This is one of the safest experiences that your child can undertake.  We are, of course, fully insured, and only employ staff for the sessions that are well-qualified for the role. We carry out detailed risk assessments for all activities.  Statistically, the sort of camp that we run is much less risky than a typical sports camp.  Although putting rockets into the hands of 10 year olds may sound dangerous, model rocketry as a hobby has a much lower associated risk than most other activities that children participate in.  It is also well known that children are much more likely to be seriously injured in the home than at any school-based activity, including school excursions and camps such as this.

Having said all this, there is no guarantee that your child will escape injury-free.  In fact, I can almost guarantee that your child WILL be injured at this camp.  I can feel the  hairs on the back of your neck standing up already!  So what do I mean by this?  What I mean, is that I would be suprised if your child did not come back with a cut on their finger, or a minor burn caused by a soldering iron.  We teach the children how to use knives and soldering irons on this course, so that they DON'T injure themselves, but as part of real learning comes the requirement that you allow children to make mistakes.  Even at several hundred degrees, the damage you can do to yourself with a tool the size of a pencil is limited, and in my opinion, the risk is not only worth taking, but essential.

In the words of John Bradshaw, someone who has put it much more eloquently than me:

"It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn."

Someone else who is much more able to communicate their thoughts coherently than me is Gever Tulley, and if you are a parent, and haven't seen '5 Dangerous things you should let your kids do' then please do so!