Tommy Balaam, founder and director of fun at Captain Fantastic explains: “Our goal is to bridge the gap between education and entertainment, using ‘edutainment’ to captivate kids and build curiosity towards curriculum based topics. This was a brilliant opportunity to inspire and engage children with science and the events changed the dynamic of their day, encouraging interaction with fun experiments and games.”
Tommy Balaam who works with schools to develop bespoke programmes continues: “Each part of our awareness days are tailored to different year groups and are all designed to be fun, engaging, and support specific learning objectives. We have collaborated with Matthew King – winner of Primary School Teacher of the Year at the National Pearson Teaching Awards 2023-2024, and Lisa Aaron from "Your School Kit” to develop a series of awareness days for schools which, in addition to science, cover mental health, road safety, growth mindset and online safety.
“Our Year 2 classes thoroughly enjoyed Captain Fantastic's science session. It was full of fun and laughter whilst also being informative and educational. Captain Fantastic checked on pupils' prior knowledge and then extended it with experiments to watch and volunteers helping him at the front. Very entertaining!”Year 2 teacher, Coteford Infant School.
“All the staff and children at Coteford were thoroughly entertained by the Captain Fantastic Science assembly. The session was fun and engaging and was inclusive of all pupils. The children were all inspired by the science experiments and couldn't wait to share with their parents at the end of the day. Thank you!”Deputy Headteacher, Coteford Infant School.
Tommy Balaam continues: “Our Science events are a light touch way to provide useful science education while combining it with non-stop fun. Safe, silly experiments with elephant’s toothpaste, a vortex generator and even some leaf blower madness meant the audience was entertained throughout.”
Captain Fantastic was originally set up in London in 2010 and was franchised in 2017. Each regional branch franchise is run by entertainers who are professionally trained actors with experience of performing on stages across the country. Captain Fantastic has been voted the UK's Number One children's entertainment company by the trusted reviewing site FreeIndex.
To find out more about Captain Fantastic’s packages for Schools, their wellbeing days and SEND parties see: captain-fantastic.co.uk/Captain Fantastic also offers a 30 minute introductory assembly - including magic, science and wellbeing.
For Kids to carry on the adventure see: www.youtube.com/captainfantastickids
For actors and professional entertainers interested in exploring Captain Fantastic’s flexible franchise opportunities please see: captain-fantastic.co.uk/jointheteam/childrens-party-franchise/