We are delighted to be able to offer, once again, the Year 5 Science workshops which are led by our enthusiastic science team at Nexus.
They offer an opportunity for aspiring young scientists to take part in an exciting science investigation as well as find out more about a chosen area of science.
The workshops take place every Monday from October until April at 10.00am until 11.30am and are offered to all Cornish primary schools for students in Year 5. Each session is reserved exclusively for one primary school.
There is a choice of workshops available for each session aimed to support the science curriculum in schools. Workshops are free and so early booking is recommended.
- Y5 students only
- Current primary school must NOT be within the Camborne area
- Parents to provide transport to/from Nexus
As part of our extended primary outreach, we are offering a programme of gifted sessions in Maths to Year 5 students who live outside of the Camborne area. (Students who go to our traditional Camborne feeder schools have access to outreach sessions through their own schools).
These sessions will take students beyond the KS2 curriculum in Mathematics, with our specialist staff introducing concepts which would not have been encountered previously and will engage students in the application of Maths.
The programme is free of charge and takes place at the Nexus campus next to Camborne train station. We run the Maths Explorers on Tuesday afternoons (1345 – 1445) on a fortnightly basis.
Please note that these are not stand-alone sessions and form part of a programme of lessons throughout the year (Oct – April).
Parents / carers will need to make their own arrangements in order to drop off and collect their child from the sessions as well as asking permission from the primary school in order to attend the programme.
Please sign up using the Google Form below to register your interest in the Maths Explorers programme.
Our Nexus Masterclasses are one-off sessions to provide an opportunity for students to experience Nexus lessons. Students will engage in a variety of different subjects, meet fellow gifted students from around the county and develop deeper thinking skills.
Each Masterclass will start at 3.45pm and then involve 3 x 30 minute sessions with three of our specialist teachers, finishing at 5.30pm.
The Liberal Arts Masterclass will include sessions on English, History and Modern Foreign Languages. The STEM Masterclass will include Maths, Science and Computing sessions. They will also meet some Nexus student leaders as well as becoming familiar with the Nexus campus.
There will be Liberal Arts and STEM Masterclasses for Year 6 students in Autumn 2026 and then both Masterclasses for Year 5 students in Spring 2027. Please use the buttons below to book onto the various Masterclasses.
Welcome to the sixth annual Cornwall Schools Science Olympiad (CSSO)
Taking place on Thursday 25th June, this free event is open to teams of Year 10 students from schools across Cornwall, offering a fantastic opportunity to compete, collaborate and be challenged across science and engineering disciplines
The CSSO will feature three exciting morning rounds: a practical challenge, a theory challenge and an engineering challenge. Scores will then be combined, with the top two teams progressing to a University Challenge-style final showdown in the afternoon
This is an academically demanding event designed to stretch the most able Year 10 scientists, while also providing a fun and engaging competition experience
There are a maximum of 20 team places available, with schools initially limited to one team each. Any remaining places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis
To register your interest, please email: [email protected]
We look forward to another fantastic year of competition