WHAT’S ON WHERE Swansea Half Marathon National Waterfront Museum Swansea, SA1 3RD www.museum.wales/swansea 10am - 3pm. Free. Visit the Runners Village on Museum Green and make a cool whizzing runner from a paper straw. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Monday 24th June Toddler Time St Fagans National History Museum CF5 6XB www.museum.wales/stfagans 1.30pm - 3pm. Free.Themed toys and activities with Museum staff 1.30pm - 2.55pm, story at 3pm. Tel: 029 2057 3500. Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th June Lolly Stick Planes National Waterfront Museum Swansea, SA1 3RD www.museum.wales/swansea 12.30pm - 3.30pm. Free. Make a cool lolly stick bi-plane, just in time for the Wales Air Show. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Don’t Do This at Home Techniquest Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW www.techniquest.org Have you ever thought about making a bazooka from a vacuum cleaner or a custardpowered flame thrower? Hopefully not, but if you’d like to see how it could be done, visit the Don’t Do This at Home show. Plus: MAD SCIENCE Pawprints in the Summer Sky Discover the stories of Izzy’s favourite mythical creatures, like the winged horse Pegasus or Draco the Dragon. Can you use your imagination to find them amongst the stars? What other animals can you find in the summer stars? Suitable for U7s. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Plus: Lights in the Sky Look up into the night sky to explore the many lights that have fascinated humans for centuries. Discover their origins, from nearby satellites to distant stars, and find out which lights in the sky you can see from your own back garden. Suitable for ages 7+. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Tel: 029 2047 5475. Sunday 30th June Zip Wire Challenge in aid of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales National Diving & Activity Centre Tidenham, Chepstow NP16 7LH www.noahsarkcharity.org/events/ chepstowchallenge Swing, slide or soak yourself in aid of the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales! The popular charity zip wire event is back for a second year and this time, there are two new exhilarating challenges. There’s the Zipwire Challenge, the 3D Swing Challenge and the Aqua Park Team Challenge. You can choose to take part in one, two or all three activities. Anyone wishing to take part in more than one event will be asked to raise a combined sponsorship target. There is also a viewing area with a café and picnic space so you can take your supporters along to watch and make a day of it! See online for more details. HA History Taster Day National Waterfront Museum Swansea, SA1 3RD www.museum.wales/swansea 12pm - 4pm. Find out about researching history with the Swansea branch of the Historical Association. Plus: Museum Monthly Movies: Planes (U, 2013) 2.30pm. Free. A crop-dusting plane with a fear of heights lives his dream of competing in a famous around-the-world aerial race. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Babies Remembrance Service Wenallt Chapel Thornhill Crematorium CF14 9AD www.outdoorcardiff.com 11.30am. Free. The Bereavement Services memorial service supported by Sands allows those who have lost a baby to come together to remember them. After the service there will be an opportunity to place a memory pebble in the Memory Bowl within the Ilex Garden. Refreshments to follow. Tel: 029 2044 5903. JULY Monday 1st July Beach Academy Pre-school Ogmore-by-Sea Beach, CF32 0PB www.beachacademywales.com/events 10.30am - 11.30am. £5 per child (one adult free per child). Additional adult £3. Take your little sponges (aged 5 and under) for beach-based activities. Online pre-booking essential. Toddler Time St Fagans National History Museum CF5 6XB www.museum.wales/stfagans 1.30pm - 3pm. Free.Themed toys and activities with Museum staff 1.30pm - 2.55pm, story at 3pm. Tel: 029 2057 3500. Thursday 4th July Lowri’s Little Lambs - Plants and Flowers National Wool Museum Dre-fach Felindre, SA44 5UP www.museum.wales/wool 10.30am - 11.45am. Free. Take your under 5s to the monthly themed sessions full of bilingual songs, story time and crafts. Tel: 029 2057 3070. Friday 5th July Little Mice Club – Planes National Waterfront Museum Swansea, SA1 3RD www.museum.wales/swansea 10.30am – 12pm. Free. Drop in with your little ones to play, make & sing, and meet Morys the Museum Mouse! Exclusively for preschool children and their parents or carers. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Toddler Day Techniquest Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW www.techniquest.org 9:30am – 4:30pm. Once a month during term-time, pre-school children have their run of the exhibits with activities on a special theme. There’ll be storytime and singalong, something to make to take home, and more. Techniquest is buggy-friendly, with nappychanging facilities and lockers. Under-4s free, accompanying adults £5.70. Tel: 029 2047 5475. Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AN www.visitcardiff.com 11am - 6pm. Sample a vast array of food from local, national and international producers. Chill out with live music on the water’s edge, stroll around the producers’ fayre and enjoy the sights, tastes and smells of summer. Free entry. Saturday 6th July National Meadows Day Dyffryn Gardens St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6SU www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dyffryn-gardens 11am - 3pm. Free event (booking not necessary). Enjoy a fun-filled day celebrating the new meadows. Gardeners will be on hand to teach visitors all about these thriving ecosystems. Tel: 029 2059 3328. Moth Event Bute Park Education Centre, CF10 3DX www.outdoorcardiff.com 11am - 1pm. Free. See the moths caught in the traps overnight. Help identify and record the moths and enjoy some moth themed arts and craft activities too. Suitable for children 5+. All children must be accompanied by an adult.Tel: 029 2044 5903. Parkland BioBlitz Tredegar House, NP10 8YW nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse 11am - 3pm. Free event, normal admission applies for 50 things activities. A team from Gwent Living Levels will be around for a BioBlitz in the priority grassland parkland this National Meadow’s Day. There will also be a chance to tick off some ‘50 things’ with the team. Tel: 01633 815880. Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July Don’t Do This at Home Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW www.techniquest.org Have you ever thought about making a bazooka from a vacuum cleaner or a custardpowered flame thrower? Hopefully not, but if you’d like to see how it could be done, visit the Don’t Do This at Home show. Plus: Pawprints in the Summer Sky Discover the stories of Izzy’s favourite mythical creatures, like the winged horse Pegasus or Draco the Dragon. Can you use your imagination to find them amongst the stars? What other animals can you find in the summer stars? Suitable for U7s. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Plus: Lights in the Sky Look up into the night sky to explore the many lights that have fascinated humans for centuries. Discover their origins, from nearby satellites to distant stars, and find out which lights in the sky you can see from your own back garden. Suitable for ages 7+. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Tel: 029 2047 5475. Wales Airshow National Waterfront Museum Swansea, SA1 3RD www.museum.wales/swansea 11am - 3pm. Visit the museum stand at the Wales Airshow on Swansea Bay Promenade and make a whizzing paper plane and Waterfront windmill. Tel: 029 2057 3600. 20 Primary Times MAY HALF TERM <strong>2019</strong> | www.primarytimes.co.uk/cardiff
darganfyddwyr Dyma’r lleoedd sy’n ein creu. These are the places that make us. nationaltrust.org.uk/dyffryn-gardens www.primarytimes.co.uk/cardiff | MAY HALF TERM <strong>2019</strong> Primary Times 21
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