Primary Times Warwickshire & Solihull Back to School 2019

Primary Times Warwickshire & Solihull
WHAT’S ON WHERE
Birmingham Heritage Week:
Heritage Open Day
Soho House B18 5LB
www.birminghammusuems.org.uk
11am-4pm. Explore Soho House
for free as part of Heritage Open
Days. Walk in the footsteps of some of
Birmingham’s greatest industrialists, learn
about the Boulton family and life in the
18th century and see how the servants of
Soho worked at Matthew Boulton’s home.
T: 0121 348 8150.
Falconry Day
Weoley Castle B29 5RJ
www.birminghammusuems.org.uk
11am-3pm. Come and see the
magnificent birds of prey as they fly over
the ruins of Weoley Castle. Children must
be supervised at all times.
T: 0121 348 8140.
Heritage Open Day
Foundry Wood CV32 6AF
www.foundrywood.co.uk
11am-3pm. Representatives from
the Friends of Foundry Wood will be
available to explain about the history of
the site including links with the Railways,
Foundries and the recent conversion into
a community woodland.
Pizza Making Session
Foundry Wood CV32 6AF
www.foundrywood.co.uk
12-2pm. Come and make a pizza, watch
it being cooked in the wood fired pizza
oven and eat it in the woodland clearing.
£5 per pizza. There is no need to book –
but be prepared to wait if it’s busy as only
one pizza can be cooked at a time. Drop
in at any time during the session
Heritage Open Day
Birmingham Botanical Gardens B15 3TR
www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
10am-7pm. Come and explore the
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, bring a
picnic and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
An idyllic way to spend a Sunday with the
family. Admission will be free as part of
the Heritage Open Day scheme.
T: 0121 454 1860.
Harvest Home
Mary Arden’s Farm CV37 9UN
www.shakespeare.org.uk
10am-5pm. Try your hand at traditional
crafts, like candle-making, willow weaving
and wool crafts. Enjoy puppet shows, face
painting, Tudor music and more. There
will be plenty of fun activities for the
whole family to enjoy. Normal admission
applies, so if you’re already a valid ticket
holder you can come and join in for free.
19 Sept – 28 Sept
Kenilworth Arts Festival
Kenilworth. Various Locations.
www.kenilworthartsfestival.co.uk
Kenilworth Arts is an annual, multi-genre
festival. The festival takes place over
10 days in September, with events,
workshops and exhibitions held in various
venues around the historic town of
Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
21 Sept
Music Making Day
Warwick Hall CV34 6PP
www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk
A fun day of music making and
workshops for any child in the
Warwickshire area in Years 4-7,
culminating in a short performance at
3pm. To book a free place please contact
Louise Sharp, l.sharp@warwickschool.
org or Katherine Lambeth, k.lambeth@
warwickschool.org
21 Sept – 22 Sept
Minecraft Castle Building
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan
Garden CV8 1NG
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Workshops at 10, 11.15am, 12.30, 2.15, 3.30
and 4.45pm. For the Minecraft fans in
your family Kenilworth Castle is mixing up
the ancient and modern with a second
season of the popular castle building
workshops, curated by their expert cube
construction friends at Blockbuilders.
Normal admission prices to the site
where the workshop is taking place also
apply. Booking essential, see website
for details. Age: 7+ Under 16s must be
accompanied by an adult.
22 Sept
Harvest Festival
Sarehole Mill B13 0BD
www.birminghammusuems.org.uk
11am-4pm. A celebration of the harvest in
cooperation with Let’s Feed Brum.
T: 0121 348 8160.
Autumn Foraging Workshop
Ryton Pools Country Park CV8 3BH
www.eventbrite.co.uk
1-3pm. Experience the Warwickshire
hedgerows in a way that most people
miss: the treasures hidden under every
leaf and around the next corner. Discover
the lost art of foraging: How to identify,
harvest and cook a plethora of wild foods
out in the park before experiencing the
culinary delights of the countryside
kitchen in an extraordinary feast of
traditional hedgerow fare for all. Tickets
required for all attending (£8 per head).
22 Sept
Fun in The Park
Tudor Grange Park B91 3LU
www.solihull.gov.uk
11am-5pm. The annual charity fundraising
event returns. You can look forward to the
display of Classic Cars and the Dog Show
which have become family favourites. As
usual there will be demonstrations and
activities throughout the park with a full
programme of events in the main arena.
26 Sept
Family Bat Night
Ufton Fields CV33 9PU
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
6-7.30pm. Learn lots of exciting facts
about bats and use a bat detector on a
short walk around the wood to hear their
ultrasonic calls and spot them flying
around. This is a unique way to discover
this wonderful reserve and learn more
about its elusive inhabitants. Suitable for
children aged (4+) children need to be
accompanied by an adult and dogs are
not permitted at this event.
T: 02476302912.
28 Sept
Women’s Work in the Jewellery
Quarter
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
B18 6HA
www.birminghammusuems.org.uk
12.15-1.15pm. Come along for a tour and
learn about the work undertaken by
women from the late 1800’s until the
1980’s and the many vitally important jobs
that women worked, from working in the
office to manual work such as press work,
polishing and enamelling.
T: 0121 348 8140.
28 Sept– 29 Sept
Minecraft Castle Building
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan
Garden CV8 1NG
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Workshops at 10, 11.15am, 12.30, 2.15, 3.30
and 4.45pm. For the Minecraft fans in
your family Kenilworth Castle is mixing up
the ancient and modern with a second
season of the popular castle building
workshops, curated by their expert cube
construction friends at Blockbuilders.
Normal admission prices to the site
where the workshop is taking place also
apply. Booking essential, see website
for details. Age: 7+ Under 16s must be
accompanied by an adult.
2 Oct – 6 Oct
Horse of the Year Show
The NEC, Birmingham B40 1NT
www.hoys.co.uk
Horse of the Year Show celebrates
the end of the competitive season
by crowning the Champions of the
most prestigious National Showing
Championships. Most HOYS competitors
will have qualified and stood champions
at major county shows, so it’s little wonder
that Horse of the Year Show has become
known as the “Show of Champions”.
T: 0844 581 8282.
3 Oct
Candlelit Tours of the Back to Backs
Birmingham Back to Backs B5 4TE
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
6-8.45pm. Enjoy a tour of the Back
to Backs in the atmospheric glow of
Candlelight. Booking essential. Children
•Heritage Open Day
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
welcome but must have their own ticket.
T: 03442491895.
6 Oct
Apple Day
Blakesley Hall B25 8RN
www.birminghammusuems.org.uk
11am-4pm. Blakesley Hall’s annual
celebration of the apple with garden trails
about the Blakesley Apple Trees. Find
out about the history of the apple, how it
was used in Tudor times and take part in
the Apple Trail. Taste freshly squeezed
apple juice from the Blakesley orchard.
Apple themed cake and drinks for sale
in the lovely tearoom. Free event but
chargeable activities T: 0121 348 8120.
Apple Day
Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
10am-2.30pm. Celebrate the wonders of
this fruit and taste some freshly pressed
apple juice. Prepare, mill and press
apples. Explore the tastes of different
varieties of apple and the juice made
from them . Play apple games like ‘make
the longest peel’ and ‘guess the weight’.
T: 024 7630 2912.
7 Oct
Wildlife Watch After School Club -
Pizza Making
Brandon Marsh SSSI Nature Reserve and
Visitor Centre CV3 3GW
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
3.45-5pm. Running monthly on Mondays.
The sessions are aimed at children aged
4 years and up, but younger siblings are
welcome, adults must accompany their
children unless they are 8 years and over.
Please be aware activities occur in all
weathers, so please dress appropriately.
T: 02476 302912.
8 Oct
Wild Home School - Brilliant Birds
Brandon Marsh SSSI Nature Reserve and
Visitor Centre CV3 3GW
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
2-3pm. Wild Home School sessions,
happen every second Tuesday of the
month. With each session varying
between a mix of curriculum focused
activities, Bushcraft and nature based
activities. Each session you’ll be heading
outside to learn about something new,
with every month having a different
theme, aimed at home schooled children
working at a KS2 level (around 8 years
and up). T: 024 76 302 912.
10 Oct
Candlelit Tours of the Back to Backs
Birmingham Back to Backs B5 4TE
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
6-8.45pm. Enjoy a tour of the Back
to Backs in the atmospheric glow of
Candlelight. Booking essential. Children
welcome but must have their own ticket.
T: 03442491895.
12 Oct
Wild Autumn Evening Out
Ryton Pools Country Park CV8 3BH
www.eventbrite.co.uk
5-8pm. Join the rangers for an evening
of nocturnal campfire fun. Take a look
at what animals the night cameras have
taken pictures of over the past month and
find out about our nocturnal wild animals
in the park, some of which we may be
lucky enough to see as dusk falls. Enjoy a
campfire baked potato and some melted
marshmallows before the rangers lead
you to the meadow to have a go at some
tracking and stalking games in the dark
to finish off the evening with a laugh.
Tickets required for all attending (£8 per
head). Ratio 2 children to 1 adult, suitable
for Children aged 5 years +.
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