Small Group lessons (Maths or Literacy) Y1-NCEA
Revise, Reinforce, Retain! 🌟
One hour personalised maths or literacy lessons tailored to each student to limit learning loss over the holiday period and ensure they hit the ground running for term 3! Group ratio 5:1.
(Various days/times - enquire for availability).
Snow Sports Engineering
Discover the Science, Engineering and Physics Behind Life on the Slopes 🏔️🎿⚙️
Students will combine science, engineering, mathematics, and design as they explore the fascinating world of snow sports and mountain environments. Through a series of hands-on challenges, students will investigate the physics that allows skiers and snowboarders to move efficiently across snow, the engineering behind mountain infrastructure, and the strategies used to protect people and communities in alpine environments.
Students will design and test miniature ski slopes, experiment with friction and speed, calculate velocity, and explore how different materials and conditions affect performance on snow. They will take on engineering challenges such as designing and constructing a functioning chairlift system capable of safely transporting passengers and cargo across a mountain landscape.
The programme will also examine the real-world challenges faced in alpine regions, including avalanche risk management. Students will design, build, and test avalanche defence systems, using scientific principles and problem-solving skills to protect miniature mountain communities from simulated natural disasters.
Through experimentation, design thinking, teamwork, and innovation, students will gain a deeper understanding of the science and engineering that make snow sports possible while developing valuable STEM skills in a fun and engaging context.
9am-3pm on Tuesday 7th July.
Measurement Makers
Chemistry in Action
Creating, Building and Problem-Solving Through Real-World Maths 📏⚙️🏗️
Students will discover how mathematics is used every day through a series of hands-on design, engineering, and creative challenges. As Measurement Makers, students will explore key measurement concepts including length, distance, perimeter, area, volume, capacity, mass, and scale while applying their learning to practical projects and real-world situations.
From designing and constructing models to creating useful items, testing engineering challenges, and experimenting with movement and structures, students will learn how accurate measurement helps us plan, build, create, and solve problems. Through activities involving construction, crafting, design, cooking, and experimentation, students will develop both mathematical understanding and practical life skills.
Students will be encouraged to think critically, work collaboratively, and refine their ideas through trial and error as they tackle a variety of engaging projects. By connecting maths to meaningful, hands-on experiences, this programme aims to build confidence, strengthen measurement skills, and show students how mathematics can be both useful and enjoyable.
9am-3pm on Tuesday 14th July.
Experimenting, Investigating and Discovering the Science of Change 🧪⚗️🔬
Students will become young chemists as they explore the fascinating world of matter, materials, and chemical reactions. Through hands-on experiments, investigations, and problem-solving challenges, students will discover how chemistry influences the world around us and plays an important role in everyday life.
Students will investigate the properties of different substances, explore how materials can change and interact, and develop their understanding of the building blocks that make up our world. Through observation, experimentation, prediction, and analysis, they will learn how scientists ask questions, test ideas, and use evidence to draw conclusions.
Whether mixing, testing, building, investigating, or experimenting, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the science behind everyday phenomena and discover how chemistry helps us understand and shape the world around us.
9am-3pm on Wednesday 15th July.