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STEM Club sessions for November 2020 are now in the diary!
Who are we?
We are a branch of Potential Plus UK
(previously the National Association for Gifted Children - NAGC) and
run activities for children and parents.
Surrey Explorers is based in Epsom and is the only branch in the
London area. We provide activities for children who would like to learn
more than school can provide, but we are open to all! The aim is to
have a group discussion for a couple of hours, usually led by a guest
speaker, to stretch and inspire children up to the age of about 13 who
would like more than school can provide. Rather than moving too far
ahead in school subjects, the intention is to spark new interests,
meet people who have achieved some eminence or expertise and stimulate
young minds.
We encourage you to join Potential Plus UK, but you do
not have to book or commit. Design workshops (and some other larger
events) do need to be booked, and prices vary. For speaker meetings,
just turn up and pay £10 per child on the door.
We cover all sorts of extra-curricular topics and activities. There
is always a lot of interest in science for kids as well as in maths,
but we have covered everything from building cities out of cardboard,
through drama and music, to art, photography and literature.
Visit the scrapbook and list of previous events to see what we do!
Tell me more...
See the Parents section for
more information. EMail us at
Gallery
We now have a gallery of contributions from the children.
Highfield School Bursary
Highfield is a co-educational preparatory boarding school in
Liphook, Hampshire. They are seeking candidates for their Bursary
scheme which are offered to children who would benefit from the
academic excellence and pastoral care of Highfield and would otherwise
not have the opportunity due to family finances. At least one pupil
came through Surrey Explorers and they are always keen to have
more. This summer two of their bursary children went on to Marlborough
College, also on bursaries.
They are looking for children who for one reason or another are not
currently reaching their potential. This could be because they are
struggling with a difficult home situation, a learning difficulty, or
are particularly bright and it’s difficult to give them the challenge
or attention they require due to a lack of support at home or the
other demands on the teacher in the classroom. The entry is for
children starting Year 4, or Year 5 in September 2020. Further
information on the school's
website.
If you would like to apply for the September 2020 bursary intake,
please contact Lydia at Highfield by Friday 13th December, by email: Lydia.wetzel@highfieldschool.org.uk
Updates
13 January 2020: Diary updated with events for the Spring half term.
1 November 2019: Diary updated with events for the Winter.
5 February 2019: Diary updated with events for the Spring.
More...
5 October 2018: Diary updated with events for the Autumn.
4 July 2018: Diary updated with the Summer School.
24 May 2018: Diary updated with Raspberry Pi Workshop.
2 February 2018: Diary updated with Spring half-term event.
26 January 2018: Diary updated with information on Spring term events.
08 September 2017: Diary updated with information for the Autumn term.
20 June 2017: Diary updated with information on the Summer Schools.
20 April 2017: Diary updated with information on the Drawing
Your Stories workshop.
31 March 2017: Diary updated with a new event.
30 January 2017: Newsletter updated with information on the
Highfield School Bursaries.
9 January 2017: Diary updated with events for the Spring term.
23 September 2016: Diary updated with events for the Autumn term.
22 March 2016: Diary updated with information on Residential Literature Courses.
30 January 2016: Diary updated with another new event for February.
22 January 2016: Diary updated with a new event for February.
21 January 2016: Newsletter updated with details of the Highfield Bursary.
17 January 2016: Diary updated with a new event for January.
9 December 2015: Diary updated with events for Spring 2016.
27 October 2015: Diary updated with details of the Engineering Activity Day.
14 September 2015: Diary updated with a new event for the autumn term.
14 September 2015: Diary updated with more events for the autumn term.
10 September 2015: Diary updated with first event for the autumn term.
22 May 2015: Diary updated with revised information on the Young Literature Summer School.
7 May 2015: Diary updated with the Young Literature Summer School.
1 May 2015: Diary updated with the stop frame animation workshop.
18 Jan 2015: Diary updated with more events for the spring term and computer workshops.
6 Jan 2015: Diary updated with information for the spring term.
1 Oct 2014: Diary updated with additional events for the autumn term.
22 Sep 2014: Diary updated with information for the autumn term.
11 Jan 2014: Diary updated with information for the spring term.
18 Sep 2013: Diary updated with more information for the autumn term.
1 Jul 2013: Diary updated for the autumn term.
3 Mar 2013: Things To Do updated with things to do during the spring.
3 Mar 2013: Updated web site to reflect the new Potential Plus UK branding.
19 Jan 2013: Diary updated for the spring term.
29 May 2012: Things To Do updated with things to do over the summer.
6 March 2012: Diary updated with a new event for March.
3 January 2012: Diary and Newsletter updated with a special event for
January.
3 January 2012: A new section of Things To Do.
19 September 2011: Diary
updated with events for the Autumn term.
7 April 2011: Diary
updated with additional event in April.
6 March 2011: For those who participated in
the film workshop on 13 February, Clive now has copies of the DVD of
your film – "The Haunted Classroom!". Please contact him if you would
like a copy.
11 February 2011: Diary
updated with additional events in February and March 2011.
7 February 2011: Important news about the
future of NAGC in the Newsletter
7 February 2011: New things to do over the
holidays and summer in the Diary
3 February 2011: 'Like' us on Facebook!
31 January 2011: Unfortunately the "HOW THE
ROYAL NAVY MOULDED MODERN BRITAIN" (19th March) event has had to be
posponed.
22 January 2011: Diary
updated with additional events in February and March 2011.
17 January 2011: Thank you for coming to yesterday's meeting and for the great questions! Someone left a coat and scarf behind - please contact Clive or Jenny. Anyone else planning to present at the next meeting? Currently we have four lined up, but there is room for more!
30 December 2010: Diary
New events for Spring 2011.
11 October 2010: Diary
corrected... The next meeting is on SUNDAY 17th October.
1 October 2010: Diary
updated with new dates for the autumn term and Newsletter updated with suggestions from one of our members
2 May 2010: Diary
updated with suggestions for the summer and Newsletter updated with links and resources
from Wenda Sheard's talk
13 February 2010: Diary updated with a group outing and suggestions for family outings
7 February 2010: Diary updated with more events for Spring 2010
5 February 2010: Diary updated with more information on this weekend's event:
Our speaker has designed some very unusual real-life
reconstructions and some diagrams to explain what it going on
underground on the French/Swiss border and what exactly this huge
experiment is going to prove.
As there will be a demonstration with glass, please bring goggles
(swimming goggles will do) for yourself and your child if you have
them. If not, we have some spare. Please also bring a small notebook
for your child to jot down some observations. We will provide
pencils.
24 January 2010: Scrapbook updated with pictures from The Last Man on the Moon
visits since 12th January 2002
