May 12, 2025 10:00 am to December 19, 2025 5:00 pm

+ MY LISTCommon Transfer Days, also known as ‘transition days’, provide primary school pupils with the opportunity to experience life at high school. At Xplore!, we offer engaging Common Transfer Workshops where students can take part in trial science lessons and get a taste of secondary school learning.

Who are Xplore!?
Xplore! Science Discovery Centre is the home of science based in Wrexham, North Wales. As a subsidiary company to Wrexham University, we exist to bring STEAM education to all. Previously known as Techniquest, Xplore! is known for enriching the lives of over 70,000 visitors every year.

How do common transfer days work?
Students can enjoy a school trip to our centre, where they’ll take part in a Common Transfer Workshop and explore over 85 interactive STEAM exhibits. Alternatively, our talented science communicators can visit your school to deliver the workshop on-site.

Your questions, answered:
Who?: Early Years/Primary/Secondary
What?: Our extensive programme of fully curriculum linked activities
When?: Throughout the school year
Where?: In centre or at your school, across all of North Wales and North-West England.

Workshops:

Fire Safety
Safely explore the affects and chemicals that start and impact fires, while learning safety measures related to a laboratory environment.

Learning Objectives:
Understand what is needed to start a fire
Understand how to safely put out fires and how to avoid fires from starting
To learn that household ingredients can be used to put out fire safely

Spiral of Life
An exciting look into conducting experiments and understanding the importance of DNA to life on Earth. Students will work in groups to extract DNA from strawberries using scientific methodology and equipment found in secondary school laboratories.

Learning Objectives:
Develop skills to conduct experiments
How DNA can be extracted and tested
Understand the importance of DNA to life on Earth to give diversity in terms of characteristics

Colour Changing Chemicals
Learners are given a list of instructions on how to conduct the experiment and then conduct this experiment using the science equipment that would be used in secondary school

Learning Objectives:
Develop skills needed to partake in chemistry laboratory lessons in secondary schools such as using scientific equipment and methodology.
To follow instructions and consider safety in the laboratory

Wheels in Motion
The class is split into groups and given the same set of LEGO pieces. Using a design brief the learner build a car that will travel down a ramp with the aim of trying to get the furthest distance.

Learning Objectives:
Develop skills to work as part of a group to follow a given design brief.
To be able to deal with changes to situations that unfold during the workshop.
How to manage a budget.
To learn from mistakes and make changes and improvements to a design.