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what's on where Wildlife Watch - Brilliant Bats Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am It’s not Halloween but don’t forget brilliant bats, get batty and play games and find out what they get up to! Suitable for ages 2+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Wildlife Watch - Woodland Adventure Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 12:00noon-1:00pm A woodland adventure, what will you find there? Play wacky woodland games and have a fun forest time. Suitable for ages 2+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Birmingham Bears vs Yorkshire Vikings Edgbaston Stadium B12 9QH birminghambears.com/tickets Gates Open 5:00pm for 7:00pm Game Natwest T20Blast Cricket T: 0844 847 1902 Mini Beast Adventure Ryton Pools Country Park Visitor Centre CV8 3BG countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk 10:30am-12:00noon Come along on a minibeast hunting adventure with the Rangers using sweep nets, magnifiers and shaker sheets. Identify all manner of beautiful jumping, flying and crawling minibeasts found in the long grass, trees and bushes. Suitable for ages 3+ accompanied by an adult. Child £3.50. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 5592 Family Day FREE ENTRY The Herbert Gallery CV1, 5QP. www.theherbert.org 10:00am-4:00pm Drop in and learn all about the Vikings! Crafts, face painting, weaponry displays, warrior dance workshops and performances by awardwinning storytellers Annamation. T: 024 7623 7521 Nature Tots - Fantastical Fairytales The Parkridge Centre B91 3HW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-12:00noon or 1:30pm-3:00pm Nature Tots aims to encourage an early interest in wildlife. Sessions start with fifteen minutes of fun free play and then outside for activities based on the theme, before returning to the centre to make an amazing craft you can take home. Suitable for ages 2-4. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential T: 024 7630 8999 28 July – 1 Sept Drawbots Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery B3 3DH www.birminghammuseums.org.uk 11:00am-1:00pm or 2:00pm-4:00pm Make robots! How cool! Drawbots are special robots to make, with pens for legs that draw on the paper for you. Watch them wiggle, dance and spin around making awesome art for you. Explore the art around you to see other robots in I Want I Want. Suitable for ages 6+. Tickets £3.50. T: 0121 348 8000 29 July Experiments In Virtual Reality FREE EVENT Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery B3 3DH www.birminghammuseums.org.uk 12:00noon-3:00pm Drop in Artist session with James Alliban - designer, programmer and visual artist. Blurring the virtual and real spaces, James’s work is fun, intuitive and interactive. Music, lights, sounds and animation combine allowing you to compose and make your own artwork. Explore the exhibition I Want I Want and you’ll find James live in the lab space all afternoon. T: 0121 348 8000 Chatterbooks Coleshill Library B46 3LD www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries 10:30am-11:30am Encouraging children, from ages 8 – 11, to take pleasure in reading. Book talk, fun games and crafts. T: 0300 555 8171 Silverstone Classic Drive Out Coventry Transport Museum Coventry CV1 1JD www.transport-museum.com 9:00am-2:30pm 150 beautiful classic cars come to Coventry for the first time. The Drive Out is a key part of the weekend programme of events at the Silverstone Classic. T: 024 7623 4270 Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter FREE ENTRY Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter B18 6HA www.birminghammuseums.org.uk 10:30am-5:00pm Explore this time capsule on a lively guided tour. Find things left as they were on Smith & Pepper’s last working day. Gather round the main jewellers’ bench to watch a demonstration of the traditional skills of this trade and discover what it was like to work here. Vast array of original tools, stamps and machinery to be seen inside the factory. Hour long tours from 11:15am. Prebooking is advisable. T: 0121 348 8140 The High Seas - Salty Seascapes The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and create sea inspired scenes through process art techniques, mixing collage with glue drawings, sprinkled salt and drops of colour. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 Potty Plates War Memorial Park Education Room CV3 6PT www.coventry.gov.uk 1:30pm-3:00pm Join the education team to decorate your own plate. Child £3.50. T: 024 7678 6280 30 July Birmingham Bears vs Lancashire Lightning Edgbaston Stadium B12 9QH birminghambears.com/tickets Gates Open 12:30pm for 2:30pm Game Natwest T20Blast Cricket T: 0844 847 1902 31 July Wildlife Watch - Baffling Bugs Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am Bugs come in all different shapes and sizes, can you tell your shield bug from your leaf bug? See what you can find as you go on a bug hunt with nets and pots. Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Wildlife Watch - Wicked Woods Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 12:00noon-1:00pm Head into the wicked woods for some amazing games and activities for an afternoon of fun. Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Chatterbooks Lillington Library Valley Road CV32 7SJ www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries 4:00pm-5:00pm Encouraging children, from ages 8 – 11, to take pleasure in reading. Book talk, fun games and crafts. T: 0300 555 8171 Big Butterfly Count and Bug Hunt Priory Park Warwick CV34 4JS heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk 10:00am-12:00noon Take part in this national citizen science project in Priory Park with our natural history expert. See what else we can find using our special bug-hunting kits. £5 per person. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential T: 01926 412500 The High Seas - See The Sea The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and become the captain of your crew and make a telescope with a difference as you build up sea scene images on acetate sheets and place them inside the tube. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 Time Travellers : Summer Holiday Club Market Hall Museum CV34 4SA www.warwickshire.gov.uk/heartbreak 9:00am-4:30pm Monday: Fossil Frenzy - design a museum trail, make a 3D sculpture. Tuesday: Awesome Archives - come face to face with colourful characters from the archives. Wednesday: Dig Delight - be a young archaeologist. Thursday: Fantastic Beasts - come on a nature trail. Friday: Lights, Camera, Action - make a story of your week using stop go animation, prepare an exhibition for friends and family, invite them along to a special event to see your exhibition. Suitable for ages 6-12. Cost: £153 for the week. Booking essential T: 01926 412500 1 Aug Wildlife Watch - Buzzy Bees and Beautiful Butterflies Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am Use nets to hunt for some beautiful butterflies and turn into a bee in the buzzing game. Suitable for children aged 2+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Wildlife Watch - Special Squirrels and their friends Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 12:00noon-1:00pm Find out how special squirrels are and play lots of games with them and their woodland friends. Suitable for children aged 2+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Mini Beast Adventure Kingsbury Water Park B76 0DY www.warwickshire.gov.uk 10:30am-12:00noon Join a mini-beast hunting adventure with the Rangers. Armed with pots and nets, head up to the meadow to discover the creatures lurking amongst, or flying above, the grass! Suitable for ages 3+ who must be accompanied by an adult. Child £3.50. Booking essential T: 01827 872660 The High Seas - Viking Longboats The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and make your very own Viking longboat, inspired by the Fearsome Craftsmen exhibition, using a variety of craft materials. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 Wildlife Watch - Buzzy Bees and Beautiful Butterflies The Parkridge Centre B91 3HW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am Use nets to hunt for some beautiful butterflies and turn into a bee in the buzzing game. Suitable for children aged 2+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 8999 12 Primary Times SUMMER 2017 | www.primarytimes.net/warwickshire
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