Science club where the experiments are real and the mess is allowed
After-school and holiday clubs for 6–11 year olds in Mirdif, Dubai. Rockets on Monday, slime on Tuesday, and our minibus from school to the lab.
- KHDA approved
- Ages 6–11
- First session free
Pick a club
Four ways to do science with us, all run by the same police-cleared team.
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After-school club
Monday to Friday in term time, 15:00 to 17:00, with a minibus from school, a snack and a new experiment every session.
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Holiday camps
Themed weeks in every school break, 9:00 to 15:00, with a halal lunch, indoor play and a show for parents on Friday.
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Birthday parties
Ninety minutes to two hours of fizzing, foaming, exploding (safely) science at your home, your venue or the Lab House.
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School workshops
Curriculum-linked science workshops for primary classes, Year 1 to Year 6. We bring the kit, the risk assessment and the noise.
Safe hands, every session
The checks and cover every parent should ask about, all in place.
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KHDA
Approved by KHDA as an after-school activity provider, permit no. 000000 (demo number)
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Police
Every leader holds a Dubai Police good conduct certificate and a police check from each country they have lived in
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1st aid
Paediatric first aid on every shift, renewed every two years
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1:8
One leader to eight children, never more, plus a floating senior leader
0
reportable incidents since our first session in 2019
What happens at a session
Two hours, every weekday in term time, at the Lab House in Mirdif.
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Ride and snack
Our minibus brings children from three partner schools for 15:00. Fruit, crackers and a big question are waiting.
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Make a guess
Everyone predicts what will happen and sticks it on the guess wall.
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Try it
Groups of four run the experiment with a leader. Goggles on.
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Show and tell
Parents arrive at 16:45 to a demo and a very proud explanation.
This term so far
Tap a photo to see it larger. More in the gallery.
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Thursday electricity -
How far before it snaps? -
Week two of six -
Colour mixing, Sprouts
What parents say
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My daughter now explains density at dinner. Every dinner. She has been three terms and still runs in.
Mariam A.Parent of Hessa, 8 · Google review, September 2026
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Kind, organised leaders, and he comes out buzzing every time. The minibus pick-up from school is so well run.
Rohan K.Parent of Aarav, 7 · Google review, June 2026
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The spring camp was the only week he didn’t ask for a screen. He still has the bug hotel on the balcony.
Omar F.Parent of Yousef, 10 · Facebook review, April 2026
Lab notes
All lab notesExperiments to try at home and news from the club.
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Five kitchen experiments for a too-hot-to-go-out afternoon
Red cabbage rainbows, dancing raisins and a lava lamp in a jar, all from the kitchen cupboard and all indoors.
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Why we let children get it wrong first
Our guess wall is full of wrong answers, and that is exactly the point.
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Your child’s first session: what to expect
From the minibus ride from school to show and tell, here is how a first after-school session goes.
Try a session for free
Your child’s first after-school session is on us. Pick any day this term.