Primary Times North London Summer 18

Primary Times North London
WHAT’S ON WHERE
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, dropin.
For more information visit
www.britishmuseum.org
Bird Barmy Army, Victoria Park,
E3 5TB
10am-12.30pm. Find out more about Vicky
Park’s feathered friends in this guided tour
lead by the resident ornithologist. No need
to book. Meet at the V&A Building. For more
information visit www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Pride 2018, Trafalgar Square,
WC2N 5DN
12noon-6pm. The Mayor of London will be
delivering aPride in London including an
exciting stage and entertainment line-up,
the grand parade, and much more! Free. For
more information visit www.london.gov.uk
Sat 7 – Sun 8 Jul
Action Depot Open Weekend,
London Transport Museum,
WC2E 7BB
Unearth ahost of transport treasures at the
rarely open Depot, listen to stories from
the underground and join in special family
activities. For more information and to book
tickets visit www.ltmuseum.co.uk
History Tours, ZSL London Zoo,
Regents Park, NW1 4RY
ZSL London Zoo history tours will be
conducted on selected Sat and Sun during
Jul, Aug and Sept, advance booking is
essential. The programme will begin with a
welcome, followed by a 45 minute guided
walking tour around the Zoo. For more
information and to book visit www.zsl.org
Sun 8 Jul
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
Summer Concert, Palmers Green
United Reformed Church, N13 4AL
3pm. This is the World Premiere of
Dr Rutter CBE Commissioned work,
especially for the Primary and Secondary
schools of Enfield, kindly funded by the
Enfield Residents Priority Fund. For this
world premiere performance, some
young people from the Latymer School
(Director of Music Dr Jim Harrison) will
be in attendance. This performance will
be recorded and distributed to every
Primary school in Enfield and sung in
memory of the late Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies, Master of the Queens Music.
Ages 4+. Admission charges apply. For
more information visit
www.enfieldfestivals.co.uk
Teddy Bears’ Picnic, JW3, Finchley
Road, NW3 6ET
1pm. Aone-off workshop in which you’ll
decorate delicious teddy shaped biscuits,
to enjoy together on the JW3 Beach. Ages
2+. For more information and to book visit
www.jw3.org.uk
Handprint Butterflies, Bruce
Castle Museum, Tottenham,
N17 8NU
2-4pm. Paint and print some beautiful
coloured butterflies. Free event for ages
5-13. For more information visit www.
haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum
Crafternoon: Teddy Bears’ Picnic,
JW3, Finchley Road, NW3 6ET
2pm. Crafternoon prepares for the teddy
bears’ picnic. In this creative session you
will design ateddy bears picnic plate, for all
your picnic treats. For more information and
to book visit www.jw3.org.uk
Tues 10 Jul
Little Swifts, RAF Museum,
Colindale, NW9 5LL
10.30-11.30am. Join in this fun and lively
session for children aged 2-5, which
includes arts and crafts, games, stories
and songs. Each session is linked to the
amazing collection and helps bring the
Museum to life. Charges apply. For more
information and to book visit
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london
Fri 13 –Sun 15 Jul
Hyper Japan Festival, Olympia
London, W14 8UX
Hyper Japan Festival is your one-stop
experience for all things Japanese this
summer. Take in the festival atmosphere
and share your passion for whichever is
your favourite facet of J-culture. For more
information and to buy tickets visit www.
olympia.london
Fri 13 Jul – Sun 5 Aug
Little Angel by the Sea, Little
Angel Studios, N1 2EH
Little Angel theatre have given abreath
of salty sea air to Punch &Judy. Hang on,
someone has stolen all the sausages! Was
it the crocodile with his gnashing jaw? The
baby with her butter-wouldn’t-melt smile?
Or was it someone else altogether? Join
in this immersive puppetry experience,
where the audience embark on aunique
adventure, watching puppetry as well as
making their own puppets. Ages 3-9. For
more information and to book visit
www.littleangeltheatre.com
Sat 14 Jul
Green Screen Geeks, The British
Museum, WC1B 3DG
11am-4pm. Discover how to use green
screen technology on tablets, and see
yourselves as part of Museum objects.
Ages 7+. Free, drop-in event. For more
information visit www.britishmuseum.org
Maths on Toast, Pancras Square
Library, N1C 4AG
2-5pm. Join in at this free drop-in session
for a creative afternoon of fun family maths
activities. Ages 5-12. For more information
visit www.mathsontoast.org.uk
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games
(U), Regent Street Cinema,
W1B 2UW
11.30am. When an overenthusiastic Maya
accidentally embarrasses the Empress
of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite
with ateam of misfit bugs and compete
in the Honey Games for a chance to save
her hive. Part of the Kids Kino Club. For
more information and to book visit www.
regentstreetcinema.com
Family Folk Show with Megson,
King’s Place, N1 9AG
2.30pm. An authentic and fun folk
concert –perfect for big and little
music connoisseurs. Award-winning
folk duo Megson blend their infectious
mix of heavenly vocals and lush
harmonies into agentle, entertaining
concert specially for pre-school
children, featuring children’s folk songs
old and new from their When Iwas a
Lad album. For more information and
to book visit www.kingsplace.co.uk
Junior Trinity Showcase, Handel &
Hendrix in London, Mayfair, W1K 4HB
2pm. Students from the Junior music
department of Trinity Laban Conservatoire
of Music and Dance present an exciting
concert of early music. For more
information and to book visit
www.handelhendrix.org
Creature Creations, Grant Museum
of Zoology, WC1E 6DE
1.30-4.30pm. Create works of art inspired by
some of the weird and wonderful animals
that call the Grant Museum home or invent
your very own brand new animal, give it
a name and add it to the collection in this
family art day with the Museum artist. Free,
drop-in event. For more information visit
www.ucl.ac.uk
Sun 15 Jul
Make aMonster, Keats House,
Hampstead, NW3 2RR
2-4pm. Create your own summer monster
movie. You’ll use poems, art and junkmodelling
to tell stories of creatures both
fearsome and friendly. Draw or model a
monster of your own invention, or dress
up as one yourself. Free, drop-in. For more
information visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
One Duck Down, JW3, Finchley
Road, NW3 6ET
11am. Inspired by the true tale of rubber
ducks lost at sea, One Duck Down is an
eco-friendly comedy adventure for the
whole family packed with clowning, music
and puppetry. For more information and to
book tickets visit www.jw3.org.uk
Thinking Big, Burgh House &
Hampstead Museum, NW3 1LT
12noon-3pm. Think big! and take part in this
unique opportunity to create acollaborative
artistic mural in our Peggy Jay Gallery
inspired by Archibald Ziegler’s Toynbee Hall
murals. Ages 3+. Free. For more information
visit www.burghhouse.org.uk
Snail’s Pace, Bruce Castle
Museum, Tottenham, N17 8NU
2-4pm. Design acolourful snail with a3D
spiral shell using card and string. Free event
for ages 5-13. For more information visit
www.haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum
Teddy Bears’ Picnic Party, Capel
Manor Gardens, Enfield, EN1 4RQ
10am-4pm, gardens close at 5.30pm.
Activities begin at 11am. Join in at the
summer Teddy Bears’ Picnic Party and
take along your favourite Teddy Bear. Enjoy
lots of activities and meet Charlie the Bear.
Don’t forget to take along your own picnic.
Activities include: storytelling, animal talks
and handling, acraft corner and lots more.
For more information visit
www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk
Thurs 19 Jul
The Greatest Showman (PG), The
Luna Cinema, Kenwood House,
Hampstead, NW3 7JR
Doors open at 7.45pm. State of the art
screens, digital projectors and bespoke
sound equipment provide acinema quality
visual and audio experience, but with the
magic of being under the stars. For more
information and to book visit
www.thelunacinema.com
Little Swifts, RAF Museum,
Colindale, NW9 5LL
10.30-11.30am. Join in this fun and lively
session for children aged 2-5, which
includes arts and crafts, games, stories
and songs. Each session is linked to the
amazing collection and helps bring the
Museum to life. Charges apply. For more
information and to book visit
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london
Thurs 19 –Sat 28 Jul
The Beach, Enfield Market, EN2 6NL
The Beach will be in front of the Market
House and there will be the usual Surfin’
sounds from the resident DJ/Entertainer
so take along abucket and spade and join
in the fun. Free entry. For more information
visit www.enfieldfestivals.co.uk
Fri 20 Jul –Thurs 30 Aug
Sea Creatures Exhibition, RHS
Lawrence Hall, SW1P 2QD
A ground breaking new exhibition allows
visitors to explore the secrets of life
beneath the ocean’s waves by viewing
incredible cross-sections of the animals
including whales, penguins and Great
White sharks, and even getting an up-close
glimpse of their complex organs. To buy
tickets visit www.seacreaturestour.com
Sat 21 Jul
Exploring Egyptian Mummies, The
British Museum, WC1B 3DG
11am-4pm. Use digital microscopes to
explore materials used in embalming, and
view the CT scans of Egyptian mummies to
make your own museum discovery. Ages
5+. Free, drop-in. For more information visit
www.britishmuseum.org
Art Workshop, The Foundling
Museum, WC1N 1AZ
10.30am-4.45pm. As part of the Hetty
Feather & Rose Rivers Day, take part in an
art workshop inspired by Dame Jacqueline
Wilson’s characters. Free with museum
admission. For more information visit
www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Excavating Elsyng Palace, Forty
Hall Estate, Enfield, EN2 9HA
1.30pm and 2.30pm. Michael Dewbrey from
the Enfield Archaeological Society, who has
been studying the site of Elsyng Palace for
over a decade, will be giving atalk about their
latest findings. Learn interesting facts about
the royal hunting grounds visited by King
Henry VIII and his court. For more information
and to book visit www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Show Dogs (PG), Regent Street
Cinema, W1B 2UW
11.30am. Max, amacho, solitary Rottweiler
police dog is ordered to go undercover as
a primped show dog in aprestigious Dog
Show, along with his human partner, to
avert adisaster from happening. Part of the
Kids Kino Club. For more information and to
book visit www.regentstreetcinema.com
Junior Explorers, New River Walk,
Islington, N1 2PU
11-12.30pm. Go along and explore
Islington’s New River Walk. Activities
include pond dipping, story-telling, den
building, wildlife watching and nature
art. Take along apicnic too. For more
information and to register for this free
event visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/juniorexplorers-tickets-45131822496
Wild About Nature, Woodberry
Wetlands, N16 5HQ
11am-3pm. Drop in for fun family activities
run by London Wildlife Trust at Woodberry
Wetlands. Sessions will be jam-packed with
fun activities including bug hunting, wild
crafts, stories, and much, much more. For
more information visit www.wildlondon.org.uk
TogetherFest, artsdepot, North
Finchley, N12 0GA
11am. Join in for aday packed with fun for
young and old. Watch local artists and groups
perform on the Community Stage, join in
workshops, and explore the venue –games,
performances, arts and crafts, book swapping
and many more activities await. Free. For more
information visit www.artsdepot.co.uk
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