Primary Times Oxfordshire Winter 2017
Day Out with Thomas & Father Christmas Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY www.bucksrailcentre.org 10.25am Father Christmas’ train will be pulled by Thomas the Tank Engine. There will be entertainment and refreshments and a visit from Father Christmas. T: 01296 655720 Santa Steam Specials Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd, Chinnor OX39 4ER www.chinnorrailway.co.uk 10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies included. T: 01844 353535 Santa’s Grotto Hilltop Garden Centre OX7 3AS www.hilltopgardencentre.co.uk 10am Santa will be opening his doors to all the lucky children to find out what special presents are on their “Most Wanted” lists. Cost £7. Santa’s Grotto Notcutts Garden Centre OX44 9PY www.yarntonnurseries.co.uk 10.30am Visit Santa in his grotto and tell him your Christmas wishes. Free activity. T: 01865 372124 Meet Santa Fairytale Farm OX7 5QHT www.fairytalefarm.co.uk 10am Children can meet Santa in his indoor fairytale grotto and receive a present then join in with various Christmas activities. Grotto tickets £5.30. T: 01608 238014 16 - 18 Dec Festive Family Trail Upton House OX15 6HT www.nationaltrust.org.uk 12pm Get in the festive spirit, follow the Christmas trail and meet Father Christmas. Cost £4 per child. T: 01295 670266 16 - 23 Dec Christmas Grotto Bletchley Park MK3 6EB www.bletchleypark.org.uk 10am Step back in time and experience a 1940s style Christmas Grotto. Cost £6. Booking essential. T: 01908 640404 16 - 23 Dec Meet Father Christmas Banbury Museum OX16 2PQ www.banburymuseum.org 10am Enter a very special winter wonderland grotto and meet Father Christmas. Cost £8.50 per child. Online booking essential. T: 01295 753752 17 Dec Santa’s Vintage Bus Grotto Oxford Bus Museum OX29 8LA www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk 11.30am Games, free vintage bus rides and an opportunity to meet Santa. Cost £4. T: 01993 883 617 Christmas at Twilight Caversham Nursery School RG4 5NA www.redkitedays.co.uk 4pm Follow the trail to find Father Christmas and his animal friends. Booking is essential. Cost £7. T: 0118 937 5429 fairytale grotto and receive a present then join in with various Christmas activities. Grotto tickets £5.30. T: 01608 238014 21 Dec Santa Steam Specials Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd, Chinnor OX39 4ER www.chinnorrailway.co.uk 10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies included. T: 01844 353535 22 - 23 Dec Day Out With Thomas to Visit Father Christmas Didcot Railway Centre OX11 7NJ www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk 10.30am Thomas will take visitors to meet Father Christmas where all children will receive a present. Booking essential. T: 01235 817200 Santa Specials Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY www.bucksrailcentre.org 10.25am See Father Christmas in a Grotto with a difference - on a steam train. T: 01296 655720 Christmas at the Farm Bucklebury Farm Park RG7 6RR www.buckleburyfarmpark.co.uk 9.30am The Farm Park will be decorated and looking at its best. There are donkeys and deer to feed and Santa will be dropping into the glorious grotto. T: 0118 971 4002 22 - 24 Dec Breakfast with Santa Stubbings Nursery SL6 6QL www.stubbingsnursery.co.uk 8.30am Santa will be handing out festive gifts to the children then take part in a Christmas storytelling session. Booking essential. T: 01628 825454 23 Dec Santa’s Grotto Notcutts Garden Centre OX44 9PY www.yarntonnurseries.co.uk 10.30am Visit Santa in his grotto and tell him your Christmas wishes. Free activity. T: 01865 372124 Giant Snowglobe Marriotts Walk Shopping Centre OX28 6GW www.marriottswalk.co.uk 11am Come and take a free selfie with Santa! T: 01993 704262 23 - 24 Dec Santa’s Grotto Hilltop Garden Centre OX7 3AS www.hilltopgardencentre.co.uk 10am Santa will be opening his doors to all the lucky children to find out what special presents are on their “Most Wanted” lists. Cost £7. Santa Steam Specials Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd, Chinnor OX39 4ER www.chinnorrailway.co.uk 10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies included. T: 01844 353535 20 Dec Santa Specials Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY www.bucksrailcentre.org 10.25am See Father Christmas in a Grotto with a difference - on a Steam Train. T: 01296 655720 20 - 24 Dec Meet Santa Fairytale Farm OX7 5QHT www.fairytalefarm.co.uk 10am Children can meet Santa in his indoor 8 Primary Times WINTER Issue | www.primarytimes.net/oxfordshire
Come and join The Oxford & Cambridge Singing School for some Christmas Carols and Festive Music on 20th and 21st December 2017 The Oxford & Cambridge Singing School is delighted to be holding its Christmas course at Magdalen College, Oxford this Christmas. The Oxford & Cambridge Singing School was established in 2013 at Cambridge University by Music Director, Dr Edward Wickham in response to a need for quality holiday courses for children who love to sing. Each course is carefully crafted by Dr Wickham and his fabulous team to include full & small-group singing, music theory in the form of games and exercises, music history and appreciation - everything to stimulate and engage children aged 7-13 interested in music. Children rave about its courses so they have since expanded to Oxford, London and now Guildford. No previous experience of classical singing is necessary and children are grouped according to age. Each course concludes with an informal concert, so what a perfect way to finish up some Christmas shopping while your young ones have some festive fun! For more information, see www.oxbridgesingingschool.co.uk or email oxbridgess@gmail.com www.primarytimes.net/oxfordshire | WINTER Issue Primary Times 9
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Day Out with Thomas & Father Christmas<br />
Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.25am Father Christmas’ train will be pulled<br />
by Thomas the Tank Engine. There will be<br />
entertainment and refreshments and a visit from<br />
Father Christmas. T: 01296 655720<br />
Santa Steam Specials<br />
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd,<br />
Chinnor OX39 4ER<br />
www.chinnorrailway.co.uk<br />
10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every<br />
family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies<br />
included. T: 01844 353535<br />
Santa’s Grotto<br />
Hilltop Garden Centre OX7 3AS<br />
www.hilltopgardencentre.co.uk<br />
10am Santa will be opening his doors to all the<br />
lucky children to find out what special presents<br />
are on their “Most Wanted” lists. Cost £7.<br />
Santa’s Grotto<br />
Notcutts Garden Centre OX44 9PY<br />
www.yarntonnurseries.co.uk<br />
10.30am Visit Santa in his grotto and tell him your<br />
Christmas wishes. Free activity. T: 01865 372124<br />
Meet Santa<br />
Fairytale Farm OX7 5QHT<br />
www.fairytalefarm.co.uk<br />
10am Children can meet Santa in his indoor<br />
fairytale grotto and receive a present then join in<br />
with various Christmas activities. Grotto tickets<br />
£5.30. T: 01608 238014<br />
16 - 18 Dec<br />
Festive Family Trail<br />
Upton House OX15 6HT<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
12pm Get in the festive spirit, follow the<br />
Christmas trail and meet Father Christmas. Cost £4<br />
per child. T: 01295 670266<br />
16 - 23 Dec<br />
Christmas Grotto<br />
Bletchley Park MK3 6EB<br />
www.bletchleypark.org.uk<br />
10am Step back in time and experience a 1940s<br />
style Christmas Grotto. Cost £6. Booking essential.<br />
T: 01908 640404<br />
16 - 23 Dec<br />
Meet Father Christmas<br />
Banbury Museum OX16 2PQ<br />
www.banburymuseum.org<br />
10am Enter a very special winter wonderland<br />
grotto and meet Father Christmas. Cost £8.50 per<br />
child. Online booking essential. T: 01295 753752<br />
17 Dec<br />
Santa’s Vintage Bus Grotto<br />
Oxford Bus Museum OX29 8LA<br />
www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk<br />
11.30am Games, free vintage bus rides and an<br />
opportunity to meet Santa. Cost £4.<br />
T: 01993 883 617<br />
Christmas at Twilight<br />
Caversham Nursery School RG4 5NA<br />
www.redkitedays.co.uk<br />
4pm Follow the trail to find Father Christmas and<br />
his animal friends. Booking is essential. Cost £7.<br />
T: 0118 937 5429<br />
fairytale grotto and receive a present then<br />
join in with various Christmas activities.<br />
Grotto tickets £5.30. T: 01608 238014<br />
21 Dec<br />
Santa Steam Specials<br />
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd,<br />
Chinnor OX39 4ER<br />
www.chinnorrailway.co.uk<br />
10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every<br />
family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies<br />
included. T: 01844 353535<br />
22 - 23 Dec<br />
Day Out With Thomas to Visit Father<br />
Christmas<br />
Didcot Railway Centre OX11 7NJ<br />
www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk<br />
10.30am Thomas will take visitors to meet<br />
Father Christmas where all children will receive a<br />
present. Booking essential. T: 01235 817200<br />
Santa Specials<br />
Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.25am See Father Christmas in a Grotto with a<br />
difference - on a steam train. T: 01296 655720<br />
Christmas at the Farm<br />
Bucklebury Farm Park RG7 6RR<br />
www.buckleburyfarmpark.co.uk<br />
9.30am The Farm Park will be decorated and<br />
looking at its best. There are donkeys and deer to<br />
feed and Santa will be dropping into the glorious<br />
grotto. T: 0118 971 4002<br />
22 - 24 Dec<br />
Breakfast with Santa<br />
Stubbings Nursery SL6 6QL<br />
www.stubbingsnursery.co.uk<br />
8.30am Santa will be handing out festive gifts<br />
to the children then take part in a Christmas<br />
storytelling session. Booking essential.<br />
T: 01628 825454<br />
23 Dec<br />
Santa’s Grotto<br />
Notcutts Garden Centre OX44 9PY<br />
www.yarntonnurseries.co.uk<br />
10.30am Visit Santa in his grotto and tell him your<br />
Christmas wishes. Free activity. T: 01865 372124<br />
Giant Snowglobe<br />
Marriotts Walk Shopping Centre OX28 6GW<br />
www.marriottswalk.co.uk<br />
11am Come and take a free selfie with Santa!<br />
T: 01993 704262<br />
23 - 24 Dec<br />
Santa’s Grotto<br />
Hilltop Garden Centre OX7 3AS<br />
www.hilltopgardencentre.co.uk<br />
10am Santa will be opening his doors to all the<br />
lucky children to find out what special presents<br />
are on their “Most Wanted” lists. Cost £7.<br />
Santa Steam Specials<br />
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Station Rd,<br />
Chinnor OX39 4ER<br />
www.chinnorrailway.co.uk<br />
10.15am Santa and his Elves will visit every<br />
family during the journey. Drinks and mince pies<br />
included. T: 01844 353535<br />
20 Dec<br />
Santa Specials<br />
Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.25am See Father Christmas in a Grotto with a<br />
difference - on a Steam Train. T: 01296 655720<br />
20 - 24 Dec<br />
Meet Santa<br />
Fairytale Farm OX7 5QHT<br />
www.fairytalefarm.co.uk<br />
10am Children can meet Santa in his indoor<br />
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