<strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>London</strong> WHAT’S ON WHERE Sat 28 Jul – Mon 3 Sep ‘Can’t Stop the <strong>Summer</strong> Festival Feeling!’, Shrek’s Adventure! <strong>London</strong>, County Hall, SE1 7PB Have atroll-tastic summer with an exclusive family-friendly festival at Shrek’s Adventure! <strong>London</strong>. 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 <strong>Summer</strong>, 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, <strong>London</strong> 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 <strong>London</strong>’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 <strong>Summer</strong> 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 <strong>Summer</strong>time 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, <strong>London</strong> 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 <strong>Summer</strong> 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 <strong>18</strong>80 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 <strong>Summer</strong> 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 <strong>London</strong> 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 10 SUMMER 20<strong>18</strong> | www.primarytimes.co.uk/northlondon
“a journey to an active life” @fitforsportuk FitForsport.ffs #EveryChildactive Bring the family to Forty Hall this <strong>Summer</strong>! Excavating Elsyng Palace Sunday 21 July Perfect Portraits! Tuesday 24 July Photography Fun and Trickery Thursday 26 July What’s on offer... Football Tennis T hemed Activities Arts & Crafts Swimming Dance Children’s Choice Basketball Parachute Games Rock Climbing Trampolining Outdoor Adventures ...and much more! *activities vary depending on the venue Ages, prices and activities vary depending on venue. Visit www.fitforsport.co.uk for moreinfo. Running at various venues throughout <strong>London</strong> and beyond this summer! Snap That! Thursday 26 July The Tudors Jolly Jousting and Heraldry Tuesday 31 July Farmyard Fun Tuesday 7 August Meet the Cook Every Wednesday in August Book today 020 88076680 www.fortyhallestate.co.uk Forty Hall, Forty Hill, Enfield, EN2 9HA Museum of Childhood Bethnal Green SUMMER CAMP 1 | AUG 20 TH - 24 TH SUMMER CAMP 2 | AUG 27 TH - 31 ST FENCING CAMP KIDS | BEGINNERS | 5-12 YRS OLD LOVE A NEW SPORT! join 2X EuropEan Champ GabriElla hopka-varGa & 2X briTiSh Champion jonaThan “jj” WEbb <strong>Summer</strong> Events for Families Early birds 15% discount (see website for details) BOOK NOW: WWW.DIAMONDBLADEFENCING.COM ENQUIRIES: DIAMONDBLADEFENCING@GMAIL.COM COM ✶ priory hall, St. mary’S church NW64SN ✶ 930am to 330pm ✶ ✶ £75/full Day ✶ £40/half-Day (930 -12 or 1300-1530) ✶ a fuN, multi-activity feNciNg camp, With gameS & challeNgeS for all abilitieS! No feNciNg experieNce requireD. all Safe plaStic equipmeNt proviDeD. Find out more: vam.ac.uk/moc Illustration: Malin Rosenqvist @TwentyTwenty Agency #<strong>Summer</strong>Play FACEBOOK DIAMONDBLADEFENCINGCLUB TWITTER @DBFENCING INSTAGRAM @DIAMONDBLADEFENCING
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