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Home Education Day

A day dedicated to home educated children and their families.

  • 15th - 16th May 2024
  • Ticket includes ONE Child and ONE Adult
  • Workshop, Show and Talk Included
  • Free Time to Explore the Exhibition

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  1. SEN 16

    Home Education Day

    The National Space Centre’s Education team is hosting a day of talks, workshops and shows in the Planetarium to home schooled children.

    Join the team to find out more about Our World From Space in day of exploration.

    Suitable for children from 6-14, sessions will allow children and adults  to work together to achieve their own learning goals (children remain the responsibility of accompanying adults at all times).

    Group 3 for 6-9 and 9-12 ages has been dedicated to SEND children and families. 

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This Month's Theme

Our subject for this Home Education Day is Our World from Space.

  • Price for ONE child and ONE adult £24.99 (including workshop, talk, show, science busking, downloadable resources, and entry to the Centre).
  • Adults must remain with child at all times (PLEASE NOTE - this ticket does not include additional children/adults).

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SEN 4

SEND Sessions

SEND sessions all have a relaxed quiet room during the activities if needed, and longer workshop sessions for less intensive activities. Families are also welcome to join the other talks during the day, however, this content will be shared in the main session as well. 

  1. Kids Weather Sun UV

    Workshop - Weather

    • Group 1 - 10:15 / Group 2 - 11:45 / Group 3 SEND - 10:15

    Through practical hands-on experiments and demonstrations children will learn about different weather types, how they are formed and forecast. 

  2. Spaceport Scotland Sutherland Two

    Talk - From Spaceports to Orbit

    • Group 1 - 13:30 / Group 2 - 13:30

    In this explosive talk, find out how we launch Earth observation satellites to space, how they work, and what they do there.

  3. We Are Guardians (1)

    Planetarium Show - We Are Guardians

    • Group 1 - 14:20 / Group 2 - 14:20 / Group 3 SEND - 11:40

    The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.

  1. Satellites

    Workshop - Satellite Survival

    • Group 1 - 13:15 / Group 2 - 14:30 / Group 3 SEND - 14:00

    This creative workshop will put students' engineering and design skills to the test as they build a protective satellite fairing to save their payload from the dread shake test!

  2. Spaceport Scotland Sutherland Two

    Talk - From Spaceports to Orbit

    • Group 1 - 12:30 / Group 2 - 12:30

    In this explosive talk, find out how we launch Earth observation satellites to space, how they work, and what they do there.

  3. We Are Guardians (1)

    Planetarium Show - We Are Guardians

    • Group 1 - 10:20 / Group 2 - 10:20/ Group 3 SEND - 11:40

    The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.

  1. Cryosat Satellite Model

    Workshop - Satellites

    • Group 1 - 12:15

    In this interactive workshop, students get the chance to learn, challenge and experiment with something we all take for granted these days, Satellites. They affect our daily lives more than we realise, from communications systems, to weather forecasts and even space exploration. 

  2. Spaceport Scotland Sutherland Two

    Talk - From Spaceports to Orbit

    • Group 1 - 14:30

    In this explosive talk, find out how we launch Earth observation satellites to space, how they work, and what they do there.

  3. We Are Guardians (1)

    Planetarium Show - We Are Guardians

    • Group 1 - 10:20

    The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.

Downloadable Resources

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    Age 6-9

    Download your Key Stage 1 gallery trails here
  2. Space Shuttle Columbia Launching Small2 1900X0 C Default

    Age 9-12

    Download you Key Stage 2 gallery trails here
  3. Falconheavylaunch

    Age 12-14

    Download you Key Stage 3 gallery trails here

FAQs

Unfortunately we have very restricted space in the classrooms, so the ticket includes ONE child and ONE supervisory adult. However, if you would like to buy standard day entry to the National Space Centre for any additional adults/children, you can all spend time together in the Centre's exhibitions outside of the 30 minute talk, 60 minute workshop and 30 minute show. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times in the Centre.  

No, due to the additional workshop, talk and show there is an additional ticket for this event. Home Education Day tickets are not valid for the FREE Annual Pass upgrade.

We provide all resources required for the sessions. We strongly suggest you download the gallery trails in advance and bring those with you. Children are also encouraged to bring a water in a sealed bottle with them (to stay hydrated throughout).

No, children must be supervised by an adult at all times. 

No, the sessions have been developed specifically for that age range. It would not be fair on your child, or others in the group.

Each session will include children of differing ages and abilities. Due to the nature of the sessions, we do not have sufficient resources for children to work individually.

No, all tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. As we use a third party ticketing supplier there are significant fees to make any changes, which the charity is unable to cover. 

Please check out our SEN/SEND Home Education Day, which may be more appropriate for you and your child. We also have Space Cadets online learning you can do at home (with access to Zoom). 

Yes, the National Space Centre will be open as normal to the public and groups to book a visit. Workshops and talks will be exclusive to those booked on the Home Education day, however, free time in the exhibition and galleries will include any public visiting on the day.