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for parents, teachers and children
in Hereford & Worcester October Half Term 2016
10th October - 28th November 2016
Plus
Taking The Tablet, Roundabout, Bookstore, Pinboard, Theatre and much more!
Bookstore
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In Hereford & Worcester
Second Floor, Richardson House, 21/24 New St, Worcester. WR1 2DP. Tel: 01905 723011 Fax: 01905 780103 Publishing Editor: Dawn Pardoe - 01905 727909
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St James’ Church of England Primary School At St James’ our children enjoy a range of activities including sports, forest school, the arts as well as all curriculum subjects. They have some fantastic opportunities. To find out more, please come along to one of our Open Days on:
12th October at 9.30am 1st November at 1.30pm 10th November at 7.00 pm If you are unable to visit on any of these dates, please contact the school office to arrange an alternative time to visit. St James’ CE Primary School Vicarage Road, Hereford, HR1 2QN Tel: 01432 273961 admin@st-james.hereford.sch.uk www.stjamesceschool.org Headteacher: Mrs Kathy Weston
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Worcester
OPEN DAY
WEDNESDAY 19th OCTOBER 2016 From 9:00am - 11:00am & 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Beginning with a Harvest Celebration of Thanksgiving with KS1 children The day will close with a Reflection led by KS2 children Further details available on the school website We offer a Catholic Primary Education for 4 – 11 year olds and seek to build an environment in which Christian values guide all children, giving a secure foundation to their future lives.
Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester WR4 9PG
Tel: 01905 452772 office@st-josephs-pri.worcs.sch.uk
www.stjosephsworcester.co.uk
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to the Grand Opening of Kip McGrath Education Centre Worcester North Kip McGrath Education Centres is pleased to announce the opening of a new Education Centre in Worcester North Come and take a look at the professional tuition programmes we offer in English and Maths and also enjoy: Date: • Balloon Modelling • Face painting Time: Address: • Clay modelling • Kip Cake • Raffle including prizes worth over £50 each. • Maths competition - Maths trophy award Tel: • Spelling competition - Spelling trophy award
Saturday 15th October 1pm - 4pm Worcester North 53 Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1SA 07473 885883
WORCESTER NORTH • 01905 734992
Kip Mcgrath Worcester North At Kip McGrath we offer individually tailored programmes in Maths, English and Science, Comprehension writing and exam preparation for children aged 5-18yrs.
We aim to build the student’s confidence in learning, challenging them without overwhelming them. We are a reward based
centre and present the students with prizes every step of their journey with us to help build their confidence and self belief. We can help those students who are falling behind with Reading, Writing or Maths as well as help those students who are excelling, working towards entrance exams or GCSEs.
If you are concerned that your child is falling behind, call our centre on 01905 734992 / 07473 885883 to book a Free assessment where we can help to identify the gaps in their learning and see how we can help to support you and your child. n
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HR1 2NG. Come and get close up to archaeology at Hereford Cathedral! What Lies Beneath? is the culmination of a year’s research
AUTUMN POTTERY SESSIONS
into discoveries made during recent
Eastnor Pottery, Home Farm, Eastnor,
restoration work on St John’s
Ledbury HR8 3RD. Family pottery fun
Walk. The project unearthed some
through-out the Autumn. Pottery
surprising stories and fascinating
open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Simply
artefacts. Human bones were also
email admin@eastnorpottery.
discovered, and some of these
co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book
will be on display, giving insights
a session, turn up and choose
into some of the diseases which
from an exciting menu of pottery
affected our ancestors, and are still
projects using real clay and the
experienced today. Cost: Adults £6
potter’s wheel. No minimum order
Conc. £5.
of participants required and projects
www.herefordcathedral.org
start at just £5. Excellent & creative indoor activity. Telephone or email booking essential. 01531 633886
Dr Kate Williams, broadcaster Andy
throughout October & November.
Kershaw and Antiques Roadshow
www.got2sing.co.uk
glass expert Andy McConnell. The
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Saturday 1st October – Sunday 6th November
afternoon programme is an eclectic mix of talks and presentations
Friday 14th
from the history of World War One
NELL BRYDEN
Fashions to the world of Micro-
Huntingdon Hall, Huntingdon
engraving, including George Egg:
Hall, CrownGate, Worcester,
Anarchist Cook, news reader and
Worcestershire, WR1 3LD. A darling
presenter Charlotte Green, Archers’
of BBC Radio 2, Nell Bryden has
star Sunny Ormonde, Lesley Smith
become a listeners’ favourite in
appearing as Margaret Thatcher
recent years for her powerful,
and the annual Max Keen Lecture
soaring vocals and accomplished
examines Hereward the Wake, in
song writing. After a career that has
Max’s inimitable style.
seen many ups and downs, she is to
www.bewdleyfestival.co.uk
many the true definition of musical independence, dedicating her life to
Monday 10th – Saturday 15th
touring and producing material full of integrity and truth. Her most recent album Wayfarer is brimming with
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
uplifting tracks, celebrating life, love
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road,
and finding happiness. Cost: £19
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HB. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the classic tale of Holly Golightly written
PUDDING NIGHT
by Truman Capote and so memorably
Jinney Ring Craft Centre, Hanbury
portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in
Road, Hanbury, Bromsgrove,
the iconic 1961 film, is being given a
Worcestershire, B60 4BU. A light
new lease of life as a stage play. See
supper followed by as many desserts
website for times and prices.
as you can manage from a hot and
www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
cold selection served from the counter. Menu and further details
Monday 10th October – Sunday 6th November APPLE HARVEST AT BROCKHAMPTON ESTATE Brockhampton Eastate, Greenfields,
available on the Jinney Ring Craft Centre website. Tickets available by phone, online or in The Gift Shop. Cost: 26.50 - £28 Time: 7.30 – 11pm www.jinneyring.co.uk
Bringsty, Worcester WR6 5TB.
Saturday 15th
GREENSTAGE GALLERY ART EXHIBITION
Wander through the orchards and choose some freshly picked
FREE FROM & GLUTEN FREE FOOD FAIR
JAPANESE GHOSTS and DEMONS
The Hop Pocket Shopping Village,
apples to take home. Support our
Hereford Halo Leisure Centre,
New House, Bishops Frome,
habitat diversity by enjoying our
Holmer Road, Hereford, HR4 9UD.
Ashmolean Museum, 65 High
Worcestershire WR6 5BT. Visit the
apple harvest. Standard admission
Coeliac UK - Hereford Group will be
Street, Broadway, Worcs WR12
Greenstage Gallery and see art work
charges apply plus £1 for 6 apples.
holding their annual Free From &
7DP. Woodblock prints from the
by artists Jane Eccles and Frans
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
Gluten Free Food Fair from 11:00am
Ashmolean Museum. Look out for
Wesselman. Free entry.
brockhampton-estate
- 2:00pm. Lots of exhibitors including
the spooky children’s trails based
www.hoppocket.co.uk
admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk
on our special autumn exhibition Japanese Ghosts and Demons in
new companies and gluten free fish
Wednesday 12th
and chips. Also, new this year we will be holding cookery demonstrations
4pm from Tuesday – Sunday. Adults
Friday 7th Sunday 16th
£5 Children £2 under 5’s free. www.
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL
Kindle Centre, Belmont Road, Hereford
ashmoleanbroadway.org
Bewdley Town Centre, Load Street,
HR2 7JE. We will be rehearsing brand
Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2AE.
new pop and rock songs, learning
Evening events offer music from The
vocal technique and having lots of fun
WHAT LIES BENEATH?
Rutles, Judie Tzuke, and Anne Reid
by making friends and singing great
CLIMB ON BIKES’ AUTUMN CHARITY ROAD RIDE
Hereford Cathedral, 5 College
plus comedy from Miles Jupp, and
songs. Free first taster session for all.
Climb On Bikes 24-25 Coningsby St,
Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford
from Radio and TV; history presenter
Also taking place every Wednesday
Hereford HR1 2DY. Bikes leave from
October Half term!! Open 10am –
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OPEN REHEARSAL FOR GOT 2 SING ADULT CHOIR
and Short Mat Bowls. Entry by local-groups/hereford
donation. www.coeliac.org.uk/
Children’s Half Term Pottery Sessions
‘Hubble Bubble’
26th October 2016
Book your space now!
Bromsgrove 01926 651159 bromsgrove@stagecoach.co.uk
Kidderminster 01562 66194 kidderminster@stagecoach.co.uk
Cwmbran & Monmouth 01633 662283 cwmbran@stagecoach.co.uk
Ledbury & Malvern 01684 439452 malvern@stagecoach.co.uk
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R the shop at 9.30am. Don’t be one of those people who tuck their bikes away just because it’s getting a little colder outside. Get out, get cycling, and help raise some money for charity. The latest of Climb On Bike’s organised rides, you can choose
10k the castle’s outskirts. That’ll
our sturdy oaks, craggy pines,
6pm sharp. Cost: £2 per child www.
be followed by a 2k run around the
bluebells and primroses, badgers and
worcswildlifetrust.co.uk
castle gardens. At the end of the
dormice. We value the history and
race, they’ll be well greeted with
heritage of places that have been
a friendly face, a medal and the
woodland since before the Norman
FUNGI FORAY
opportunity to use the ice bath, hot
Conquest. But only a generation
The Sturts North Nature Reserve
tub and receive a sports massage.
ago we were all set to wipe them
car park, Ailey Lane, Kinnersley,
Fees include a full pre-race brief,
out. It was said that in the space
Herefordshire, HR3 6NY. Wanna
accurate time, bike racking, fully
of just 30 years, nearly half of our
know more about nature, especially
signed and marshalled routes,
ancient woods were destroyed. How
fungus? Then come to explore the
post-race recover, access to Croft
and why did this happen? And who
range of interesting grassland fungi
Castle and finisher medal. Ticket
prevented them all being lost? A Tale
at the Trust’s Sturts North Nature
price: £30 and competitors
of Trees features the voices of those
Reserve with local expert Sheila
are asked to raise money in
who cut down the woods and those
Spence. This is a fundraising
sponsorship for the Hospice.
who saved what was left. Time: 7pm
event for Herefordshire
Time: 10am registration, 11am event starts
from a 31- or 44-mile route and you even get free coffee and cake at the end of the ride. It’s open to all ages and abilities, and is free but any donations will go to a local charity.
Sunday 16th ROSS RBL ANNUAL POPPY CONCERT John Kyrle High School, Ledbury Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 7ET. Once again Ross RBL are pleased to be helping to organise this now very popular local “Royal Albert Hall” Event. Ross Town Band will be joined by a choir of local school children plus a “local surprise act” if they can be persuaded to join in. Local Royal British Legion Standards will be paraded to the British Legion March. There will be a grand raffle and refreshments in the interval. A very popular event that you will need to book tickets for, but they will also be available on the door. Cost: £7.50 www.branches.britishlegion. org.uk/branches/ross
HEREFORDSHIRE XC DUATHLON for ST MICHAEL’S HOSPICE Croft Castle, Yarpole, HR6 9PW. This charity duathlon should prove popular with runners, cyclists, and all-round athletes alike as they speed past one of Herefordshire’s most iconic landmarks. Set in the grounds of Croft Castle, participants will start with a 4k run up to the Croft Iron Age Hill Fort before cycling
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Wildlife Trust. Please pre-
Tuesday 18th – Saturday 21st
book online or call 01432 356872. Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm. Cost: £6
EASTNOR CASTLE MUD BATH
SHAKESPEARE’S ‘KING JOHN’
Eastnor Castle Deer Park, near
Worcester Cathedral, Chapter
Ledbury, HR8 1RL. A family-friendly
Office, 8 College Yard, Worcester,
mud run race around the Eastnor
Worcestershire, WR1 2LA.
Thursday 20th – Sunday 30th
Castle estate, with the option of a
Shakespeare’s ‘King John’.
HALLOWEEN TRAIL
well-deserved post-course pint for
Performance lasts 80mins approx.
Croome (National Trust), Visitor
the grown-ups. You can run a 10km,
with no interval. To book tickets
Centre, Croome D’Abitot, Nr High
5km or 2.5km course at this year’s
phone Worcester Live Box Office
Green, Worcestershire, WR8 9DW.
Mini Mud Bath event. With Eastnor
01905 611427. Please see website
Follow clues round the park, to find
being home to the Land Rover test
for times. Cost: £16 evening
the monster, Frankenstein. Cost: £2
centre with over 60 miles of trails
performance or £12.50 matinee.
per child. Normal admission applies.
winding through deer park and
www.worcestercathedral.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
woodland, expect plenty of man-
co.uk
made trenches and troughs to add to the all-important muddy experience.
Friday 21st
The registration fee is £23 or £25 for
Wednesday 19th
affiliated and unaffiliated athletes
AFTERNOON RACING
HARVEST CELEBRATION at WESTON’S CIDER
respectively for the 10km race (min
Worcester Racecourse, Pitchcroft,
The Bounds, Much Marcle, Ledbury,
age 15), £16 or £18 for the 5km race
Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3EJ.
Herefordshire HR8 2NQ. Bring family
(min age 12), and £10 for the 2.5km
Afternoon Racing at the Worcester
and friends to celebrate the end of
Mini Mud Bath. For an extra £5 you
Racecourse. See website for prices.
good harvest. Enjoy an evening tour
can enjoy a beer and hog roast after
www.worcester-racecourse.
of the Cider Mill to see the apples
the race. Spectators can tuck in too
co.uk
being milled and then sit down to a
for just £8. Veggie, gluten free and
delicious two course supper. Contact
soft drink options are all available at point of registration. Time: 10am start.
Tuesday 18th
us today to purchase your tickets.
CLUB WOW – CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
01531 660108. (Limited tickets
Lower Smite Farm, Worcestershire
www.westons-cider.co.uk
available) Cost: £19.95 per person
Wildlife Trust, Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ.
A TALE OF TREES by DEREK NIEMAN
Discover the wildlife of the farm at
Saturday 22nd
night in search of owls, bats and
Rossiter Books, 7 High Street, Ross-
other night-time wildlife treasures.
SCHOOL OF JUNK WITH ECHO
on-Wye HR9 5HL. Guardian nature
Activities are designed for children
The Courtyard, Edgar Street,
columnist Derek Niemann has
aged 5+ All children under age 8
Hereford, HR4 9JR. One man’s
written a book about Britain’s trees,
must be accompanied by an adult.
rubbish is another man’s treasure.
and will be visiting Ross-on-Wye
Please wear suitable clothing and
And, with that in mind, The
to talk about it and sign copies on
footwear for whatever the weather.
Courtyard in Hereford want you
October 18th. From the organisers:
Email Hannah or call for more
to build models and decorations
“We are a nation that loves its
information. No need to book (unless
to transform the venue for a week
ancient woods and trees. We prize
otherwise stated) but we start at
of Space and Adventure. From the
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R organisers: “Book onto this session if you LOVE using your imagination and making stuff, especially from a pile of ‘rubbish’. We don’t have NASAs budget so if you want to help, please save any clean packaging,
Saturday 22nd – Monday 31st HALLOWEEN HALF TERM Churchfields Farm, Salwarpe, Droitwich, Worcestershire WR9 0AH. Join us for a selection of children’s activities over the half term holiday! Craft activities include Jumping Clay, Crafty Jeweller and
can get messy in.” Time: From 11am. Cost: £6
with a Halloween Disco. Prices and times vary so please contact us on telephone number: 01905 451289 or Email: thebarn@churchfields-farm. co.uk
Butford Farm, Bowley Lane, Bodenham, Hereford HR1 3LG. Course runs from 9.30am to 4.00pm. Learn to make cider the Butford Way. Here at Butford Organics we believe cider making should be simple and straightforward. This makes our approach ideal for the enthusiastic individual who wants to
band playing ‘dead’ in our ‘Sleepy Hollow’ graveyard. Early purchase discounted tickets now available on our web shop or in the tea room. Cost: £5.00 24th - 27th October and £7.50 28th - 31st October. www. ralphcourtgardens.co.uk
Saturday 22nd – Sunday 30th PUMPKIN TRAIL Worcester Road, Wychbold, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0DG. Halloween pumpkins have taken over The Riverside Gardens! Can you find all the clues to solve the creepy puzzle and win yourself a prize? Walk around our spooky Riverside Gardens at our Wychbold store. Wellies advised! Time: 11am – 4pm. Cost: Free entry. www.webbs.co.uk
Tuesday 25th WARNDON’S BIG DRAW St Wulstan’s Church Hall, Cranham Drive, 1pm - 4pm. Your local City Councillors Elaine and Jo and County Council candidate Ceri the dots, colour in or doodle the
with ambitions to develop a cider making business. The awards we receive each year are proof of the success of our philosophy. The day covers: Review of cider through the ages, Fruit types, Cider production – collection of fruit, milling, pressing, fermentation, Orchard walk, Cider
Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia (PG) The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PD. Monday: 7.30pm, Tuesday 12.30pm. £1. www.thehiveworcester.org
processing – maturing, blending, preserving, bottling, Lunch, Practical
Draw is an arts education charity that promotes visual literacy and the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention. Help us turn STEM Science Technology Engineering Maths to STEAM Science Technology Engineering Art Maths. Keep Art on the curriculum!! Contact:
milling and pressing session, Perry – particular considerations, Equipment, Legislative framework, Cider and perry tasting, Summing up. Cost: £95 per person. www.butfordorganics.co.uk
HALLOWEEN EVENINGS Ralph Court Gardens, Edwyn Ralph, Bromyard, Herefordshire HR7 4LU. The musical fountain will light up playing spooky tunes. In addition for those who feel brave enough,
Story Pit Tales The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PD. 10am & 11am. Part of the Worcester Storytelling Festival for Children. Art and story themed sessions for Under 5’s. Free. www.thehiveworcester.org
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we will create a walk through horror tunnel that is full of the most horrific sights, sounds and
Eastnor Pottery, Home Farm, Eastnor, Ledbury HR8 3RD. Children’s Pottery Sessions in ½ term. ‘Hubble Bubble’ Make and paint a clay cauldron brimming with pottery potions and ceramic spells! Sessions designed for and older siblings will never be turned away: 11.30am-1pm 4-8YRS and 2-3.30pm 9-12YRS. Places cost £15 per child with a 10% discount for x3 or more places booked. Telephone or email booking essential. 01531 633886 admin@ eastnorpottery.co.uk
TEEN PAINTBALL Oaker Wood Leisure, Nr. Kingsland, Leominster, HR6 9PT. Time: 9.30am – 3pm. Full day of Paintballing for Teenagers aged 11-16. Cost: £30 per person. www. oakerwoodleisure.co.uk/ what-we-offer/ho
lainewilliams@hotmail.co.uk Phone 07903828614 Big Draw website www.thebigdraw.org or Twitter: @lainevwilliams
Tuesday 25th – Thursday 27th OCTOBER HALF TERM HOLIDAY CLUB Oaker Wood Leisure, Nr. Kingsland, Leominster, HR6 9PT. Time: 9am – 3.30pm. Take advantage of the last few rays of Autumn sunshine and encourage your children and teens out into the fresh air. Oaker Wood
Monday 24th – Monday 31st
HUBBLE BUBBLE AT EASTNOR POTTERY
afternoon away. (All free). The Big
learn how to make cider and perry without complications or those
Wednesday 26th
two age groups although younger
invite you to draw, scribble, join
Webbs, Wychbold, Garden Centre,
BUTFORD ORGANICS CIDER MAKING COURSE
we will have our dancing skeleton
Face Painting. The week culminates
sparkly and shiny things or tubes. You will need to wear clothes you
the restaurant. New for this year
Leisure near Leominster have some great Multi- Activity Days for 7-12 year olds. Activities will include a range from Climbing, Zip Wires, Low Ropes, Fire Building, and Target Shooting together with some special Halloween Woodland activities. A full day of activities costs £23.50 or
Wednesday 26th October – Sunday 27th November REDDITCH: IT’S FARMING HISTORY AT FORGE MILL & BORDESLEY ABBEY Needle Mill Lane, Riverside, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 8HY. It is hard to believe, when crossing modern Redditch, that until well into the 20th Century it was a small industrial town surrounded by farmland, populated by many small farms. In this fascinating exhibition, The Redditch Local History Society using maps, photographs and images, illustrate this forgotten landscape and show that the present day Redditch still retains evidence of this earlier history. Museum opening times and admission charges apply. www.forgemill.org.uk
£42 for 2 days, £60 for 3 days www. oakerwoodleisure.co.uk/ what-we-offer/ho
Thursday 27th Little Frankenstein
revolting smells. In addition we will
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts,
be offering special themed food and
Worcester WR1 3PD. 2pm. Storytelling
drinks in our restaurant from 5pm.
by Lempen Puppet Theatre Company.
Booking is highly recommended for
Puppeteer Frank Norman Stein is busy
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R rehearsing his new show “George the Dragon Slayer” but he’s finding it really difficult with his badly made puppets that keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Dr Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change his life forever. Tickets £4. Suitable for everyone from 5 – 105 years old.
Monster Making Workshop
the spooky children’s trails based
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts,
Japanese Ghosts and Demons in
Worcester WR1 3PD. 3.15pm –
October Half term!! Open 10am –
4.30pm. Storytelling by Lempen
4pm from Tuesday – Sunday. Adults
Puppet Theatre Company. £2.50.
£5 Children £2 under 5’s free.
Suitable for 7 – 11 years.
www.ashmoleanbroadway.org
www.thehiveworcester.org
Hereford Sixth Form College, Folly Lane, Hereford HR1 1LU. Talk by Professor Dave Goulson, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust,
Thursday 27th – Saturday 29th
Hereford Cathedral, 5 College
GHOST TRAINS AT SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
HR1 2NG. Come and get close
Number One Comberton Place,
Cathedral! What Lies Beneath? is
Kidderminster, DY10 1QR. Dare to take
the culmination of a year’s research
a thrilling ride in the dark! Evening
into discoveries made during recent
trains depart from, and hopefully
restoration work on St John’s
return to, Kidderminster. Cost: £10 per
Walk. The project unearthed some
adult. www.svr.co.uk
surprising stories and fascinating
author of numerous publications and popular books including A Sting in
Saturday 29th
will be on display, giving insights
Story Pit Tales
into some of the diseases which
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts,
affected our ancestors, and are still
Worcester WR1 3PD. 10am & 11am.
experienced today. Cost: Adults £6
Part of the Worcester Storytelling
Conc. £5.
Festival for Children. Art and story
www.herefordcathedral.org
www.thehiveworcester.org
and currently Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. Bumblebees
NOVEMBER
are amongst the most clever and remarkable of insects and the talk
Throughout November
will outline some of their fascinating
AUTUMN POTTERY SESSIONS
behaviours, including how they use
Eastnor Pottery, Home Farm, Eastnor,
their smelly feet to avoid empty flowers.
Ledbury HR8 3RD. Family pottery fun
Prof Goulson will also discuss the
through-out the Autumn. Pottery open
various causes of bee declines, including
Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Simply email
the controversy over the effects of
admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel
neonicotinoids pesticides, and go on
01531 633886 to book a session, turn
to consider the many ways we can all
up and choose from an exciting menu
pitch in and help these vital insects,
of pottery projects using real clay and
from planting bee-friendly flowers in
the potter’s wheel. No minimum order
our gardens and parks to taking part in
of participants required and projects
nationwide citizen science surveys. This
start at just £5. Excellent & creative
is a fundraising evening with all profits
indoor activity. Telephone or email
raised going to support the work of the
booking essential. 01531 633886.
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust. Doors open
admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk
at 7pm and Orchard Origins will run a bar throughout the evening, serving local ciders and apple juice. The talk will start at 7:45pm until 8.50pm, followed
JAPANESE GHOSTS and DEMONS
by an opportunity to pose questions at
Ashmolean Museum, 65 High
the end of the talk. Cost: £10.50.
Street, Broadway, Worcs WR12
www.herefordshirewt.org
7DP. Woodblock prints from the Ashmolean Museum. Look out for
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up to archaeology at Hereford
discovered, and some of these
the Tale and A Buzz in the Meadow (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment)
Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford
artefacts. Human bones were also
themed sessions for Under 5’s. Free.
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Friday 4th FIREWORK NIGHT Friends of Red Hill Primary School, Red Hill Primary School, Midhurst Close, Worcester WR5 2HX. This fun evening of family entertainment features a musical fireworks display at 7pm, with BBQ, bar, snacks & glow novelties.
WHAT LIES BENEATH?
www.thehiveworcester.org
SAVING OUR BUMBLEBEES
on our special autumn exhibition
Gates open at 6pm, with tickets £5 (adult) & £3.50 (child) on the night. Advance tickets are available from the school office at discounted rates of £4 (adult) & £2.50 (child). www.redhillprimary.org
Saturday 5th Tricksters The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PD. 11.30am. Original piece of interactive dance and theatre in which all the boys and girls have to find a way to out-trick a trickster and find their way home. Taking inspiration from trickster mythology from around the world the performance explores the hidden world inside these stories. £1. www.thehiveworcester.org
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dancefest Their work is about joining in – they run over 30 weekly classes across Herefordshire and Dancefest exists to enable anyone to experience the joy of dance. In their eyes everyone is a dancer, regardless of age, ability or experience.
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Worcestershire, have three youth companies, lead projects in schools, colleges and universities as well as in community settings, such as residential homes.
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You can start dancing with Dancefest at 18 months old and continue until you’re 108 if you like! There are classes to be creative, to have fun, to get fit, to develop contemporary technique and choreography skills, and there are many opportunities to perform.
Dancefest pride themselves on delivering work of high quality that makes a genuine difference to people’s lives, all led by an experienced professional team. 01905 611199 dancefest.co.uk n
BBC INFLATABLES Organizing a children’s party can be quite daunting and here at BBC Inflatables we are well aware of the importance of everything being just right. With that in mind we go the extra mile to ensure we can offer you the very best entertainment equipment, soft play and service. We never sit back on our laurels as Worcestershire’s premier inflatable hirer and are always adding new equipment to our already fabulous range. Recent new additions include: • Children’s Electric Go Karts with a choice of 3 fabulous tracks suitable for outdoor and indoor hire subject to the size of venue • Laser Quest in an awesome 36 ft x 36 ft arena. A choice of team games or last man standing are available.
• Snowboard Simulator so you don’t have to go to St Moritz to hit the slopes! • Football Radar Shootout • Adult Pedal Go Karts • A stunning Santa’s Grotto which can be hired with or without Santa and Elves. Wrapped presents are also available if required. • Santa’s Cabin Photo Booth. Great entertainment with memories and ideal for any Christmas party. If you are organising an adult or children’s party, please remember we have a huge selection of suitable equipment including Rodeos, Obstacle Courses, Candy Floss, Popcorn, Bungee Runs and Duels. Visit www.bbcinflatables.co.uk and prepare to be amazed. n
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e r t a e Th S w o h S ’S n e r d l i h C Family &
The Artrix Tel: 01527 577330 DON’T DRIBBLE ON THE DRAGON
10:30am - 3pm. Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains
The courtyard
and Buddhists. The Festival of Lights
Tel: 01432 340555
reaffirms the things in life that
join him on his incredible journey, you’ll have a whale of a time! Tickets: £6
activities, crafts and Indian food.
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE
Saturday 22nd October, 2pm.
There will be performances of Indian
Saturday 15th October, 11am.
PITSCHI – THE KITTEN WITH DREAMS
Tom is a toddler with a cool older
dance and music to watch. Organised
Charlie Hubble is a little boy with
Thursday 27th October,
brother, a secret dragon… and a
in partnership with Bromsgrove’s
a very big dream, he wants to be a
11am. Little Swiss kitten Pitschi is
dribbling problem that just won’t
Indian Community, there will be
world class magician. So, he saves
not happy, she would rather be a
stop! When Tom’s endless drooling
lots to see and do (and taste!) and
up his pocket money to buy The Big
chicken, a goat, a rabbit, a duck…
threatens to tear the brothers’
everyone is welcome! Supported by
Book of Magic for Trainee Magicians.
for after all anything is better than
friendship apart can their dragon’s
Bromsgrove District Council. Small
Then he sets off to Mr Zacoor’s Toy
being a cat! Come enjoy this perfect
amazing magic help them put it back
charge for some activities.
Shop to buy his spell book. But Mr
show for young children, full of good
together again or will it only end
Zacoor is no ordinary shopkeeper,
humour, music, song and adventure.
up making things worse? Based on
he’s a real life Sorcerer. And he
Tickets: £6
matter most. Join us for fun family
the fabulous new book by Steven
SHARK IN THE PARK
Lee and with magic designed by
Tuesday 25th October, 2pm
Courtyard Family Saturdays - Free
the legendary Paul Daniels, this
and 4pm. Timothy Pope is looking
and fun pre-activity from 10.30am:
spectacular musical adventure about
through his telescope –but wait, is
Learn magic tricks! Show starts at
growing up and the importance of
that a Shark, in the Park!? From the
11am. Tickets: £6
family is the perfect feel good show
creative team behind Hairy Maclary
for big hearted adults and loving little
& Friends - see all 3 of Nick Sharratt’s
ones alike. A heart-warming story
‘Shark in the Park’ books live on
full of love, laughs and sing along
stage! Featuring all 3 of the ‘Shark in
THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
songs, this is perfect entertainment
the Park’ Series – Shark in the Park,
Tuesday 25th October, 11am.
lively interpretation of this favourite
for adults and children alike - and
Shark in the Dark and Shark in the
One of the best loved classics for
comic operetta complete with live
brilliant fun! For adults and cool
Park on a Windy Day – this fin-tastic,
children comes to life, literally.
orchestra. On the coast of Cornwall
kids of all ages (not recommended
family musical follows Timothy Pope
Crickets, cats, foxes and, of course,
a gang of pirates play and party. If
for under 2s) Run time approx 60
(and his telescope!) on 3 exciting
the world-famous puppet, will spring
you enjoyed Oliver and Flanders and
minutes. Tickets: £11, Children
adventures… The show is 50-55
out of our collection of dusty, old,
Swann you will love this. Directed by
£9. www.ptc.org.uk
minutes and aimed at 2-7 year olds.
magic books while Patrick Lynch from
Sylvia Silver. Tickets: £12
Tickets: £11.50, Under 16’s
CBeebies pulls all the strings and
£9.50
turns all the pages to bring you the
DIWALI FAMILY FUN DAY Sunday 23rd October ,
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has a very special job for Charlie…
true story of Pinocchio, no lie. Who nose? He might even find his father and become a real boy. Come and
The conquest Tel: 01885 488575 PIRATES OF PENZANCE Wednesday 19th - Saturday 22nd October, 7:30pm. Conquest Productions present: A
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adults especially for children aged 3
Theatre owS Family & Children’S Sh
ludlowassemblyrooms Tel: 01584 873229
plus! They make a fun birthday treat! Tickets: £1.50
palace theatre Tel: 01527 65203 FATHER CHRISTMAS NEEDS A WEE!
worcester live Tel: 01905 611427 WALKING ON SUNSHINE Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th November, 7:30pm and Saturday matinee 2:30pm. An evening of entertainment, full of
Saturday 5th November,
inspiring songs, spectacular dance
over identical twins, witches,
10:30am. Father Christmas is
and laugh out loud comedy. Tickets:
Cleopatra and the quarrelling
back on his rounds… and he still
£14 (opening night £12)
Montagues and Capulets. A novel,
needs a WEE! At every house Father
and fun, way to introduce children
Christmas eats and drinks the tasty
to the delights of Shakespeare. This
treats that have been left for him.
event will take place in Malvern
But when he reaches number ten
Saturday 22nd at 12 noon &
Theatres Circle Bar. Tickets: £6.72
he realises that he’s forgotten to do
What, No Fireworks! by Angela Lanyon (Amateur Hirer)
Sunday 23rd at 1pm. Come on an
(including 12% booking fee)
ADVENTURES IN SHAKESPEARE
something rather important and he
Location: Swan Theatre
exciting adventure into the world of
really, really, really needs a WEE!
Saturday 5th November,
Shakespeare and discover the drama,
TaleGate Theatre hit the perfect
10.30am & 11.45am. Join in the
combination of witty humour,
fun, songs and audience participation
fun, humour and magic. Parents and
BLOWN AWAY
children become players together
Tuesday 18th October
in a Shakespearean world. What
fantastic music and the extra
in popular plays for two-to-nine-year-
Times: 1.30pm & 4.30pm. ‘A
can we learn about Shakespeare
sparkle for which they have become
olds. Two inept witches, Dumbella
windy day, a brand new kite, for
from young people - we’re always
Penguin Blue a maiden flight…’ Meet
known in this fabulously funny and
and Dumbelina, encounter the
telling them they must read and
Penguin Blue and friends as they go
brilliantly bouncy musical adaptation
Firework Master and the Man in the
appreciate him but do we really
on an acrobatic Antarctic adventure
of Nicholas Allan’s much loved book.
Moon. Tickets: £2.50 (Groups of
listen to what they think about him?
full of good ideas, homesickness
Tickets: £12, Conc. £10
10 or more £2.25 per ticket.
This workshop is for parents/
and the perils of kites. With a trio
grand-parents/ guardians and
of acrobatic penguins, alongside
children together (ages 9 to
magical puppetry and live music
99). Tickets: £5 (parents free)
Metta Theatre’s Blown Away is a joyous stage adaptation of Rob
CAMPFIRE STORIES
Biddulph’s award winning children’s book. Fun for all the family! Ages 3+
Sunday 23rd October, 2:10pm.
Tickets: £7.84 (Including 12%
A weekend of words. Join us around
Booking Fee)
the campfire to share a tale. Under imaginary stars, by the glow of the weaving words into stories. Bring a
SHADOW PUPPETS WORKSHOP
torch to this event. Suitable for ages
Thursday 27th October
8+. Tickets: £2
Times: 2-4pm. Come and let your
flame, hear the sounds of the dark,
youngsters throw ideas into our
malvern theatre Tel: 0845 287 2146 BARDOLPH’S BOX
creative cauldron. They will make their very own shadow puppet which will then perform in the latter part of the session as the music sets the scene. For ages 4-7 years. Tickets:
Tuesday 11th - October to
£6.50 (including 12% booking
Saturday 15th October Times:
fee)
Tuesday & Friday 10.30am & 1pm Saturday 10.30am. Three actors take on many roles in this interactive rollercoaster ride through Shakespeare’s stories – perfect for
norbury theatre Tel: 01905 770154
ages 8-12 and their families! As
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
well as the Young Prince Hal and his
Saturday 15th October,
friend Bardolph, witness confusion
2:30pm. A short play performed by
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Perdiswell Young People’s Leisure Club Perdiswell Park, Droitwich Road, Worcester. WR3 7SN
Tel: 07853 248311 www.toniapeterspsychologist-herefordshire.co.uk
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