An Adventure in Learning for the ReachOut Club

In May and June, the ReachOut clubs in Manchester went on learning adventures to some of the best museums and attractions the city has to offer. The mentees have been working hard all year and have made fantastic strides on their character journeys. Many of the clubs also sat their SATs in May and will be hoping that all the hard work they've been putting in at ReachOut will pay off. The trips were an ideal way to end the projects this year, and a lovely reward for our mentees.

The majority of our trips were to the Museum of Science and Industry. Located on the historic site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway station, housed in five listed buildings – the Museum tells the story of the city’s scientific and industrial past, present and future. Each club project enjoyed a very special explosions workshop, where they took on the role of investigators trying to solve a 100 year old crime. Who blew up the rail house? Was it Heavy Metal Mary? Frank The Tank? Or even Brian the Cow?

After the workshop the intrepid investigators made their way down to the experiments hall where they learnt about things such as recycling, friction, and even tornadoes. A huge thank you goes out to all the staff at MOSI for making our trips such a fun and informative experience.

Our young people from the Heald Place club went on a marine-life escapade to the Sea Life centre. We saw sharks, stingrays, and Moray Eels up close, and even got to handle some starfish in the rock pool section. The children learnt a lot about Sea Life's worldwide conservation efforts and about the habitats and food chains of all the different species at the centre.

We’d like to thank all our partner schools, mentors, and most importantly mentees for making the year so fantastic. We can’t wait to do it all again in September.