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If you are look rim more ev ts w ww.p en UNTIL 27 FEBRUARY SUPERWORM TRAIL AT WYRE FOREST Wyre Forest Discovery Centre, Callow HiIl, Nr Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY14 9XQ. Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM! Superworm returns to Wyre Forest with an exciting new family activity trail. From the creators of The Gruffalo, the hugely popular children’s picture book Superworm returns to Wyre Forest in January 2022 with a brand-new family activity trail. Launching on Monday 10 January, the new Superworm trail follows the premiere of the animated special from Magic Light Pictures, which aired on BBC One on Christmas Day. In the latest exciting partnership between Forestry England and Magic Light Pictures, the Superworm trail showcases the unsung heroes of the forest. Based on the children’s picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, the trail highlights the small but mighty creatures in the Superworm story, such as toad, beetle and Wizard Lizard, and shows their amazing abilities as they make their home in the forest.The Superworm activity trail at Wyre Forest will have lots of fun activities to complete and the new self-led trail will encourage children to become superheroes of the forest themselves. Families will discover brightly illustrated panels, packed with amazing activities designed to get children thinking about these unsung heroes. Questions along the self-led trail will inspire children to think about the everyday heroic feats of the minibeasts of the woods and forests around them. The trail should keep the young ones entertained for around an hour leaving plenty of time to find more fun 8 FEBRUARY HALF TERM 2022
and explore the forest. Special Superworm trail packs are available to buy on site from The Forest Café or bike hire for £3.50 with additional activities, including stickers, a superhero mask, creature fact cards, at-home activity sheet, pencil and crayon. www.forestryengland.uk/wyre-forest/ superworm-trail-wyre-forest UNTIL 31 MARCH FAMILY LEARNING COURSES Parents and carers living in Worcestershire can attend any course below for FREE with the following eligibility: FREE if they are unemployed and on benefits or they earn less than £17,000 per year. FREE if their child receives a Free School Meal or is known to their school SENCo. FREE if any of these courses would improve their health and wellbeing. Professionals can also support parents in need by booking them directly onto the course on their behalf or parents can ring our team directly for support on 01905-728537. All Family Learning courses can be found at www.worcestershire.gov.uk/courses and parents need to book their places online 8 - 9 FEBRUARY THE SMEDS AND THE SMOOS Swan Theatre, The Moors, Worcester. WR1 3ED. Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far-off planet, Smeds and Smoos can’t be friends. So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love and zoom off into space together, how
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will their families get them back? Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from Tall Stories – the company that brought you ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ live on stage. £13.50 children - £14.50 full price Running time - 60 minutes Tuesday 4.30pm & Wed 10.30am & 4:30pm 12 - 13 FEBRUARY LIVING HISTORY 2022 The Commandery Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU. Experience 2000 years of history come to life at Living History, The Commandery‘s most anticipated event of the year. Enjoy a weekend of living history encampments, medieval monks, Viking warriors, period drill displays, World War II military displays and more! One of our most exciting events, organised in partnership with The Worcester Re-enactors, at Living History you can immerse yourself in history, journeying from Vikings to Victorians. The site will be alive with around 150 reenactors throughout the building displaying and demonstrating weaponry, surgical tools, games, clothing and more. Experience living history camps in the garden. There will also be a full schedule of timed displays and drills throughout the day, musket firing etc. No need to pre-book, but normal admission charges apply. 13 FEBRUARY MALVERN FLEA AND COLLECTORS FAIR Three Counties Showground, Malvern. Malvern Flea and Collectors Fair is the largest flea fair in the UK, held nine times a year at the Three Counties Showground,
Malvern. The hundreds of stalls across the halls and even more outside (number of outdoor stands weather-dependent) together create an incredibly eclectic shopping experience, with items on sale range from furniture, lighting and textiles to jewellery, clothing, teddies and toys. This is the perfect event for the interior designer, crafter, up-cycler and thriftseeker. Entrance: 7.30am – 3.30pm at £5 (cash only) per person (accompanied children under 16 go free) Fair dates in 2022 13 February, 18 April, 29 May, 26 June, 24 July, 29 August, 18 September, 9 October, 4 December for more information, please follow the link to the B2B Events website. www.b2bevents.info 14 FEBRUARY - 24 APRIL LAMBING & KIDDING Cotswold Farm Park Guiting Power, Cheltenham GL54 5FL. Bring your little ones to meet Cotswold Farm Park’s little ones for the return of spring Lambing and Kidding! Spring is an exciting time to meet their new additions, with 600 rare breed and commercial sheep, as well as their goats, due to give birth in the Animal Barn. Take a seat next to their lambing pens, get up close to all the action and see the early bonds the flocks make with their newborns. There will also be daily lambing talks with the Farm Park experts in the Animal Barn, so you can learn about the flock and ask questions about our ewes. Signs of new life don’t stop there as they’ll also be welcoming lots of new additions, including piglets and guinea pigs. Tickets available to book online in advance. Follow @cotswoldfarmpark for exclusive behind
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