Activity Programme December 2012
Morning Coffee Tour Meet leader Gavin Hamilton for coffee and a chat at 9.30 am every Tuesday and Thursday followed by a visit to a museum or a guided walk together. See the weekly posters on the notice board for details.
Extra English Club Do you want a free extra English lesson? Are you having trouble with your homework? FK Teacher Sophie is here to help.Extra English Club is on Mondays from 4.30pm to 5.30pm at 77 Gloucester Road on the third floor.
Drawing Club Join Liz and share your love of drawing. The class is every Tuesday from 4.15 to 5.15pm in room 3.5 at 77 Gloucester Road.
CHRISTMAS IN LONDON? £15
Oxford Circus Underground Station 9.00pm
LADIES £15
10%
SAVE
£13
Film Club Come and watch a movie in English. Every week on Wednesday. This is a great opportunity to practise your English and meet new friends. Meet in room 3.2 at Gloucester road at 4.15 pm. Bring your own pop-corn!
Christmas Course 2012 SAVE
14%
£18
SAVE
Celebrate this Christmas and New Year with Frances King. Learn about British life and traditions at Christmas time with our great Christmas course. Fantastic leisure and sightseeing programme in the afternoons and at the weekend. First week 20 lessons (December 17-21) Second week 12 lessons (December 24 and 27-28). For more information please ask at reception.
17%
£14
MADAME TUSSAUDS
PARTIES THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER
38%
SAVE
SAVE
£20
FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER
33%
14%
SAVE
£17
50% discount offered to current students
Old Street Underground Station
10pm-3am
GUYS £25
£5 ADVANCE TICKETS
£15 ON THE DOOR
CHRISTMAS @ CHINAWHITE
CLUB ACQUARIUM
WED 12TH DECEMBER
FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER
South Kensington Underground Station FREE ENTRY
10.30pm
BETWEEN 10.30 AND 11.30PM
14%
£19
Please note that... on Christmas Day Just one or two pubs are open, everything else is closed! On Boxing Day (26/12) the sales start; head to the shops and grab a bargain.
ADVANCE 10.30pm-5.30am £8TICKETS
£16 ON THE DOOR
£25
WINCHESTER CHRISTMAS MARKET
Friday 14th December
£249
EDINBURGH AND SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
15th-16th December
from
£99
SAVE
Elephant & Castle Underground Station
Saturday 8th December
TOURS
£18
SAVE
MINISTRY OF SOUND
BOUJIS
10%
SAVE
BRUSSELS CHRISTMAS MARKET
31%
£18
Sunday 2nd/ 9th/ 16th
£74
BRUGES CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Friday 7th and Monday 24th
£239
PARIS BY COACH
23th-28th December
from
£389
CHRISTMAS IN SWITZERLAND
SAVE
20%
£4
Saturday 8th and Thursday 27th
£55
A DAY IN WALES
Saturday 1st/8th/15th
£49
YORK CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Monday 24th December
£299
CHRISTMAS IN AMSTERDAM
There is no Public Transport in London. Taxis charge triple-time so beware! remember that you can always use hired bikes!
Sunday 30th December
£45
LEEDS CASTLE AND ROCHESTER
Sunday 16th and Friday 28th
£49
ISLE OF WIGHT
Saturday 8th/15th December
£65
BRUGES CHRISTMAS MARKETS
December WHAT’S GOING ON IN LONDON.... SOUTHBANK CENTRE CHRISTMAS MARKET
Until 23rd
All month
The traditional German-style wooden huts of the Southbank Centre Christmas Market return to Queen's walk along the river (between the Southbank Centre and the London Eye), selling toys and gifts, food and drink. To set the seasonal scene, twice a day various choirs will sing carols and Christmas songs. www.christmasmarkets.com Kilburn Park
This exhibition will take a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrasting key paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition considers two different approaches to the idea of the canvas as an arena in which to act: one gestural, the other one theatrical. www.tate.org.uk
WINTER WONDERLAND All month
HOLLYWOOD COSTUME All month
A BIGGER SPLASH
Hyde Park goes all Christmassy with the sparkly additions of rides and attractions including a Giant Observation Wheel and two circuses. Winter Wonderland's ice rink, the biggest outdoor rink in the UK, surrounds the Victorian bandstand and is illuminated with more than 100,000 lights.
Some of cinema's best-known costumes have been gathered together for this major exhibition, which explores the art of costume design and how it helps to build character and storytelling. V&A Museum. South Kensington Underground station. £10.60 full-time students. www.vam.ac.uk
Royal Oak
12
15
The parade starts at 11.45am at the Ritz hotel and proceeds along Piccadilly to Piccadilly Circus, then takes in Lower Regent Street, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and ends at Parliament Square in front of Big Ben. www.visitlondon.com
www.barbican.org.uk
Hoxton
Angel
Russell Square
3
3 Marble
Bond Street
10
Hyde Park Corner
6 14 15
Aldgate
Bank Blackfriars
Temple
Mansion House
Monument
5
Aldgate East
Tower Hill
London Bridge Southwark
Waterloo
Westminister
Borough
8
Lambeth North
St. James Park
22
11 18 21 Gloucester Road
St Paul’s
Covent Garden
Leicester Square Piccadilly Circus Charing Cross Embankment
Queensway
Knightsbridge
Liverpool Street
19
Oxford Circus
Morgate
Chancery Lane
Tottenham Court Road
4
1 Barbican
Holborn
Lancaster Gate
High Street Kensington
Shoreditch High Street Farringdon
Goodge Street
Green Park
Victoria
Elephant & castle
South Kensington
Wetherby Gardens
Sloane Square
13
7 Kennington
Pimlico
14
West Brompton
Vauxhall
Every Tuesday morning. Coffee Tour at 9.30 am
Monday
Tuesday
3 FISH & CHIPS
ACTIVITY PROGRAMME
Experience what it’s like to control the rain. Visitors can choose to simply watch the spectacle or find their way carefully through the rain, putting their trust in the work to the test. Open daily 11am - 8pm. Free admission. For more information visit:
Old Street
Euston Square
Great Portland Street
Regent’s Park
Baker Street
Edgware Marylebone Road Edgware Road
Paddington
Bayswater
Earl’s Court
1st January 2013
Kings Cross
Warren Street
Arch
Notting Hill Gate
All month
Euston
Paddington
12
17
17
St. Pancras
Maida Vale
Warwick Avenue
Natural History Museum once again provides the backdrop for this 1,000-metre-square outdoor ice rink. Returning this year is a rinkside fairground carousel, and spectators can take in the scene with a hot chocolate or mulled wine from the balcony café bar overlooking the ice. www.nhmskating.com
www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com
NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE
RAIN ROOM
Mornington Crecent
St John’s Wood
Euston
5
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ICE RINK All month
Take a walk around The West End. See the window-displays, the shops & the Christmas Lights!
Meet the FK Leader downstairs, inside Bond Street Underground station (near the ticket machines) at 6.30pm. £11 approx.
Meet the FK Leader inside Bond Street Underground station at 3.30pm.
Join us for a trip to Masala Zone for a quality, reasonably priced meal in Soho. Meet the FK Leader inside Leicester Square Underground station at 6.30pm.
Free.
EAST 11 MIDDLE PHOTOGRAPHY Contemporary photography from and about the Middle East. The work reflects the political events that have affected the region over the past 20 years. Meet the FK Leader outside FK Gloucester Road at 3.30pm. Free.
£14 approx.
17 TURKISH RESTAURANT Come and try delicious Turkish mezze –a mix of different meat, vegetable and bean dishes - in a good, cheap restaurant. Meet the FK Leader inside Angel Underground station at 6.30pm. £15 approx.
Thursday THE 6 LIGHTING CHRISTMAS TREE
5 CITY WALK
Join fish aficionados at the Golden Hind, London’s ‘best provider of the national dish’.
10 INDIAN RESTAURANT
Every Thursday morning. Coffee Tour at 9.30 am
Wednesday
4 WEST END CHRISTMAS
18 THE WELLCOME COLLECTION
‘Death: A self-portrait'. A unique collection of beautiful and unusual objects devoted to death and our complex and contradictory attitudes towards it. Meet the FK Leader at Warren Street Underground station at 3.30pm. Free.
20
The City of London has great history and architecture. We start at Monument and end up at St Paul’s Cathedral. Meet the FK Leader inside Monument Underground station at 3.30pm. Free.
Trafalgar Square has been presented with a large Norwegian tree each winter for over 60 years as a token of friendship and gratitude for Britain’s assistance during World War II. See the lighting of the tree, then warm up in a local pub!Meet the FK Leader inside Embankment Underground station at 5.45pm. Free.
CANAL WALK TO PRONUNCIATION 12 CAMDEN MARKET 13 GAMES Enjoy this walk along the Regent’s Canal. See Little Venice, London Zoo and end up in exciting Camden Market! Meet the FK Leader inside Warwick Avenue Underground station at 3.30pm. Free.
19 COVENT GARDEN WALK This area is one of the most interesting in London. Join the group and discover a new part of London. Meet the FK leader at 3.30pm outside Covent Garden Underground station.
Improve your accent! Learn some tips on how to sound more natural and discuss issues about spoken English. It could help you to make your English clearer. Meet the FK Leader in room 3 at 4 Wetherby Gardens at 4.15pm. Free.
20 LIVE JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy some jazz at the Effra Hall pub. Good Jamaican bar food. Music from 9.00pm approx.
Meet the FK Leader inside Brixton Underground station at 8.30pm. Over 18s only. Free. Bring drinks money.
BOOK ACTIVITIES AT RECEPTION!
Friday
Sat/Sunday
7 LATE AT TATE
8 BOROUGH MARKET
‘Late at Tate’ is the perfect opportunity to explore art after hours at Tate Britain. Relax with a drink and enjoy exhibitions, performances, music and talks. Meet the FK Leader inside Pimlico Underground station at 6.00pm. Free.
14 THE NUTCRACKER
Borough market is a great place to sample some fine food from around the world! Also, try some special Christmas food and drink. Meet the FK Leader inside Borough Underground station at 10.30am. Free.
15 WINTER WONDERLAND
Enjoy the fun at this magical fair in Hyde Park, which features the UK's largest ice rink, a huge Ferris wheel and lots of festive treats. Craft stalls offer some great ideas for gifts. Meet the FK Leader inside Hyde Meet the FK Leader inside Park Corner Underground station Embankment Underground Station at 10.30am. at 1.50pm. Free entry: voucher system for Please book at Reception. £10. rides etc. (from £5-£13.50) See the seasonal ballet at the London Coliseum. A fairytale that combines dance with Tchaikovsky’s music to create a magical experience.
21 LOCAL PUB
22 BRIGHTON DAY TRIP
Come and join students and teachers for a final drink before Christmas & New Year in our favourite local pubs!
Visit the Lanes, the medieval fishing quarter and enjoy a walk around the oldest seaside resort in Europe. Meet the FKLeader inside Victoria Train Station, in front of the giant TV screen, near platform 13 at 10am. £12.50
CHRISTMAS DRINK
Meet the FK Leader outside FK Gloucester Road at 4.15pm. Bring drinks money.
If you are running late, or can't find the leader, you can call the activity programme mobile phone number: 07584487962 The leader will wait 15 minutes.