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what’s on where Crackling Clay Treasures Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL www.roalddahl.com 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm Make your own special collection of treasures. You’ll find out more about the wonderful things that Roald Dahl kept close to him before choosing your own treasures to make in clay. Cost £3 per person. Suitable for ages 4+. Booking essential. T: 01494 892192 Young Musicians Music Workshop Upton House and Gardens, OX15 6HT www.nationaltrust.org.uk 9am Celebrating and playing music of the 1920s, the day also involves a guided tour and craft activities. Open to young musician grade 1-5. Attendee should be available for the performance date on Sunday 4th June as well as the workshop date. Booking essential. T: 01295 670266 Family Open Morning The Mill Arts Centre, OX16 5QE www.themillartscentre.co.uk 10am Spend the morning with our creative team experiencing the wonderful range of children’s activities we offer at The Mill. Cost £6 per child. T: 01295 279002 A Viking Quest River and Rowing Museum, RG9 1BF www.rrm.co.uk 10.30am Dress up as a Viking and journey to the land of the Norsemen! Live like a Viking for the day, and create your own legendary story. Free with admission. T: 01491 415600 Doormice and Jellyfish: What the Romans Ate! Museum of Oxford, OX1 1BX www.oxford.gov.uk 10.30am Find out more about Roman life – what they enjoyed eating, what they wore and what they did when they came to the outlying areas of Oxford. Taste some foods eaten in Roman times; handle real Roman pottery found close to Oxford; have a go at putting on a toga and make your own ‘baked doormouse’ with paint and playdough. There will also be a free Roman cartoon for each child from The Phoenix Comic (whilst stocks last!). T: 01865 252334 1 – 2 June Ahoy There! Museum of the History of Science, OX1 3AZ www.mhs.ox.ac.uk 2pm Discover early voyages of exploration with maps, globes, and hands-on navigational instruments. Suitable for ages 7+. T: 01865 277280 Around the World in Two Days! Oxford Playhouse, OX1 2PH www.oxfordplayhouse.com 9.30am Using physical theatre and storytelling techniques your child will recreate Phileas’s action adventure, with a few twists of their own, visiting France, Egypt, India, Japan and America – will they return to Oxford in time…? Suitable for ages 8-11 years. T: 01865 305305 2 June The Building Boy with Ross Montgomery Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL www.roalddahl.com 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm Go on a magical journey with The Building Boy. When a little boy makes a model of his Grandma out of her old building materials, she sweeps him away on a thrilling adventure. Join author Ross Montgomery for storytelling and lots of interactive fun. Cost £3 per person. Suitable for ages 4+. Booking essential. T: 01494 892192 Amazing Animation Future Daze Cornerstone Arts Centre, OX11 7NE www.cornerstone-arts.org 10.30am come and take part in this new and exciting workshop where you become the designers of the future… Come and learn to make stop frame animations using plasticine, cut-out, cartoons, or models and bring the future to LIFE on screen for all to see. Suitable for ages 8-13. Cost £35. T: 01235 515144 Holiday Kids Club Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, OX20 1SN www.sofo.org.uk 10am Brilliant Birds! Did you know our feathered friends are related to dinosaurs? Cost £8 per child. T: 01993 810211 2 – 3 June Do You Believe in Magic Pitt Rivers Museum, OX1 3PP www.prm.ox.ac.uk 1pm From fossilised squid to potatoes, the Museum has lots of objects that are believed to be magical. Make your own lucky charm bracelet or a witch in a bottle. T: 01865 270927 3 June Terrific Twits Garden Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL www.roalddahl.com 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm Roald Dahl loved gardens, especially his own. He included a particularly icky one in The Twits. Join us to make your own miniature gruncious Twit garden full of scary and disgusterous things. Cost £3 per person. Suitable for ages 4+. Booking essential. T: 01494 892192 Festival of Nature Museum of Natural History, OX1 3PW www.oum.ox.ac.uk 10am Celebrate Oxfordshire’s biodiversity with crafts, conservationists and family friendly talks. In partnership with BBOWT. T: 01865 272 950 Fun in the Park Abbey Gardens, OX14 3JD www.abingdon.gov.uk 11am A day of fun, entertainment and live music for all the family to enjoy. The Bad Bunnies’ Magic Show The Story Museum, OX1 1BP www.storymuseum.org 2pm Join Mini and the odd Bad Bunny to find out about the history of magic and to make your own magic mini-book. Suitable for ages 5+. Cost £7/£5. T: 01865 305305 Print Your Own Book Cover The Story Museum, OX1 1BP www.storymuseum.org 2pm & 4pm Go back in time, put your pens away and discover the art of printing by hand. Learn how the first books were printed, create your 14 Primary Times MAY Issue | www.primarytimes.net/oxfordshire
WHAT’S ON WHERE own book cover using lino cuts and have a go at printing using a printing press. Suitable for ages 8+. Cost £10/£8. Booking essential. T: 01865 305305 Salford Fete and Fun Dog Show Salford, OX7 5YW 12pm Fun dog classes and children’s races, stalls and live music. T: 01608 644456 3 – 4 June 1940’s Vintage Weekend Bletchley Park The Mansion, MK3 6EB www.bletchleypark.org.uk 9.30am Come along to Bletchley Park and have yourself a fabulous time at our forties weekend! This two day event, featuring 1940’s Swing Band The Bevin Boys, vintage salon and pop-up shop, and vintage market place, will be great fun for all the family. T: 01908 640404 Miniature Traction Engine Rally Bucks Railway Centre, HP22 4BY www.bucksrailcentre.org 10.30am Live entertainment and specialist steampunk traders, who can help with outfits, accoutrements, and accessories if visitors want to join in and get into the spirit of the event! T: 01296 655720 Free Railway Open Days Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, OX39 4ER www.chinnorrailway.co.uk 10.30am Unique opportunity to see behind the scenes. Special timetable will apply. T: 01844 353535 4 June MGs in the Park Cotswold Wildlife Park, OX18 4JP www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk 10am Annual MG Owners Club meet attracting over 600 MGs. T: 01993 823 006 Dahl’s Door Hanger Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL www.roalddahl.com 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm No one was allowed inside Roald Dahl’s Writing Hut! Find out more and then make a door hanger either to keep people away from Roald’s hut or your own special space. Cost £3 per person. Suitable for ages 4+. Booking essential. T: 01494 892192 Transport Rally Didcot Railway Centre, OX11 7NJ www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk 10.30am A wide selection of buses, coaches and commercial vehicles and miniature railway rides. T: 01235 817200 Forest School Fun Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ www.earthtrust.org.uk 10am Come and explore the woods nearby the Earth Trust Centre and get creative in the great outdoors. Suggested donation £4 per child. T: 01865 407792 Open Day Faringdon Folly Tower and Woodland Folly Path, SN7 7AQ www.faringdonfolly.org.uk 11am Climb the Tower and see fantastic views over 5 counties. Find out about the history of the Tower and Folly Hill and spend time in the woodland. Adults £3, under 11s free. T: 0845 475 8386 Littleworth Family Fun Day and Dog Show Littleworth Playing Field, SN7 8ED 1pm Fun Dog show with rosettes and prizes to be won. Bouncy Castle, stalls, BBQ and music. Entry £1, under 12s free. T: 01367 241328 10 June Science Saturdays Museum of Natural History, OX1 3PW www.oum.ox.ac.uk 2pm Meet scientists to investigate real natural history specimens from the collection. Suitable for ages 8+. T: 01865 272 950 Thame Carnival 2017 Southern Road Recreation Ground Thame, OX9 2EP www.thame.net 12pm The Parade starts at Elms Park at 12 noon followed by a Fete from 1pm at the recreation ground. Ramsden Fête and Companion Dog Show Wynter’s Close, OX7 3AU www.ramsdenvillage.co.uk 1pm A traditional event with a modern twist. For children there is a small fairground, water splash, bouncy castles, coconut shy, try-your strength plus many more games. Games for old and young include tug-of-war and egg throwing. T: 01993 868764 10 – 11 June Steam, comic & Culture Festival Leighton Buzzard Railway, LU7 4TN www.buzzrail.co.uk 10.30am Please see website for full details. T: 01525 373888 11 June Open Day Pitstone Green Museum, LU7 9EY www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk 11am A Rural Life Museum with many exhibits relating to farming and country life. Midsummer Fair Sulgrave Manor, OX17 2SD www.sulgravemanor.org.uk 11am Please see website for full details. T: 01295 760205 14 June Bat Walk Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ www.earthtrust.org.uk 8.30pm Join us for a guided walk to the Clumps and Little Wittenham Wood, with the addition of bat detectors to find out more about these marvellous mammals. Cost £6 adults, £3 children. Booking essential. T: 01865 407792 16 June Bats of the Clumps Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ www.earthtrust.org.uk 7pm Take a peek into the mysterious world of these amazing animals... Meet some bats and enjoy an informative talk by Dave Endacott from Oxfordshire Bat Group. Cost £8 adults, £4 children. Booking essential. T: 01865 407792 www.primarytimes.net/oxfordshire | MAY Issue Primary Times 15
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