Primary Times West London Feb 17
Adventure Holidays for 7-17 year olds UP TO 40% of * With all activities, tuition, meals and accommodation included, and more choice than ever before, our holidays offer incredible value for money. Call free on 0800 840 3744 or visit www.pgl.co.uk/40 *Terms & conditions apply. Roundabout Your family diary of what’s on and when The Best Family Guide to What’s On Available in the App Store for iphone and Android ONGOING On now, until 26 Feb Chiswick House & Gardens, W4 Magical Lantern Festival A spectacular fusion of art, heritage and culture, as beautifully sculpted lanterns take on various forms. This year’s theme is ‘Explore The Silk Road’, with lantern scenes highlighting the route of trade and culture from Europe to Ancient China. Plus refreshments, merchandise, ice-rink, virtual reality gaming, a mini funfair and more. All ages. 5pm- 10.30pm. Charges apply, booking recommended. www.magicallantern.uk Ongoing now (Sundays only) Camden Arts Centre, NW3 Studio Takeover Taking inspiration from Joachim Koester’s exhibition In the Face of Overwhelming Forces, families will have the opportunity to creatively consider movement, gesture and memory through drawing, film and mixed media. All ages. Drop-in: 2pm-4.30pm. Free. www.camdenartscentre.org From Wed 8 Feb Science Museum, SW7 Robots An exhibition featuring a unique collection of over 100 robots, including 15 working models. Discover how robots and society have been shaped by religious belief, the industrial revolution and by our dreams of the future. All ages. 10am-5pm. Charges apply, booking recommended. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk From Sat 25 Feb (weekends only) WWT London Wetland Centre, SW13 Weekend Family Activities Spot the first signs of spring, enjoy pond-dipping and craft activities and join in with a nature walk. All ages. Drop-in: 9.30am-4.30pm. Entrance charges apply. www.wwt.org.uk FEBRUARY - DAILY DIARY Wed 1 Feb Northwood Library, HA6 Origami Workshop Learn about and create with origami to celebrate Chinese New Year. All ages. 4pm-5pm. Free. www.hillingdon.gov.uk Wed 1 & Sat 4 Feb North Kensington Library, W11 Harry Potter Moving Portraits Imagine having your portrait as a teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Join in and conjure it together! All ages. This workshop is in two parts and children should aim to attend both Wed and Sat sessions. Wed 3.45pm-4.30pm & Sat 10.30am-12noon. Fancy dress is encouraged! www.rbkc.gov.uk Thu 2 Feb Hounslow Library, TW3 Harry Potter Book Night Celebrate the wizarding world of Harry Potter! Take part in some magical crafts, quizzes, games and spells. 4.30pm- 6pm. Ages 7+. Small charge applies, booking required. www.hounslow.info South Ruislip Library, HA4 Harry Potter Book Night Quiz Get together in teams of up to four and test your Harry Potter knowledge with this fun quiz. Ages 7+. 4.30pm-6pm. Free. www.hillingdon.gov.uk Wood End Library, UB6 Harry Potter Book Night Celebrate Harry Potter Book Night by participating in some of Hogwarts’ most exciting classes! All ages. 3.45pm-4.45pm. Free but booking required. www.ealing.gov.uk I saw your event in Primary Times! Please mention us when attending a listed event. 10 Primary Times, West London • February Half Term 2017 Don’t forget to say you saw it in Primary Times!
Sat 4 Feb Harrow Libraries Storytelling activities Celebrate National Storytelling week with stories and crafts at your local library. Sessions include Princess and the Dragon at Gayton Library, Winter Tales to Warm You at Pinner Library and Poetry Storytelling at Roxeth Library. All ages. Times vary - visit the library for details. Free. www.harrow.gov.uk Hounslow Libraries Poetry with Joanna Harker Shaw Join a local poet for poetry writing, book cover crafts and colouring. Meet the Witches of Aira Falls and create witches and monsters to put into your own poetry book. Ages 6+. At Brentford Library 10.30am-11.30am and at Isleworth Library 2pm-3pm. Free but booking required. www.hounslow.info Kensington Central Library, W8 Harry Potter Extravaganza Experience the sorting hat ceremony, earn points for your Hogwarts house and bask in the magic with other likeminded fans. All muggles, witches and wizards are invited! All ages. 1pm-4pm. Free but limited spaces. www.rbkc.gov.uk Wood End Library, UB6 Jack and the Beanstalk craft What’s at the top of the beanstalk? Do you dare to find out? Make your own beanstalk to celebrate National Storytelling Week. All ages. 2pm-3pm. Free. www.ealing.gov.uk We check listings carefully but event details and prices may be subject to change. Please check with the venue. Sun 5 Feb British Museum, WC1 Get your tech on! Connect to the Museum in exciting, new ways using wearable technology. Ages 7+. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Last admission to borrow a device is 3.15pm (A passport, national ID or driver’s licence is required as a deposit). Free. www.britishmuseum.org V&A Museum, SW7 Cabinets of Curiosities for 4017 Explore the Museum to discover curious treasures. What will choose to collect and keep in the future? Select and collect objects and artworks to create your own Cabinet of Curiosities for 4017. All ages. Drop-in: 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.vam.ac.uk Thu 9 - Sun 19 Feb Southbank Centre, SE1 Imagine Children’s Festival 11 days of children’s theatre, literature, music, creative workshops and more. Uncover the magic of storytelling through pictures with Chris Riddell or listen to the popular rhyming stories of Julia Donaldson with a double-bill of The Gruffalo & Room on the Broom. Full programme available online. www.southbankcentre.co.uk Sat 11 Feb Institute Français, SW7 Book Swap Calling all book worms! Enjoy an afternoon of book swapping, fun and special crafty activities, including an origami workshop at 2.30pm. Ages 6+. Drop-in, from 12noon. Free. www.institut-francais.org.uk Royal Institution, W1 Family Fun Day: Supercharged An action-packed day of talks, demonstrations and experiments that explore the exciting supercharged world of energy. All ages. 11am-4pm. Charges apply, booking recommended. www.rigb.org Serpentine Gallery, W2 Winter Family Day Work with artists to construct a temporary studio that will change and grow over the afternoon. All ages. Drop-in: 1pm-5pm. Free. www.serpentinegalleries.org Sat 11 & Sun 12 Feb Tate Britain, SW1 BP Family Festival: Play the Gallery Tate Britain will be transformed into a place of play through games, music and movement, with artist-led activities, creative workshops and more. All ages. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Free. www.tate.org.uk Sat 11 - Fri 17 Feb WWT London Wetland Centre, SW13 Owl Pellet Workshops Owls are amazing animals that swallow their prey whole and as not all of the animal can be digested; part of it is regurgitated in the form of a pellet. Find out what owls eat by identifying the bones within a pellet. You might even be able to reconstruct a skeleton found inside it! Ages 5+. Drop-in: 9.30am- 4.30pm. Charges apply. www.wwt.org.uk Sat 11 - Sun 19 Feb Hampton Court Palace, KT8 Palace Adventures Discover the stories of Hampton Court Palace by taking part in a fun filled, palace adventure. Meet characters, solve puzzles and create your own piece of the past. Ages 5-11. Drop-in: 11am-3pm. Admission charges apply. www.hrp.org.uk London Museum of Water and Steam, TW8 Spectacular Science Take part in special science family activities as well as seeing the railway in steam! Plus enjoy the Spectacular Mad More Roundabout BE GOOD AT BEING YOURSELF EALING 01494 260249 ealing@stagecoach.co.uk stagecoach.co.uk/ealing HARROW 0203 5040100 harrow@stagecoach.co.uk stagecoach.co.uk/harrow Unlock your child’s potential with Stagecoach Performing Arts Singing, dancing and acting classes for 4 - 18 year olds, where students learn to embrace life with creativity and courage ® Creative Courage For Life www.primarytimes.net/west_london STANMORE 0203 5042154 stanmore@stagecoach.co.uk stagecoach.co.uk/stanmore SUDBURY HILL WEMBLEY NORTH 01923 248294 sudburyhill@stagecoach.co.uk stagecoach.co.uk/sudburyhill UXBRIDGE 0208 3570273 uxbridge@stagecoach.co.uk stagecoach.co.uk/uxbridge Primary Times, West London • February Half Term 2017 Stagecoach Performing Arts Schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals. Stagecoach is a registered trademark of Stagecoach Theatre Arts Ltd. 11
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Sat 4 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Harrow Libraries<br />
Storytelling activities<br />
Celebrate National Storytelling week<br />
with stories and crafts at your local<br />
library. Sessions include Princess and<br />
the Dragon at Gayton Library, Winter<br />
Tales to Warm You at Pinner Library and<br />
Poetry Storytelling at Roxeth Library. All<br />
ages. <strong>Times</strong> vary - visit the library for<br />
details. Free. www.harrow.gov.uk<br />
Hounslow Libraries<br />
Poetry with Joanna Harker Shaw<br />
Join a local poet for poetry writing, book<br />
cover crafts and colouring. Meet the<br />
Witches of Aira Falls and create witches<br />
and monsters to put into your own<br />
poetry book. Ages 6+. At Brentford<br />
Library 10.30am-11.30am and at<br />
Isleworth Library 2pm-3pm. Free but<br />
booking required. www.hounslow.info<br />
Kensington Central Library, W8<br />
Harry Potter Extravaganza<br />
Experience the sorting hat ceremony,<br />
earn points for your Hogwarts house<br />
and bask in the magic with other<br />
likeminded fans. All muggles, witches<br />
and wizards are invited! All ages.<br />
1pm-4pm. Free but limited spaces.<br />
www.rbkc.gov.uk<br />
Wood End Library, UB6<br />
Jack and the Beanstalk craft<br />
What’s at the top of the beanstalk? Do<br />
you dare to find out? Make your own<br />
beanstalk to celebrate National<br />
Storytelling Week. All ages. 2pm-3pm.<br />
Free. www.ealing.gov.uk<br />
We check listings<br />
carefully but event details<br />
and prices may be subject<br />
to change. Please check<br />
with the venue.<br />
Sun 5 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
British Museum, WC1<br />
Get your tech on!<br />
Connect to the Museum in exciting,<br />
new ways using wearable technology.<br />
Ages 7+. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Last<br />
admission to borrow a device is 3.15pm<br />
(A passport, national ID or driver’s<br />
licence is required as a deposit).<br />
Free. www.britishmuseum.org<br />
V&A Museum, SW7<br />
Cabinets of Curiosities for 40<strong>17</strong><br />
Explore the Museum to discover curious<br />
treasures. What will choose to collect<br />
and keep in the future? Select and<br />
collect objects and artworks to create<br />
your own Cabinet of Curiosities for<br />
40<strong>17</strong>. All ages. Drop-in: 10.30am-5pm.<br />
Free. www.vam.ac.uk<br />
Thu 9 - Sun 19 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Southbank Centre, SE1<br />
Imagine Children’s Festival<br />
11 days of children’s theatre, literature,<br />
music, creative workshops and more.<br />
Uncover the magic of storytelling<br />
through pictures with Chris Riddell or<br />
listen to the popular rhyming stories of<br />
Julia Donaldson with a double-bill<br />
of The Gruffalo & Room on the Broom.<br />
Full programme available online.<br />
www.southbankcentre.co.uk<br />
Sat 11 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Institute Français, SW7<br />
Book Swap<br />
Calling all book worms! Enjoy an<br />
afternoon of book swapping, fun and<br />
special crafty activities, including an<br />
origami workshop at 2.30pm. Ages 6+.<br />
Drop-in, from 12noon. Free.<br />
www.institut-francais.org.uk<br />
Royal Institution, W1<br />
Family Fun Day: Supercharged<br />
An action-packed day of talks,<br />
demonstrations and experiments that<br />
explore the exciting supercharged<br />
world of energy. All ages. 11am-4pm.<br />
Charges apply, booking recommended.<br />
www.rigb.org<br />
Serpentine Gallery, W2<br />
Winter Family Day<br />
Work with artists to construct a<br />
temporary studio that will change and<br />
grow over the afternoon. All ages.<br />
Drop-in: 1pm-5pm. Free.<br />
www.serpentinegalleries.org<br />
Sat 11 & Sun 12 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Tate Britain, SW1<br />
BP Family Festival: Play the<br />
Gallery<br />
Tate Britain will be transformed into<br />
a place of play through games, music<br />
and movement, with artist-led activities,<br />
creative workshops and more.<br />
All ages. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Free.<br />
www.tate.org.uk<br />
Sat 11 - Fri <strong>17</strong> <strong>Feb</strong><br />
WWT <strong>London</strong> Wetland<br />
Centre, SW13<br />
Owl Pellet Workshops<br />
Owls are amazing animals that swallow<br />
their prey whole and as not all of the<br />
animal can be digested; part of it is<br />
regurgitated in the form of a pellet. Find<br />
out what owls eat by identifying the<br />
bones within a pellet. You might even be<br />
able to reconstruct a skeleton found<br />
inside it! Ages 5+. Drop-in: 9.30am-<br />
4.30pm. Charges apply.<br />
www.wwt.org.uk<br />
Sat 11 - Sun 19 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Hampton Court Palace, KT8<br />
Palace Adventures<br />
Discover the stories of Hampton Court<br />
Palace by taking part in a fun filled,<br />
palace adventure. Meet characters,<br />
solve puzzles and create your own piece<br />
of the past. Ages 5-11. Drop-in:<br />
11am-3pm. Admission charges apply.<br />
www.hrp.org.uk<br />
<strong>London</strong> Museum of<br />
Water and Steam, TW8<br />
Spectacular Science<br />
Take part in special science family<br />
activities as well as seeing the railway in<br />
steam! Plus enjoy the Spectacular Mad<br />
More Roundabout<br />
BE<br />
GOOD<br />
AT<br />
BEING<br />
YOURSELF<br />
EALING<br />
01494 260249<br />
ealing@stagecoach.co.uk<br />
stagecoach.co.uk/ealing<br />
HARROW<br />
0203 5040100<br />
harrow@stagecoach.co.uk<br />
stagecoach.co.uk/harrow<br />
Unlock your child’s potential with<br />
Stagecoach Performing Arts<br />
Singing, dancing and acting classes<br />
for 4 - 18 year olds, where students<br />
learn to embrace life with creativity<br />
and courage<br />
<br />
®<br />
Creative Courage For Life<br />
www.primarytimes.net/west_london<br />
STANMORE<br />
0203 5042154<br />
stanmore@stagecoach.co.uk<br />
stagecoach.co.uk/stanmore<br />
SUDBURY HILL<br />
WEMBLEY NORTH<br />
01923 248294<br />
sudburyhill@stagecoach.co.uk<br />
stagecoach.co.uk/sudburyhill<br />
UXBRIDGE<br />
0208 3570273<br />
uxbridge@stagecoach.co.uk<br />
stagecoach.co.uk/uxbridge<br />
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Stagecoach Performing Arts Schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals.<br />
Stagecoach is a registered trademark of Stagecoach Theatre Arts Ltd.<br />
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