WHAT’S ON WHERE Friday 29th November Christmas in Porth Porth Town Centre www.rctcbc.gov.uk 3pm - 6:30pm. See Santa in the town centre. Plus Giant Snow Globe, fun fair rides and more. £2 to visit Santa in his grotto. Late Night Christmas Shopping Chepstow Castle 1 Bridge Street, Chepstow, NP16 5EY www.cadw.gov.wales 5pm - 8pm. For some Christmas gift inspiration enjoy an exclusive late-night shopping event. From books to blankets and pottery to Penderyn, there will be plenty of Welsh products available. Shoppers can also enjoy festive music and complimentary mince pies on arrival. Free admission to gift shop only. Tel: 01291 624 065. Saturday 30th November <strong>Winter</strong> Trail Parc Play, Unit 5, Curran Embankment, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF10 5DX www.parcplay.com Complete the <strong>Winter</strong> Trail before enjoying crafts in the cosy winter cabin. <strong>Winter</strong> crafts 11am - 12pm & 1:30pm - 2:30pm. Tel: 029 2034 5696. Storytelling and Fossil handling John Lewis & Partners, The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1EG museum.wales/Dippy 11am - 12pm. Free event. Special dino-events at John Lewis & Partners as part of the Dippy on Tour exhibition! Suitable for children of all ages. To book your space, please email mollie. davies@johnlewis.co.uk Talk: Meet Dippy National Museum Cardiff Cathays Park CF10 3NP museum.wales/Dippy 12pm. £2. Enjoy a family friendly talk by Dr Caroline Buttler, Head of Palaeontology, all about Dippy the Diplodocus! Hear the story of how he was discovered and eventually came to London, a tale that involves the wild west, a king and one of the richest men in the world! You will also see where and when Dippy lived and how palaeontologists have found out what this remarkable animal was like when it was alive. Plus: Talk: Dinosaurs and Deserts in Wales 1.30pm. £2. What did South Wales look like at the time of the dinosaurs? How many different dinosaurs lived here? You’ll also find out about the biggest extinction of all time, how dinosaurs first evolved, and what we think they really looked like! Plus: Talk: Collecting Dinosaurs 3pm. £2. Cindy Howells, Curator of Palaeontology will give a family friendly talk about the entire history of dinosaur collecting through the ages, from archaeological times to the present day. Plus: HUSH: Family friendly silent disco 6pm. £12. Enjoy some prehistoric family fun at HUSH’s early evening silent disco! DJs will keep your feet moving and your hands in the air while you and your little dinosaurs dance away under Dippy’s gaze! 0300 111 2 333 (charged at local rate). Blackwood <strong>Winter</strong> Fair Blackwood High Street, NP12 1AB www.visitcaerphilly.com 9am – 5pm, Free event. Experience the fun and excitement that only Christmas can bring! Tel: 029 2088 0011. Tree Walk at Bute Park Summer House Café, Bute Park Cardiff, CF10 3DX www.outdoorcardiff.com 11am - 12.30pm. Free. Bute Park’s arboretum is home to some amazing ornamental trees. Join Malcolm Frazer to explore and learn about some of the 3,000 trees in the green heart of the city. Tel: 029 2044 5903. Fair Saturday St Davids Hall, Cardiff, CF10 2DP www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk 12pm - 3pm. Free. A multitude of free arts activities for all the family including music making for under 5s with Bert & Cherry of the Tiddly Prom, a Javanese Gamelan experience for all and a mixture of arts and crafts and visual arts activities throughout the afternoon. Tel: 029 2087 8570. Festive Film: The Miracle Maker (2000) National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3RD museum.wales/swansea 2.30pm. Free. Celebrating the Cartwn Cymru exhibition, enjoy this seasonal animation that uses a mix of 3D model and 2D animation to tell the story of Christ through the eyes of a child. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Barbarians Double Header Principality Stadium, Cardiff, CF10 1NS www.wru.wales/tickets Experience a day of rugby as Wales Women and Men’s team take on the Barbarians in this double header. Women’s KO: 11:45am; men’s KO: 14:45pm. Tickets from only £10! Tel: 0844 847 1881. Christmas in Treorchy Treorchy Town Centre www.rctcbc.gov.uk 12pm - 5pm. See Santa in the town centre. Plus Giant Snow Globe, fun fair rides and more. £2 to visit Santa in his grotto. Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December Alternative 12 days of Christmas Cyfarthfa Shopping Park Swansea Road, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY www.cyfarthfashopping.com Inspired by the traditional ’12 days of Christmas’ but with an alternative spin, enjoy some Christmas activities with a blend of performance, workshops, artistry and tastings! Entertainment from 11am - 4pm with performance times varying. Tel: 01685 389410. CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans St Fagans National Museum of History, CF5 6XB www.museum.wales/stfagans 10.15am – 4.30pm. £12 per person. Climb, swing, balance and wobble your way through the trees, and see the sights of St Fagans from above, before zipping back down to earth. Tackle CoedLan’s 18 different obstacles, including a balance beam, zig zag bridge, cargo net and a zip wire. Height, age and weight restrictions apply. Tel 029 2057 3500. DECEMBER Sunday 1st December Elf on the Shelf Parc Play, Unit 5, Curran Embankment, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF10 5DX www.parcplay.com Complete the <strong>Winter</strong> Trail before enjoying winter crafts in the cosy cabin. Crafts 11am - 12pm & 1:30pm - 2:30pm. Then enjoy some fun and games with everyones favourite cheeky Elf from 2:30pm - 4pm. Tel: 029 2034 5696. Bird Walk Roath Park Lake, Opposite the lighthouse on Roath Park Promenade, CF23 5PH 10am - 12pm. Free. Go in search of winter birds and wildfowl around Roath Park Lake with the Community Park Ranger. Take bring binoculars if you have them. Tel: 029 2044 5903. Cardiff Devils vs Glasgow Clan Viola Arena, Cardiff Bay, CF11 0JS www.cardiffdevils.com 6pm. Tickets from £8 for children & £16 for adults. As part of the match night experience, enjoy competitions where you can win prizes such as player’s shirts. Following the game, meet players at the post-game signing or have a go at ice skating yourself. Tel: 0800 0842 666. Friday 6th December Little Mice Club – Santa Special National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3RD museum.wales/swansea 10.30am - 12pm. Free. Drop in with your little ones to make, play and sing, and meet Morys the Museum Mouse. Exclusively for preschool children and their parents or carers. Tel: 029 2057 3600. Christmas in Ferndale Ferndale Town Centre www.rctcbc.gov.uk 3pm - 6.30pm. See Santa in the town centre. Plus Giant Snow Globe, fun fair rides and more. £2 to visit Santa in his grotto. Saturday 7th December Christmas Tales Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths High St, Caerleon, Newport, NP18 1AE www.cadw.gov.wales 11am - 4pm. Tales at 11am, 1pm & 3pm. Caerleon Fortress and Baths will welcome its popular storyteller to share festive tales and help get families in the Christmas spirit. No booking required. Family entry: £12.20 (admits 2 adults and up to 3 children under 18). Tel: 01633 422 518. Workshop: Drawing Dinosaurs from the Inside-Out. National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park CF10 3NP museum.wales/Dippy 1pm. £8. Bob Nicholls is an artist who recreates dinosaurs in illustrations and models. He recreates animals from the inside out! Under Bob’s expert guidance you can go through the paleo-reconstruction process yourself and bring to life on paper one of these amazing animals. Plus: Talk: No, I Don’t Make it Up! How to Build Dinosaurs from the Inside-Out. 5pm. £4 - £5. Bob Nicholls will be talking about the unique and time consuming method, but one that produces breath-taking results that are used in museums across the world. 0300 111 2 333 (charged at local rate). Yuletide Log and Wreath Making Victoria Park Bowls Pavilion, Cardiff Park, CF5 1EY 10.30am - 3.30pm. Last entry 2.30pm. Table decorations £4, wreaths £8. Make your own table decorations and wreaths for the festive season. Tel: 029 2044 5903. <strong>Winter</strong> Trail Parc Play, Unit 5, Curran Embankment, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF10 5DX www.parcplay.com Complete the <strong>Winter</strong> Trail before enjoying crafts in the cosy winter cabin. <strong>Winter</strong> crafts 11am - 12pm & 1:30pm - 2:30pm. Tel: 029 2034 5696. Christmas at the Wool Museum National Wool Museum Dre-fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn, SA44 5UP www.museum.wales/wool 10am - 4pm. Free. Enjoy a celebration of all things Christmas with festive fun and games with cheeky elf Tudur Phillips. Get creative in the free craft workshops for children. Plus peruse the bespoke selection of local craft stalls for all those extra special gifts. Plus Wreath Making Workshop - cost TBC - book online. Plus: Festive Bauble Workshop with Gwili Pottery 10 - 4pm. Cost £16. Create a personalised ceramic bauble with Gwili Pottery. Drop in session. One bauble per ticket purchased - each bauble should take between 5-10 minutes. Please note that the baubles will not be available to take home on the day as they will require firing. Collection can be made from the Museum on or after the 17th of December. Places are limited so book to avoid disappointment. Tel: 029 2057 3030. Saturnalia National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon, NP18 1AE www.museum.wales/bigpit 11am - 4pm. Small charge may apply to some activities. Celebrate the festival of Saturnalia, with a Roman Soldier posted in the Barrack Room, games, demonstrations and a talk about festival traditions. Whilst you visit you can also take a look around the Caerleon Farmers’ Market. Tel: 029 2057 3550. Christmas in Mountain Ash Mountain Ash Town Centre www.rctcbc.gov.uk 12pm - 5pm. See Santa in the town centre. Plus Giant Snow Globe, fun fair rides and more. £2 to visit Santa in his grotto. Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December Alternative 12 days of Christmas Cyfarthfa Shopping Park Swansea Road, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY www.cyfarthfashopping.com Inspired by the traditional ’12 days of Christmas’ but with an alternative spin, enjoy some Christmas activities with a blend of performance, workshops, artistry and tastings! Entertainment from 11am - 4pm with performance times varying. Tel: 01685 389410. The Great Sleigh Adventure Techniquest, Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW www.techniquest.org Join the newest North Pole division — the Arctic Circle — and overcome the disaster that has struck Christmas. Pieces of Santa’s sleigh are scattered across a snowy Techniquest. You and your team are in a race against time to defeat the towering snowmen, decipher secret blueprints and solve cryptic clues to fix the sleigh before Christmas comes around! £3.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Plus: A Techniquest Christmas Carol Get into the festive spirit with a fun show for all the family. Discover some alternative Christmas gifts, and how to make decorations using chemistry. If you’ve already got your gifts sorted, we’ll take you on a crash course in untangling Christmas lights. Plus: Arctic Wonder Take a journey to the North Pole to explore the geography, the weather and the wildlife of this icy land in this brand-new immersive dome experience. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Tel: 029 2047 5475. A Medieval Christmas Caerphilly Castle, Castle Street, Caerphilly, CF83 1JD www.cadw.gov.wales 10 Primary Times WINTER <strong>2019</strong> | www.primarytimes.co.uk Continued on page 12
© Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol <strong>2019</strong>. Elusen gofrestredig rhif. 205846. © National Trust <strong>2019</strong>. Registered Charity no. 205846. Photography © National Trust Images/John Millar Nadolig hudolus A magical Christmas wedi'i greu yng Ngerddi Dyffryn made at Dyffryn Gardens Dewch draw i Erddi Dyffryn y Nadolig hwn i ryfeddu at y goleuadau gwych yn y gerddi ac i fwynhau gemau a gweithgareddau lu ar y llwybr O Goeden Nadolig. Visit Dyffryn Gardens this Christmas, marvel at the winter light illuminations in the gardens and play lots of games and activities on the O Christmas Tree trail. Dyma’r lleoedd sy’n ein creu. These are the places that make us. nationaltrust.org.uk/dyffryn-gardens
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