Summer Discovery Days
Skills Street, Sheffield, S26 5QW
Tuesday 11th August 2026 - Thursday 27th August 2026
Join us this summer for our Summer Discovery Days, brought to you in partnership by Skills Street and The Work-wise Foundation.
Designed for curious minds and adventurous families, our Summer Discovery Days offer a unique pick-and-mix experience, allowing you to choose the activities that interest you most. Book as many or as few experiences as you like and create your own day of hands-on fun!
📅 Event Dates:
Choose Your Experiences
✈️ Desktop Flight Simulators
Take to the skies in our realistic flight simulators and experience what it's like to be a pilot.
Get hands-on with exciting aviation-inspired STEM challenges including launching rockets, making parachutes, designing paper aeroplanes and flying drones.
Step into the role of cabin crew and discover the skills needed to look after passengers.
Get creative with recycled-material crafts, friendship bracelets, pasta necklaces and plenty more fun activities.
Explore construction through interactive challenges including water wheels, water filters, KNex bridge building and our interactive sandpit.
Designed for curious minds and adventurous families, our Summer Discovery Days offer a unique pick-and-mix experience, allowing you to choose the activities that interest you most. Book as many or as few experiences as you like and create your own day of hands-on fun!
📅 Event Dates:
- Tuesday 11 August - Open to primary age students
- Thursday 13 August - Open to secondary age students (including a career focus)
- Tuesday 25 August - Open to primary age students
- Thursday 27 August - Open to secondary age students (including a career focus)
Choose Your Experiences
✈️ Desktop Flight Simulators
Take to the skies in our realistic flight simulators and experience what it's like to be a pilot.
- Minimum age: 8 years
- £10 per child
- 45-minute sessions
- Available at: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
Get hands-on with exciting aviation-inspired STEM challenges including launching rockets, making parachutes, designing paper aeroplanes and flying drones.
- £7.50 per child
- 45-minute sessions
- Available at: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
Step into the role of cabin crew and discover the skills needed to look after passengers.
- £2.50 per child
- 45-minute sessions
- One parent may accompany one child
- Available at: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
Get creative with recycled-material crafts, friendship bracelets, pasta necklaces and plenty more fun activities.
- £5 per child
- 45-minute sessions
- Available at: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
Explore construction through interactive challenges including water wheels, water filters, KNex bridge building and our interactive sandpit.
- £5 per child
- 45-minute sessions
- Available at: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
- Adults attend FREE with all activities.
- Activities can be booked individually, so you can build your own perfect day.
- Places are limited for each session, so early booking is recommended.
- An adult must accompany children at all times
