Students
Free
- Every student workshop
- Lunch on all five days
- Bring a school ID
Learn something out loud
Open Classroom Week is five days of hands-on workshops for teachers, students and curious families. One hundred and twenty sessions across three Manchester campuses, and most of them are free.
5–9 July 2027 Manchester
- Robotics
- Poetry
- Climate science
- Coding
- Debate
- Maths puzzles
- Printmaking
- History walks
- Music theory
- Astronomy
Build your week
Add the workshops you like. Your week fills in as you go, and it warns you when two sessions overlap. It stays saved in this browser.
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Mon 10:00–11:30
Teaching with mistakes
Dr. Amara Okafor · North Campus
Teachers -
Mon 11:00–12:30
Build a robot that draws
Leo Hartmann · Science Hall
Students · Families -
Tue 09:30–11:00
Poems from the news
Rosa Lindqvist · Library
Students -
Tue 14:00–15:30
AI in the classroom, honestly
Sam Mensah · North Campus
Teachers -
Wed 10:00–11:00
Kitchen chemistry
Priya Raman · Science Hall
Families -
Wed 13:30–15:00
How to win an argument fairly
Jonah Price · Library
Students · Teachers -
Thu 10:00–12:00
Your first website in two hours
Mia Torres · North Campus
Students -
Thu 11:00–12:30
Marking less, teaching more
Dr. Amara Okafor · Library
Teachers -
Fri 19:00–21:00
Stargazing on the roof
Leo Hartmann · Science Hall
Families · Students
Meet the mentors
All 64 mentors
Dr. Amara Okafor
Secondary maths teacher and author
Sam Mensah
Computer science lead, Greenway School
Rosa Lindqvist
Poet and youth writing coach
Leo Hartmann
Robotics engineer and science presenter
Three campuses, one tram line
Every venue is a short ride on the free event tram. Tap a stop to see what happens there.
North Campus
Twelve classrooms and the main hall. Teacher workshops, the opening morning and the coding labs happen here.
- Step-free access
- Quiet room on the first floor
- Lunch hall for 400
Science Hall
Labs, a makerspace and a rooftop observatory. Robotics, chemistry and the Friday stargazing night.
- Safety goggles provided
- Family changing room
- Bike parking
Central Library
Reading rooms and a debate theatre. Poetry, history and the student debate final on Wednesday.
- Silent study until 10:00
- Hearing loop in the theatre
- Café on the ground floor
Mostly free, always open
Teachers
Free
- Every workshop
- Certificate of training hours
- Lesson packs to take home
Family day
£12
- Two adults and up to three children
- Any one day of the week
- Family workshops and the roof night
Questions from parents
And from teachers, and from students. Still stuck? Ask us anything.
Ask a questionStudents aged 14 and over can register on their own. Younger children come with a parent, a carer or their school group.
Yes. Choose “School group” in the form and we reserve seats for up to thirty students, plus a free place for every five students for accompanying staff.
All three campuses are step-free, and every talk in the main hall has live captions. Tell us what you need in the form and we plan it with you.
Yes. You get a certificate with your training hours by email after the week, one hour for each hour of workshop you attended.
Save your seat
Registration takes a minute. We send your tickets and a map two weeks before the start.
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