Launch Pad School Holiday Programme
A fun packed day where creativity, learning and play combine! Suitable for ages 5 - 11.
Limites Spaces available:
In between bouncing, scootering and Dodgeball, kids will have the opportunity to create their own cool machines and learn the science behind them.
Choose from Catapult, Tank, Binoculars, Kaleidoscope and Clocks.
Kids get to take their creation home at the end of the day.
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9am
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3pm
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Kids need to bring their own lunch, drink bottle and snacks.
Grip socks are provided.
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$85 per child per day
$150 for 2 siblings
Details:
| Time | |
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| Drop off | 9am - 9:15am |
| Introduction - The science behind your machine | 9:15am - 10am |
| Morning tea | 10am - 10:15am |
| Trampolines | 10:15am - 11am |
| Machine creation | 11am - 12pm |
| Lunch / slushies | 12pm - 12:30pm |
| Trampolines and scooters | 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
| Machine decoration | 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
| Group games | 2:30pm - 3pm |
TIMETABLE FOR THE DAY
Project Schedule
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Build a Super Catapult
Monday 20th and Monday 27th Jan 2025
Physics and fun combine as children create their own catapult to take home and use slings to help the warriors break through the wall.
1. Understand the function and composition of the catapult
2. Introduction to Elasticity
3. Explore the projection distance of the catapult
4. Build a catapult
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Build a Clock
Tuesday 21st and Tuesday 28th Jan 2025
A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own clock to take home whilst learning to tell the time.
1. Understand the analog clock and its structure (dial, hands, movement);
2. Learn to distinguish hands (hour, minute, second);
3. Learn to read the time
4. Build a clock
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Build a Tank
Wednesday 22nd and Wednesday 29th Jan 2025
A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own tank to take home and testing their creation against obstacles in a game!
1. Understand the structure of a moving tank
2. Explore the transmission of pulley and belt
3. Build a tank
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Magical Kaleidoscope
Thursday 23rd and Thursday 30th Jan 2025
A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own kaleidoscope to take home whilst exploring the beauty of symmetry.
1. Understand the symmetrical pattern of a kaleidoscope (symmetrical structure)
2. Understand the imaging principle of kaleidoscope
3. Make a kaleidoscope
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Build Binoculars
Friday 24th and Friday 31st Jan 2025
A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making and decorating their own binoculars. Inspire curiosity through science as they’re now equipped with a tool to zoom in on the things that interest them.
1. Understand the definition and characteristics of a convex lens- magnifying glass (convex in the middle, thick in the middle and thin on both sides)
2. Build binoculars