Primary Times North London Summer 18

Primary Times North London
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Sat 28 Jul – Mon 3 Sep
‘Can’t Stop the Summer Festival
Feeling!’, Shrek’s Adventure!
London, County Hall, SE1 7PB
Have atroll-tastic summer with an exclusive
family-friendly festival at Shrek’s Adventure!
London. Highlights include: Trolls themed
slushies, join Poppy for a sing-a-long this
summer, watch free Trolls videos and get
hands-on with the craft board, pick up agift
from Poppy and more. To buy tickets visit
www.shreksadventure.com/london
Sun 29 Jul
Hedgehog Safari, Victoria Park,
E3 5TB
11.30am-1.30pm. Join the biodiversity officer
to set up and monitor tunnels for hedgehogs
while learning more about them. Opportunities
are available to attend throughout the week to
find out if hedgehogs do live in the park. Book
on 020 7364 4504. For more information visit
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Emoji Match, The British Museum,
WC1B 3DG
11am-4pm. Connect to the Museum in new
exciting ways using wearable technology.
Work together in this fast paced game to
match emojis with objects in the galleries –
what will you find? Ages7+. Free, drop-in event.
A passport or driver’s licence is required as
a deposit. For more information visit www.
britishmuseum.org
Kenwood Stories, Kenwood
House, Hampstead, NW3 7JR
12.30-3.30pm. The art collections and
stories of Kenwood will come alive through
narrative and live interpretation as told by
Kenwood volunteers. No need to b
ook, just turn up. For more information visit
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Open Day, Whitewebbs Transport
Museum, EN2 9HW
10am-4pm. Located in abeautiful red-brick
Victorian pumping station, the museum is
home to an impressive collection of old
vehicles, including fire engines, motorbikes,
vintage delivery vans, classic cars and amodel
railway. Today there will be awide variety of
all Jaguar motor cars on display. For more
information visit www.enfieldfestivals.co.uk
Bug Hats, Bruce Castle Museum,
Tottenham, N17 8NU
2-4pm. Choose your favourite bug and make
a creepy crawly bug hat. Free event for ages
5-13. For more information visit www.haringey.
gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum
Family French Festival, The Jewish
Museum, Camden Town, NW1 7NB
1-4pm. Join the museum and Club Petit
Pierrot for an afternoon packed full of fun
French-themed activities. Learn some French,
enjoy visual games, decorate your own flag
and lots more. Suitable for all ages. Free with
museum entry. For more information visit
www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
Mon 30 Jul - Fri 3 Aug
Ways of Seeing, Royal Institute of
British Architects, W1B 1AD
11am-4pm. This Summer, join in for this
five-day workshop for children aged 6-10.
Participants will explore architecture from
around the world and how drawings,
photographs or films can affect our
experience, feelings and memories of how we
encounter the real thing. For more information
and to buy tickets visit www.architecture.com
Children’s Ballet Company:
The Sweet Shop!, Islington Arts
Factory, N7 0SF
11am-3pm. Lolly pops, humbugs, candy floss
and liquorice allsorts. How do they move?
Go along and find out with Hana in this one
week intensive Ballet workshop. Take aclass
in the morning and work on choreography
and dance language in the afternoon as you
learn to tell a story through movement. Work
together to create awonderful performance
for friends and family at the end of the
week. To book call 020 7607 0561. For more
information visit www.islingtonartsfactory.org
Mon 30 Jul – Sun 5 Aug
Underground Steam, London
Transport Museum, Covent
Garden, WC2E 7BB
Dress up in top hats, bonnets and enjoy
a demonstration of the Museum’s Steam
Cannon before embarking on tasks that
would have been used to build London’s
first Underground Railway. All activities are
drop-in and are free with admission. For more
information visit www.ltmuseum.co.uk
Tues 31 Jul
Casting Memories, The Foundling
Museum, WC1N 1AZ
11am-12.30pm, 1.15-2.45pm and 3-4.30pm.
Inspired by Jodie Carey’s monumental
installation Sea and the Foundling Hospital
fabric tokens, explore ideas of identity in this fun
workshop. Ages 5+. Book on the day. For more
information visit www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Jolly Jousting and Heraldry, Forty
Hall Estate, Enfield, EN2 9HA
11am-12.30pm and 1.30-3pm. Elsyng Palace,
which once stood in today’s Forty Hall Estate,
was aroyal residence of King Henry VIII. Find
out about asport Henry loved that nearly
killed him -jousting. Learn about jousting
heraldry and make avisor and shield featuring
your own design. Then climb onto one of the
hobby horses and challenge afellow knight to
a joust with one of Forty Hall’s (safe!) lances.
Ages 4-11. For more information and to book
visit www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Tues 31 Jul –Wed 1 Aug
Summer Quest and Craft, Kenwood
House, Hampstead, NW3 7JR
12noon-4pm. Acreative workshop to bring
Kenwood’s world famous paintings to life.
Families will get to work together to try
out different art and crafts whilst exploring
the house and finding out more about
its collections. Tickets will be available to
purchase at the event site on the day. For more
information visit www.english-heritage.org.uk
August
Wed 1 Aug
Summertime Stories and More,
Forty Hall Estate, Enfield, EN2 9HA
(Also 8and 15 Aug) 10.30-11.30am. Let
their imaginations run wild with Forty Hall’s
interactive storytelling of traditional tales and
new stories appropriate for younger children.
Packed with rhymes and craft activities to help
bring the stories to life! For more information
and to book visit www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Meet the Cook, Forty Hall Estate,
Enfield, EN2 9HA
(Also 8and 15 Aug) 12noon-2pm. Go along to
Forty Hall’s 17th century kitchen and meet the
cook. Find out what it was like to work in a
kitchen hundreds of years ago and try out the
equipment. Suitable for all ages. Free entry. For
more information visit www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Watery Wednesdays, London Canal
Museum, Kings Cross, N1 9RT
(Also 8, 15 and 22 Aug) 10.30am and 1.30pm.
Activities will include: ashort boat trip on The
Regent’s Canal, quizzes, crafts and challenges
and are most suitable for children aged 6-12. For
more information visit www.canalmuseum.org.uk
Art of Nature, Waltham Abbey
Gardens, EN9 1XQ
1-3pm. Uncover the story of the art pieces
found in the Abbey Gardens by taking on
the ‘Abbey Artwork Challenge’ and then
unleash your inner artist as you create your
own wonderful work using materials and
inspiration from the natural world. To book
visit www.visitleevalley.org.uk
Summer Story Time Fun,
Waterstones, Covent Garden, WC2E
9AU
1-2pm. Enjoy story time at Covent Garden,
reading new and much loved picture
books. For more information visit
www.waterstones.com
Wed 1 – Fri 31 Aug
Kids Week, Various Locations
During August, achild aged 5-16 can see a
fantastic selection of shows for free when
accompanied by afull paying adult. For
more information, to find aparticipating
show near you and to book visit
www.kidsweek.co.uk
Wed 1 Aug –Sun 2 Sep
Artful Activities for Kids, Fenton
House and Garden, Hampstead
Grove, NW3 6SP
(Selected dates) 11am-4pm. Everyone’s an
art critic. Go along to Fenton this August
and tell Fenton what you think of their
pictures. Follow an I-Spy art trail around
the house, choose your favourites and then
have agoyourself. For more information
visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fentonhouse-and-garden
Thurs 2 Aug
Folk, V&A Museum of Childhood,
Bethnal Green, E2 9PA
11am-4pm. Enjoy afolk inspired
performance, folk storytelling and story
drawing. Free, drop-in for all ages. For more
information visit www.vam.ac.uk/moc
Tudor Treasures from Elsyng Palace,
Forty Hall Estate, Enfield, EN2 9HA
11am-12.30pm and 1.30-3pm. You can’t
see Henry VIII’s Elsyng palace, in Forty Hall
Estate, above ground now, but every year
more exciting finds are made. See real
Tudor finds from previous archaeological
digs of the site, meet areal archaeologist
from Enfield Archaeological Society and
handle artefacts. Finally, take inspiration
from what you’ve seen to make your own
replica Tudor treasures from clay. Ages
4-11. For more information and to book visit
www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Thurs 2 – Fri 3 Aug
Painting with Acrylics, The Wallace
Collection, Manchester Square,
W1U 3BN
10.30am-3.30pm. Over two days, children
will work with artist Alison Kusner to learn
how to use acrylics to paint their own
beautiful still life on canvas, inspired by
the 1880 painting by Alexandre Desgoffe
of Richard Wallace’s favourite works of
arts. Ages 9-12. For more information and
to book visit www.wallacecollection.org
Thurs 2 – Thurs 30 Aug
Nordic Summer Family Days, V&A
Museum of Childhood, Bethnal
Green, E2 9PA
(Thurs only) 11am-4pm. Go Nordic this summer
at the V&A Museum of Childhood, and join in for
a series of family days, celebrating and inspired
by the Century of the Child: Nordic Design for
Children exhibition. Free, drop-in for all ages. For
more information visit www.vam.ac.uk/moc
Fri 3 Aug
Sculpting Identity, The Foundling
Museum, WC1N 1AZ
11am-12.30pm, 1.15-2.45pm and 3-4.30pm.
Create acolourful sculpture inspired by
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s Trumpet Boy.
Using found objects, fabric and modelling
materials build asculpture that reflects
your heritage, interests and identity. Ages
5+. Book on the day. For more information
visit www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Sat 4 Aug
A Great Day Out, Victoria Park,
E3 5TB
11am-4pm. Truly agreat day out for all
the family to enjoy. Afun-filled festival
with live music, fairground rides, arts and
crafts and many more activities happening
throughout the day. For more information
visit www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Samsung Great Court Games, The
British Museum, WC1B 3DG
11am-4pm. Go along with your family
to play digital games, solve challenges
and explore trails that will lead you to
unexpected places in the Museum. A
passport, national ID or driver’s licence
is required as adeposit. Ages 5+. Free,
drop-in. For more information visit www.
britishmuseum.org
Brave (PG), Regent Street Cinema,
W1B 2UW
11.30am. Determined to make her own
path in life, Princess Merida defies a
custom that brings chaos to her kingdom.
Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her
bravery and her archery skills to undo a
beastly curse. Part of the Kids Kino Club.
For more information and to book visit
www.regentstreetcinema.com
Sat 4 – Sun 5 Aug
Family Festival, Buckingham Palace,
SW1A 1AA
11am-3pm. All three London sites of
Buckingham Palace, the Royal Mews and
The Queen’s Gallery will be filled with
workshops, activities, trails and arts and
crafts, all especially designed for families.
There will also be achance for you to
win your very own big cuddly Rex. To buy
tickets visit www.royalcollection.org.uk
Sun 5 Aug
The Little Draw, The Wallace
Collection, Manchester Square,
W1U 3BN
1.30-4.30pm. Go along and meet Little
Draw artist Georgia Mallin. Georgia is a
figurative artist and portrait painter with
an interest in how we tell stories about
ourselves, others and the world around us.
In this workshop she will help you explore
the Wallace Collection and how you
can make it your own through drawing,
observation and creativity. Suitable for
all ages. For more information visit www.
wallacecollection.org
Lazy Sunday Afternoons, The
Bandstand, Hilly Fields Park, Enfield,
EN2 9AJ
3-5.30pm. Enjoy free live music for all
ages, supporting local charities. Take along
the whole family and apicnic. For more
information visit www.enfieldfestivals.co.uk
Discovery Sundays, Burgh House &
Hampstead Museum, NW3 1LT
12noon-2pm. Drop by the museum this
summer and discover the exciting activities
for families on the day. There will be object
handling, art and craft activities and more.
Ages 3+. Free. For more information visit
www.burghhouse.org.uk
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