Youngsters are set to camp out at the Met Office this weekend to learn about the science behind weather.
Met Office Science Camps provide a unique opportunity for 11-13 year old students to take part in demonstrations and hands-on activities led by Met Office staff, while camping overnight at Met Office headquarters in Exeter.
The activities cover a wide range of topics which explain how we understand, measure and forecast the weather and climate.
The Met Office Science Camps take place over a number of weekends throughout the spring and summer terms. They are part...
Come on a quest and take part in our knight and dragon activities! Make a fire-breathing dragon and your own edible knight! Find out about heraldry and create your own coat of arms to take home with you. Try our badge machine to make a knights and dragon badge. £1 per activity
Wednesday 27th May, 10:30 - 12:30 (Pearson Education Centre)
How did they make ink and paint in medieval times? Come along and find out! Make your own ink and paint, then have a go at creating an illuminated medieval manuscript to take home. £5 for the workshop. Booking Essential
Booking Information: £5 per place. Please book by calling 01392 285983 / 01392 413174. Book online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/166636
Join us to have a go at some of our Cathedral Crafts. Draw a picture and turn it into a badge with our badge machine. Create your own ‘shrinkie’. Draw your design onto our special plastic sheets and watch them shrink when they are heated. You can take home your mini work of art as a key ring! Or choose from our one of many brasses to take a rubbing and find out the history behind them all.
This drop-in activity takes place in the Cathedral. £1 for each activity.
Admission to the Cathedral is free for under 18s within a family group.
Join us to have a go at some of our Cathedral Crafts. Draw a picture and turn it into a badge with our badge machine. Create your own ‘shrinkie’. Draw your design onto our special plastic sheets and watch them shrink when they are heated. You can take home your mini work of art as a key ring! Or choose from our one of many brasses to take a rubbing and find out the history behind them all.
This drop-in activity takes place in the Cathedral. £1 for each activity.
Admission to the Cathedral is free for under 18s within a family group.
Ever wished for a non-screen alternative for your kids that was equally handy but that tapped into the greatest entertainment resource of all: imagination?
Well, Exeter-based mum of three, Kate de Bass, felt the same way and has set about creating a solution.
The result is Pipity: a fledgling range of ‘Portable, Packable Play-pals’ for kids aged 6-plus to inspire and encourage imaginative and creative play, at-home or on-the-go.
All the products – dinky little A5 activity cases, portfolios and activity books – have been dreamed up and designed by Kate.
New research has indicated that obesity in children has quite different causes at different ages.
The research, led by the University of Exeter Medical School and part of the internationally respected EarlyBird Study, could have far-reaching implications for attempts to reduce the global epidemic of childhood obesity, as it indicates that very different approaches may be needed at various stages of development.
In a study published yesterday (Monday April 27) in the International Journal of Obesity, scientists compared data on contemporary children with those of the 1980’s...
The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has reported Devon County Council to the Information Commissioner for failing to reveal how much money is available to fund education services for deaf children. Despite two warnings, it has been alleged that the council has failed to comply with a Freedom of Information request to reveal its budget. Investigation by NDCS shows, in the last five years, local councils in England have cut the money available to fund essential services for deaf children, such as Teachers of the Deaf. The latest figures from the Government show nearly two thirds of...
The four Rotary Clubs of Exeter have announced that their third Teddy Bear Parachute Jump event will take place on Cathedral Green on Saturday 2 May 2015 between 11am and 3pm, raising funds for Honeylands Children’s Charity in Exeter.
The event promises to be a fun packed day for all the family and a thrilling experience for any teddies brave enough to complete the parachute jump from the top of a 100ft high hydraulic platform provided courtesy of the Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.
On the day there will be other attractions including craft stalls, face...
Nearly 99 per cent of Devon children have been offered a place at one of their chosen primary schools for this September.
Over 94 per cent of the families who applied to Devon County Council have been offered their first choice school.
And 98.5 per cent of applicants were offered one of their three preferences – 3.6 per cent were offered their second preference and 0.7 per cent their third preference.
In all 7,803 applications for a primary place were received compared to 7,600 at this time last year.
Devon’s Head of Education and Learning, Sue Clarke, said...
