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Primary Times Leicestershire & Rutland WHAT’S ON WHERE Kip McGrath helps children do better at school At Kip McGrath we understand how young minds work. Our qualified teachers have expertise to drill down to the root of any problem and the patience and knowledge to sort it out. Working one to one with your child means that your child will grow in confidence and learn at their own pace – right for them. At Kip McGrath we specialise in improving Maths and English (spelling, comprehension, reading and writing) with tuition from qualified, professional teachers. Your child will be taught in a safe, comfortable setting, benefitting from resources perfected from over 40 years of experience in helping children do better in school. Our successful, established Centres in Loughborough and Hinckley now welcome new Centre Leicester West, extending our tuition experience to more students in Leicestershire. Kip McGrath Education Centres have a proven record of success and our teachers are waiting to help your child. Please see our advert for contact details for our Centres in Hinckley, Loughborough and Leicester West. Kip McGrath Education Centres – Where students really learn. (Ofsted registered Centres offer payment through childcare vouchers and you may be eligible for working tax credits.) www.kipmcgrath.co.uk Rutland Food & Drink Week at various locations LE15 www.discover-rutland.co.uk Discover Rutland Food & Drink Week highlights a variety of events and special promotions around the county, including food markets, beers festival, themed menus and a chance to meet some of the local food & drink producers. Spooks & Creepy Critters Bolsover Castle S44 6PR www.english-heritage.org.uk Grab your broomsticks for a bewitchingly brilliant day out. Get hands-on with creepy crafts and a wicked witch-themed quest. There’s a fancy dress competition every day - come in your best witch and wizard outfits to be in with a chance of winning. 27 Oct Barnsdale’s Scary Spooktacular Barnsdale Gardens LE15 8AH www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk Come for a walk in the Weird Woods where you can take part in a spot of spooky apple bobbing. You can carve your own petrifying pumpkin to take home - it’s frightening fun for all the family, and kids in costume visit free! Diwali Day Belgrave Road & Cossington Street Recreation Ground LE4 6JD www.facebook.com/leicesterfestivals The Golden Mile will be bathed in light throughout the festive period until Diwali Day, when the celebrations continue at Cossington Street Recreation Ground with entertainment, children’s funfair, food and craft stalls. There will also be an aerial firework display over Belgrave Road. Family Rides Loughborough Leisure Centre LE11 3HE www.b-buddies.com FREE! Get out there on your bike with the family and enjoy a morning of freedom, with a guided and risk assessed route that’s friendly for adults and children. Family Yoga Wilbarston Village Hall LE16 8QE Are you new to yoga or wanting to give it a go with your child? Come along and join our family friendly Sunday session. You will learn breathing techniques to use at home and explore yoga poses and games. Booking essential. Greyfriars Open Streets various locations LE1 www.facebook.com/LeicesterOpenStreets FREE! Victorian Leicester: A guided ride around Leicester to discover more about the city in the medieval period; a walking tour of key buildings and stories; a guided walk to explore the history and recent regeneration of the Greyfriars Townscape Heritage area. 28 Oct - 31 Oct Halloween at Belvoir Belvoir Castle www.belvoircastle.com “Enjoy a fantastic family-fun frightfest as the Castle opens its doors to those brave enough to enter! Dare to climb the haunted hill to the Castle? Cuddle around a crone’s cauldron in Belvoir Castle’s Dooms, hear how the real Witches of Belvoir came to a sticky end! You’ll meet guides dressed in spectacular Halloween costumes, carve pumpkins in the Castle’s kitchens and enjoy Halloween-themed refreshments.” 29 Oct - 1 Nov The Witches of Rockingham Rockingham Castle LE16 8TH www.rockinghamcastle.com Help the Witches celebrate Halloween during the half term holidays. With lots of activities to keep the children busy, including pumpkin rollings, biscuit decorating, quizzes & trails in the Gardens and Castle; it’s a spooktacular day for all the family to enjoy! Halloween Family Nights Conkers DE12 6GA www.visitconkers.com Are you prepared to come along and follow footsteps into the haunted woods? With all the ghostly ghouls, witches and trolls…will you make it out alive? Will you take a trip on the runaway train too? Don’t forget all are welcome to the “Ugly Bugs Disco” and we will be holding a fancy dress competition with creepy prizes for the winners! 31 Oct Halloween Steam & Scream Great Central Railway LE11 1RW www.gcrailway.co.uk Dare you ride our after dark ghost trains? Who knows what ghastly or ghoulish creatures you’ll meet on board! Trains depart from Loughborough and Rothley for a fun night out for all the family. Take a ride into the unknown, with our Ghost Trains that go shunt in the night! We want to see lots of little witches, ghosts and ghouls, so don your best costume and join us for a THRILLING ride! Pumpkin Party Calke Abbey DE73 7JF www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey Get in the spooky spirit at Calke’s pumpkin party in the walled garden. Buy a homegrown pumpkin from Calke’s gardens, or bring one with you. Decorate it in your own spooky style, then add it to our fabulous display. 31 Oct - 2 Nov Haunted Heritage Halloween Tour Welford Road Cemetery LE2 6BF www.facebook.com/EnterEdem Join on the nights of October 31st and the 1st and 2nd of November for a spooky event that mixes some of the Cemetery’s most grizzly stories with the wondrous theatrical talent of Enter Edem. Family friendly 1 Nov - 3 Nov Pesky Pests Trail The Workhouse, Southwell NG25 0PT www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-workhouse-southwell Explore The Workhouse and learn about pesky pests on this children’s trail. Discover the impact pesky pests have on The Workhouse and how the conservation team work to combat this via an informative children’s trail. 2 Nov Family Forest Adventure Day Glen Parva Spinney LE2 9JD mymuddyboots.org.uk Bring your family to the woods to reconnect with each other and nature. A fun filled day of seasonal activities, natural crafts, exploring the woods, wildlife spotting, den making, hot chocolate and home-made lunch cooked on the campfire! Wildlife Watch Group - Halloween Hicks Lodge Visitor Centre LE65 2UP www.lrwt.org.uk Bones, Skeletons and Games! Wildlife Watch groups for children aged 5 -12 years. Children aged under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential. 14 October 2019 | www.primarytimes.co.uk/Leicestershireicestershire
Bodie Hodges Foundation Santa Fun Run THIS ISN’T JUST ANY SANTA FUN RUN on Sunday 15th December, the Bodie Hodges Foundation are putting on an all-inclusive wheelchair friendly route fun run for all the family to enjoy at the one and only Leicester Racecourse. And that’s not all! There will be a Christmas village, Christmas food (and mulled wine!) stalls, live on-stage entertainment and the best bit every paying participant will receive a Santa suit to wear on the day! Registration is from 1pm, fun run is at 2pm. The cost is £10 per adults, £5 per child and under 3 go free. To purchase your tickets, email paul@ bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk www.bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk Make your move in Leicestershire. Centurion Place, LE8 0UT Harcourt Grange, LE8 0HH 2-5 bedroom homes from £208,000 Family homes are available now at Centurion Place & Harcourt Grove, in the desirable village of Kibworth. Visit our showhomes to find out more about our offers, or call us on 03301 626 733 Supporting Families Bereaved Of A Child Foremarke Hall, Repton Preparatory School Foremarke Hall, Repton Preparatory School, is a Co – Educational day and boarding school in Derbyshire. Children can join Foremarke’s Lower Prep in the term that they become three years old. Lower Prep is a lively, vibrant learning environment, where lessons are taught in and outside of the classroom. We have created a warm, open and stimulating atmosphere, where the children are at the heart of our teaching and learning. Children at Foremarke Hall are happy, confident learners, who thrive on the challenges presented. Experienced, enthusiastic Teachers and Learning Enhancement Assistants ensure that children have a positive, enjoyable and memorable experience. Our Lower Prep Open Morning is an opportunity to experience Foremarke Hall’s younger year groups during a normal school day. After being greeted on arrival at 9am you will have a tailor made tour around the Lower Prep year groups, from Nursery to Year 4. There will be plenty of time to meet Miss Kellee Cavill, Assistant Head Lower Prep and the team. For further information or to register you attendance please contact the Registrar on: 01283 707112 email Registrar@foremarke.org.uk or visit foremarke.org.uk millerhomes.co.uk Photography represents a typical Miller Homes interior. Price and availability correct at the time of going to print. Carpets and floor coverings are not included in our homes as standard. “Excellent across all categories” MOST RECENT ISI INSPECTION LOWER PREP OPEN MORNING 3 - 9 YEAR OLDS FRIDAY 15 TH NOVEMBER 2019 9.00am until 11.00am For further information or to register your attendance please contact the Registrar on: 01283 707112 email Registrar@foremarke.org.uk or visit foremarke.org.uk www.foremarke.org.uk @foremarkehall www.primarytimes.co.uk/Leicestershire | October 2019 15
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Bodie Hodges<br />
Foundation<br />
Santa Fun Run<br />
THIS ISN’T JUST ANY SANTA FUN<br />
RUN on Sunday 15th December, the<br />
Bodie Hodges Foundation are putting<br />
on an all-inclusive wheelchair friendly<br />
route fun run for all the family to enjoy<br />
at the one and only Leicester Racecourse.<br />
And that’s not all! There will<br />
be a Christmas village, Christmas food<br />
(and mulled wine!) stalls, live on-stage<br />
entertainment and the best bit every<br />
paying participant will receive a Santa<br />
suit to wear on the day!<br />
Registration is from 1pm, fun run is<br />
at 2pm. The cost is £10 per adults,<br />
£5 per child and under 3 go free. To<br />
purchase your tickets, email paul@<br />
bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk<br />
www.bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk<br />
Make your move in<br />
Leicestershire.<br />
Centurion Place, LE8 0UT<br />
Harcourt Grange, LE8 0HH<br />
2-5 bedroom homes from £208,000<br />
Family homes are available now at Centurion Place &<br />
Harcourt Grove, in the desirable village of Kibworth.<br />
Visit our showhomes to find out more about our<br />
offers, or call us on 03301 626 733<br />
Supporting Families Bereaved Of A Child<br />
Foremarke Hall, Repton<br />
Preparatory School<br />
Foremarke Hall, Repton Preparatory<br />
School, is a Co – Educational day<br />
and boarding school in Derbyshire.<br />
Children can join Foremarke’s Lower<br />
Prep in the term that they become<br />
three years old.<br />
Lower Prep is a lively, vibrant learning<br />
environment, where lessons are<br />
taught in and outside of the classroom.<br />
We have created a warm, open<br />
and stimulating atmosphere, where<br />
the children are at the heart of our<br />
teaching and learning.<br />
Children at Foremarke Hall are happy,<br />
confident learners, who thrive on the<br />
challenges p<strong>res</strong>ented. Experienced,<br />
enthusiastic Teachers and Learning<br />
Enhancement Assistants ensure that<br />
children have a positive, enjoyable and<br />
memorable experience.<br />
Our Lower Prep Open Morning is an<br />
opportunity to experience Foremarke<br />
Hall’s younger year groups during a<br />
normal school day. After being greeted<br />
on arrival at 9am you will have a tailor<br />
made tour around the Lower Prep year<br />
groups, from Nursery to Year 4. There<br />
will be plenty of time to meet Miss<br />
Kellee Cavill, Assistant Head Lower<br />
Prep and the team.<br />
For further information or to register<br />
you attendance please contact the<br />
Registrar on: 01283 707112 email<br />
Registrar@foremarke.org.uk or visit<br />
foremarke.org.uk<br />
millerhomes.co.uk<br />
Photography rep<strong>res</strong>ents a typical Miller Homes interior. Price and availability correct at the time of going to print.<br />
Carpets and floor coverings are not included in our homes as standard.<br />
“Excellent across<br />
all categories”<br />
MOST RECENT ISI INSPECTION<br />
LOWER PREP OPEN MORNING<br />
3 - 9 YEAR OLDS<br />
FRIDAY 15 TH NOVEMBER 20<strong>19</strong><br />
9.00am until 11.00am<br />
For further information or to register your attendance<br />
please contact the Registrar on: 01283 707112 email<br />
Registrar@foremarke.org.uk or visit foremarke.org.uk<br />
www.foremarke.org.uk<br />
@foremarkehall<br />
www.primarytimes.co.uk/Leicestershire | <strong>Oct</strong>ober 20<strong>19</strong> 15
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