Plastic Bottle-Free Water Rocket Kits Promote Environmental Education

Sustainable, Plastic Bottle-Free Water Rocket Kits At Water Rokit, we are very proud to provide plastic bottle-free water rocket kits. By removing plastic bottles, we aim to reduce global plastic shipping and promote environmental education among children, encouraging them to reuse and upcycle their waste. This decision reflects our belief of the importance of addressing environmental […]

Water Rokit and the 2023 Science Jamboree

Sparkling Success: East Kent Science Jamboree Ignites Young Minds at Discovery Park! Wow, what an incredible event the Science Jamboree at Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent was! The doors were finally thrown open to over 750 primary school children, marking a thrilling return since lockdown. The East Kent Science Jamboree was an absolute blast! Background […]

Water Rokit Connects with Spaceport Cornwall for Launch 40

Water Rokit Connects with Spaceport Cornwall for Launch 40 We are extremely proud to share our Water Rokit Launch 40 video in British Science Week 2023. British Science Week’s theme is ‘Connections’ and as you know, to have a successful Water Rokit launch you really need to have all your  connections in place! Our very […]

40 Years of Water Rokit

The biggest news from Water Rokit that’s out of this world!   Watch this SPACE.    To celebrate our 40th birthday Water Rokit announces FREE educational courses for STEM hubs, schools, holiday camps and clubs. Our newest recruit, Charlotte Harverson, has been working hard putting together the most brilliant collection of collateral that can be yours totally […]

Press Release – Partnership with Barracudas

We have lift off! A new partner on board for 2023! Here at Water Rokit HQ we are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Barracudas Activity Day Camps. Barracudas is the UK’s number one children’s holiday club, offering multi-activity camps with a variety of courses for all ages. They are launching a rocket science Skills […]

How the World-Famous Water Rokit took off

Rokit Past Hinterland was the first company to bring a precision water rocket to market. A British, family-owned company passionate about bringing science alive around the world. Inventors, Roger Wilkins and Max Jackson, both engineers, conceived the idea of the Water Rokit in the 1980s. It took some trial and error to develop the Water […]

Rocket Science at St. Ives Junior School

The big Water Rokit day had finally arrived. I was up with a boost of excitement at 5 a.m as today I had been invited to St. Ives Junior School to meet 60 children who were looking forward to flying Water Rokits. I had recently bought a new stirrup pump so I was keen to […]

Take Up Space at Truro and Penwith College

It was a very dark, rainy evening on Thursday 3rd Nov 2022, but as I approached Truro, suddenly the rain cleared, and chinks of bright blue sky lit up Truro College. Without doubt, the place to be in Cornwall yesterday. Heidi Thiemann, Project Manager at Truro & Penwith College, and her talented team hosted a […]

Why you should own a Water Rokit

“The original fun filled Water Rokit is the ‘go to’ for family enjoyment,education in rocketry and STEM learning, inspiring children of all ages across the globe in science and engineering.” As parents, we often face the challenge of what to do with the kids at the weekend, and the nagging concern they’re playing Fortnight or […]

Launching Water Rokits at the World’s End

Thanks to our collaboration with Stem The Violence, a charity that is the brain child of Fernando Salvador, we found ourselves at the Flashpoint Play Centre in Chelsea, London, on a hot summer’s day in August 2022. Stem The Violence is the creation of a platform, where industries and individuals working in STEM use their […]