Our Courses
ROBOTICS & RACING
Our Robotics & Racing course consists of fun activities & experiments exploring microcontrollers, propulsion, hydraulics, electronics, and aerodynamics.
FLIGHT & SPACE
Our Flight & Space course consists of fun activities & experiments exploring forces, propulsion, composites, flight & lift, solar tracking, and power beaming.
Off-site Trip
Our aim is to give children real world inspiration, helping them relate the activities they complete during the course to those used by people within a STEM business. For one afternoon they will go off-site to an engineering business for a tour and to meet an engineer!
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Those attending Robotics & Racing at UTC Oxfordshire will visit
The Little Car Company
for a tour and to meet an Engineer.
Those attending Robotics & Racing at Silverstone UTC will visit Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team for a tour and to meet an Engineer.
Those attending Flight & Space at UTC Oxfordshire will visit
Element Six
for a tour and to meet an Engineer.
Those attending Flight & Space at Silverstone UTC will visit the
Digital Manufacturing Centre
for a tour and to meet an Engineer.
Our Aim
Our sessions are centred around practical, hands-on activities where children can problem solve and be creative. Children complete mini projects each day as well as a build project across the whole week with as many activities as possible following our mantra ‘make your own and take it home’! Junior and Senior programmes follow the same theme but with differentiation to suit the abilities of each age group.
EXAMPLE TIMETABLE - ROBOTICS & RACING
EXAMPLE TIMETABLE - FLIGHT & SPACE
Ages
Children must be 8 years or older and under 14 years of age.
We base our groupings on the school year the child will begin in Sept 2024.
Junior: going into year 4, year 5 and year 6
Senior: going into year 7, year 8 or year 9
Course Hours
Daily welcome begins at 09:15 with structured sessions running from 09:30 until 16:30.
Drop off each morning from 08:30.
All children need to be collected by 16:45.
What to wear
Children should not wear their best or new clothes. Activities will involve glue or other such things that may not come off!
Bring a cap and sun cream, plus a rain jacket, you never know with British summer weather!
Food
Children need to bring a healthy and balanced packed lunch plus additional snacks for breaks and a refillable water bottle.
Staff
We pull together a team of STEM Summer staff who are selected for their enthusiasm, love for STEM, their experience and qualifications.
All staff receive training to deliver our courses, undergo Enhanced DBS checks and are reference checked.