We're holding our ever popular Hands-On Holiday Clubs again this Summer, full of exciting activities here at the British Motor Museum! Read on to find out more and book your child's place:

Timetable

Breakfast Drop-Off - 8am to 10am

We will be offering an early drop-off slot from 8am to 10am. Supervision will be provided on each day from 8am until the main activities begin at 10am. A healthy, nutritious, breakfast will be provided between 8am and 9.30am. We'll even have some classroom-based activities, such as colouring to entertain our visitors while they’re having their breakfast. Breakfast drop-off must be pre-booked in advance with our team.

Main Activities

All our activities run from 10am-3pm. A mid-morning snack, drinks and a hot lunch will be provided. Dietary requirements will be catered for.

Each day will consist of several activities, including STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) topics, crafts and physical activity. Read on to see and overview of these activities. 

Pickup is from 3 to 3:30pm.

Late Pickup

Late pickup is possible across both days until no later than 4:30pm. Late pickup must be pre-booked with our team in advance.

Please note:

• *All activities are subject to change.
• Maximum:16- 18 - Places depending on the subject.
• Minimum: 5 Places - sadly, the club cannot run if we do not have enough places filled but we will inform you by approximately 20 July if this is the case.
• Ages: 7 -16 Ages depending on the subject (We welcome sibling groups especially if one child is older.)
  
  

Fun with Bricks
28 - 31 July

Do you love Cars ? Do you love LEGO®? and want to learn new skills?

Four days full of fun packed LEGO® activities - Let your creativity motor with our LEGO® hands on Club . There will be team and individual tasks all making motoring inspired creations,  finishing the week off with a fun exhibition event!

There's loads of fun for everyone! We'll even be providing a mid-morning snack, drinks and a hot lunch, so there's no need to bring a packed lunch! (dietary requirements are catered for). Read on below to discover all of the exciting details of our July Holiday Club:

For ages 7 – 16.

Design Day - Monday 28th July

Saloons, coupés, convertibles, SUVs, estates, and hatchbacks - learn the differences on a museum tour. Then, use these ideas to build a Lego vehicle of your own design -which style will it be? In the afternoon, add some power – using balloons, jet propel cars to see who can go the furthest and fastest!

Rally Day - Tuesday 29 July

Learn about rally cars on our museum tour and how their design is so important not only for going fast, but to keep the driver safe. How does the tyre choice impact the car? Design your own LEGO® rally cars and test them on different road surfaces - whose will go the furthest? Finish the day by designing a 2D LEGO® mosaic, inspired by the car badges and designs seen around the museum.

Coding Day 1 - Wednesday 30 July

Get into Coding with our LEGO® WeDo sets - build and program a spy robot with motion sensors. Design a race car and beat the competition - can you improve the design to make it go faster? Climb aboard our 1923 double decker bus Bessie and learn about how technology in the past and today helps us on public transport.

Coding Day 2 - Thursday 31 July

Tour the museum to learn how cars are made and how techniques have changed over the last 100+ years. Using LEGO® WeDo, follow designs to build and control robots including a lunar rover and a mechanical grabber. End our week by sharing your creations with your visiting family and friends!

Maximum places: 18

Cars & Animation Club 
4 - 7 August

How do they make animation films? 

Come and learn all about animation, how it all works and different techniques.

Every day there will be hands-on activities exploring animation types and the process of making a short film! The four day week will end with a little film show, and we will bring the popcorn! 

Ages: 7 -16

Printing Patterns in the Collection
19 August

Patterns are all around us wherever we may be. Many of the patterns we see are repeated, whether it is the tread in a car tyre or the design in fabrics on car seats, designers love to repeat the pattern they create. We will look at the collection to see where we can see repeat patterns in use and use this as a starting point to design our own repeat patterns. We will think about how we can make sure that the pattern lines up or is it staggered? Once we have a design that we can repeat, we will make a stamp that we will then use to print the patterns that we have designed. How many different patterns can you make with the stamp that has been created?

Put your creative skills to the test using the collection as inspiration, you will have the opportunity to create your own greetings cards, wall prints or some wrapping paper and, best of all, you can take your creations home!

Ages: 7 -14

Bugs and Bees Day
20 August

Discover the working Bee and how honey is manufactured ! Also make some wonderful momentous  from beeswax to take home.

Following that we will go out to feed the fish and look for wildlife around the pond.  Then we will walk across to end up at our real life bug hotel to see which bugs have checked in 
How are your DIY skills as you will be constructing your own bug hotel to take home for your garden. You will have to decide how to decorate it : camouflaged or flower ready   

Ages: 7 -16

Paid Places

28 -31 July  - Fun with Bricks hands on holiday Club.

• Four day club -£220 per child
• Ages: 7 -16

4 -7 August  Cars and Animation Club.

• Four day club  £220 per child
• Ages: 7 -16

19 August - Printing patterns in the Collection.

• One day club - £50 per child 
• Ages: 7 -14

20 August  - Bugs and Bees day. 

• One day club -  £50 per child 
• Ages: 7 -16

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HAF Funded Places

These clubs are part of HAF (Holiday, Activities and Food) Club, a food programme
run by Warwickshire County Council for families whose children are in receipt of
benefits-tested free school meals.

If you are eligible for the HAF programme, and wish to book a place for your child in either of our clubs, please contact us via community@britishmotormuseum.co.uk or on 01926 895238, Mon - Fri 9am to 4pm. Include the number of children, with their ages, and have your HAF code to hand.

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