Science Week 2026 — Curiosity: Exploring the Unknown

• Coding a Mars landing; rover Egg-Bot engineering; meteor impact testing; regolith/soil comparisons; Oxford fossils workshop; live Q&A with a scientist.
• Pupil Voice: “My code worked! I landed on Mars!” “The ammonite was older than I can imagine!”

Science Week 2025 — Change & Adapt

• Milk → plastic polymer, Van de Graaff, Chladni plates, evolution yoga, air-quality sensors, live lamb ultrasound.
• Pupil Voice: “The lamb ultrasound was AMAZING.” “The Chladni plates were awesome.”

British Science Week 2024 — TIME

• Water clocks; chromatographic “rainbow” investigations; potato/lemon batteries; live astronaut content; “eggs in vinegar” (change over time).
• Pupil Voice: “The lemon battery actually worked!” “Chromatography was like solving a mystery.”

These weeks enhance the taught curriculum (not replace it), strengthening working scientifically, teamwork and scientific identity across the school.

Please read the attachments below and see our Science Enrichment Newsletter for 2026 here.