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WHAT’S ON WHERE We check listings carefully but details and prices may be subject to change. Please always check with the venue. Ongoing – 30 Sept Play & Display - Paper and Card Toys Exhibition Museum Of Cannock Chase WS12 1TD www.museumofcannockchase.org 11:00am-5:00pm Relive childhood memories with this charming exhibition of paper and card toys. Examples on display include paper dolls, model theatres, puppets, panoramas and cut-out books. They date from the 1880s to the 1960s and reveal how they have been endlessly updated to meet changing fashion. T: 01543 877666 5 Sept – 14 Oct Up Close and Personal Exhibition FREE ENTRY Ancient High House ST16 2JA www.staffordbc.gov.uk 10:00am-4:00pm A joint exhibition featuring animals in two very different art styles. Julia’s artwork focuses on animal portraits with the attention being on the eyes of a subject and capturing personality. Egle is an illustrator and creates her images using pencil, pen, inks, watercolour and also includes the use of digital pencils and brushes. T: 01785 619131 6 Sept Wildlings Wednesday FREE EVENT Bean Covert DE14 3HU www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk 10:30am-12:00noon Give your children a chance to experience fire, get mucky and play independently in the outdoor classroom. Parents/carers must attend with child, but we’ll be encouraging parents to take a step back and observe their kids ‘in the wild’. Activities mostly appropriate for children aged under 5. Also 13th/20th September. T: 01889 880100 7 Sept Community Events Local Day Out Chell FREE EVENT Monks Neil Park Deakin Road, ST6 6HT www.stoke.gov.uk 12:00noon-3:00pm Fun activities including kayaking, climbing, large inflatables, Zorb balls, games, face painting and crafts. T: 01433 631757 7 – 8 Sept Heritage Open Day - Lord Mayor’s Parlour FREE ENTRY Lord Mayor’s Parlour ST4 1HH www.stoke.gov.uk See behind the scenes. Take part in a treasure hunt and have your photo taken in the Lord Mayor’s chair and hat. Booking essential T: 01782 232625 7 – 10 Sept Heritage Open Day World Of Wedgewood ST12 9ER www.heritageopendays.org.uk 10:00am-5:00pm See artisan craftsmen at work. Try your hand at the potter’s wheel and create your own work of art to take home. T: 01782 282986 8 Sept Glittering Museum Treasures by Torchlight - FREE ENTRY The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery ST1 3DW www.stoke.gov.uk 6:00pm or 7:15pm After hours tour of significant treasure pieces including items from the Staffordshire Hoard. Booking essential T: 01782 232323 Wildlings Friday The Wolseley Centre Stafford ST17 0WT www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk 10:30am-12:00noon Give your children a chance to experience fire, get mucky and play independently in the outdoor classroom. Parents/ carers must attend with child, but we’ll be encouraging parents to take a step back and observe their kids ‘in the wild’. Activities mostly appropriate for children aged under 5. Child £5 and £2 for additional siblings. Also 15th/22nd September. T: 01889 880106 9 Sept Heritage Open Day - BBC Radio Stoke FREE ENTRY BBC Radio Stoke ST1 1JJ bbc.co.uk/radiostoke 10:00am-2:00pm See what happens around the scenes with a tour around the studios. Booking essential T: 01782 208080 Heritage Open Day - Visit Historic Canal boat Keppel FREE ENTRY Etruria Industrial Museum ST4 7AF www.etruriamuseum.org.uk 11:00am-3:30pm Have a go at traditional canal crafts, see how the people who worked on the canal boats lived. T: 07900 267711 Heritage Open Day Gladstone Pottery Museum ST3 1PQ www.stokemuseums.org.uk 10:00am-5:00pm Try your hand at throwing a pot, making a bone china flower or painting a piece of pottery. Free entry, small charges for some activities. T: 01782 237777 Heritage Open Day The Locksmith’s House WV13 2DA www.bclm.co.uk Heritage Open Day - Fountains Of Family Fun FREE ENTRY Hanley Park Hammersley Fountain ST1 4DX www.stoke.gov.uk 10:00am-12:00noon Make a splash the Victorian way! Craft your own fountain using principles of gravity, pressure, and plenty of water! Dress for mess. T: 07787 005946 Heritage Open Day - Behind The Scenes Hanley Town Hall ST1 1XP www.stoke.gov.uk 10:00am-4:00pm View the old courtroom and look in the cells in the basement. Booking essential. T: 01782 232042 Festival Of Imagination - Storywalk FREE ENTRY Stafford Castle ST16 1DJ www.staffordbc.gov.uk 11:30am-1:00pm Join Sarah Rundle, famed for her humorous and irreverent tales, for a family ‘story walk’ around the grounds and Keep. Part of the first Stafford Storytelling Festival programme. Supported by Stafford Gatehouse Theatre. T: 01785 619619 The Wherever People FREE EVENT Tamworth Library B79 7DN www.staffordshire.gov.uk 11:00am or 2:00pm Two sisters, as close and as quarrelsome as all sisters are, travel the world in their magical miniature Romany wagon, on a quest to collect and share all the stories in existence. Become immersed in traditional Syrian, Scottish, Ghanaian, Australian and Native American folktales and migration stories; of shipwrecks and mermaids, knights and monsters, terrible captures and amazing escapes, stinky wizards and daft young boys, happy love and lost love, adventures and dangers, and beating the meanies. A fabulous, fun, interactive storytelling show and play session for younger children. Suitable for ages under 12. T: 01827 475645 Heritage Open Day The Locksmith’s House WV13 2DA www.bclm.co.uk 10:00am-5:00pm Step back into the past with the Hodson family of lock makers who left the house exactly as it would have been in the late 19th century. See demonstrations in the gas lit rooms, hear the clatter of belt driven machinery in the workshop and find out more about the trade that made Willenhall famous. See an impressive collection of handmade locks that have exhibited everywhere from the Far East to the Grand Exhibition. Booking essential T: 0121 557 9643 UK Kids Fun Triathlon Trentham Gardens ST4 8JG uktriathlon.co.uk 12:00noon-3:00pm Distances to suit all abilities. Suitable for ages 7-16. Entry £24. Registration essential. T: 01270 842800 Library Mouse FREE EVENT Tunstall Library ST6 6DB www.stoke.gov.uk 11:00am-12:00noon Sam is a library mouse. Follow his adventure in this story session and have fun with mouse-themed crafts. Suitable for ages 5-11. T: 01782 238471 9 – 10 Sept Heritage Open Day FREE ENTRY Etruria Industrial Museum ST4 7AF www.etruriamuseum.org.uk 10:30am-4:30pm Vintage Stationary Engine Rally (9th) Classic Cars and Commercial Vehicles (10th). Bone and Flint Mill in steam 12:30pm-4:30pm. Get creative with clay and art in the canal warehouse. Guided tours of the mill from 12:00noon. Adults £6, under 16’s free. T: 07900 267711 Heritage Open Day Middleport Pottery ST6 3PE www.heritageopendays.org.uk 10:00am-4:00pm Enjoy free access to the Victorian offices, bottle oven, mould store and see the original steam engine in operation. Drop in play with clay activities. £2 each. Guided tours available £5 per person. Booking essential T: 01782 499766 Spudfest National Forest Adventure Farm DE13 9SJ www.adventurefarm.co.uk 10:00am-6:00pm Take the Spud Shuttle tractor and trailer ride to the potato plot and dig up your own potatoes for FREE! Normal admission charges apply. T: 01283 533933 10 Sept Heritage Open Day Ford Green Hall ST6 1NG www.heritageopendays.org.uk 11:00am-3:30pm This timber framed farmhouse offers visitors a fascinating insight into life in the 17th century. Learn about everyday life from a costumed member of staff. Children’s craft activity and trail. T: 01782 537696 Lichfield 10K and Family Fun Run King Edward VI Leisure Centre WS14 9DE www.lichfield10k.co.uk 10:30am Organised by Lichfield Running Club promoting a more active lifestyle and raising funds for many local causes. For the 10k race, entrants must be 15 years of age or over on race day. No age limits in the fun run but children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. 10k race – unaffiliated £17, affiliated £15, Family Fun Run £3.50. To register T: 01543 433015 Heritage Open Day - Hands on Arms and Armour FREE ENTRY Stafford Castle ST16 1DJ www.staffordbc.gov.uk 11:00am-4:00pm Try on armour and costumes from the medieval period. With guided tours of Stafford Castle’s Keep. T: 01785 257698 A Fairytale Afternoon Tea The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery ST1 3DW www.stoke.gov.uk 12:00noon Enjoy a delicious homemade Afternoon Tea in the company of fairy-tale princesses including Snow White and Cinderella. Visitors can meet and greet the princesses, ask questions and even serve them a cup of tea. Children are invited to come along in their favourite glamorous dress to 4 Primary Times BACK TO SCHOOL 2017 | www.primarytimes.net/staffordshire
Academic & Musical Excellence for 3 to 18 year olds Pre-School & Juniors Welcome Wednesdays 9.00am to 11.00am See the Junior School on a normal day and meet our wonderful teachers and pupils 20 September 11 October 8 November 22 November 17 January 14 February 14 March Admissions: 01543 306168 lichfieldcathedralschool.com Green Gables, Longdon WS15 4PT | The Palace, The Close, Lichfield WS13 7LH Toddler Rhyme Time Tuesdays 9.30am to 10.30am Free weekly music group for 1-4 year olds Call now to book your place Learn how to sing choral music in Lichfield Cathedral Vocal training • Lunch provided • Sing in Eucharist service 01543 306168 to book your free place Free Singing Workshop Saturday 20 January, 9.30am to 3.00pm Open to Boys aged 6 to 11 and Girls aged 9 to 13 Lichfield Cathedral School The Palace, The Close, Lichfield WS13 7LH lichfieldcathedralschool.com
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