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clubs and classes, something to do for everyone in Oxfordshire
LITTLE EXPLORERS 3 DAY ADVENTURE (non-residential)
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WHERE: The Oxford Boat Adventure, Dorchester on Thames, Wallingford
WHEN: 3rd - 5th April, 8.45 - 16.30
Little Explorers take on fun adventures and challenges that not only teach them how to light fires, build simple shelters, and cook outdoors but develop resilience and flexibility at a very formative time in their lives, ensuring they enjoy the outdoors and discover fun in every challenge. Reception to Year 2. £245.00 theoxfordboatadventure.co.uk 07979 592753
THE ADVENTURERS 3 DAY (non-residential)
WHERE: The Oxford Boat Adventure, Dorchester on Thames, Wallingford
WHEN: 3rd - 5th April, 8.45 - 16.30
From beautiful lakes, to roaming woodland, children will take on an exciting and fun set of water and land adventures allowing them to become confident and capable in outdoor environments, and learn the fundamental skills of living, surviving and thriving in the great British outdoors.
Years 3 to 7. £245.00 theoxfordboatadventure.co.uk 07979 592753
Creative Computing ClubTech for Change
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre
WHEN: 18th March, 10.00 - 11.30, 12.30 - 14.00 & 15.00 - 16.30.
Ages 9 - 12
Inspired by the ‘do your :bit‘ challenge, brainstorm ideas and design a prototype to tackle an environmental problem. Create clever gadgets using the micro:bit’s display, sound, and sensors - technology used from space stations to smart phones. Take part in this inspirational challenge and let your imagination run wild! scienceoxford.com
01865 810000
Science Club (Oxford)Fooled You! - Ages 5 - 9
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre
WHEN: 1st April, 10.00 - 11.30, 12.30 - 14.00 and 15.00 - 16.30 Explore the science behind some of our favourite tricks for April Fool’s Day. Pranksters will investigate gravity-defying objects, mysteriously moving artefacts and disappearing liquids, make invisible ink and decipher secret codes and use magnets to reveal the amazing coin illusion plus much more! scienceoxford.com
01865 810000
Holiday Club at Heath Farm
WHERE: Heath Farm Cottages, Swerford OX7 4BN
WHEN: 4th & 5th April, 9.00 - 16.00 www.muddyfeettraining.co.uk
Rewild your child with a full day of immersive woodland fun, inspiring your children and teaching them new skills. A day of action-packed adventure in the woods, activities include shelter building, fire skills, cooking on the fire, woodland games, and natural arts and crafts. For children 5 + years.
07778 928720
Holiday Club at Evenley Wood Garden
WHERE: Evenley Wood Garden
WHEN: 3rd - 6th April and 11th - 14th April, 9.00 - 16.00
Nature Club-Wild Trackers
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre
WHEN: 5th March, 10.00 - 11.30, 12.30 - 14.00 and 15.00 - 16.30.
Ages 5 - 9
Intrepid adventurers investigate wildlife and learn how to track animals, Bear Grylls-style! Take a walk in the woodland to spot habitats and signs of life, and identify who’s-who from clues left behind. Make paw-print Plaster of Paris casts, and compare finds from fur, feathers, poo or pellets. scienceoxford.com
01865 810000
Rewild your child with a full day of immersive woodland fun, inspiring your children and teaching them new skills. A day of action-packed adventure in the woods, activities include shelter building, fire skills, cooking on the fire, woodland games, and natural arts and crafts. For children 5 + years. www.muddyfeettraining. co.uk 07778 928720
If booking any courses, please mention Families Oxfordshire Magazine
THE PIONEERS 3 DAY (non-residential)
WHERE: The Oxford Boat Adventure, Dorchester on Thames, Wallingford
WHEN: 3rd - 5th April, 8.45 - 16.30
Your growing young person can experience a more challenging set of adventures both on and off water. They will tackle more complex challenges and adventures whilst enjoying increased independence across the 100 acres available, becoming stronger leaders, and developing independence and confidence through their outdoor adventures.
Years 8 to 10. £245.00 theoxfordboatadventure.co.uk 07979 592753
Science Holiday ClubAges 6 - 11
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre
WHEN: 4th & 13th April, 9.00 - 15.30
Your young scientists will get inspired with hands-on activities, and team up to solve problems and discover how things work. Expect messy experiments, coding challenges, interactive science shows and outdoor explorationgrowing curiosity, confidence and skills in a unique environment and in a practical way. Lunch included. £60 (including booking fee) scienceoxford.com
01865 810000
The Golden Egg Escapade Easter Brick Building Workshop
WHERE: Various locations
WHEN: 4th, 6th, 12th & 13th
April, 9.30 - 11.30 & 14.30 - 16.30
It’s the night before the Grand Opening of the Bricksville Museum and there has been a break in. Someone has stolen the Golden Egg that should take pride of place in the entrance hall. Bricksville Police department need the help of our Master Builders to catch those crooks and solve the crime! masterbuildersclub.co.uk
Creative Computing Club
- Data Lab - Ages 9 - 12
WHEN: 15th April, 10.00 - 11.30, 12.30 - 14.00 and 15.00 - 16.30
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre scienceoxford.com
Young programmers get creative with tech, and design scientific experiments using a BBC micro:bit. Connect a small screen to visualise real data in real time, and run tests for noise, light or temperature changes. What can you deduce from your experiments, and how might your data help understand our world?
01865 810000
Active Holiday Camps
WHERE: Various locations
WHEN: Easter Holidays, 8.15 - 18.00 www.active-camps.com
Active Camps provides highquality, school holiday, multiactivity for 3-14 year olds in Oxfordshire and further afield. Children will get to participate in a wide range of sporting, outdoor, and indoor activities, making the most of the amazing facilities the host schools offer - there really is no other experience like it!
01865 594325
Nature Club-Plant Power
- Ages 5 - 9
WHERE: Science Oxford Centre
WHEN: 22nd April, 10.00 - 11.30, 12.30 - 14.00 and 15.00 - 16.30
Easter Family Workshops - Weaving Houses
WHEN: 6th and 13th April, 11.00 - 12.00
WHERE: Wallingford Museum
A simple fun introduction to weaving, making woven pictures of houses using mainly scrap materials, wool, fabric and felt. Suitable for ages 5 plus. wallingfordmuseum.org.uk/ events 01491 835065 scienceoxford.com
Get eco-friendly and make your own renewable energy at this month’s Earth Day-themed club. Spot seasonal changes in our woodland and discover your carbon footprint plus much more! Take home the Nature Club seed-paper bookmark for Earth Day, and plant wildflowers in a green space this spring!
01865 810000
Active Adventure Holiday Camp
WHERE: Various locations
WHEN: Easter Holidays, 8.15 - 18.00 www.active-camps.com
Active Adventure camps are for children with a passion for all things outdoors, muddy and adventurous and focus on building children’s independence and relationship with nature and the great outdoors. Children will experience cooking on a campfire and introduced to basic bushcraft skills e.g. whittling and shelter building. Age 6 - 14.
01865 594325
Lego®Master Builders Club - Brick Building Workshops for Children
WHERE: Various locations
WHERE: March and April www.masterbuildersclub.co.uk
Master Builders Club fun workshops start with a short story which is “brought to life” through the models they build. They provide 1000’s of LEGO® or DUPLO® bricks in a calm and supportive environment along with the imaginative stimulus to transform a room into a world of creativity.
Amazing animals at Science Club (Abingdon)
- Ages 5 - 9
WHERE: Yang Science Centre
WHEN: 29th April
Young ecologists investigate creatures living in our gardens, woodland or urban spaces with hands-on activities. Learn about habitats and homes, colour and camouflage, and find the best beak for finding food with the ‘duck designs’ challenge plus much more! scienceoxford.com
01865 810000
Stagecoach Performing Arts
WHERE: Abingdon, Didcot and Wallingford: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Oxford Headington and Woodstock: Saturdays
Henley and Marlow: Thursdays and Saturdays
Oxford Summertown and Witney: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Bicester: Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Oxford Botley: Saturdays
WHEN: Summer Term starts from 15th April
Bring out the best in your child and encourage them to develop excellent communication skills, grow in self-esteem and enjoy the benefits of improved co-ordination. Suitable for children from age 2. From £15 for two-week trial. www.stagecoach.co.uk 01483 247404
Families Clubs & Classes
Pauline Quirke Academy (PQA) of Performing Arts
WHERE: Whitelands Academy, Bicester
WHEN: Summer term starts April (Saturdays) www.pqacademy.com/academies/ bicester 07444 573460
PQA provides outstanding performing arts tuition for 4 - 18 year old’s. Each week students rotate through specialist sessions in Musical Theatre, Comedy & Drama and Film & TV taught by leading industry professionals.
SuperCamps
WHERE: Various locations
WHEN: Easter Holidays
Camps include Multi-Activity (mix of sports, games and arts & crafts); SuperCamps has four camps operating in Oxfordshire, all Ofstedregistered with enthusiastic and professional staff ready to make the holiday memorable. Use the discount FM10* for 10% off any bookings at Oxfordshire Easter Multi-Activity camps. *Discount available until April 14. www.supercamps.co.uk 01235 467300
PERFORM weekly drama, dance and singing classes
WHERE: West Oxford Community Centre, Oxford: Wednesdays.
WHEN: Summer Term starts in April
The Northcourt Centre, Abingdon: Saturdays and Thursdays.
Didcot Methodist Church Hall: Fridays. Benson Youth Hall, Wallingford: Saturdays.
Kingsmere Community Centre, Bicester: Wednesdays. Marston United Reformed Church, Oxford: Saturdays
Confidence-building drama classes for 4-7s and 7-12s. A unique mix of fun drama games, dance and singing specially designed to boost confidence, communication, concentration and coordination.
To book a FREE class visit www.perform.org.uk/try enquiries@perform.org.uk www.perform.org.uk
Mathnasium Learning Centres
WHERE: Summertown, North Oxford
Monday-Thursday & Saturday
Where Maths makes sense! By producing a tailor-structured learning plan for each student according to his/her knowledge and skill level, the Mathnasium Method can help children in Years 2 - 12 better understand maths and leap ahead. Try the FREE maths skills assessment/trial session. www.mathnasium.co.uk/northoxford
Spring at the Science Oxford Centre
Family Days
Family Days every Saturday
Indoor and outdoor science-themed discovery for curious kids. Hands-on activities and nature trails for all to enjoy.
Family Day tickets include 2 hours in the Exploration Zone and all day access to the woodland and ponds.
New: Nature Club 25 March, 22 April (ages 5-9 & adult)
& Science Oxford Holiday Club 4 or 13 April (ages 6-11) 9am-3.30pm, unnacompanied
Book online for all Family Days and Clubs at the Science Oxford Centre and in Abingdon.
Helping children believe they can do anything ASK ABOUT OUR TWO WEEK TRIAL
Singing, dancing and acting classes for 4 - 18 year-olds
ABINGDON, DIDCOT AND WALLINGFORD abingdon@stagecoach.co.uk
OXFORD HEADINGTON AND WOODSTOCK headington@stagecoach.co.uk
OXFORD SUMMERTOWN AND WITNEY summertown@stagecoach.co.uk
HENLEY AND MARLOW henleyandmarlow@stagecoach.co.uk
