Primary Times Staffordshire Back to School 2017

Derby Grammar School
Open Morning DE23 4BX
www.derbygrammar.co.uk
9:30am-12:00noon Go along and experience
Derby Grammar School for yourself. Take a
tour of the school, meet the Head, teachers,
pupils, parents and governors. See how
education is brought to life. Everyone
welcome. To book a place contact Admissions
E: admissions@derbygrammar.org or
T: 01332 510030
30 Sept – 1 Oct
War In The Valley
Kingsley and Froghall Station ST10 2HA
www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Annual wartime weekend, as the Churnet Valley
is transported back to the 1940s. Steam hauled
Passenger Service, 1940s Military Goods Train,
Saturday Evening “Live” Radio Show. Froghall
Allied Camp - Singer Paul Harper, North West
Military Collectors Battle Re-enactment, North
Staffs Military Vehicle Trust Display. Consall Axis
Camp - NWMC Axis Camp. Cheddleton Home
Front - 30s/40s Singer Brandyn Shaw, Notts &
Derby ‘Women’s Land Army’ Display “Life on the
Home Front”. Rationing Exhibition, Black-out
Display and Evacuee Puzzles, Air Raid Siren Reenactment.
Adults £20 Child (4-14) £14, Under 4’s
go free. T: 01538 750755
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
Thomas Pegg Memorial
Tractor Rally
National Forest Adventure Farm DE13 9SJ
www.adventurefarm.co.uk
9:00am Registration Join with your
vehicular pride and joy whether it be a
tractor, car, lorry, van or motorbike. The rally
commemorates Thomas Pegg, a teenage
farming enthusiast, who tragically died in
a car accident in 2010. All proceeds from
the event will be donated to the Royal
Agricultural Benevolent Institution and
Uttoxeter based Youth Emotional Support
Services. Normal admission charges apply.
T: 07815 725 392
1 Oct
Puppet Play Day Ancient High
House ST16 2JA www.staffordbc.gov.uk
String, shadow and glove puppets. Enjoy puppet
show performances throughout the day. See
shadow puppet demonstrations and make your
own character to take home. With children’s craft
workshops, craft stalls and face painting. Free
entry, charges for workshops apply.
T: 01785 619131
6 Oct
Little Saplings Sensory Play
National Memorial Arboretum DE13 7AR
www.thenma.org.uk
10:30am-12:30pm Little Saplings Sensory Play
and Story Telling is designed to help our youngest
visitors enjoy the Arboretum and heighten their
development and enjoyment of learning. Sounds,
colours, textures and other hands-on elements
will add to the week’s chosen story. Following
story time, children and accompanying adults
will be given complete free-reign of our
expanding and evolving array of sensory toys
with the objective of encouraging creativity and
multi-sensory experiences. Child £1.50. Booking
essential. T: 01283 245100
Nature Tots
Westport Lake Visitor Centre ST6 4RZ
www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk
10:00am-12:00noon or 1:30pm-3:30pm Fun
nature-themed activities for under 5s and their
carers. Seasonal, child-led outdoor exploration,
story time, and free play. Child £4.50.
T: 01782 826985
6 – 8 Oct
Wilderness 2017 at
Beaudesert
Beaudesert Activity Centre WS15 4JJ
www.beaudesert.org.uk
Brand new bushcraft event. Massive range
of bushcraft demonstrations, training
courses and workshops. Including the
cooking zone, wilderness camping zone,
hammock camping zone, bivouac zone,
professional talks, paddle sports zone, back
to basics activities, trade show, evening
entertainment and much more. £35 per
person weekend ticket (Friday through
until Sunday, includes camping, access to
all talks and demonstrations, and an event
t-shirt). Weekend meal deal £20. Weekend
hammock hire £10 per person. £25 per
person day pass Saturday only until 10pm.
T: 01543 682278
E: info@beaudesert.org.uk
7 Oct
Family Forest Fun
Kedleston Hall DE22 5JH
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
10:30am-12:00noon (ages5-8), 1:00pm-2:30pm
(ages 9-12) Come along for a mix of craft, games,
stories and woodland skills. Adult £1, Child £3,
normal admission charges apply. Booking
essential T: 01332 842191
Art Attack FREE EVENT
Tamworth Castle Grounds B79 7NA
www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk
As part of Tamworth Arts in Unusual Spaces
enjoy the Big Draw with a day of free
activities with professional artists and
illustrators. Activities include chalk
drawings in St Editha’s Square, land art
creations in Tamworth Castle Grounds
and the all new Body Draw in Ankerside
Shopping Centre, where participants wear
drawing gloves, hats and shoes to get loose
with their creativity. T: 01827 709618
Wildlife Watch -
Raft Building
The Wolseley Centre ST17 0WT
www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk
10:00am-12:00noon Using natural materials you
find have a go at building and racing your own
raft down the river. Suitable for ages 5-13. Child
£1. Booking essential. T: 01889 562653
Film & DVD
Preview Guide
A Dog’s Purpose Available on DVD
This autumn bring home the pawfect family film that follows the story of one special dog
as he tries to find his purpose. Based on the beloved international
bestselling book, ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ shares the heart-warming
and uplifting story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning
of his own existence through the lives of the humans he
teaches to laugh and love. The film follows Bailey as he moves
through several lives, being born anew into different species
and sometimes even gender. As he journeys, Bailey forms an
unbreakable bond with a kindred human spirit, Ethan, who he
must help to make sense of the world, of identity, of life and of
death. Follow Bailey and his other canine counterparts through
this feel-good film with a fantastic all-star cast. If you’re a lover
of animals then ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ is definitely for you. Lap up
the loveable ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ which is available on Blu-ray
and DVD now, courtesy of Entertainment One.
The Jungle Bunch Returns
Based on the award winning French-American-British TV series, the Jungle
Bunch are back. Maurice may look like an emperor penguin but he’s a real
tiger inside. He journeyed from Antarctica to the equator because he believed
he belonged there. Raised by a tigress, he’s the clumsiest Kung-Fu master ever.
Maurice has a group of friends who together make The Jungle Bunch. Junior
is a fi sh who has been aptly named due to being the adopted son of Maurice.
He is usually found in a bowl under
Maurice’s arm. They are joined by
Miguel, an innocent, banana eating
gorilla, Gilbert, a clever but often
grumpy tarsier, Batricia the bat,
Fred the warthog and Al and Bob,
two toads with distinct personalities.
Along with his friends, Maurice
intends to maintain order and justice in the jungle as his mother did before him.
But Igor, an evil koala, wants to destroy the jungle once and for all with the help
of his army of silly baboons. The Jungle Bunch is released in UK cinemas on 15
September.
Captain Underpants Comes to DVD
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, based on the worldwide sensation
and bestselling book series, is coming to DVD. It boasts an A-list cast of comedy
superstars headed by Kevin Hart and Ed Helms and comes from DreamWorks
Animation.
This raucously subversive comedy for
the entire family tells the story of two
overly imaginative pranksters named
George and Harold. George, the writer,
and Harold, the artist, spend their days
creating comic books and dreaming
up pranks. One day they accidentally
hypnotize their school principal into
thinking he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic,
incredibly dim-witted superhero named Captain Underpants whose costume
consists of underwear and a cape. As if this isn’t bad enough, their newest
teacher is a disgraced evil scientist bent on exacting his revenge at their school.
When Captain Underpants stumbles upon this villain, he must band together
with George and Harold to thwart the scientist’s evil agenda.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is due to be released on DVD on
12 September and is also available for digital download from iTunes and
Amazon Video.
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is returning from 4-15 October.
The Festival sees hundreds of new UK and international films
screened at more than fifteen locations across the capital for the
UK’s leading, and most prestigious, film event. One of the regular
highlights of the festival is the Family Strand. The Family Gala is
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales which is an outstanding, laugha-minute
animation guaranteed to appeal to adults as much as it
will children. For more information and a full programme, visit
www.bfi.org.uk/lff
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