MPLS Year 5 Primary Science Day
A full day science event for Year 5 students from local Oxford primary state schools.
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Location
Trinity College
Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BH United KingdomAbout this event
Book a FREE Year 5 group ticket(s) for the University of Oxford's MPLS Primary Science Day.
Each group ticket is for up to 15 Year 5 students (plus accompanying adults). You can book more than one group ticket to ensure your Year 5 class/cohort can attend.
Join us on either the 17th or 18th June 2025, where you and your Year 5 students will have the opportunity to attend three 35-minute interactive workshops at one of our partner colleges (either St. Anne's, Lincoln or St. John's), followed by a lecture-demonstration on sustainability at Trinity College.
MPLS 2025 Timings:
9:15
Arrival and welcome (St John's, St Anne's or Lincoln College)
9:50
Workshop 1
10:25
Short College activity
10:35
Workshop 2
11:10
Break
11:35
Workshop 3
12:10
Lunch (not provided, please bring a packed lunch)
12:50
Transfer to Trinity College
13:10
Lecture demonstration
14:15
End of day
For more about the University of Oxford's Department of Chemistry's work with schools: https://chem.web.ox.ac.uk/schools
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Frequently asked questions
The day is designed for Year 5 students from primary state schools in OX4, accompanied by a teacher/responsible adult (see your school policy for staffing ratios).
No! The event is free.
You will be hosted at one college, either St John's, St Anne's or Lincoln, for your workshops, and the lecture-demonstration will be held at Trinity College. The itinerary of your group will be sent to you after booking.
35 minutes.
Yes! Risk assessments for the day and each workshop are available and will be sent to you with your detailed itinerary once we receive your booking.
A workshop accommodates up to 15 school students. This means if you bring fewer students on your group ticket, you may be joined by students from another school, so we can maximise the total number of students attending the event.
Please make sure your Year 5 students (and accompanying adults) bring a packed lunch. Otherwise, everything needed for the workshops and lecture-demonstration is provided. Just come and enjoy!
The interactive 35-minute workshops are being provided by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division of the University of Oxford, which includes Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics, Nanotechnology, and Physics.
The specific itinerary of your group will be shared with you once you have booked your group ticket.
Yes! Please let us know in advance about particular needs so that we can ensure we have made appropriate accommodations.
Each group ticket is for up to 15 Year 5 students (plus accompanying adults). You can book more than one group ticket to ensure your Year 5 class/cohort can attend.
At present we cannot guarantee we can meet accessibility requirements, but we endeavour to do our best to accommodate any additional needs, so please do inform us of these.
Yes. We will operate a waiting list for the event. Priority will be given to schools on the waiting list from OX4.