks from 9.30-3.30 (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online, 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online)

Location: Holiday Inn London - High Street Kensington, Ground Floor, Wrights Lane, London W8 5SP (2 mins High Street Kensington Tube and 10 mins from Earl's Court Station), air-conditioned rooms, secure garden area for outdoor activities during lunch breaks. 

Day 1: Junior Medical Explorers - •    Doctors Through Time: The History of Medicine•    Inside the Human Body•    Bio-machinery: Muscles, Tendons, and the Skeleton•    Red and White: The Heroes of our Blood
Day 2: Junior Medical Explorers - •    How Doctors see Inside Us: Medical Imaging•    Our Incredible Nervous System•    Wonders of the Brain•    Vision and How our Eyes Play Tricks on Us
Day 3: Junior Medical Explorers - •    The Digestive System and our Miraculous Micro-biome•    Elements: Investigating What We Are Made Of?•    Let’s learn about Teeth!•    The Circulatory System: Heart and Blood
Day 4: Junior Medical Explorers- •    John Snow and Germ Theory that Saved Millions of Lives•    The Army Inside Us: Our Immune System•    The Power of Genetics: The Discoveries of Crick, Watson and Frankin•    What are Pathogens?
Day 5: Junior Medical Explorers - •   How we are winning the fight against Germs: Alexander Fleming and Mary Hunt •    Medicine from Nature: The Immortal Jellyfish or How Do We Learn from Animals•    Viruses and Vaccines: Edward Jenner•    How the deadliest Creature in the world might just save us all•    The Future of Medicine: The Robots Doctors

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The Expedition into the Frozen Frontier: Winter Physics Lab

Mon to Fri, 16-20 December 2024

Taught in age-adjusted groups: 4-7, 8-12 years, (separately taught, with age-adjusted highly interactive content). Our teacher/children ratio is 1:6

Book single days or the full weeks from 9.30-3.30 (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online, 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online). Accompanied Hyde Park access during break time (weather permitting).

Location: Royal Garden Hotel, Westminster Suite, 2, 24 High Street Kensington, London W8 4PT (right next to Hyde Park)

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Astrophysics Unveiled: Decoding the Universe Hidden Secrets

Mon to Fri, 17-21 February 2025

Taught in age-adjusted groups: 4-6, 7-10 and 11-13 years, (separately taught, with age-adjusted highly interactive content). Our teacher/children ratio is 1:6

Book single days or the full weeks from 9.30-3.30 (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online, 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online). Accompanied Hyde Park access during break time (weather permitting).

Location: Royal Garden Hotel, Westminster Suite, 2, 24 High Street Kensington, London W8 4PT (right next to Hyde Park)

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AUTUMN TERM

Weekly Autumn Term Zoom Video Classes & Classroom-Based 2024

MONDAY, 9 SEP TO SUNDAY 8 DEC - (HALF-TERM 21 OCT-3 NOV 2024)

• Wings and How They Fly
• Martian Botany: Growing Plants Beyond Earth
• Exploring Intelligent Noses in Nature
• Journey into the Chemistry of Metals
• The World of Mushrooms and Fungi
• Spiders and the Web of Wonders
• Colourful Chemistry: Exploring Chromatography
• Inside Out: Skeletons of Humans and Animals
• The Science Behind the Bridge of London
• Blending In: Discovering the Science Behind Camouflage
• Winds of Change: Exploring Weather on Earth and Beyond
• Quiz and STEM Project

• PLEASE NOTE: Lunch/2 snacks have to be provided by the parents, due to the different dietary requirements
• **WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY NUTS, SEEDS, OR EGGS IN THE ROOM**!

• CLASSROOM-BASED HOLIDAY CAMP INFORMATION
• Weekly/daily holiday camps run from 9.30-3.30, (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online)
• Our holiday camps are completely hands-on & project-based throughout each day
• Your children will be grouped & taught separately by ages/ability and will be assisted during all experiments
• 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online
• Our teachers are fully vaccinated & have enhanced DBS checks in place
• We have a very high teacher/child ratio during all camp days (1:6)
• All workshops are fully risk assessed
• Regular and accompanied breaks for refreshments, air-conditioned rooms
• PLEASE NOTE: Lunch/2 snacks have to be provided by the parents, due to the different dietary requirements
• **WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY NUTS, SEEDS, OR EGGS IN THE ROOM**!
• LIVE VIDEO CLASS INFORMATION
• Book daily morning and afternoon sessions online 
• All online video classes are age-adjusted for 4-7 and 8-12-year-old children (10% siblings & friends discounts will be applied)
• Our live online video classes are project-based and interactive
• All our teachers are Scientists & Science Communicators and are highly experienced working with young children
• Teachers have enhanced DBS checks & safeguarding training in place
• All our Zoom webinar/meeting classes are live-streamed and highly interactive. Both camera and microphone functionalities are turned on for all students and the teacher. However, if you do not want your child to appear on camera, it can be switched off, which will not affect the ability to participate actively.
• Classes are recorded and monitored for safety & quality
• Great for inspiring and exploring science at a young age 
• Stimulating, engaging and brains-on
• For group or weekly bookings, please email us: info@littlehouseofscience.com