W5 LIFE Saturday Sessions

Level up Your Saturdays at W5 LIFE

Looking for fun, hands-on activities to spark young imaginations? Every Saturday, W5 LIFE (Learning and Innovation For Everyone) opens its doors to a world of creativity, coding, science, and seasonal surprises with exciting family-friendly drop-in sessions.

Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult.

Check out the full programme below and plan your Saturday adventure to W5 LIFE:

Spooky Sphero: Halloween Robot Challenge

Join us in W5 LIFE this Halloween as you learn to drive a Sphero BOLT and put your skills to the test! Then let your imagination run batty by creating a fang-tastic Halloween costume - will your robot roll out as a pumpkin, ghost, or a real monster mash-up? It's a frightfully fun mix of tech and tricks!

Running on multiple dates including:

• Saturday 24 & 31 October

Session 1: 10am-12:30pm

Session 2: 1:30pm-4pm

Free drop-in. No pre-booking required.

Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

W5 LIFE is located within The O2 Belfast, facing the main entrance to W5.

Code With Colours: Sphero Indi

Say hello to our newest robots - Sphero Indi!

In this Saturday event, discover how to code Indi using coloured tiles before putting your new skills to the test with exciting puzzles and challenges.

Get ready, set, CODE!

Running on Saturday 14 November

Session 1: 10am-12:30pm

Session 2: 1:30pm-4pm

Free drop-in. No pre-booking required.

Suitable for age 6+. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

W5 LIFE is located within The O2 Belfast, facing the main entrance to W5.

Big Engineering Challenge: Wind-Powered Wheels

Fan-tastic engineering awaits at W5 LIFE!

Join W5 LIFE for some hands-on STEM activities, unleashing your creativity and problem-solving skills as you explore forces, motion and aerodynamics. You will work in teams, making with 2D and 3D structures before designing and building your very own wind-powered car.

Once your vehicle is built you will then add paper sails, place it on the starting line in front of a fan, and race!

Which team will harness the power of the wind and travel the furthest?

A thrilling mix of engineering, teamwork and friendly competition – perfect for inspiring the engineers of tomorrow.

Running on Saturday 21 November

Session 1: 10am-12:30pm

Session 2: 1:30pm-4pm

Free drop-in. No pre-booking required.

Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

W5 LIFE is located within The O2 Belfast, facing the main entrance to W5.

Egg Drop Challenge

Calling all budding engineers. W5 will be launching eggs from the balcony of LIFE to test Isaac Newton's fabulous work with gravity. Your job will be to design and build a device to stop the eggs from cracking. Are you up to the challenge?

Running on Saturday 28 November

Session 1: 10am-12:30pm

Session 2: 1:30pm-4pm

Free drop-in. No pre-booking required.

Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

W5 LIFE is located within The O2 Belfast, facing the main entrance to W5.