(May 2023 - Primary School)

(May 2023 - Primary School)

(May 2023 - Primary School)

(May 2023 - Secondary School)

(May 2023 - Primary School)

(May 2023 - Primary School)

Positive feedback for the venue: great customer service and friendly staff who wanted to be helpful, space to lock away bags/lunches etc worked well. The welcome talk was useful and delivered appropriately. The materials workshop was fun and engaging for Y1. To improve for next time: The itinerary we were given was too tight in the timings and didn’t allow for anything else (e.g. no time given for 60 year 1 children to go to the toilet twice a day), there was not enough time to see the 4 areas due to going back to the café area for lunch in the middle. One slot of 60 minutes and a later lunch would have been much more beneficial than 2x 30 minute slots due to the distance involved in walking to the different areas at Magna. The workshop was very engaging but it was too long for Year 1 children to sit and watch. It would have been better to have a shorter workshop, timetabled toilet stops and more time playing outside (some children only got 5 minutes or less). (May 2023 - Primary School)

(April 2023 - Secondary School)

(April 2023 - Primary School)

The workshops were excellent. They were hands on and taught the children the objective, including lots of other subject specific information. (April 2023 - Primary School)

(March 2023)

(March 2023 - Secondary School)

(March 2023 - Primary School)

Brilliant visit for Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Workshops really well thought through and applied to the learning happening in school. (March 2023 - Primary School)

(March 2023 - Primary School)

(March 2023 - Primary School)

(February 2023 - Secondary School)

(February 2023 - Primary School)

(January 2023 - Primary School)

(December 2022 - Primary School)

(November 2022 - Primary School)

(November 2022 - Primary School)

(November 2022 - Primary School)

(November 2022 - Primary School)

(November 2022 - Secondary School)

(October 2022 - Primary School)

(October 2022 - Primary School)

Excellent resources and areas to explore - these linked well with the Materials units of study. Magna staff were engaging and extremely knowledgeable during the workshop. All children engaged and accessed and all had a fantastic time. (October 2022)

(September 2022 - Primary School)

(September 2022 - Primary School)

(August 2022 - Primary School)

(July 2022 - Primary School)

(July 2022 - Primary School)

I feel as though this venue would have been more beneficial to children if they had a tour guide and somebody who worked there talking them through different parts as they walked round. It was very chaotic with numerous schools running round at once. We were meant to do a workshop which was booked and then cancelled by Magna staff without consenting the school so this made our trip not worthwhile as we had travelled a long way. (July 2022 - Primary School)

Great venue and activities but workshops could be more engaging. (July 2022)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Secondary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

(June 2022 - Primary School)

The children has an excellent and enriching day. The only thing that I feel was lacking was Magna staff around the pavilions to help guide scientific thinking. Definitely somewhere that I would take the school to again. (June 2022 - Primary School)

An excellent venue to provide enriching scientific experiences in a contextual way. (May 2022 - Primary School)

(April 2022 - Primary School)

(April 2022 - Secondary School)

(March 2022 - Secondary School)

Fantastic facility - students were very impressed with the venue (March 2022 - Secondary School)

There were issues with the event regarding health and safety unfortunately. The main picnic area was the only place upstairs, which led straight on to the open area containing the furnis etc. The area was not manned initially, and a student had broken the door leading on to this area. Loads of students heard about this and got into the area (which could have been potentially very dangerous). I feel a more suitable area for picnics could be planned. Also, when I asked the member of staff on arrival where I could tell my students where I would be if they needed me - they told me to tell them a name of a café that was not then seen anywhere! This caused great confusion. Could I suggest that this information could be sent out prior to the date (as all other communication has been fantastic) so I could inform my students on the coach before entering the venue. A map emailed beforehand would also be helpful. Staff could then photocopy for their students. The ladies I spoke to in orange tops were helpful and shut down the dangerous picnic room. Thanks. (March 2022 - Secondary School)

A fantastic event with hundreds of stalls advertising a multitude of careers. Students could interact with technology and engineering equipment. Gain knowledge on skill sets required for different aspects within certain careers. Perhaps next time a little more time is required to see everything as it was extremely busy and lots was missed. (March 2022 - Secondary School)

Great reviews from children and staff. (March 2022 - Primary School)

(March 2022 - Primary School)

(March 2022 - Primary School)

Amazingly helpful was an issue with lunch but that was easily rectified. (February 2022 - Secondary School)

(December 2021 - Primary School)

(December 2021 - Secondary School)

Greeted on arrival by members of Magna staff, organised day with lots of great learning opportunities for the children. Lots of members of staff around the centre to help and enhance our trip. (November 2021 - Primary School)

(November 2021 - Primary School)

Amazingly well organized by staff at Magna and the children loved the day! (November 2021 - Primary School)

(September 2021 - Primary School)

An excellent place to take any KS2 children - highly recommended! (July 2021 - Primary School)

(July 2021 - Primary School)

All members of the party thoroughly enjoyed the content of the visit as it was an excellent way to introduce the topic. The only problem was we hadn't allocated enough time at the venue to exploit all the opportunities available. (September 2020 - Primary School)

Unfortunately we were unable to attend due to Covid19 (June 2020 - Secondary School)

The trip was very successful for a number of reasons. The centre itself has lots to see and do and the quizzes provided beforehand were invaluable tools to keep the children engaged and focus their learning. The four different zones ensured a breadth of knowledge was covered. The workshop was well-led and the children were highly engaged. Many of the activities had been covered beforehand in class. It might have been useful to have more detailed scientific explanations during the workshop or even further learning challenges to be completed back in the classroom. (This is just a suggestion). Some of the activities in the 'fire' zone were out of order which was a little disappointing. (March 2020 - Primary School)

Students enjoyed the day. The provider itinerary was useful and the provider led workshops were exciting. (March 2020 - Secondary School)

Students enjoyed the day. The provider itinerary was useful and the provider led workshops were exciting. (March 2020 - Secondary School)

pupils had lots of time on each station (March 2020 - Secondary School)

(March 2020 - Primary School)

Best trip to date...despite a couple of things out of operation. (February 2020 - Primary School)

(February 2020 - Primary School)

Great resources and very well planned workshops. (February 2020)

(January 2020 - Primary School)

(January 2020 - Primary School)

(December 2019 - Primary School)

(December 2019 - Primary School)

(December 2019 - Primary School)

All went well. Some exhibits out of order (November 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2019 - Primary School)

A great day out learning lots about our current topic! (November 2019 - Primary School)

(November 2019 - Primary School)

Visit was safe and details provided by Magna were good. There were many aspects of the provider which weren't in use at the time of our visit. Overall, the children enjoyed their visit. (October 2019 - Primary School)

Good visit (October 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Secondary School)

(July 2019 - Primary School)

Great place you just need a long day to make the most of it there. (July 2019 - Primary School)

Fantastic way to experience science in an immersive way. (July 2019 - Primary School)

(July 2019 - Secondary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

Some of the exhibits were not working (June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

The water park is amazing (June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Secondary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

1st visit for me - lots of equipment broken/non functioning - children had a great day - but difficult to quantify the learning achieved (June 2019)

(June 2019 - Primary School)

(May 2019 - Primary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School)

A great place but some of exhibitions not working correctly. The workshop could do with some tweaks (the lady talked at them for 30 minutes!) (April 2019 - Primary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School)

An excellent opportunity for young people to be inspired by the exciting world of work in STEM careers. (April 2019 - Secondary School)

(April 2019 - Primary School & Secondary School)

The whole event is very well organised. Lots of different STEM activities/stalls to enthuse year 9s. (March 2019 - Secondary School)

(March 2019 - Primary School)

A lot of the features such as the big melt were not working or they weren't put on for our visit which was a bit of a shame for the amount of money the pupils spent. We weren't given prior warning of this either. (March 2019 - Primary School)

Few of the exhibits were not in action. (March 2019 - Secondary School)

(March 2019 - Primary School)

The children enjoyed the day and the hands on experience. (March 2019 - Primary School)

The site is very safe and controlled, staff well trained and friendly/ helpful. Children found the scale of the venue amazing and the exhibitions around MAGNA interactive and engaging. One or two exhibits not in service hence 4/5. (February 2019 - Primary School)

(February 2019 - Primary School)

Pupils had a very good experience at a new and varied place (January 2019 - Secondary School)

(January 2019 - Primary School)

(December 2018 - Primary School)

The children really enjoyed the trip however there were a lot of interactive resources and equipment that were out of order. (November 2018 - Primary School)

Excellent workshops and activities for the children to complete. The museum was very busy on the day that we attended but staff were well prepared for this and there were very good systems in place. A criticism might be that we waited for 'The Big Burn' exhibition to begin. It was listed as starting at 11 o'clock but after a ten minute wait nothing happened. There were a number of schools waiting. Only when I approached a museum guide was I told that there was a technical issue. (November 2018 - Primary School)

Activity rooms are engaging and enjoyable for the children. The workshop was ot as effective due to the teacher talking for the majority of it rather than having the children do the work. (November 2018 - Primary School)

This is a huge venue with lots to see and experience. It is very dark inside so take as many adults as you possibly can - definitely one to over-staff! There's so much to do and see; we didn't get time to do everything. (November 2018 - Primary School)

Lots of hands-on activities for children to complete, never bored and very helpful staff. (October 2018 - Primary School)

(October 2018 - Primary School)

A great day had by all with meaningful learning experiences! Great demonstrations. (October 2018 - Primary School)

Excellent visit as usual, though as we return each year we do find more and more of the experiments not working. I think it requires a little investment to bring everything up to scratch again. (September 2018 - Primary School)

(September 2018 - Primary School)

A very successful day. (August 2018 - Primary School)

(August 2018 - Primary School)

(July 2018 - Primary School)

(July 2018 - Primary School)

(June 2018 - Secondary School)

The workshops were good. Some parts were looking run down and broken. The canteen was busy and one class had to wait a while for seats. We could store our lunch in cages. (June 2018 - Primary School)

(May 2018 - Primary School)

(May 2018 - Primary School)

(April 2018 - Primary School)

Part of the area waS OUT OF ACTION for most of the morning. The children enjoyed the workshop and loved the playground. (April 2018 - Primary School)

(March 2018 - Primary School)

(March 2018 - Primary School)

(March 2018 - Primary School)

A brilliant trip with a good outside play area. (March 2018 - Primary School)

(March 2018 - Primary School)

An exciting, multi sensory experience (February 2018 - Primary School)

(February 2018 - Primary School)

(February 2018)

Excellent experience - the museum is so interactive and the children get a lot out of the areas. And the workshops make it focused in a fun way. Would definitely recommend to go along with any science topic! (February 2018 - Primary School)

(February 2018 - Primary School)

Children all engaged and motivated. Some of the resources are a little bit out dated (January 2018 - Primary School)

(January 2018 - Secondary School)

(January 2018 - Secondary School)

(January 2018 - Primary School)

Not 5 stars due to some of the activities in each pavilion not working. (January 2018 - Primary School)

(January 2018 - Primary School)

(December 2017 - Secondary School)

(December 2017)

(December 2017 - Primary School)

god workshop with children engaged throughout. Brilliant exhibits throughout the centre, although number of them are getting a bit dated and could be improved. (December 2017 - Primary School)

An excellent upper key stage 2 destination to explore a wide range of science topics. Very hands-on exhibits and plenty of 'Wow' displays. (December 2017 - Primary School)

An excellent visit, fun packed with interactive learning. (December 2017 - Primary School)