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Roundabout Science Show (weekends only, at 2pm). All ages. 11am-4pm. Entrance charges apply. www.waterandsteam.org.uk V&A Museum, SW7 The Imagination Station Play with space and simple materials on a large scale to create your own monumental environments using Raphael, room 48a for inspiration. All ages. Drop-in: 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.vam.ac.uk WWT London Wetland Centre, SW13 London Puddle Jumping Championships Grab your wellies and have fun jumping in puddles! Use your imagination to create the biggest splash and throw some shapes in the air for extra style! Every contestant will receive a sticker to celebrate their puddle jumping skills. All ages. 11.30am-12.30pm & 2.30pm- 3.30pm. Entrance charges apply. www.wwt.org.uk ZSL London Zoo, NW1 Vets in Action Step into the role of a vet! Get prepped with gloves and a mask, and join the team in the specially recreated ‘surgery’ to help experts examine X-rays and carry out toy treatments. Discover how vets keep the Zoo’s 18,000 animals in tip-top condition - from microchipping meerkats to checking tiger teeth! All ages. Session times vary. Charges apply. www.zsl.org It’s back! Sun 12 Feb British Museum, WC1 Amazing Animal Mummies Find out about Egyptian animal mummies. Play digital games to discover why the ancient Egyptians mummified animals and what gods they represented. Ages 5+. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Free. www.britishmuseum.org Jewish Museum London, NW1 Access for All Family Day A family ceramics day with a range of clay-based sensory activities and object handling. Enjoy stories, a family tour and have a go on the potter’s wheel! All 24.03.2017 Red Nose Day is back and we’d love your school to join the fun. Get your free primary fundraising pack full of ideas, learning resources, balloons and stickers. But be quick because they run out faster than kids at home time! Order your free primary fundraising pack at rednoseday.com/pack Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England and Wales); SC039730 (Scotland). Photo credit: Jack Lawson. ages. 10am-12noon. Charges apply, booking recommended. www.jewishmuseum.org.uk Sun 12 - Sat 18 Feb Kensington Palace, W8 Beautiful Things Discover the beautiful things inside Kensington Palace! Dress-up in fine costumes, meet the court painter and create your own beautiful mask to wear around the palace. Ages 5-11. Drop-in: 11am-3pm. Adult entrance charges apply, children free. www.hrp.org.uk Mon 13 Feb Harrow Libraries Family Puppet Workshop Work together to make puppets of favourite book characters to help bring stories to life. Explore a variety of techniques for making puppets to encourage creativity, develop skills and stimulate your imagination! Ages 6-8. At Gayton Library 11am-12.30pm, and at Roxeth Library 3pm-4.30pm. Free but booking required. www.harrow.gov.uk The Library at Willesden Green, NW10 Urban Art! Discover your creative side in this street art and graffiti workshop. Ages 10-16. 2.30pm-4pm. Full details to be confirmed - please ask at the Library. www.brent.gov.uk Mon 13 - Fri 17 Feb Cartoon Museum, WC1 Half Term Workshops A week of themed cartooning and animation workshops. Sessions include Superheroes, Cut-Out Animation, Animal Manga and more. Full programme available online. Ages 8+. Charges apply, booking essential. www. cartoonmuseum.org Going away this Half Term? Don’t forget you can find events listings for the rest of the UK at www.primarytimes.net Harrow Arts Centre, HA5 Puppetry workshop A week-long workshop exploring the fantastical origins of the Chinese Zodiac. Learn how to design and make your very own animal of the zodiac puppet and then the puppetry performance techniques to tell the epic story of the Great Race! Ages 7-11. 1pm-4pm each day. Charges apply, booking essential. www.harrowarts.com Harrow Libraries Half Term Crafts Enjoy themed craft sessions at your local library, including Valentine’s Day Craft, K’Nex, Pancake Day Craft and more. Ages 3+. Dates, times and themes vary. Full programme available online, or visit your local library for details. Free but booking required. www.harrow.gov.uk JW3, Jewish Community Centre, NW3 February Half Term Scheme Express your wild side through science, sound and sport! An exciting week-long programme with a different session each day, including making edible worms, dance workshop, experimental and electronic music-making and more. Full programme available online. Ages 5-11. 10am-3pm, lunch included. Charges apply, booking recommended. www.jw3.org.uk National Portrait Gallery, WC2 Life through the Lens Inspired by the Luc Tuymans display and the permanent Collections, take part in a range of activities exploring portraits of people wearing glasses. All ages. Drop-in: 11am-4.30pm. Free. www.npg.org.uk RAF Museum, NW9 Airfix Make and Take Pick up a kit, including glue and paints and make your own First World War Albatros or Sopwith Pup, complete with hangar to take it home in! Ages 8+. Drop-in: 11am-3pm. Charges apply. www.rafmuseum.org.uk Squires Garden Centre, TW2 Create and Grow Paint a terracotta owl money box to look after your pocket money and brighten your room. All ages. Drop-in: 10am-4pm. Charges apply. www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre, NW2 Half Term Fun Enjoy fun-filled winter environmental activities. Create a bird feeder and make yummy cake for hungry birds, search for woodland mini-beasts and get creative with clay to make a mini-beast sculpture. Ages 5+. 10am-2pm. Small donation required, booking recommended. www.brent.gov.uk Tue 14 Feb Battersea Park Children’s Zoo, SW11 Valentine’s Day Fun at the Zoo Join in the heart shaped feeding time fun and make your own lovebird puppet. All ages. 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Let’s Party! - The Primary Times annual party guide Let’s Party! Often the highlight of a child’s year, the birthday party will etch an enormous mark on the family celebratory calendar. Filled with wonderment and wishes, this magical moment is dreamt about long before it arrives – for a child that is!... When I was a child in the 1970s and 80s a birthday party consisted mainly of sandwiches and cake. If it was a posh affair there was also trifle. Most children these days would scorn at such lack of sophistication. Or would they? Funnily enough, one of the latest trends on the children’s party circuit is ‘Retro’, where kids get jelly with icecream, sandwiches, sausage rolls (or sausages on sticks) and of course birthday cake. Games like Pin-the-Tail on the Donkey, Pass the Parcel and Musical Chairs never go out of fashion and going Retro can keep costs down. Themed parties never go out of fashion whether its pirates, princesses or superheroes. In the past few years Frozen parties (after the Disney film of the same name) have become extremely popular. Theme parties need not cause huge expense as many supermarkets and discount shops have decorations and table accessories to suit the various favourites including the ever-popular Frozen. Don’t discount leaving home as an expensive option as many local amenities have facilities that are under-used and often up for rental. If you provide your own food and decoration that will help keep costs down, and it has the advantage that no priceless family heirloom or treasured possession is going to get smashed to pieces. Entertainment is always a worry for parents and while clowns and jugglers are still popular children these days may also find themselves being tutored in football skills or meeting an Elsa (from Frozen) lookalike. Again, on the surface these might seem like pricey options but shop around on the internet and there are bargains to be found. Activity parties are increasingly popular; your child can learn to make pizza in a restaurant, paint crockery or even go on a Bear Grylls adventure in the woods. As children start to reach the end of primary school they often become too ‘sophisticated’ for ‘children’s parties’. One option in this case is to have a cinema party where they all go to see a film. Many cinemas will organise this for you, but you can just as easily do it yourself. If money is an issue you can always have a cinema party at home, let the guests choose DVDs and make their own popcorn – then disappear! Pizza parties work equally well for both older and younger children. Pizzas are easy and quick to prepare but do keep an eye on local pizza chains for vouchers and discounts Many parents stress about what food to provide for their small guests. Some of the delicacies on offer at children’s parties would put pricey restaurants to shame. Don’t be tempted down this path, these are small children, not the Michelin committee (although there will always be one precocious child who would prefer caviar to fish fingers). The only food that should worry a host is one that a guest may be allergic to, or intolerant of, as some allergies can be very severe or even fatal. Anne Marie Scanlon for Primary Times Party Checklist Invites. Aim to send out invites three weeks before the party. Don’t forget to include how old your child will be, the full address of the venue (including a map if it’s tucked away), a start and finish time, theme and fancy dress code if relevant. You might want to request information regarding allergies (food and pet allergies if you have pets and are hosting at home). Make it easy for parents to RSVP by providing both a telephone number and email address if possible. Keep a track of who has responded because no matter how easy you make it for people to RSVP you will probably have to issue a gentle reminder to some. Music. Get your playlist ready and do a test run before the big day. If you’re hosting away from home don’t forget to take the music with you! You can’t play musical chairs without it! Food. Keep it simple - as long as there’s plenty of crisps and enough birthday cake for everyone. Provide plenty of water. you can get individual water bottles from supermarkets for little expense. Don’t bother with juice or fizzy drinks as there’s enough sugar in the food and many parents take a dim view of both. Birthday Cake. Home made vs shop bought. It’s up to your child. It’s their birthday. Your child knows whether you are a super British Bake Off style parent or not. Candles & Matches for the cake. They are often overlooked with all the other preparation. If you’re hosting away from home don’t forget a knife too! Entertainment. If you hire someone, be sure to call them a day or two before the event to confirm they are coming. Decorations. Balloons are non-negotiable. It’s not a party without balloons. Running Order. Before the party, consider how long games and activities are likely to take, to make sure you don’t run out of time to sing ‘Happy Birthday’. Don’t feel you have to plan every second though - the children will probably welcome a bit of ‘down time’ for messing about with balloons! To advertise in Primary Times call 01491 411848 Primary Times, West London • February Half Term 2017 13
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