AT BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL Another extraordinary year for Star Activities, but one I’d like to congratulate my wonderfully hard working team upon. We managed to successfully run our courses throughout the duration of the pandemic and not have one positive Coronavirus case. I believe this is due to the hard work and dedication of the team to keep everybody safe. Well done and thank you to everybody who played their part in the success. This last year saw increased numbers across our variety of courses due to us being one of the only holiday courses operational throughout the pandemic. We introduced new courses such as a Magic Masterclass, Nature Detectives and Performing Arts. This summer promises to be just as fruitful with new additional courses in Science, Spanish and Creative writing being added. We look forward to seeing you all this summer and welcoming you onto our courses as the World returns to some sort of normality. Thank you all for your continued support.
Star Activities – SCIENCE! There are two summer science courses on offer each summer. CSI Science is offered to children aged 10-15 years and concentrates on gathering evidence to solve crimes. We learn about a range of different scientific roles and skills involved and the children set up crime scenes for each other to investigate. I am sorry to report that (cardboard) Tim Peake featured in two crimes this year! The second course is offered to children aged 7-15 years and includes lots of activities aimed at reinforcing the scientific method. Of course, we are on holiday and so we get to play with the slime, playdoh, and lava lamps that we create. Even the balloon kebabs go home! This year we have included some engineering challenges, spaghetti structures and paper bridges with an element of competition. The winners get to choose some activities for the last day. Water rockets are sure to feature again! By Mrs Tharme, Teacher of Science
By Miss Harris, Head of Infants and Star Activities Director
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