VICTA Young Achievers Award

Young Achievers Award

Science

The first theme of the Young Achievers award is Science! Time to unlock your inner scientist and get experimenting…

To earn your first pin badge, you need to complete 3 science related tasks between January and March.

The set VICTA science activity you are required to complete is…

Create a bottle garden with VICTA & British Science Week!

The British Science Week Community pack is now live! You’ll find VICTA’s bottle garden activity on page 9. Try the activity at home and take photos as you go to share with us.

Illustration of the bottle garden

Other Science activity ideas to tick off to earn your pin badge!

We’ve put together some activity ideas and opportunities for the Science theme below to help you get started. Don’t forget, if you’d like to come up with your own ideas, that’s brilliant too. Once you have completed 3 tasks, complete the evidence submission form at the bottom of this page so we can see what you’ve been up to.

Please make sure you try any experiments with a grown up!

Attend our Young Achievers Science Family Day at Winchester Science Centre

Join VICTA at Winchester Science Centre for a day full of science activities a tactile tour of the centre! Start with a mesmerising Planetarium show then get stuck in with a sensory workshop about ‘Matter’, creating your own slime!

Try a Sciencedipity experiment!

Find out how to make a fun bubble snake.

Explore the Sciencedipity/Devon Science YouTube channel for more ideas >

Can you make an egg bounce?

Find out with this fun experiment from the Science Museum.
Click here for the step by step guide >

Make a balloon car

This video from Science Buddies shows you how to make a balloon car from recycled materials.

For written instructions click here >

Brian Cox Royal Society Science Challenges

We’ve chosen a couple of experiments you could try on the STEM.org website!

Do plants need soil to grow?

Find out how to investigate >

What factors affect the pitch and the volume of sound?

Find out how to investigate >

Scientist fact file

Create a fact file on a famous scientist. Find out scientist you think has done amazing things then make your file in a programme of your choice such as Word or Google Slides.

Try including these points:

  • Their name
  • When they were born
  • Where they were born
  • What they are most famous for
  • 5 facts people might not know
  • Why you are inspired by them

Frisbee challenge

Find out what would be the best material to make a frisbee out of that you can find in your home. Test out a couple of materials and let us know how well they fly!

Have science fun at home with the Primary Science Teaching Trust!

They have a range of activity pdfs to download and complete:

Start investigating >

Complete a MET Office DIY Task

Create a supersize pollen model

Make an Earth spiral

Climate stripes collage

Boat and egg challenge

Can you design a ‘boat’ that will hold an egg and not sink?

Visit a science centre or museum

Such as – History of Science Museum Oxford, Science Museum London, Winchester Science Centre, National Space Centre Leicester.

From February half term, you’ll be able to take advantage of our Science Ticket Offer which runs until the end of British Science Week. More information coming soon!

Terms and conditions

  • The Young Achievers Award is open to children who are primary school aged and following a primary school curriculum who are registered or are registrable as blind or partially sighted as per our requirements for support; you may be asked to provide supporting documentation of your child’s vision impairment. Any questions regarding eligibility, please contact students@victa.org.uk
  • Entrants must be permanent residents of the UK
  • For each theme, entrants must complete three activities – one set by VICTA and two of their choice
  • Evidence submission must be completed by a parent/carer
  • By submitting evidence for the award, you agree to your photos/videos, your child’s name and age being used by VICTA, including being displayed on the
  • VICTA website, on our social media channels and on charity emails
  • Please note, the actual badges and medal you receive might differ to the ones in the illustrations. The illustrations represent the first set of badges and medals to collect.

Does your Young Achiever have a sibling that does the award alongside them? We’d like to recognise all those Super Siblings out there – we know you work just as hard as your brother or sister. When you submit your activities, make sure to pop the name of your Super Sibling on the form and we’ll celebrate them with their very own set of pin badges and once all badges have been collected, a very special Super Sibling medal!

Enter your VICTA Young Achievers Science challenges

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 2 files.
VICTA’s Young Achievers Award aims to improve a child’s confidence, resilience and creativity. Please complete the statements below, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest, reflecting your child currently.

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