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 4 September: CELL! CELL! CELL! & Tim Peake's ISS Tour

CELL! CELL! CELL!

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.

The film was produced by INTECH Science Centre & Planetarium, NSC Creative and funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Running time: 24 minutes

Tim Peake's ISS Tour

Working together with British Association of Planetaria, NSC Creative has produced a short immersive 360 experience which takes the viewer around the ISS (International Space Centre) to see what it is like to live and work in space. Narrated by British Astronaut Tim Peake who has successfully completed his 6 month Principia mission. We also get to see footage of Tim onboard the ISS specifically for this project.

The project was supported by the UKSA (UK Space Agency) and ESA (European Space Agency) with additional support from Explorer Dome, Centre for Life and the National Space Centre.

Running time: 9 minutes

Total running time: 33 minutes

Thursday 2 October: Zoom Into Space: 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 6 November: Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

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

Embark on a yearlong adventure across the seasons and three continents. Be immersed in the astounding world of narwhals, belugas and polar bears as they navigate ice floes. Hear the 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 that emerge glorious from their winter lairs.

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

Running time: 42 minutes

Thursday 4 December: The Longest Night: A Winter's Tale & Biosphere

The Longest Night: A Winter's Tale captures its audience with a timeless fable of courage, generosity and renewal.

The story explores the concept that winter is a time for Earth to rest, waiting for new growth in the spring.

Its star, a young girl born into a family of nomadic storytellers, embarks on a simple quest that leads her to a dragon’s nest.

What will she discover there, and how will it help her save her village?

Running time: 27 minutes

Biosphere

A short film taking a journey through a day in the life of a year of the planet. Featuring stunning 360 visuals and ambisonic audio for a relaxing immersive experience.

Running time: 8 minutes

Total running time: 35 minutes

Thursday 8 January: Sensory Screening - Rainbow Aurora and Into The Fruit Bowl

Rainbow Aurora

Created by artist Simon Le Boggit, Rainbow Aurora is a celebration of colour and sound. Feel yourself relax as you watch strips of light dancing around the dome, with sounds that follow their gentle movement. Take a break from the fast-paced nature of everyday life, and enjoy the simplicity and beauty of this audio-visual experience.

This film was created as part of a co-production with pupils, parents/carers and teachers from Cann Bridge School and Woodlands School. Thank you all for your help in bringing this experience to life.

Running time: 22 minutes

Rainbow Aurora

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in the centre of a watermelon, an orange, or a lemon?

Into the Fruit Bowl is a fun, playful, explosion of fruit and colour, created by Immersive-Me. Watch as fruits fall, dance, and drop around you, before splatting onto the top of the dome, enveloping you inside the fruit!

This film was created as part of a co-production with pupils, parents/carers and teachers from Cann Bridge School and Woodlands School. Thank you all for your help in bringing this experience to life.

Running time: 22 minutes

Total running time: 44 minutes

Thursday 5 February: Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure

Get a view of the fascinating universe of insects magnified up to 250,000 times their normal size in Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure.

Become immersed in a miniature world, where a leaf weighs as much as a car and a single raindrop can quench the largest thirst.

Highlighting the extraordinary world of insects, Bugs! focuses on the life cycles of a praying mantis and a butterfly from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia, where predator meets prey.

Running time: 40 minutes

Thursday 5 March: Blast Off! CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story & Astronaut

CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story

On July 20th 1969, 600 million people around the world gathered to witness a historic moment of human achievement broadcast live from the Moon.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” Neil Armstrong.

The world celebrated as the astronauts took their first steps on the Moon. But few people were aware of just how huge an effort it had taken to get them there.

These Apollo 11 astronauts were just 2 of nearly 400,000 people who had worked over ten years towards this goal.

But how did they do it?

What did it take to put humans on the Moon?

Running time: 26 minutes

Astronaut

The exploration of space is the greatest endeavour that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to be part of this incredible journey? What does it take to become an astronaut?

Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut. Explore the amazing worlds of inner and outer space, from floating around the International Space Station to manoeuvring through microscopic regions of the human body.

Discover the perils that lurk in space as we subject ‘Chad’, our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him.

Running time: 24 minutes

Total running time - 50 minutes

Thursday 7 May: Legend of the Enchanted Reef

The clumsy and energetic reef fish Shorty, his smart sister Indigo and Jake, a daring sawfish, live in a colourful coral reef. When an enormous trawl devastates their reef, the three friends have no choice but to set out on an adventurous journey to find a new home. Full of humour and imagination, Legend of the Enchanted Reef raises awareness for the acuteness of marine conservation.

Running time: 43 minutes

Thursday 4 June: World 2 War

An action packed fulldome documentary that combines cinematic battle scenes with informative overviews of the battlefield and historic reference from photos and videos. World 2 War will put you right in the middle of World War 2’s biggest battles!

Running time: 44 minutes

Thursday 2 July: We Are Astronomers & We Are Guardians

We Are Astronomers

Do you know what an astronomer does? Today’s astronomer is not the lone observer of past centuries.

We Are Astronomers reveals the global collaboration, technology and dedication required to answer the unresolved questions of the Universe.

Running time: 25 minutes

We Are Guardians

In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians explores how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.

Running time: 25 minutes

Total running time: 50 minutes