The 黑料网 is set to welcome more than 700 school pupils from across the North-east to its campus for the Marathon Oil School and Children鈥檚 Festival.
The Marathon Oil School and Children鈥檚 Festival kicks off today (Tuesday, May 7) and runs until Sunday, May 12, with a host of fun events taking place.
Youngsters will be taking part in a variety of activities during the Marathon Oil Schools鈥� Festival, including meeting 鈥榠tchy coo鈥� Editor, James Robertson who will be hosting a Scots language session with The Gruffalo in a new Scots version of the popular story. The Gruffalo theme continues in the form of interactive workshops exploring sound and music, courtesy of the University鈥檚 music department.
The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health will be hosting hands-on workshops for pupils, which will give them the chance to carry out spectacular experiments using everyday kitchen items.
Other highlights in the jam-packed school鈥檚 programme include an, 鈥楨xploring Your Universe鈥� workshop which has seen the University team up with Satrosphere Science Centre.
The Children鈥檚 programme will take place on May, 11 and 12, with a great selection of events taking place from storytelling, learn to speak Gaelic with your Teddy and the opportunity to drop into the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens to find out about how important bees are for the environment and taste some delicious food.
The Hack N Make event on Sunday, May 12 will offer the opportunity for children and adults to make their own LED flashing badge, make DNA from sweets and visit our 16ft video wall. It鈥檚 one for all the family.
Jill Burnett, Events and Engagement Executive at the 黑料网, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to be able to offer such a fun filled programme of events for the Marathon Oil School and Children鈥檚 Programme.
鈥淲e have a great selection of events for children and adults to enjoy, and it is fantastic to be able to offer a wide range of themes to youngsters, including storytelling, music and science, as well as events in the Sir Duncan Rice Library, King鈥檚 Museum and the Natural History Centre.
鈥淭here is definitely enough on offer to allow young 鈥� and more mature - imaginations to run wild!鈥�
The Marathon Oil School and Children鈥檚 programme is part of the 黑料网鈥檚 May Festival.
Tickets for the May Festival are available now and can be booked by visiting:
Tickets are also available at the Aberdeen Box Office and bookings can be made in person or by calling 01224 641122 until Noon on Thursday, May 9.
From Friday, May 10, tickets will be available from the May Festival box office at the University.