WINTER SATURDAY CLUBS
Saturday Clubs are weekly sessions all about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). In our 2022/23 Kelowna Saturday Clubs, we invite students in Grades 1-7 in the 2022-2023 school year to join us in exciting themes including Maker and STEAM! These weekly ten-session programs are led by two passionate undergraduate staff and are sure to excite almost anyone with a passion for STEM.
- SATURDAYS
SEE BELOW FOR KELOWNA CLUBS SESSION DATES - 10AM – 12PM
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME - UBC Okanagan (Kelowna Campus)
3333 UNIVERSITY WAY, KELOWNA BC V1V 1V7
What are Saturday Clubs?
Each semester features a mixture of new inquiry-based curriculum and hands-on activities. Kelowna Saturday Clubs are designed to have new content that differs from previous Clubs and Camps, along with some fan favorites.
Grade Levels: Grades 1-7 (varies by Club Theme)
Program Pricing: $235 for 10 club sessions
We believe that every person should be able to participate in our programs, and so we are working hard to bring you programming. As such, please see our bursary information at the bottom of the page if you require financial assistance to participate.
Registration Deadline: Registration for Kelowna Saturday In-Person Clubs (Winter Session) closes on Thursday January 19th, 2023
SESSION DATES
Clubs will run every Saturday morning from 10AM to 12PM at the UBC Okanagan Campus!
Winter Session Dates (10 sessions)
- January 21, 28
- February* 4, 11, 25
- March 4, 11, 18, 25
- April 1
* *Please note that February 18th will NOT have a club session.
WINTER CLUB THEMES
MAKER CLUB 1-2 (Winter)
We love to create and build…and sometimes destroy! Our Maker 1/2 Club is all things Engineering. This exciting club fosters hands-on learning while participants explore the worlds of environmental, mechanical and computer Engineering
Curriculum will be different from last year’s clubs with the exception of a few fan favourites with a fresh twist!
Join this club if… you love to design, construct and be creative.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 1-2
PRICING: $235 for 10 sessions
STEM Explorations 3-4 (Winter)
This Saturday club is for our future scientists! STEM Explorations 3/4 will have you in full discovery mode, immersed in scientific method and engineering design. From outer space to the ocean floor, come imagine the possibilities with us.
Join this club if… you love to imagine, experiment and explore.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 3-4
PRICING: $235 for 10 sessions
Maker Club 5/6/7 (Winter)
Put on your hard hats, Maker 5/6/7 is for our Imagineers! Immerse yourself in the exciting world of Engineering and how we can change the world; one block at a time. Use the Engineering Design Cycle to think, imagine, create, and improve your fantastic ideas. The sky’s the limit!
Join this club if… you love to invent, build, and think creatively.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 5-7
PRICING: $235 for 10 sessions
CLUB POLICIES
Please read the information below regarding our policies in place for camps this year.
Due to the continuously changing nature of COVID-19, and because health and safety are a paramount concern for us at Geering Up, we will alter our policies regularly to match with current government regulations. If changes are made to our safety policies, we will send these updates to all registered participants 2 weeks prior to the start of your club.
- Whenever possible, physical distancing will practiced
- Materials and shared surfaces will be sanitized regularly, according to BC guidelines.
- Participants will be required to wash their hands frequently (between activities and at the beginning and end of the day).
- Different support strategies. We may not be able to provide the same level of 1:1 support as we have in past year. Please reach out to us with any questions you may have regarding exceptionalities and whether our staff can providing care for your camper while maintain safety protocols. We would love to hear from you what strategy may work for your child. Similarly, we will not be able to provide 1:1 support for participants who are less comfortable with English instruction. Please reach out to us with any questions you may have regarding participants with English as a second language and we can discuss arrangements further.
Please note that as provincial guidelines change, our policies may update to reflect these changes. Thank you for your patience.
For details on our COVID-19 response, please refer to our updates here.
For in-person clubs, we offer the following cancellation policy:
- $25.00 fee for cancellations made one or more weeks prior to the start of your program
- 50% of program registration fee for cancellations made less than 1 week prior to the start of your program
- No refund can be given after 4:00 PM on the Thursday preceding your club
We want to be as flexible as possible while also keeping programming costs down. When a customer cancels, we lose money in non-refundable credit card and registration fees. We never charge a fee for transferring off the waitlist. We hope this makes it as easy as possible to change your plans
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have regarding our in-person cancellation.
In the event that our in-person programs are cancelled, we will be happy to transfer you to an equivalent online program free of charge or provide you a full refund.
You can reach us at kelowna.geeringup@ubc.ca.
