Primary Times Derbyshire May 2018

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16 May
Foster Care Event
Buxton Community School SK17 9EA
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering
5 - 7pm Could you change lives and offer a
Derbyshire child a loving home? If you have
a spare room and are interested in
fostering you can find out more.
See website for details.
T: 0800 083 77 44
17 May
Foster Care Event
County Hall Matlock DE4 3AG
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering
5 - 7pm Could you change lives and offer a
Derbyshire child a loving home? If you have
a spare room and are interested in fostering
you can find out more. See website for
details. T: 0800 083 77 44
19 May
Family Forest School
Millfields Car Park DE6 3JL
www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
10:30am - 12pm Explore the woods and
learn practical activities! Explore the woods
and enjoy outdoor activities. Price: £4 per
child, £2 per adult. Suitable for ages 5 - 6.
May Wildlife Watch
National Memorial
Arboretum DE13 7AR
www.thenma.org.uk
10:30am - 12:30pm Nature
loving young visitors can
discover more about just
some of these amazing living
things at our monthly interactive
Wildlife Watch sessions. This month we
are taking a look at what mini beasts can
be found in our grounds. Price: £1.50 per
child, advanced booking required. T: 01283
245 100.
19 May - Ongoing
Family Splash
Queen's Leisure Centre Cathedral Rd
DE1 3PA
www.inderby.org.uk
2 - 4pm Come along with your friends or
family to enjoy the pool through a fun and
easy going session with floats and pool
toys. The pool is fully open to you so you can
you can play and swim at whatever depth
that suits you. This activity takes place on
Saturdays at 2 - 4pm and Sundays at 9am
- 2:30pm.
19 May - 20 May
Moira Canal Festival
Moira Furnace Museum DE12 6AT
www.moiracanalfestival.co.uk
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10am - 5pm The Moira Canal Festival is a
family event held every year on the restored
section of the Ashby Canal, at the historic
Moira Furnace Museum, on the North West
Leicestershire and South Derbyshire border.
Day tickets: adults £5, children (5 - 16)
£2.50, under 5s free. Weekend tickets
also available.
21 May
Foster Care Event
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise
Academy Ilkeston DE7 5HS
www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk
5 - 7pm Could you change lives and
offer a Derbyshire child a loving home? If
you have a spare room and are interested
in fostering you can find out more. See
website for details.
T: 0800 083 77 44
22 May
Foster Care Event
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School S18 2FZ
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering
5 - 7pm Could you change lives and offer a
Derbyshire child a loving home? If you have
a spare room and are interested in fostering
you can find out more. See website for
details. T: 0800 083 77 44
24 May
Foster Care Event
Brookfield Community School
S40 3NS
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
fostering
5 - 7pm Could you change lives
and offer a Derbyshire child a loving
home? If you have a spare room and are
interested in fostering you can find out
more. See website for details.
T: 0800 083 77 44
25 May - 26 May
The Champions League of BBQ
National Brewery Centre DE14 1NG
www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk
Two BBQ competitions, rolled into one great
weekend. Competition one will see ‘the
Champions League of BBQ’ where invited
teams from all over Europe will go head
to head to be crowned Grand Champion!
Competition two will see these teams
joined by up to 20 others from around the
world to do it all again for the chance of
another Grand Championship.
25 May - 28 May
Geronimo Festival
Arley Hall CW9 6NA
www.geronimofest.com
We can't wait to entertain you in 2018
for all you Geronimites that are returning
we have loads of your old favourite plus
a whole host of new amazing activities.
Geronimo has a kids field like no other
festival, we cater solely to children allowing
families to connect in a fairytale existence
for an amazing weekend. Kids can go
caving, watch circus shows, do arts and
crafts, and so much more! Day tickets:
£30, under 2s free, seniors free when
accompanied by a full paying adult.
25 May - 10 Jun
Derby Book Festival - Children’s Book
Trail
Waterstones DE1 3NQ
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk
The Children’s Book Trail returns! Wander
along the forest path of Sadlergate and see
what you can find in the shop windows!
Pick up your quiz sheet from participating
shops and return your answers to the White
Stuff shop. You could win a Waterstones
book token in our Book Trail Prize Draw.
FREE activity. Suitable for under 12s.
26 May - 28 May
Derbyshire Weekend
Mill Yard DE4 3RQ
www.cromfordmills.org.uk
10am – 4pm A weekend full of everything
Derbyshire! Enjoy dancing, music, food and
more here at the mill. This is a weekend full
of enjoyment and laughter, you will be able
to experience true Derbyshire traditions
through stalls and more! There is plenty
to do all weekend for all to enjoy and take
part in. FREE entry (small charge for some
activities).
The Bushcraft Show
Rosliston DE12 8HZ
www.thebushcraftshow.co.uk
It's a jam-packed, three-day event filled with
amazing bushcraft activities that will take
you, your friends and family on a bushcraft
and survival adventure that you'll never
forget. Whether you come for the day or
stay for the weekend, you can try your hand
at woodland crafts, fire lighting, shelter
building, tracking, foraging, woodland games
and so much more...Booking essential.
KIDS GO FREE Bank Holiday
Weekend
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Wirksworth
Station DE4 4FB
www.e-v-r.com
To celebrate the start of our steam trains for
the summer, children up to 15 years old travel
free of charge on the Duffield line during this
Bank Holiday Weekend.
Bank Holiday Survival Weekend
Mount Cook Adventure Centre DE4 4LS
www.mountcook.org/events
A family experience weekend where you can
learn to survive and thrive in the wilderness
together with bushcraft, survivial skills,
evening entertainment for the kids (and big
kids) and pizza making. Also availbale 29
June 2018.
26 May - 03 Jun
Dino Week
National Forest Adventure Farm Postern Road
DE13 9SJ
www.adventurefarm.co.uk
Enjoy all the fun of the farm plus our
roarsome Dinosaur activities! Meet Our Dinos,
our T-Rex and Velociraptor will be on the
prowl around the Farm. Stop the for a photo
if you dare! We also have interactive Shows
and Dinosaur Training. Join our Dinosaur
trainer for dino-tastic performances. To book
T: 01283 533933.
Butterley Brick Week
The Midland Railway – Butterley Butterley
Station DE5 3QZ
www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk
Does your family love LEGO® Bricks? If so,
this is the event for you! Combining amazing
LEGO® brick models with a trip on a heritage
train – a great full day out for the whole
family. Over 40 amazing models will be
on display and will take you on a journey
through pivotal moments in world history.
See online to book tickets in advance.
Bees and Butterflies half term trail
Longshaw S11 7TZ
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
10:30am - 3:30pm Be a busy bee at
Longshaw this half term with our family
trail, every day of the holidays. Pick up a
trail from the welcome shed or shop for
£1. Butterflies, bees and dragonflies are
emerging, and the flowers that feed them
are there to spot too! T: 01433 637904.
Tabbalabba
Gulliver's Kingdom DE4 3PG
www.gulliversfun.co.uk
Tabbalabba is the ultimate family festival
taking place across nine magical days. It's all
about fun, families and fantastic festivities.
Discover Tabbalabba traditions in all shapes
and sizes, from sock puppets to bluecake.
May half term activities
National Memorial Arboretum DE13 7AR
www.thenma.org.uk
10:30am - 4pm Young visitors will enjoy
participating in our May half term activities,
which will include Making an Impression
RAF 100 family make and take activities.
Little hands can enjoy making clay moulds to
cast in plaster of Paris, building up a striking
display of shapes, patterns and textures in
RAF colours. FREE event, donations welcome.
T: 01283 245 100.
27 May
Spring Family Fun Day and Dog Show
The Donkey Sanctuary DE6 2BB
www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
10am - 4pm Join us at our Spring Family
Fun Day and Dog Show for an action-packed
day with something for all the family - fourlegged
friends very much included! Family
dog show with 15 different classes, live
music from Vine and Dandy, demonstrations
and talks in the arena, bouncy castles, gokarts
and inflatable football, dog agility and
flyball, face painting and children's crafting
activity, and meet and greet our friendly
donkeys! No booking required. Price: £2 per
adult including FREE prize draw, under 12s
free. T: 01395 573156.
28 May
Glewy the Alien and Friends
Matlock Farm Park DE4 5LH
matlockfarmpark.co.uk
Come and meet Glewy the Alien and his
puppet friends. Play party games, sing
songs, tell jokes and stories. Win prizes, and
have fun with the naughty little monster
and his friends. T: 01246 590200.
Make and Give Day
Derby Quad DE1 3AS
www.derbyquad.co.uk
11am - 4pm A twist on our highly popular
Make and Take Day, we’re teaming up
with Derby Free Art Friday for you to make
whatever you want, with whatever materials
are available, for someone else. Whether it’s
for a family member or a complete stranger,
this session will focus on the wellbeing
approach of giving. FREE, just drop in.
Suitable for all ages.
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