Activities and Events for Children

Join us for our FREE Lego Club for Bute's budding Master Builders!

8 after school (3:30-4:30pm) sessions, Ages 6-12 at the Discovery Centre.

Catalyst is a new term-time club for anyone coming to the end of Primary school or just starting at the Academy (P6-S2). Come along for games, challenges, snacks and time to hang out in a relaxed space with a positive atmosphere.

Embark on a journey of wonder and creativity with StoryQuest as we delight in tales, fables and stories and craft our own along the way. A 3 day story-telling workshop, morning (ages 7-12) and afternoon (ages 9-14) sessions for budding wordsmiths and talespinners.

Do you have exams coming up? Struggling to concentrate at home? Come along to Achievement Bute’s Study Support session after school to get it done before heading home.

Join us for our FREE Lego Club for Bute's budding Master Builders!

6 after school (3:30-4:30pm) sessions running from 22nd of February till 28th of March.

Ages 5-12 at the Discovery Centre.

Catalyst is a new club where those coming to the end of Primary school or just starting at the Academy can come along for games, challenges and time to hang out in a relaxed space with a positive atmosphere.

Join us for a 3 day adventure exploring the history of Rothesay Castle. We will create our own shadow puppet characters and produce a show reimagining what we have discovered for parents, guardians and grandparents on Thursday.

Get out of the house this holiday and join us at the Discovery Centre for a couple of hours of simple fun, games and perhaps a walk.

Get out of the house for some creative seasonal Lego fun.

Get hands on with a seasonal art extravaganza Saturday Mornings at the Discovery Centre.

Come and join one of our FREE Lego Clubs for Bute's budding Master Builders!

Afterschool on Thursdays or Saturday mornings at the Discovery Centre.

Come along to a fun fitness class, and enjoy a fun, keep fit adventure. Ages 6-10.

Wednesday 18th 1:30-2:30pm. Free.

Come along imagine, build and play.
Wednesday 18th and Friday 20th 2:30-3:30pm
Ages 6-10.

Calling all creatives ages 10-15!
Join us for this exciting art workshop where you’ll experiment with your creativity, play with colour, and create your own creature illustration to take home!

Wednesday 18th October 9:30 - 12:30. Achievement Bute Base behind the Discovery Centre.

A Free Saturday afternoon outdoor adventure tracking down minibeasts in different island ecosystems.

Find out everything that you need to know for Children, Young people and Adults for this years Community Panto!

Join us for our FREE Lego Club for budding Master Builders!
4 sessions from 7th of September till the end of term.
Ages 7-12 at the Discovery Centre.

Outdoor Autumn fun picking and pressing apples. Afternoons of Saturday 2nd & 9th of September. For ages 7-11.

Join our team of irrepressible heroes in an unmissable opportunity to turn detective, follow cryptic clues and capture the mysterious caped crusader who has gone rogue in the grounds of Mount Stuart. This interactive outdoor family event is free and we encourage any junior superheroes who have costumes to dress up as their favourite superhero to help us in our quest! Wear wellies and appropriate clothing for wet weather!

In the third of our series of Pop-up Playdays, families can simply turn up on the day, bring your buckets and spades and a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of old-fashioned fun and games at the beach led by the Achievement Bute Team. This is a FREE event, for which we are not taking bookings, just come along and join in the fun! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Take inspiration from Mount Stuart’s latest exhibition of Georgian caricatures and then delve into Achievement Bute’s dressing-up box and have fun creating your very own highly personalised cartoon characters! The morning workshop is aimed at children age 5-7 and the afternoon workshop is for children age 8-12. Cost £5 per child.

Explore Mount Stuart’s fascinating collection of comics and use your imagination to create your very own comic creation. The morning workshop is aimed at children age 5-7 and the afternoon workshop is for children age 8-12. Cost £5 per child.

Join Achievement Bute and Woodland Ranger Samuel at the Moss Wood to find out how gunpowder was made using charcoal from the woods long ago. This outdoor adventure is aimed at children aged 7–12 years old and will require children to be dropped off at Guildford Square at 11:30am with a drink and packed lunch and picked up at Guildford Square at 3:45pm and will cost £5.

Dress like a pirate, talk like a pirate, and hunt for treasure like a pirate in our swashbuckling interactive music workshops led by ace accordionist Neil Sutcliffe, from Live Music Now! Workshops take place in our base at the Discovery Centre from 10:00-12:00noon for children age 5-7 and from 1-3pm for children age 8-12. The cost is £5 and a healthy snack will be provided.

In the second of our summer collaborations with Live Music Now Scotland, we’re bringing puppets of all shapes and sizes to life with help from ace puppeteer, Colleen Magennis; soprano Ines Mayhew-Begg and violinist Lisa Robertson.

Join Achievement Bute and Woodland Ranger Samuel on a mouthwatering wander through the woodlands as we forage our way through the forest discovering what wild food the forest has to offer. This outdoor adventure is aimed at children aged 7–12 years old and will require children to be dropped off at Guildford Square at 11:30am with a drink and packed lunch and picked up at Guildford Square at 3:45pm and will cost £5.

In the second of our series of Pop-up Playdays, Families can simply turn up on the day, bring a picnic and enjoy and afternoon of fun and games with bubbles, balls and balloons led by the Achievement Bute Team.

Did you know that we have a genuine World War Two military bunker on the isle of Bute!? Join us and Woodland Ranger Samuel as we journey over hills and through Bute’s ancient woodlands to discover some concrete history. This outdoor adventure is aimed at children aged 7–12 years old and will require children to be dropped off at Guildford Square at 11:30am with a drink and packed lunch and picked up at Guildford Square at 3:45pm and will cost £5.

In the first of a series of summer music-making collaborations with Live Music Now Scotland, we’re really going to have a wizarding time. Each participative workshop involves live music, art, games and fun.