Our summer club ran for four weeks over the 2022 summer holidays. We ran the first two weeks for children aged 7-9 and the second two weeks for children aged 10 - 11.
Thank you to all of the children who attended and the special guests who contributed and made the club so much fun!
Thanks to Morgan Sindall for coming to talk to us about civil engineering and challenging us to move objects down a mountain.
Moving an object down a mountain – activities with staff from Morgan Sindall
Chromatography art pencil cases
A visit from Nicola at Rockpool School to find out what marine biologists do and meet some rockpool creatures.
Meeting rockpool creatures thanks to Nicola from Rockpool School
Creating seaside inspired art with Rockpool School
Inventing a way of transporting coal out of the mine
Inventing a way of moving coal out of the mines
Making a coal cart
Building a cardboard city of the future with NUTSTEM
A cardboard city of the future
A cardboard city of the future
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Programming the Earl robots
Programming the Earl robots
Programming the Earl robots
Releasing our painted lady butterflies.
Inspecting Lego bridges for damage with the Union Chain Bridge project
Inspecting Lego bridges for damage with the Union Chain Bridge project
Creating blueprints in the sun with the Union Chain Bridge project
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Making slime with AkzoNobel
Meeting sea creatures with Rockpool School
Meeting a starfish with Rockpool School
Meeting sea creatures with Rockpool School
Outdoor games at lunch time
Using cyanotype paper to make blueprints with the Union Chain Bridge project.
Chemicals in the paper react with the sun and change colour.
Rinsing off the blueprints.
Examining our blueprints
Making smaller tetrahedrons to combine together to make a bigger one.
Building a giant tetrahedron with the Union Chain Bridge project.
Building a giant tetrahedron with the Union Chain Bridge project.
Building a giant tetrahedron
Building tetrahedrons
Building tetrahedrons
Making sure the wooden dowels are secure on our tetrahedrons
Mini tetrahedrons
Mini tetrahedrons
Mini tetrahedrons
Combining the tetrahedrons
A really big tetrahedron!
Marbling fun with the Creative Remakery
Adding objects to block out sunlight for our blueprints
Leaving the blueprints in the sun to develop
Rinsing off our blueprints
Testing exposure times for the blueprints
Some of the finished blueprints
Making mini mangonels
Making mini mangonels
Firing the mangonels
Inventing a way of moving coal out of the mines
Inventing a way of moving coal out of the mines
A coal transport system
Making a cardboard snake with NUSTEM
Making a cardboard snake with NUSTEM
Making a cardboard snake with NUSTEM
Making a cardboard model city of the future with NUSTEM
Creating a hotel for the cardboard city
Creating buildings for the cardboard city
A cardboard city
A cardboard city
Working with NUSTEM
Learning about museum collections and cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Cleaning mining tools with the collections team
Learning about rocks and volcanoes
Learning about volcanoes with party poppers
Digging for fossils
Fossil rubbings
Digging for fossils
Making sandstone
Will it erupt?
Digging for fossils
Digging for fossils
Learning about earthquakes and liquefaction
Smashing our rocks
Smashing our rocks
Smashing our rocks
Smashing our rocks
Coke and Mentos eruption
A visit from Rockpool School
A visit from Rockpool School
A visit from Rockpool School
A visit from Rockpool School
A visit from Rockpool School
A visit from Rockpool School
Seaside art with Rockpool School
Seaside art with Rockpool School
A talk from Northumbrian water on how waste water is cleaned and filtered
Making origami fish with Northumbrian Water
Making origami fish with Northumbrian Water
Examining Lego bridges for faults with the Union Chain Bridge project
Lego bridges with the Union Chain Bridge project
Repairing Lego bridges
Botanical watercolour painting with the Union Chain Bridge project
Botanical watercolour paintings
Botanical watercolour painting
A tetrahedron building activity with the Union Chain Bridge project
Making mini tetrahedrons
Mini tetrahedrons
Combining the tetrahedrons
Combining the tetrahedrons
Getting bigger
A giant tetrahedron
A team effort
Learning about oyster reefs with the Wild Oyster Project
A visit from Kielder Observatory
A visit from Northumberland College Zoo
NUFC Foundation teambuilding and engineering challenges
Yes, the activities are being developed to be suitable for children in this age range and the age range will also affect the staffing ratio for the club.
The club will run from 10am until 3pm. Please ensure your child can arrive at 10 am so we can start the club promptly.
The club runs for two weeks: Monday – Friday the first week and Monday – Thursday the second week. The final Friday is an optional field trip – to attend the trip an adult over the age of 18 must accompany the child and be responsible for them during the trip.
The club will be repeated the following two weeks after, the majority of the activities will be the same but adapted slightly to make them age approriate. Please only book your child on one of the two clubs.
Attendng children will be provided with a healthy lunch, snacks and drinks during the club. Please let us know when booking if your child has any allergies or dietary requirements we need to be aware of.
We will be taking photos during the club, we ask that you fill in our photo permission form letting us know whether you are happy for us to photograph your child or not.
Most of our activities will be indoors at Woodhorn but we may also be out in the grounds around Woodhorn or around the nature reserve. We advise to check the weather before coming and dress accordingly. We recommend bringing a hat and wearing trainers or shoes suitable for going on a walk and a coat just in case!
We recommend you apply sun cream to your child before they attend each day. We do not apply sun cream on children. They are welcome to bring it themselves and re-apply it if needed during the day.
Our staff take regular lateral flow tests. Equipment is cleaned before and after use and public areas of the museum are cleaned regularly. Staff and children will be encouraged to wash hands regularly and anyone with Covid should not take part in the summer club.
Please let us know as soon as you can so we can offer the space to another child.
Staff working at our summer club have undergone an enhanced DBS check.
Children will be signed in and out each day as they are dropped off and picked up by parents/ carers.
