Leicester City Celebrates British Science Week
- British Science Week was celebrated at King Power Stadium
- Some 46 pupils from four primary schools in Leicester visited King Power Stadium
- All the schools are part of the Premier League Primary Stars programme
- The children took part in fun, hands-on activities that celebrated Leicester’s contribution to science
Leicester City in the Community welcomed four of its Premier League Primary Stars partners - Seagrave Village Primary School, Launde Primary School, Sparkenhoe Community Primary School and Buswells Lodge Primary School - to enjoy a fun-filled day of science and nature activities.
Some 46 pupils and teachers took part in hands-on activities to celebrate Leicester’s contributions to forensic science, archaeology, nature, geophysics and space.
These included creating their own 'Vardyquakes' with a seismometer, taking part in an earthquake-proof engineering challenge and using virtual Reality to build rockets.
The event was supported by the Primary Science Teaching Trust, as part of the City Science Stars project, who also provided teaching resources for the schools that attended.
Dr Alex Evans, STEM and Outdoor Learning Coordinator for Leicester City in the Community, said: “As well as celebrating British Science Week, we wanted to highlight some of the amazing contributions to science and nature that have come from right here in Leicester.
“The activities included a forensic science escape room, nature painting, engineering challenges and a dinosaur dig.
“Thanks to support from the Primary Science Teaching Trust and the National Space Centre, we have been able to offer both the pupils and teachers some educational goodies to take home with them,” he added.
“The feedback from staff and students has been great, and we hope to offer another British Science Week celebration next year!”