| Hello. Children's Engineering Workshops. |
| Oh hello. |
| I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays. |
| Sure. |
| I have two daughters who are interested. |
| The younger one's Lydia, she's four, |
| do you take children as young as that? |
| Yes, |
| our Tiny Engineers workshop is for four to five-year-olds. |
| What sorts of activities do they do? |
| All sorts. |
| For example, they work together to design a special cover that goes round an egg, |
| so that when it's inside they can drop it from a height and it doesn't break. |
| Well, sometimes it does break but that's part of the fun! |
| Right. |
| And Lydia loves building things. |
| Is there any opportunity for her to do that? |
| Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower. |
| You'd be amazed how high they can go. |
| Right. |
| But they're learning all the time as well as having fun. |
| For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car that's attached to a balloon, |
| and the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along. |
| They go really fast too. |
| OK, well, all this sounds perfect. |
| Now Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday, |
| so presumably she'd be in a different group? |
| Yes, she'd be in the Junior Engineers. |
| That's for children from six to eight. |
| And do they do the same sorts of activities? |
| Some are the same, but a bit more advanced. |
| So they work out how to build model vehicles, |
| things like cars and trucks, |
| but also how to construct animals using the same sorts of material and technique, |
| and then they learn how they can program them and make them move. |
| So they learn a bit of coding? |
| They do. |
| They pick it up really quickly. |
| We're there to help if they need it, |
| but they learn from one another too. |
| Right. |
| And do they have competitions too? |
| Yes, with the Junior Engineers, |
| it's to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge, |
| and the longest one gets a prize. |
| That sounds fun. |
| I wouldn't mind doing that myself! |
| Then they have something a bit different, |
| which is to think up an idea for a five-minute movie and then film it, |
| using special animation software. |
| You'd be amazed what they come up with. |
| And of course, that's something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends. |
| Exactly. |
| And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human, |
| and they decorate it and program it so that it can move its arms and legs. |
| Perfect. |
| So, is it the same price as the Tiny Engineers? |
| It's just a bit more: |
| £50 for the five weeks. |
| And are the classes on a Monday, too? |
| They used to be, |
| but we found it didn't give our staff enough time to clear up after the first workshop, |
| so we moved them to Wednesdays. |
| The classes are held in the morning from ten to eleven. |
| OK. |
| That's better for me actually. |
| And what about the location? |
| Where exactly are the workshops held? |
| They're in building 10A, |
| there's a big sign on the door, you can't miss it, |
| and that's in Fradstone Industrial Estate. |
| Sorry? |
| Fradstone, |
| that's Fradstone |
| And that's in Grasford, isn't it? |
| Yes, up past the station. |
| And will I have any parking problems there? |
| No, there's always plenty available. |
| So would you like to enrol Lydia and Carly now? |
| OK. |
| So can I have... |