Description
May-June Half-Term Science Activity Holiday Camp 2025
-Weird Science! – New for 2025
Let your Child join the 1,000’s others being inspired on the week-long safe, fun, educational, hands-on, Curriculum-linked STEAM Holiday Activity Camp programmes– by Mother Nature Science. Specially developed over 15+ years to inspire all children, ages 5-12yrs, 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.
? Truly International! ?
Every year both UK and International children fly in from all over the world for our holiday camps. All your child requires is basic level of spoken English. ?
Book with Confidence! – Childcare Vouchers, GTFC, CGPS and Universal Credit payment methods accepted – just choose ‘Pay by Other Method’ at Checkout. We Offer Full ‘ No Quibble’ Refunds – in the unlikely event of cancellation of for any reason you give (terms apply).
- Book with Confidence! – The No. 1 Parent-Trusted Holiday Science Activity Camp for over 15 Years
- Winner ‘Best Holiday Camps’ voted by 1,000’s of Parents in the Hoop Awards
- Childcare Vouchers, GTFC and CGPS Accepted (just Book Online as normal and Choose ‘Pay-by-Other Method’)
- For Girls and Boys Strictly Ages 5-12 yrs – tried and tested ‘mixed-age’ dynamic
- Classes Limited to only 20 children (1:10 Staff to child ratio)
- 9am-3:30 pm (Extended Hrs 8:30am-4pm – Just Add on Online Booking form)
- At Select School Venues Across London
- Safe, Fun, Educational, Hands-On Indoor and Outdoor STEAM Activities
- Weird Science! – week programme – new for 2025 (see what they do below)
- Dates: Tue 27 May-Fri 30 May 2025 (4 days – Bank Holiday Mon 26 May)
- Early-Bird and Multi-Booking Discount available
Everything You Need to Know
Every year the Mother Nature Science Activity Camp inspires thousands of budding scientists, during all school Holidays and even the half-term breaks at premium Partner School Venues.
Before you attend
- Designed as a week – long camp, for maximum benefit to your child *
*You can book ‘individual days’ at a premium rate and no discount is applicable. Booking for the whole week is is much more cost effective.
- Open to ages 5 – 12 – tried and tested ‘mixed-age’ dynamic
- 9 am – 3:30 – extended hours available
- Bring a packed lunch – only mineral water provided
- All equipment provided
During the sessions
- Indoor and outdoor activities – bring comfy clothes
- Four classroom-based fun, hands-on, craft-focused, science sessions per day, with wow-factor demonstrations and take-home experiments – across chemistry, biology and physics – see what they do below!
- Three ‘Playground-Activity-Breaks’ per day, including: football, hoola-hoops, tennis, skipping-ropes, bubble-guns, parachutes, bean-bags and stomp rockets – and more!
About the Venues
- Located across London and Herts
- Parking on street
The Benefits for Your Child
Unleashes Creativity
Supports the school curriculum
Makes learning fun
Great physical activity
Expands the imagination
Encourages teamwork
Contributes to cognitive development
Builds confidence
Activity Week Programme
Weird Science!– New for 2025
Every day at this fun, educational week-long 4-day camp is a strange science expedition into the unknown and over the week your child will do 30+ safe STEAM activities, exciting demonstrations, hands-on experiments, team games and fun quizzes – across Chemistry, Biology and Physics!
Every Day includes:
4* indoor classroom-based fun, hands-on science sessions
3* outdoor ‘Activity Playground Breaks’
Please note: the programme content and order may be subject to minor change.
Day 1> Rainbow Research!
After a Getting to Know You and orientation session we learn about primary, secondary and tertiary colours and mix our own colour wheel. We also set up a walking rainbow experiment. We carry out an experiment to show that light travels in straight lines, but what if you bounce it back? We reflect on what happens and make a mirror sculpture.
Getting to Know You! – Through games and activities, we make sure all little scientists are prepared for a fantastic week of science fun!
Mix It Up! – We learn about primary, secondary and tertiary colours by mixing our own colour wheel.
Hall of Mirrors! – Light travels in straight lines, but what if you bounce it back? We create a reflecting mirror sculpture.
Rainbow Connection! – We split visible light into the rainbow spectrum by making a spectroscope.
Day 2> Deep Science!
We travel down through the ocean zones and discover the mysteries of The Deep in an ocean zone bottle. Next, we ‘meet’ an ocean apex predator, the great white shark. We discover what makes them such a great predator and then examine their food chain. Oil spills happen too frequently in our oceans, we learn how difficult they are to clean up by completing an oil spill challenge.
The Deep! – We investigate the different ocean zones and create an Ocean Zones bottle.
Jaws! – ‘Meet’ an ocean apex predator and make their food chain.
Beyond the Sea! – Oil spills happen too frequently in our oceans; we complete an oil spill challenge to see how difficult they are to clean up.
Deep Sea Slime! – We investigate transparent, translucent and opaque liquids and make some Deep Sea Slime.
Day 3> Blow Me Away!
The wind moves at different speeds from a gentle breeze to a hurricane. We use an anemometer to measure wind-speed. Then we try some tricky air pressure experiments to show that even though you can’t see it, air has mass. We explore just how powerful moving air can be and build a windmill. Finally, we investigate a strange air pressure quirk, the Magnus effect, and see how spinning objects can fly – even without wings!
Blow Wind, Blow! – The wind moves at different speeds from a gentle breeze to a hurricane. We build a windsock to measure wind speed.
Renewable Energy – I’m a Big Fan! – We look at powerful air and harness it to power a mini windmill.
Flying without Wings! – it’s not just things with wings that fly! We make a spinning flyer from some unusual items.
The Fun Zone! – We re-cap the activities with quizzes and challenges designed to reinforce the day’s learning.
Day 4> Weather Madness!
We take a look at the sky and discover there are many different types of clouds, we make a cloud viewer and learn what different types of clouds mean for the weather around us. We examine one of the more extreme weather systems and find out what makes a tornado twist. Then we learn how rainfall is measured and make our own rainwater gauge. We end with an explosive finale – a Mentos and diet coke experiment.
Mr Blue Sky! – There are many different types of clouds, we make a cloud viewer so we can become meteorologists and forecast the weather!
Twister! – We find out what makes a tornado twist and make our own tornado in a bottle!
Let It Rain! – Will it be the driest summer on records? We make a rainwater gauge to help us find out.
Geyser! – Stand back! We recreate this exciting earth phenomena in the playground.
Remember – Parents will also receive a TOP SECRET Handout that tells you:
- What They DID?
- What They LEARNT?
- Other cool science you can EXPLORE AT HOME?
When:
May Half-Term Holidays 2025
Tue 27 May-Fri 30 May 2025 (4 days – Bank Holiday Mon 26 May)-Weird Science!
Timings:
9am – 3:30pm (6.5hrs).
Extended Hours: 8:30am-4pm – extra £10 per day, per child. Simply add (tick) on Online Booking Form above.
Pricing
For the best price available to you, please see booking form above
Full Week Places (Discount Available)
Early Bird Discount is available! Up to 3-Weeks in advance of camp start date
Website automatically implements Early Bird Discount.
Normal Price: per week 5 days – premium hands-on science activities
Multi-Booking Discount is available, below for full-week friend group bookings, siblings and multiple weeks. Single payment transaction – only.
Places fill up 1-2 months in advance at some venues, so don’t miss out.
Day Rates (no Discount):
We offer a limited amount of daily places for a higher daily charge
How to book Day places: simply place your order online normally ignoring the full-week price and at the final ‘Checkout Page’ in the ‘Additional information’ box – type your preferred day/dates or requests and select ‘Pay by Other Method’ (‘BACS, Cheque, CV Childcare Voucher’) – not Pay by Card. Our Team will then email your balance and how to pay.
Multi-Booking Discount
We reward parents who book multiple full-week places, siblings or together in a group with friends. See an example below where you can save up to £150 by booking with your friends. e.g. ? Sarah Booked online for her 5 friends as per below using Basket Code C5 and saved everyone £30 and £150 in total.
– I’m booking:
- £30 off full price (-£15/child) when you book 2 week child places
Basket page Coupon Code: C2 - £60 off full price (-£20/child) when you book 3 week child places
Basket page Coupon Code: C3 - £100 off full price (-£25/child) – when you book 4 week child places
Basket page Coupon Code: C4 - £150 off full price (-£30/child) – when you book 5 week child places
Basket page Coupon Code: C5
Please note: friends in a group can also book online separately (choosing Checkout, Pay by Other Method) but one friend must pay for everyone via a single transaction bank transfer to qualify for the multi-book discount – you cannot pay separately. Available at participating offices only.
Difference payments may be requested if the codes above are misused.
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