PTCardiff February 2019 Digital

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If you are looking for more inspiration, there
are many more events on our website
www.primarytimes.co.uk/cardiff
LOOKING AHEAD
Friday 1st - Monday 25th March
Wednesday 7th May
Lambing at Llwyn yr Eos Farm
Early Years Open Morning
St Fagans National History,
Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2YH
Museum St Fagans, CF5 6XB
www.cathedral-school.co.uk
www.museum.wales/stfagans
For Nursery and Reception class.
10am - 5pm. Free. Celebrate the start of spring
9.30am - 11am. Contact
with the annual baby boom in the
registrar@cathedral-school.co.uk
lambing shed. Follow the progress
Tel: 029 2083 8504.
of the mums and babies on the
Don’t forget to
Museum website via #lambcam.
ONGOING
say you saw it in
Tel 029 2057 3500.
Sunday 24th March -
Primary Times!
Sunday 14th April
Saturday 16th February -
Egg Fest
Sunday 10th March
Noah’s Ark Farm, Clevedon Road,
Winter Wonders – A Walking Trail
Wraxall, Bristol, BS48 1PG
Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas,
www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk
Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6SU
Paint and egg then heard round the
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dyffryn-gardens
zoo to find your own egg on the afternoon
10am - 5pm. Free event but normal admission
Easter Egg Hunt. Tel: 01275 852606.
applies. No booking necessary. Discover what
is in flower at Dyffryn this winter with this
Saturday 30th March -
self-led trail. This walk will take you around
Sunday 7th April
the property, taking in the highlights of our
Cardiff Children’s Lit Fest
winter garden. See the snowdrops, seek out
Various locations in Cardiff
the camellias and admire the stripped-back
www.cardiffkidslitfest.com
structures of some of our best trees. Take your
The Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival is now
time and follow the route to discover the best
in its 7th year, running across two weekends
of what Dyffryn has to offer this season.
with free school events mid-week. With over 40
Tel: 029 2059 3328.
ticketed events, FREE craft sessions and
an extensive programme of school
FEBRUARY
events running across iconic
We check
Monday 11th February
venues across the city centre
listings carefully but
Amser Chwarae
including Cardiff Castle, City
event details and prices
Toddler Time
Hall, National Museum Wales
may be subject to change.
St Fagans National History,
and The Old Library. The festival,
Please always check
Museum St Fagans, CF5 6XB
aimed predominantly at children
with the venue.
www.museum.wales/stfagans
ages 3 - 11, continues to create
1.30pm - 3pm. Enjoy themed toys
lifelong readers whilst entertaining
and activities with museum staff. Story
and enthusing them about reading. Events
at 3pm. Free. Tel 029 2057 3500.
include writing workshops, book readings, craft
activities, quizzes and games and the occasional
Wednesday 13th February
appearance of a character or two! Sessions are
Beach Academy
extremely popular and may sell out in advance.
Newton Beach, Porthcawl, CF36 5NF
Email: events@cardiff.gov.uk Tel: 029 2087 3394.
www.beachacademywales.com
11am - 1pm. Home Educators group session.
Every Saturday
£7 per child (one adult free per child).
Free Family Saturdays
Additional siblings £6, under 18mths free.
Wales Millennium Centre,
Register by emailing
Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL
beachacademywales@gmail.com or
www.wmc.org.uk
texting 07966 572273.
11am - 4pm. Age guidance 3+. Based in the
Glanfa Foyer and hosted by a team of bilingual
Thursday 14th February - Saturday
facilitators, everyone is encouraged to unleash
2nd March
their inner Picasso and make something special
Woo at the Zoo
together in a safe, nurturing environment. This
Noah’s Ark Farm, Clevedon Road,
family programme was developed to give an
Wraxall, Bristol, BS48 1PG
opportunity for families to experience being
creative together. Create your own flying kite,
Follow the heart trail, keeper talks, promise
make a beautiful stained-glass window, mould a
tree and afternoon tea. Celebrate the animal
plasticine monster or just get messy at a sponge
couples and conservation. Tel: 01275 852606.
paint party. Tel: 029 2063 6464.
www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk
Primary Times FEBRUARY HALF TERM 2019
Friday 15th February
Carry on Screaming Screening: The
House by the Sea
Chapter Arts Centre,
Market Road, Cardiff CF5 1QE
www.chapter.org
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. Free entry for babies. £2.50 -£4.50.
Book online or on 029 2030 4400.
Toddler Time
Wales Millennium Centre,
Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL
www.wmc.org.uk
11am - 2.30pm. For babies and toddlers up
to 5-years-old. Toddler Time is a monthly
favourite for new mums, dads and babies
where everyone can make new friends, express
themselves and be curious! Tel: 029 2063 6464.
Free Toddler Time
National Museum Cardiff,
Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP
www.museumwales.ac.uk
11am - 4pm. Every Friday during term time
toddlers can enjoy special boxes of toys, games
and books in different galleries to help parents
with children explore the Museum through
play. Themed toys and activities with museum
staff 1.30pm - 2.55pm, story at 3pm.
Tel: 0300 111 2 333.
Saturday 16th February
Cardiff Devils vs Milton Keynes
Lightning
The Viola Arena
Olympian Drive, CF11 0JS
7 pm face off (Doors open at 6)
Website: https://www.cardiffdevils.com/
tickets/match-tickets/
Booking is necessary and we advise doing so
in advance as games do sell out at this point
in the season. They can be booked online or
by calling 0800 0842 666. Children tickets cost
from £8 and adults from £16
Parent & Child Workshop - Resin
Coaster Making
Cardiff MADE Café & Studio, 41 Lochaber Street,
Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3LS
www.larkdesignmake.co.uk
2pm – 3.30pm. This workshop will encourage
team work from the parents and children
as you will make 4 resin coasters together,
there will lots of decorative items to add to
ROYAL MINT
your coasters but feel free to also bring small
items that you’d like to set in your
resin, small photographs can be
really effective to personalise the
designs. £20 per adult and child
team. Book online or or call
Gemma on 07419 731772.
Family Feature:
Bumblebee (PG)
Chapter Arts Centre,
Market Road, Cardiff CF5 1QE
www.chapter.org
11am & 3pm. On the run in the year 1987,
Bumblebee seeks refuge in a junkyard in a
small California beach town. Charlie, on the
brink of turning 18 years old and trying to
find her place in the world, soon discovers the
battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. When
Charlie revives him, she quickly learns that this
is no ordinary yellow Volkswagen… £2.50
- £4.50. Children under 12-years-old must be
accompanied by an adult.
Book online or on 029 2030 4400.
Monthly Nature Ramble
Forest Farm Warden Centre, Forest Farm Road,
Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 7JJ
www.outdoorcardiff.com
10am - 12pm. Free. Take your binoculars (if you
have them) and join the Friends of Forest Farm
on a guided walk to identify the ever changing
array of birds and wildlife which call Forest
Farm home. Tel: 029 2044 5903.
Space Day
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Middleton
Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HN
www.botanicgarden.wales
From 2pm. Emma Ride, of AstroCymru, and
her 3D cinema, making rockets, studying
meteorites and fossils. From 6pm - 9pm:
Star Party – join the Swansea Astronomical
Society and gaze at the stars. Talks, demos and
telescope clinic for those wanting to get more
out of their equipment. Tel: 01558 667149.
Saturday 16th February -
Sunday 3rd March
Zoo Detectives
Bristol Zoo, College Rd,
Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HA
www.bristolzoo.org.uk
Enjoy a detective trail, evidence vault - join the
line up and much more. Tel: 0117 428 5300.
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