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Contents Whats on 03-07 11-16 spring!! Well it’s October and can you believe it’s officially Autumn! It might be summer but the weather needs to catch up soon. Where is this year going? Already we have had the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and the Olympic torch celebrations and tour in the Newcastle area. This issue covers the school summer holidays so lots to see and do outdoors. Also, Life in Newcastle has a new visitor attraction and we have a competition to win tickets and a moneyoff voucher. In addition, we have a competition and voucher for Diggerland and you can win family cinema tickets for the Custom House in Sunderland. You can enter all of these either by email or via our website www.schoolsout.co.uk when you link to the Newcastle area and become a FREE member. So let’s get out there with our families and have a great Atumn
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What’s On Sat 4 August: Pots and Pancakes crafts@ WWT Washington Wetland Centre. 10am-3pm.
Go potty and paint your own ceramic creature with the ladies from Pots & Pancakes in North Shields. Small costs apply, admission not included.
Sat 4 August: Outdoor Theatre: The Railway Children@ Gibside. 7 pm-10pm
Inspired by the Derwent Valley’s steam railways which once encircled Gibside, enjoy E. Nesbit’s classic family adventure of steam engines, friendship and bravery brought to life before your eyes in Gibside’s landscape park by Heart Break Productions. Booking essential. Cost: Adult - £13.50, Child - £7.50, Family (2 Adults + 2 children) - £38.00.
Sun 5 August: Gilsland Show @ Triermain Farm Sun 5 August: Come Fly a Kite @ Killhope Mining Museum. 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Kids kite-making workshop. All materials provided. £2.00 per kite.
Tues 7 & Thurs 9 August: Trolls and Pirates Performance @ Seven Stories. 11am and 1.30pm
Polish your cutlasses and fi nd Seven Stories on your treasure maps in time for this dramatic story-telling of Julia Donaldson’s The Troll! See the story brought to life, learn some shipshape pirate games and come up with new recipes for the Troll’s cookery book, all led by characters from the book. Booking essential. £2 per person in addition to admission fee.
Summer of Cycling @ Rising Sun County Park Thurs 9, 16 and 23 Aug 10-3pm Three full days of cycling adventures available during this national event. Activities are suitable for everyone and loan bikes are available on request. Book onto one or any number of the events. Free bike safety checks will be available and the Council Balance Bike coaches will be there throughout to help your children ride free of stabilisers. To book contact Paul Adams 0191 643 6125.
Fri 10 August: The Singing Mermaid with Lydia Monks@ Seven Stories. 12:30pm
The Singing Mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid, kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape? Join Lydia Monks, best selling illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard for drawing, storytelling and lots of glitter! Booking essential. £3 per person in addition to admission fee.
Fri 10, Sat 11 & Thurs 30 August: Storytelling at ~Flow @ Newcastle Quayside. 12.30pm and 3pm
Follow the River Tyne to ~Flow, a specially commissioned fl oating tide mill moored on the Quayside, for story telling and craft activities inspired by the themes of ~Flow – music, invention and The River Tyne. For more information visit www.newcastlegateshead.com Free event, no booking required.
Sat 11 August: Slaley Show Sun 12 August: Family Woodland Sculpture Day @Killhope Mining Museum. 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Wed 8 August: Herb-tastic @ The Alnwick Garden
Choose your favourite herb to plant up and take homein a funky-looking pot!
Let your imaginations run wild! £1.00 per person. Every Wed and Thurs from 15 to 29 August: Go Wild at Wallington. Join us for family fun as we celebrate the great outdoors from woodland and farmland to the seaside through themed activities, crafts and trails.
Sat 9 August: Pots and Pancakes crafts@ WWT Washington Wetland Centre. 10am-3pm.
Sat 11 August: Herb-tastic @ The Alnwick Garden
Go potty and paint your own ceramic creature with the ladies from Pots & Pancakes in North Shields. Small costs
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Sun 5 August: Gilsland Show @ Triermain Farm Sun 5 August: Come Fly a Kite @ Killhope Mining Museum. 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Kids kite-making workshop. All materials provided. £2.00 per kite.
Tues 7 & Thurs 9 August: Trolls and Pirates Performance @ Seven Stories. 11am and 1.30pm
Polish your cutlasses and fi nd Seven Stories on your treasure maps in time for this dramatic story-telling of Julia Donaldson’s The Troll! See the story brought to life, learn some shipshape pirate games and come up with new recipes for the Troll’s cookery book, all led by characters from the book. Booking essential. £2 per person in addition to admission fee.
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Summer of Cycling @ Rising Sun County Park Thurs 9, 16 and 23 Aug 10-3pm Three full days of cycling adventures available during this national event. Activities are suitable for everyone and loan bikes are available on request. Book onto one or any number of the events. Free bike safety checks will be available and the Council Balance Bike coaches will be there throughout to help your children ride free of stabilisers. To book contact Paul Adams 0191 643 6125.
Fri 10 August: The Singing Mermaid with Lydia Monks@ Seven Stories. 12:30pm The Singing Mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid, kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape?Join Lydia Monks, best selling illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard for drawing, storytelling and lots of glitter! Booking essential. £3 per person in addition to admission fee.
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What’s On Sat 4 August: Pots and Pancakes crafts@ WWT Washington Wetland Centre. 10am-3pm.
Go potty and paint your own ceramic creature with the ladies from Pots & Pancakes in North Shields. Small costs apply, admission not included.
Sat 4 August: Outdoor Theatre: The Railway Children@ Gibside. 7 pm-10pm
Inspired by the Derwent Valley’s steam railways which once encircled Gibside, enjoy E. Nesbit’s classic family adventure of steam engines, friendship and bravery brought to life before your eyes in Gibside’s landscape park by Heart Break Productions. Booking essential. Cost: Adult - £13.50, Child - £7.50, Family (2 Adults + 2 children) - £38.00.
Sun 5 August: Gilsland Show @ Triermain Farm Sun 5 August: Come Fly a Kite @ Killhope Mining Museum. 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Kids kite-making workshop. All materials provided. £2.00 per kite.
Tues 7 & Thurs 9 August: Trolls and Pirates Performance @ Seven Stories. 11am and 1.30pm
Polish your cutlasses and fi nd Seven Stories on your treasure maps in time for this dramatic story-telling of Julia Donaldson’s The Troll! See the story brought to life, learn some shipshape pirate games and come up with new recipes for the Troll’s cookery book, all led by characters from the book. Booking essential. £2 per person in addition to admission fee.
Summer of Cycling @ Rising Sun County Park Thurs 9, 16 and 23 Aug 10-3pm Three full days of cycling adventures available during this national event. Activities are suitable for everyone and loan bikes are available on request. Book onto one or any number of the events. Free bike safety checks will be available and the Council Balance Bike coaches will be there throughout to help your children ride free of stabilisers. To book contact Paul Adams 0191 643 6125.
Fri 10 August: The Singing Mermaid with Lydia Monks@ Seven Stories. 12:30pm
The Singing Mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid, kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape? Join Lydia Monks, best selling illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard for drawing, storytelling and lots of glitter! Booking essential. £3 per person in addition to admission fee.
Fri 10, Sat 11 & Thurs 30 August: Storytelling at ~Flow @ Newcastle Quayside. 12.30pm and 3pm
Follow the River Tyne to ~Flow, a specially commissioned fl oating tide mill moored on the Quayside, for story telling and craft activities inspired by the themes of ~Flow – music, invention and The River Tyne. For more information visit www.newcastlegateshead.com Free event, no booking required.
Sat 11 August: Slaley Show Sun 12 August: Family Woodland Sculpture Day @Killhope Mining Museum. 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Wed 8 August: Herb-tastic @ The Alnwick Garden
Choose your favourite herb to plant up and take homein a funky-looking pot!
Let your imaginations run wild! £1.00 per person. Every Wed and Thurs from 15 to 29 August: Go Wild at Wallington. Join us for family fun as we celebrate the great outdoors from woodland and farmland to the seaside through themed activities, crafts and trails.
Sat 9 August: Pots and Pancakes crafts@ WWT Washington Wetland Centre. 10am-3pm.
Sat 11 August: Herb-tastic @ The Alnwick Garden
Go potty and paint your own ceramic creature with the ladies from Pots & Pancakes in North Shields. Small costs
Choose your favourite herb to plant up and take homein a funky-looking pot!
apply, admission not included.
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Fri 10 August: The Singing Mermaid with Lydia Monks@ Seven Stories. 12:30pm The Singing Mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid, kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape?Join Lydia Monks, best selling illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard for drawing, storytelling and lots of glitter! Booking essential. £3 per person in addition to admission fee.
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