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family · Monday 6 July 2026 · 09:30am 
Junior Einsteins Science Summer Camp at Claregalway
At Claregalway Educate Together National School · Claregalway, Co. Galway
At Claregalway Educate Together National School · Claregalway, Co. Galway
If your child is the sort who wants to know why the volcano fizzes or how a rocket actually lifts off, a week with Junior Einsteins Science Club is a very good use of a July morning. The club runs structured hands-on science camps for children aged 5 to 12 across Ireland, and this one lands at Claregalway Educate Together National School for five days from Monday 6 July. Sessions run 9:30am to 1:30pm each day - short enough to keep energy high, long enough to get genuinely stuck into the experiments. Parents who need childcare cover for a half-day will find it fits neatly; children who find classroom science too slow will find it moves at a pace that suits them.
Each day children work through a different set of experiments led by trained and vetted science instructors. The programme at this camp covers chemistry (slime science and non-Newtonian fluids, elephant toothpaste, bubbling exothermic reactions), physics (plasma balls, lightsaber demonstrations), biology (bioluminescence, DNA extraction, anatomy), earth sciences (volcanic eruptions, pH indicators, crystal growing, geology), and engineering (bridge building, marble runs, rocket launchers and races). There is also a sports science Olympics session. Children are grouped loosely by age - younger ones (5-8) and older ones (9-12) tend to tackle the same experiments with different levels of detail expected.
The emphasis is on doing rather than watching. Lab coats and goggles are part of the deal, and the experiments are chosen specifically because they produce something visible - a reaction, a launch, a structure that either holds or spectacularly does not. The club’s own framing is that they teach children how to think, not what to think, which in practice means encouraging questions and letting kids predict what will happen before it does.
The week costs €155 per child. Booking is through the organiser directly - note that places at popular venues do sell out, so it is worth contacting Junior Einsteins early if you are interested.
Claregalway sits on the N17/N18 corridor about 12 km north-east of Galway city, making it an easy run from Galway and reachable from Tuam to the north. By car, the village is well signed off the main road. Claregalway Educate Together National School is on Lakeview Road within the village - free parking is available on site. Bus Eireann route 417 (Galway to Tuam) serves Claregalway, making it accessible from the city without a car, though check current timetables before travelling.
Claregalway has more to it than the school run. The 15th-century Norman tower house at Claregalway Castle is a striking landmark on the N17, and the Claregalway Museum and Forge gives a decent hour of local history and restored blacksmith’s craft. There is more to see in Claregalway and across Co. Galway.
Heading to Claregalway Educate Together National School in Claregalway? Galway has plenty more to see. Read the Claregalway area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.