Home Education Screenings

These sessions are especially designed for families who are home educating.

Select the date of the film you’d like to see from the list below when you go to book your ticket.

Ticket Information:

£5 per child ticket, with accompanying adult free. Adults must book their free ticket.

Thursday 28th November: The Great Solar System Adventure & We Are Stars

The Great Solar System Adventure

Join showman extraordinaire “The Great Schiaparelli” as he takes the audience on a death-defying space-time adventure within his wondrous Observatorium.

From the sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy expanses of Pluto and beyond, prepare to be subjected to the myriad dangers and wonders of our Solar System, on a breathtaking tour that reveals just how precious our home planet really is.

Be warned though, the Observatorium isn’t just for show. It will transport the audience right to the heart of some of the deadliest locations in our slice of the heavens. It’s going to take some fancy flying to get everyone back in one piece!

Running time: 25 minutes

We Are Stars

What are we made of? Where did it all come from?

Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of Hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of Carbon, and the molecules for life.

Running time: 25 minutes

Total running time: 50 minutes

Thursday 19th December: Cell, Cell, Cell & Chemistry of Life

Cell, Cell, Cell

You are made of 70 trillion living cells. They work. They talk. They think. They are what make you alive. This is the story of the trillions of cells that form our bodies, from our beginnings as a single cell to the complexity of a whole body: it’s the story of who we are. Join Raj and Sooki on a totally ex-CELL-ent immersive journey. Get shrunk down by the Shrink-a-tron, go back in time with the Retroscope and see an exploded view of all the body systems courtesy of the Cell-o-tron.

Running Time: 25 minutes

Chemistry of Life

What do all living things have in common? How tiny are molecules? What happens inside our cells after we eat? In Chemistry of Life – The invisible inside you will go on an adventure to find an answer to these questions and many more. The film focuses on chemical processes that are essential to all life on Earth. To do this you will shrink to a few nanometers in size and travel deep inside the cells of plants and humans to explore the chemistry of life. You will also find out why you cannot see molecules even with the most powerful light microscopes and get to know some of the tools that researchers use today to be able to learn more about our invisible inside.

Running Time: 32 minutes

Total running time: 57 minutes

Thursday 30th January: Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

At the very top of the globe, lies a spectacular, frozen realm. But don’t be fooled byappearances…this place is not frozen in time. It’s a dynamic ecosystem and for thousandsof years, its indigenous people and wildlife have found ways to survive and live in harmonywith these extremes.

Embark on a yearlong adventure across the seasons and three continents. Be immersed inthe astounding world of narwhals, belugas and polar bears as they navigate ice floes. Hearthe thunderous sound of stampeding caribou and muskox trying to escape hungry wolves.Be amazed by hooded seals that blow up red balloons and ice-covered bumblebees thatemerge glorious from their winter lairs.

As the planet’s climate is experiencing rapid changes, so is the Arctic. But the changeshere are happening faster and more dramatically than anywhere else. Can it keep pace? Join a breathtaking expedition across the Earth’s other pole inARCTIC: Our Frozen Planet.

Total running time: 45 minutes

Thursday 27th February: Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival

Like almost all children, Celeste is fascinated with dinosaurs.

She is preparing a talk for her class about how they went extinct when Moon, a very wise and magical character, poses a tantalizing question: what if I told you that there are still dinosaurs among us?

Celeste will join Moon in a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show them the Earth as it was in the very, very distant past.

They will see the fascinating transformations that these animals underwent over millions of years, creating giant creatures, armoured beasts and super predators, until the day that a cataclysmic impact event caused a mass extinction on Earth.

But all is not lost. Celeste will discover the key to their survival.

Total running time: 28 minutes