Home Educators

Join us for our Home Educator day where no other educational groups are booked in!

Our next event on Wednesday 11th May 2022 is now LIVE for bookings.

Click the Bookwhen link here to reserve your tickets today.

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A great opportunity for Home Educator families to visit the museum at a quieter time (we don’t take any school bookings on this day) and to take part in some of our school programmes developed for pupils in Years 1 through to Year 6 (i.e. 5-11yrs).

Download the Home Educator Day May 2022 Information Pack

Prices:

Please note: To book for the Home Educator day, you must have at least one paying child aged 5 years+

Children aged 5 years + £12
Children aged 3-4 years £6
Children aged 1-2 years £3
Children aged under 1 year FREE

One FREE adult for every paying child aged 5+

Additional adults £6

Existing Eureka! Annual Pass Holders get discounted tickets!

(You’ll need to know your annual pass information at the time of booking)

Children aged 5 years + £8
Children aged 0-4 years FREE
Adult FREE

Activities Available

You will be able to book on to the following session:

From the Chew to the Poo Science Show
Times: 30min sessions at 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm
Age range: Recommended for 5yrs and over
Follow the amazing journey of a banana sandwich from the first moment it’s chewed to the last moment it’s pooed, learning about the digestive system and the importance of a healthy, well-balanced diet along the way.

Plus attend the following drop-in session:

Tote Bag Making
Times: 10.30am – 3.30pm
Age range: Recommended for 5yrs and over
Use chromatography art to design your own tote bag to take home. Additional cost of £1 to cover cost materials.
Genomics
Times: 10.30am – 3.30pm
Age range: Recommended for 5yrs and over
Hands-on activities about DNA and genomics. Come and see for yourself if you’ve inherited the gene that means you don’t like sprouts, make your own alien by deciding what they inherit from their parents, and extract the DNA from a strawberry!

What’s included:

Full access to the museum galleries
Additional bookable activities for children aged 5yrs+ (open to children booked on the Home Educator day only)
Complimentary drinks voucher for Eureka! café
10% discount in the Gift Shop (only available to families booked on the Home Educator day)
10% discount off the Annual Pass (this must be purchased before 3pm on the day)

Terms & Conditions:

To book on to the Home Educator Day you must have at least one paying child aged 5 years or over.
Payment must be made at the time of booking.
Existing Eureka! Annual Pass holders receive 10% off their booking for a Home Educator day. To receive this discount you must book in advance as it cannot be redeemed on the day. Please have your member number to-hand when calling to book.
If you cancel within 1 week of the Home Educator day, Eureka! will charge 50% of the total cost of your visit.
No refunds will be given if you cancel on the day of the event or simply don’t show up.
Cancellations must be sent in writing.