Planning Checklist1. Get a Space Camp Crew - you need a team of
staff to help you run your Space Camp and ensure that you have the appropriate child to adult ratios following the advice of your local authority. You will need a first aider, people to lead workshops and a breakfast support team. It might be that some of your volunteers just come to help with one aspect of the Camp to take the pressure off the sleepover supervisors. 2. Plan for safety -it is each individual school’s responsibility to fully assess any hazards and levels of risk in their setting and carry out the required precautions to ensure safety for all. There is advice in this guide and on our website to help you with that. It is important that you plan a Space Camp experience that works for your setting. 3. Plan your programme - Will you have a theme? What activities are you going to do? How will you organise your time? There are several sections in this guide to get you started with putting together an awesome programme, designed especially for your Space Campers. 4. Choose your date - if you are going to be stargazing there are often more clear nights in the winter months and of course it gets darker earlier so the children don’t have to stay up too late to get started. Nevertheless, Space Camps can work equally as well in the summer months so go with what ever fits well with the school calendar. 5. Space Camp Resources - Arrange to borrow the Space Camp kit from the lead school in your partnership and book visitors and any additional resources that you intend to use. 6. Communicate plans - Let parents and carers know the plan, collecting information about dietary and medical needs. 7. Catering - Plan refreshments and a breakfast fit for an astronaut. |
Some resources need to be booked well in advance such as 'Borrow the Moon' resources from the STFC.
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