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. CARDIFF WINTER WOMDERLAND 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 FEBRUARY 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 24 Primary Times WINTER <strong>2017</strong> | www.primarytimes.net/cardiff
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