CHILDREN spent a week discovering science can be fun.

Pupils at Birkbeck Primary School, Alma Road, Sidcup, enjoyed visits from the Quantum Science theatre group, the RSPB and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and a fun investigative afternoon.

The highlight of the week was a challenge for children and their families to build the tallest tower using just spaghetti and marshmallows which would support a chocolate egg.

The event attracted 21 teams. The winners were Michael King, aged seven, with his younger sister, mum and grandma who managed a tower 71cm high.