Medical Mavericks

We had the Senses Show this afternoon in year 6 and it was brilliant! The session was full of wow moments and the children loved completing all the experiments. We all learnt so much from Tom and he was great at answering our questions. An engaging, interactive and exciting workshop for all.

The activities that my daughter did get to do were fun and she had a good day. BUT she didn't get to do the activities that she was most looking forward to - which were also the biggest selling points (skin suturing, growth plate xrays and key-hole surgery) either due to lack of equipment, or lack of time management. She had a good day and learnt some stuff, but came away disappointed.

My children and my sister who attended with my nephew due to his SEN said today was absolutely appalling in its organization and also the content. One arm prop, 2 microscopes and 1 tuning fork combined with not enough taste test strips for 25 kids is not acceptable for the price we paid. There were not enough staff and this meant that my children were not able to enjoy all the activities. My sister was left unsupervised as the only adult at times and I find this unsafe, for me it's not an iss...

My daughter has attended one of the workshops over the summer holidays and she absolutely loved it! The first thing that she said to me when I came to pick her up was "Can I do it again please?" I will be definitely telling my friends about it! The staff were lovely and children had various activities to participate in. We will be joining again!

My son was exited to try todays workshop at Stafford Grammar in particular the sports science section. He has had fun however came out disappointed that he didn’t get to do some of the things he wanted to such as the bike. He said others in his group got to but there wasn’t time for everyone due to how long people took each turn. It has been fun for him but both he and his friend said there was multiple things they didn’t get chance to do . Given the price point and fairness everyone schools...