Doncaster Allsorts Christmas 2013

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Christmas 2013

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Your local guide Family days out What’s on?

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Welcome to the Christmas 2013 issue of Inside Story...

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Young cooks: Melting Snowmen Biscuits

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Crafty Creations: Snowball Decorations

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Love your animals

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Great Reads for kids

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Hello… Here comes Christmas...

I hope that you enjoy your handy, free magazine, full of useful information and great ideas.

There is cool stuff to make - try our snowball decorations, or bake our melting snowman biscuits yum!

We have also searched out many of the great activities that you can enjoy in the exciting run up to Christmas, from Santas Grottos and breakfast with Santa, to Christmas Gift Fairs and pantomimes, there is sure to be something to suit everyone.

Allsorts reaches 8500 families in the Doncaster area, most of them with children aged 0-12. Thank you to all the schools, children’s centres, nurseries and businesses involved in ensuring that Allsorts reaches as many families as possible. Full of all things local, it is for mums, dads and children there really is something for everyone.

This is your magazine, call me on 01302 744278 or email paula@todaypublications.co.uk

Best wishes Paula (Editor and Mum)!

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Bluebell Wood Christmas Cards Buying Bluebell Wood Christmas cards is a great way to support us this Christmas.

Join us on our fundraising Choose from 7 beautiful designs Christmas treasure hunt as well as a DIY Christmas at the multi-award winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park card kit! Every pack is priced at just £4.00 including Entry fee includes: A santa suit for adults, flashing postage and packaging and Rudolf nose and antlers for children and a selection all cards are 3 for the price box from Santa meerkat if you complete the treasure of 2! (each pack contains hunt!! PLUS entry to see all the fabulous animals around the park 10 cards and envelopes).

To take a look at our festive collection on our website www.bluebellwood.org/santasafari orwww.bluebellwood.org call us on 01909 517 365 Simply sign up online at;

All funds raised go to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, supporting local children and young people with a shortened life expectancy

Support Bluebell Wood

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Are you tired of writing too many Christmas cards?

Why not use one of our A2 Christmas posters or giant cards which you can display in your workplace. Instead of buying Christmas cards you write your own Christmas message on the card or poster and make a donation, making a difference to our children and families.

If you would like a free card or poster and collection box just give us a call on 01909 517 360.

Merry Christmas

Thank you for supporting

Sienna’s Sparkle Appeal E-card Sienna is a little girl who is just one of the amazing children that we look after at Bluebell Wood.

This Christmas you can support Bluebell Wood and the children we support in a very special way. We are launching Sienna’s Sparkle Appeal and are asking you to make a donation to the hospice instead of buying Christmas cards.

In return for your donation we will send you Sienna’s beautiful Sparkle Appeal video e-card to send to your family and friends showing them why you have decided to donate to this worthy cause.

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We’ve been to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park on the bus, had a day out at Sandall Beat Wood den building, been to church for a special Harvest Festival Service, enjoyed a weekly visit from Little Well Bees using singing, music and movement and learning Makaton, had weekly soccer sessions with coaches from Mini Kicks, had umpteen walks around the village, the duck pond, the playgrounds, the library and the shops, and we have sung in the Church during late night opening.

What’s still to come?

Our Nativity Play for our Mummies, Daddies & Carers, We’re taking a trip to the pantomime! (Oh yes we are!)  We’ll be going to Church for the Christingle service, rd  Santa will be coming to see us on December 23 !

We’ll be so tired by the end of that we’ll need a break!

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Nature Reserve Saturday 7th December; 3:30pm—5:30pm Celebrate the start of the festive season by making a willow lantern, then take a stroll around the nature reserve as we follow a code-cracking trail and sing some festive tunes.

Event Charge: Admission fee plus £1.50 per child.

Sunday 15th December; 10:30am—12:30pm Christmas is nearly here and Santa Claus is making his annual trip to Potteric Carr.

Come along and join the Potteric Elves for a jolly festive time!

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Set in Donny, Cinderella is stuck at home all day looking after her horrid step mum Fiendella, and ugly sisters Salmonella and Rubella, whilst they sit around stuffing their faces and making fart jokes. With only the over-enthusiastic, but ineffectual Buttons for company, it doesn’t look like she’ll be going to the pick-a-princess-ball any time soon. But after a chance encounter, and a wave of dust from fairy god mum, it’s all back on – and the prince, who knew all along that he just wanted to meet somebody normal – has got to go out and find his mystery woman. But how is he supposed to find someone who likes sticks, goal line technology and most importantly, has size 4 feet in a whole kingdom? It seems unlikely, but then sometimes things are just meant to be…

Also at Cast this Christmas is Slung Low’s 59 Minutes to Save Christmas, (14–23 December), an interactive headphone adventure takes little explorers on a journey around the building in an attempt to save Christmas from the evil Professor Meanwood! A fun filled trip for intrepid adventurers and brave parents (who might be useful for reaching the high stuff), direct from a 2012 smash-hit run at the Barbican. Is it too late to save Christmas...

Cast. opened in September, since then over 15,000 people have been through the doors of the town’s cultural living room. Cast is the flagship element of Doncaster’s new £300 million Civic and Cultural Quarter (CCQ). Operated by an independent trust, the building is jointly funded by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and Arts Council England.

Tickets for Cast’s opening season are on sale via Doncaster Ticket Office 01302 303 959 tickets are also available from www.castindoncaster.com

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No-Bot: The Robot with No Bottom

- Sue Hendra Bernard the Robot has an unusual problem.

Can he find the solution? Can he find his bottom?

Bernard is left with no bottom, after an unfortunate incident, in which he leaves it behind on a swing at the park. At first he doesn’t notice, but by the time he does his bottom is long gone – it has been a bird’s nest, a drum and who knows what else!

Sadly for Bernard his friends can’t help, and when they advise him to sit down, he has to remind them that he isn’t a robot any more – he is a no-bot. Will he find his bottom before it is too late?

This book appeals to young children on so many levels. For a start, it is about bottoms.

There is a ‘hide and seek’ element of trying to spot Bernard’s bottom, and even a dance to do.

I challenge you to read without giggling!

Denzil the Mouse

- Katherine Crowe Denzil is a delightful "home grown" joy.

Conceived by Katherine as a bedtime story for her children, Denzil has sprung to life through her daughter Becky's wonderful illustrations.

Denzil is a mouse with a message that is very relevant to children today - he doesn't look like a mouse "should", he's put together all funny, but he finds how to make the best of what he has, and that he has more gifts than he realises, defying the "shoulds" to find his own strengths in the world.

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Jack's Mega Machines - The Rocket Racing Car - Alison Ritchie and Mike Byrne

On the surface, this is a fairly typical picture book for 3 - 6 year olds. Jack is readying his rocket car for an amazing race, helped by Riley the dog. They line up against an array of alien craft and off they go - with all the thrills and spills you might expect.

The bonus, however, is that inside the book is a pull out model of the very rocket Jack is racing in, meaning that young readers can race along with him. Simple and sturdy, it allows the story to be acted out, continued and extended as far as the child's imagination can go - in other words, a very long way.

There are others in the series - a dinosaur digger and a supersonic submarine - which will appeal to the 'collector instinct' which all young boys seem to have. Simply told, engagingly drawn and with just the right balance of excitement, this is definitely one to look out for.

This is the message of the whole book as a mum works to defy the odds and her mission to continue to find joy and create beautiful things even as she deals with the reality of a terminal illness. Denzil the Mouse is a story kids and grown ups will find inspiring and he even has his own website! www.denzilthemouse.co.uk Parties available from £5.99 per child

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