Southampton Science and Engineering Festival
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) is the University of Southampton's annual award-winning interdisciplinary science festival that allows everyone to explore and discover what the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) has to offer from 11th - 20th March, 2022.
During British Science Week, join the University of Southampton for an interdisciplinary journey of discovery with a series of free online events, downloadable resources and content on-demand, accessible to everyone across the world. If you are interested in the Southampton Science and Engineering Festival 2022, sign up to the Festival mailing list to be notified as soon as the programme has been published and tickets are available for booking. Go to: http://www.sotsef.co.uk
The Festival runs in parallel with British Science Week, the UK's annual ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. For further information, please visit britishscienceweek.org where there are downloadable resources of activities you can try with the girls in your unit.
Science and Engineering Day, University of Southampton
Science and Engineering Day is the University of Southampton's free family-friendly event packed with hundreds of interactive activities, workshops, live shows, art performances and laboratory tours and will be held on Saturday 7th May at Highfield Campus and Boldrewood Innovation Campus.
WWF Downloadable Resources
When planning your activities for your unit, the WWF have a fantastic bank of environmentally themed resources and activities, a wide range of climate change resources, species and seasonal activities to inspire your members. Many of the activities link with the Girlguiding programme too. To view the resources go to https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/youth-groups/resources
Festivals and Celebrations that can be linked with the Girlguiding Programme
Click here to view a calendar showing some festivals and celebrations throughout the year together with suggested Girlguiding programme sections they can link with.
Festivals, Celebrations and National Days 2022
Click here to view a calendar showing the dates of festivals, celebrations and national days for 2022
Heartstart - CPR Training from Medical Students
Hello, we are the Southampton Heartstart Society, a group of dedicated medical students at the University of Southampton who go to local clubs and schools to teach children the basics of first aid. We believe that it is a key life skill to be comfortable with what to do when faced with an unconscious person in a pre-hospital setting and that it is never too early to learn these skills.
We cover:
• The unconscious person and CPR
• Choking
• The recovery position
All our teachers learn life support as part of their medical school training and many of us are senior students with a lot of experience: we are all CPR trained and have also had specific training in how to teach CPR to young children. All our students are also CRB checked as part of our training programme.
We understand that with coronavirus things are a bit uncertain at the moment, however, during the sessions we will take measures to ensure the safety of everyone. This includes wiping down training, dummies, use of hand sanitiser and social distancing where possible. We believe that these critical life-saving skills should be further reinforced and not neglected during a time of crisis so are eager to continue teaching.
If you are interested in arranging a session with us, we will provide our own dummies for the CPR training session and certificates of completion for the end of the sessions (lasting 45 minutes to an hour). Please contact us at heartstart.soton@googlemail.com and provide a rough estimate of numbers as we aim to split children into groups in order to teach in small groups simultaneously. We look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Heartstart Committee
Pottery Painting Activity
PaintPott is a mobile pottery painting business that delivers to areas surrounding Southampton. We would bring you a box (or two!) of pottery painting equipment, ready for the girls to paint, and then we'd collect once the session has finished, bringing them all back to you around a week later after being fired in our studio kiln. We have over 20 items of pottery to choose from which we can provide a list of for the girls to choose from - or perhaps they all do the same piece.
We offer discounted rates for groups, allowing it to be a low cost but fun activity for all.
I'd love to discuss the options we have available any time, either by email at hello@paintpott.co.uk or over the phone on 07716 431438.
In the meantime, if you'd like to see what our business is all about, please head to our website: www.paintpott.co.uk.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Becki Lambert
PaintPott Ltd
Shooting Stars Circus Skills
We offer Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units the chance to enjoy the fun and excitement of a circus skills day/evening.
The workshop consists of a circus instructor and circus equipment (which is tailored according to age groups, space available and length of session time). Examples include juggling balls, rings and scarves, spinning plates, diabolos, flower sticks, and larger equipment such as stilts, fun wheels, pedal racers, unicycles & mini-bikes. Equipment used will be at the discretion of your instructor.
With the volume and variety of equipment available, we can take a group of up to 30 children/young people per workshop, keeping them involved and engaged at all times.
For details of rates and availability, contact:
Steve Grainger
Shooting Stars Circus Skills
6 Hopney Cottages
Bricklehampton
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 3JT
Office: 01386 550260
Mobile: 07970 107845
Web: www.shootingstarscircus.co.uk
New Entertainment Centre in Southampton
Our new centre has a Trampoline Court including an air bag and ninja course, a multi-level soft play area, climbing walls and a state of the art interactive room. We also have a cooking studio and arts studio!
We have several packages available that have worked for previous groups really well so can tailor packages to meet the needs of your group!
To book a session or to find out more, contact Olivia at olivia@injoycentres.com
Lepe Country Park – Activities
Have you ever thought about coming down to Lepe beach? We can help with achieving the following badges: Explore stages 1 & 2 (Rainbows), Grow Your Own and Local History (Brownies) and Backwoods Cooking, Natural Remedies, Navigator and Photographer (Guides).
To book a session or to find out more, contact Janet Adshead, Community and Events Officer, at:-
T. 023 80899108 M. 07714842481
E. Janet.Adshead@hants.gov.uk
W. www.hants.gov.uk/lepe
Indulge in some ‘me-time’ with Body Shop
Do you want to teach your young members about skin care? Do you want to learn about where our vegetarian and vegan products originate from? Do you want to learn more about our campaign against animal testing? Or simply have a laugh with face masks or raise money for your unit? For £5 per member, I can offer a mini facial and face mask experience, plus a small gift to take home.
Contact Sarah on 07581 459655
#bemyrock – raising awareness of fostering
By painting, hiding and seeking pebbles and stones with the #BeMyRock tag on, you will be helping the National Fostering Agency to raise awareness of the growing need for reliable foster caring ‘rocks’ for children. The rocks and paints are supplied to do the activity and taken away to be varnished.
To book a session or to find out more, contact Jo at joanna.hutchison@ntlworld.com
Solent Sky Museum
Solent Sky Museum offers evening sessions for all sections of Guiding, including an evening themed around the new Brownie Aviation badge.
Guides can learn about what it was like to travel in airliners in the 1930’s to 1950’s, the ATA ‘Spitfire Girls’ who ferried aircraft throughout the Second World War or how women such as Amy Johnson and Amelia Earheart broke through the glass ceiling in aviation.
To discuss your requirements, contact Steve Alcock at aviation@spitfireonline.co.uk / tel 023 80635830
Sea Science! Ideal for STEM and a whole range of badges
A Sea Science session involves a lot of audience participation and activities connected with the sea and ships. This includes:
* Testing and making a wind-powered ship using different sails to see how fast it can sail along the water
* Experiments connected with water pressure, including eggs-periments
* Dazzling dazzle! The design and theory of how dazzle camouflage works and why ships in WW1 and WW2 used it
* Communications at sea – semaphore flags and signal messages
* The sinister ship toilet quiz and how do you keep clean on a ship?!
£40 for a 1 hour session at your venue and can be run on the same times/dates that your group meets. For up to 35 young people, or £70 for a 1.5 extended session.
For more information please contact:-
Daniel J Ball Museum and Cultural Heritage Educator
Email: danielballbeaulieu@live.co.uk
Mob: 07415 892539
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Presentations
I am a schools and youth coordinator for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. Our education team have devised a presentation for children aged 2-11 years old called ‘Be a 999 Hero’. The presentation is specifically designed to raise awareness of the charity and to help familiarise children with the basic life-saving skill of making a 999 call. Please do have a look at our Sky Heroes website for more information:http://www.hiowaa.org/skyheroes56
Amy Compton
Teddy Bear Hospital Southampton
Teddy Bear Hospital is a student led public health project, aiming to reduce childrens’ fears of doctors and other healthcare professionals. They run free interactive sessions which are particularly suitable for the Rainbow age group.
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