Children's City gears up to host school students in new academic year

The Children's City has lined up a wide array of educational and recreational programmes to receive school students in the new academic year. Children's City, the first edutainment facility in the Middle East, will offer presentations and workshops that serve the new curriculum template for entertainment and education through the special exhibits in the city.

Nila Al Mansouri, Acting Head Children's City said that there are many activities and programmes that develop the talents and creativity of children in a family and entertaining atmosphere.

According to Mansouri several events including a group of workshops and educational weeks related to school curriculum developed by a team of academicians, will be organized.

"The workshops, divided according to different age groups, will be offered to schools with prior booking, and attendance at these workshops will be free and within the price of a ticket to enter the Children's City. There will be presentations in Arabic or English according to demand, and will cover activities related to the curriculum of some important topics in science, nature and arts, as the exploratory visit to these workshops can be interesting and useful experience for students," she said.

The workshops for the age group of 4-6 years include two sessions of the workshop, "The Human Body Week - Story of the Senses" from 10am until 10:45am and from 11am until 11:45am, and will be held at the Information Centre.

The second workshop titled "feelings" will be organized in two sessions starting from April 2011 from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am. The workshop "balance game" will also in two sessions from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am. The workshop "float and swim" will be organized from March 2011 from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am.

The workshops for the age group of 7-11 years will include the "Natural History Week - Workshop on fossils, which will be held in two sessions from 10am until 10:45am and from 11am until 11:45am. The workshop "kitchen chemist" will be organized from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am. In addition, the workshop "World of Forms" will he 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am.

The workshop "Challenge Balloon Bird Show" will teach the students the scientific background of balloon and the date of discovery of balloon flying, and then making a balloon and using it to challenge the wonderful balloon made by their friends. This activity will also have two sessions from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am. In addition, the workshop "World of Forms" will also be held 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am.

The Children's City will also hold workshops for the age group of 12-15 years, including "Space Week - fiery rocket show." There will be two shows for this also 10am until 10:45am and from 11am until 11:45am. The workshop "the genetic material show" will be held in two sessions from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am.

It will also organize a workshop on "Greenhouse gases - a sign of early warning" and the problem of global warming, one of the most important challenges facing us at this time. The workshop will have two sessions from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am. The workshop on "energy supply" will he held from 10am until 10:30am, and from 11am until 11:30am.