Launch Pad School Holiday Programme

A fun packed day where creativity, learning and play combine! Suitable for ages 5 - 11.

Limites Spaces available:

In between bouncing, scootering and Dodgeball, kids will have the opportunity to create their own cool machines and learn the science behind them.

Choose from Catapult, Tank, Binoculars, Kaleidoscope and Clocks.

Kids get to take their creation home at the end of the day.

  • Monday June 30th - Build a Catapult

    Tuesday July 1st - Build a Clock

    Wednesday July 2nd - Build Binoculars

    Thursday July 3rd - Build a Tank

    Friday July 4th - Build a Catapult

    Monday July 7th - Build a Tank

    Tuesday July 8th - Build Binoculars

    Wednesday July 9th - Build a Kaleidoscope

    Thursday 10th - Build a Catapult

    Friday 11th - Build a Clock

  • 9am

  • 3pm

  • Kids need to bring their own lunch, drink bottle and snacks.

    Grip socks are provided.

  • $85 per child per day

    $150 for 2 siblings

Details:

Time
Drop off

9am - 9:15am

Introduction - The science behind your machine

9:15am - 10am

Morning tea

10am - 10:15am

Trampolines

10:15am - 11am

Machine creation

11am - 12pm

Lunch / slushies

12pm - 12:30pm

Trampolines and scooters

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Machine decoration

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Group games

2:30pm - 3pm

TIMETABLE FOR THE DAY

Project Schedule

  • girl eating pizza

    Build a Super Catapult

    Monday 30th June & Thursday 10th July 2025

    Physics and fun combine as children create their own catapult to take home and use slings to help the warriors break through the wall.

    1. Understand the function and composition of the catapult

    2. Introduction to Elasticity

    3. Explore the projection distance of the catapult

    4. Build a catapult

  • boy on scooter track

    Build a Clock

    Tuesday 1st & Friday 11th July 2025

    A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own clock to take home whilst learning to tell the time.

    1. Understand the analog clock and its structure (dial, hands, movement); 

    2. Learn to distinguish hands (hour, minute, second); 

    3. Learn to read the time

    4. Build a clock

  • Build Binoculars

    Wednesday 2nd & Tuesday 8th July 2025

    A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making and decorating their own binoculars. Inspire curiosity through science as they’re now equipped with a tool to zoom in on the things that interest them.

    1. Understand the definition and characteristics of a convex lens- magnifying glass (convex in the middle, thick in the middle and thin on both sides)

    2. Build binoculars

  • girl getting face painted

    Build a Tank

    Thursday 3rd & Monday 7th July 2025 

    A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own tank to take home and testing their creation against obstacles in a game!

    1. Understand the structure of a moving tank

    2. Explore the transmission of pulley and belt

    3. Build a tank

  • Magical Kaleidoscope

    Wednesday 9th July 2025

    A super opportunity for your child to unleash their creativity making their own kaleidoscope to take home whilst exploring the beauty of symmetry.

    1. Understand the symmetrical pattern of a kaleidoscope (symmetrical structure)

    2. Understand the imaging principle of kaleidoscope

    3. Make a kaleidoscope