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WHAT’S ON WHERE
Toddler Time
Wales Millennium Centre Bute Place,
Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL
11am - 2.30pm. Free. Introducing children
to a new musical instrument every month,
Toddler Time features a special programme of
activities for our littlest visitors. Let your little
creatives express themselves through crafts,
bilingual singing, music and storytelling
sessions. Using a range of materials you and
your little one will create and play and most
of all, have fun.
Tel: 029 2063 6464.
www.wmc.org.uk
Saturday 20th January
Be a Game Creator
National Waterfront Museum,
Swansea, SA1 3RD
10.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm. Free but
booking required. Join award-winning Big
Learning Company to have a go at building
and coding your own computer game. Ideal
for 7–11 year olds.
Tel: 029 2057 3600.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January
Family Film: Phone for film details.
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road,
Canton, CF5 1QE
11am & 3pm. Children under 12-years-old
must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets:
£2.50 - £4.50. Book online or on
029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
Flight Fantastic
Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW
Throughout the day. For thousands of
years, humans have looked at birds and
other creatures that fly, and tried to do so
themselves. Explore with us how humans are
harnessing the forces of the natural world to
overcome the many problems of getting off
the ground. Discover more about the science
behind how we have overcome the forces of
gravity, and soared up into the sky!
Plus:
Giants of the Solar System
Throughout the day. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune are the largest planets in the
solar system; they are known as the Gas
Giants. However, these are not just balls of
Gas as their name suggests. They are the
guardians of the Solar System, protecting
the inner planets from potentially life
threatening collisions with space debris. Visit
the planetarium and find out the true nature
of these Giants.
Suitable for ages 7+. £1.50 addition to
admission price.
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Plus:
Starman and his Dog
Throughout the day. Did you know that the
Sun is a star? The star that is in the sky in the
daytime. Discover who the Starman is as he
helps you find pictures in the night sky by
joining the stars together using imaginary
lines. Did you know that in the sky there
are young, adult and old stars? Suitable for
under-7s. £1.50 addition to admission price.
Tel: 029 2047 5475. www.techniquest.org
Sunday 21st January
Curator’s Cabinet of Curiosities – Love
National Waterfront Museum,
Swansea, SA1 3RD
12.30pm – 2.30pm. Free. Pop in to meet
the curator and find out about a fascinating
collection of themed artefacts.
Plus:
Love Sunday
12pm - 4pm. Celebrate Santes Dwynwen, the
Welsh patron saint of lovers in this afternoon
of all things LOVE. Tel: 029 2057 3600.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Shark Egg Hunt
Ogmore-by-Sea Beach CF32 0PB
2pm. Free family fun. Find out more about
sharks in welsh waters and hunt for their
eggcases, if you dare!! Dress for the outdoors.
Meet at the Pen-y-Bont SLSC building,
Rivermouth car park. Tel: 07966 572273.
www.beachacademywales.com
Friday 26th January
Carry on Screaming Screening:
Phone for film details
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road,
Canton, CF5 1QE
Every Friday at 11am, Carry on Screaming
allows parents or carers to see a film at
Chapter without having to worry about their
baby causing a disturbance. Tickets: £2.50 -
£4.50. Free entry for babies. Book online or on
029 2030 4400.
www.chapter.org
Stargazing Evening
National Waterfront Museum,
Swansea, SA1 3RD
7pm. Free. Enjoy a special winter stargazing
evening whilst the skies are at their darkest.
Learn how to use a telescope and try some
cosmic crafts. Tel: 029 2057 3600.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Saturday 27th January
First World War Family Day
National Museum, Cathays Park,
Cardiff, CF10 3NP
10am – 4pm. What was everyday life like
during the First World War? What did people
eat, how did they dress, do their hair or even
dance? Shake your tail feather in a dance
class or watch food historian Seren Evans
Charrington prepare food from the time. If
you’ve got family stories to share as well,they
can be added to the ‘Peoples Collection Wales’.
Tel: 0300 111 2 333.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
Amazing Astronomy Day
National Waterfront Museum,
Swansea, SA1 3RD
12pm – 4pm. Free. A full day to inspire,
inform and celebrate all things in the night
sky.
Plus:
Star Dome
12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. Free but booking
required. An awe inspiring whistle-stop tour
of the stars in an inflatable planetarium.
Suitable for Age 7+.
Plus:
Thrifty Kids: Pom Pom Pals
10.30am – 12.30pm. Free. Learn how to
make handmade pom-poms from colourful
wool and turn them into little animal pals.
Tel: 029 2057 3600.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January
Family Film: Phone for film details.
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road,
Canton, CF5 1QE
11am & 3pm. Children under 12-years-old
must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets: £2.50 - £4.50. Book online or on
029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
Flight Fantastic
Throughout the day. For thousands of
years, humans have looked at birds and
other creatures that fly, and tried to do so
themselves. Explore with us how humans are
harnessing the forces of the natural world to
overcome the many problems of getting off
the ground. Discover more about the science
behind how we have overcome the forces of
gravity, and soared up into the sky!
Plus:
Giants of the Solar System
Throughout the day. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune are the largest planets in the
solar system; they are known as the Gas
Giants. However, these are not just balls of
Gas as their name suggests. They are the
guardians of the Solar System, protecting
the inner planets from potentially life
threatening collisions with space debris. Visit
the planetarium and find out the true nature
of these Giants. Suitable for ages 7+. £1.50
addition to admission price.
Plus:
Starman and his Dog
Throughout the day. Did you know that the
Sun is a star? The star that is in the sky in the
daytime. Discover who the Starman is as he
helps you find pictures in the night sky by
joining the stars together using imaginary
lines. Did you know that in the sky there
are young, adult and old stars? Suitable for
under-7s. £1.50 addition to admission price.
Tel: 029 2047 5475. www.techniquest.org
Sunday 28th January
Fireside Stories - National Storytelling
Week
St Fagans National Museum of History St
Fagans, CF5 6XB
11.30am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm -3.30pm.
Free. As part of National Storytelling Week,
snuggle up by the fire for a tale or two to
spark your imagination. Tel 029 2057 3500.
www.museum.wales/stfagans
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Friday 2nd February
Carry on Screaming Screening:
Phone for film details
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road,
Canton, CF5 1QE
Every Friday at 11am, Carry on Screaming
allows parents or carers to see a film at
Chapter without having to worry about their
baby causing a disturbance.
Tickets: £2.50 - £4.50. Free entry for babies.
Book online or on 029 2030 4400.
www.chapter.org
Toddler Day: Up, Up and Away!
Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW
9:30am – 4:30pm. Once a month during
term-time, pre-school children have their
run of the exhibits with activities on a special
theme. There’ll be storytime and singalong,
a mini-disco and something to make to take
home. Techniquest is buggy-friendly, with
nappy-changing facilities and lockers. Under-
4s free, accompanying adults £5.50.
Tel: 029 2047 5475.
www.techniquest.org
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February
Family Film: Phone for film details.
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road,
Canton, CF5 1QE
11am & 3pm. Children under 12-years-old
must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets:
£2.50 - £4.50. Book online or on
029 2030 4400.
www.chapter.org
Flight Fantastic
Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW
Throughout the day. For thousands of
years, humans have looked at birds and
other creatures that fly, and tried to do so
themselves. Explore with us how humans are
harnessing the forces of the natural world to
overcome the many problems of getting off
the ground. Discover more about the science
behind how we have overcome the forces of
gravity, and soared up into the sky!
Plus:
Giants of the Solar System
Throughout the day. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune are the largest planets in the
solar system; they are known as the Gas
Giants. However, these are not just balls of
Gas as their name suggests. They are the
guardians of the Solar System, protecting
the inner planets from potentially life
threatening collisions with space debris. Visit
the planetarium and find out the true nature
of these Giants. Suitable for ages 7+. £1.50
addition to admission price.
Plus:
Starman and his Dog
Throughout the day. Did you know that the
Sun is a star? The star that is in the sky in the
daytime. Discover who the Starman is as he
helps you find pictures in the night sky by
joining the stars together using imaginary
lines. Did you know that in the sky there
are young, adult and old stars? Suitable for
under-7s. £1.50 addition to admission price.
Tel: 029 2047 5475.
www.techniquest.org
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