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WHAT’S ON WHERE WOW! Across the globe, the Kumon Maths and English Programmes advance students beyond their school level. Contact your local Instructor for a free assessment. Hinckley 01455 613733 Leicester Beaumont Leys 01509 414866 Leicester Belgrave 01162 667645 Leicester Birstall 01162 609745 Leicester Central 01162 668037 Leicester Evington 03335 777441 Leicester Forest East 01162 124711 Leicester Glenfield 01162 762033 Leicester Oadby 01162 720371 Leicester Rushey Mead 01162 766648 Leicester Stoneygate 01162 219538 Leicester Syston 01164 422348 Leicester Wigston 01162 720371 Fees vary. Please refer to your local study centre. kumon.co.uk We’re commited to offering a great fitting service, only fully trained staff will measure and fit shoes at Stomp. Station Rd, Narborough, Leicester, LE19 2HR T:0116 319 0606 From 1st walkers upto a adult size 8 facebook.com/stomp what’s on where 8 Oct - 17 Dec Baby & Toddler Group New Walk Museum LE1 7EA www.facebook.com/leicestermuseums Calling all under 5’s…. The gallery is all yours! Fun, sensory play and stories with our new baby and toddler group. Every Tuesday from 9.30am – 10.45am. £3 first child, £2 for each additional child. Look out for plenty of special events and activities throughout the Autumn months leading up to our Christmas Baby Disco! 9 Oct Mindfulness for Children Attenborough Arts Centre LE1 7HA www2.le.ac.uk/hosted/attenborougharts FREE Taster session! Little Breathers Mindfulness course is a creative and fun introduction to mindfulness for 7-11 year olds. Using movement, creative activities and play we explore the basics of mindfulness to better understand how our minds work. Children will explore their feelings and thoughts and develop skills to better manage their emotions. Booking essential. 11 Oct - 20 Nov If you are looking for more inspiration, there are many more events on our website www.primarytimes.co.uk/leicestershire BRICKLIVE® OUTER SPACE various locations LE1 onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk 50 years ago humans raced to the moon and this October half-term Leicester will host its very own Space Race! Navigate your way around the city by downloading the free LoyalFree app on your smartphone and following the BRICKLIVE® Outer Space Trail – remember to stamp your space passport by scanning the QR Code at all the locations you visit! Museum of the Moon Leicester Cathedral LE1 5FQ onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk Luke Jerram’s stunning Museum of the Moon returns, with each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture representing 5km of the moon’s surface. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface for a truly awe-inspiring experience. RETRO ARCADE GAMES IN SPACE various locations LE1 onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk Get in touch with your inner gamer and play retro-style computer games inspired by the Moon landing! The games will be hosted on large-scale screens across the city. Simply come along and connect with your smartphone to take part. Have some fun, challenge your friends, or try and finish the week with the highest score on our public leaderboard! 12 Oct Autumnal Art & Music Attenborough Arboretum LE2 3TQ www.lrwt.org.uk Make tree sprites and woodland instruments. Wildlife Watch groups for children aged 5 -12 years. Children aged under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential. 12 Oct - 28 Dec Easy Saturday LCB Depot LE1 1RE www.facebook.com/LCBDepot FREE! Creative activities for toddlers to 10 year olds. This month at Easy Saturday, Journeys Festival International Leicester are taking over! Expect to make giant henna patterns in the Henna Courtyard! Learn the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, Discover vegetables from Africa at the Urban Farm and much more. Saturday Art Clubs various locations LE1 2BA www.visitleicester.info FREE! Come and get creative every weekend by trying a different craft in free sessions led by artists. Every Saturday morning, artists and students will devise a different art project for children to try and make in a fun two-hour art club for all the family. From mosaics to murals, painting to collages, you can have fun and get as messy as you like! 12 Oct - 27 Oct October Half-term Trail Belton House NG32 2LW www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house Explore Belton on an autumn trail this half term. Search for clues to accomplish Belton’s quest. Adventurers that complete a trail get a prize for all their hard work. Trails run daily from the Estate Yard. Don’t forget the Discovery Centre is also open every day too Pumpkin Carving Manor Farm LE12 6LU www.manorfarm.info We’ll be carving spooky designs every day, with a free pumpkin for every child. 12 Oct - 3 Nov Spooky Space National Space Centre LE4 5NS spacecentre.co.uk Happy Halloween half term from space, the most dangerous place you could ever consider visiting. Join us as we discover the constant threat of high-speed micrometeorites, your bodily fluids from boiling in the hard vacuum of space and temperatures as low as -129C (-200F) or as high as 121C (250F), sounds like a delightful destination, right? 6 October 2019 | www.primarytimes.co.uk/Leicestershire
Primary Times Leicestershire & Rutland Two Family Halloween Nights at CONKERS Wednesday 30th & Thursday 31st October 2019 Adult £8.00 Child £6.00 Family £24.00 (2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children) Please note all children from 2 to 15 years old will need to purchase a ticket. Doors open at 6.30pm and we finish by 10:30pm Fireworks at CONKERS Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd November 2019 A spectacular laser show! Adult £8.00 Child £6.00 Family £24.00 (2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children) Please note all children from 0 months to 15 years old will need to purchase a ticket. Doors open at 5.30pm and show starts at 7.30pm Winter WONDERLAND 2019 There are 13 dates to choose from 30th November, 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th December 2019. Coming up at CONKERS A must for your Christmas calendar! YOUR TICKET TO WINTER WONDERLAND INCLUDES A FULL DAYS PASS ON THE DAY OF YOUR VISIT TO THE WHOLE OF CONKERS! OPEN FROM 10AM DAILY Discover Santa’s Woodland Grotto through the Enchanted Forest and the Valley of Christmas Lights WHAT’S ON WHERE Book online www.visitconkers.com or call 01283 216633 CONKERS Rawdon Road (B586), Moira Nr Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire DE12 6GA 13 Oct 14 Oct 16 Oct - 20 Oct 18 Oct Apple Day Woolsthorpe Manor NG33 5PD www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolsthorpe-manor Join us for all things apple at the home of Newton’s world famous tree. There’ll be apples to taste, apple-inspired science and crafts, tree talks, tasty apple treats and more. Don’t forget to see the Lego® Model Soyuz Spacecraft too! Halloween Campfire Cook-Out Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre LE15 8BT www.rutlandwater.org.uk Whittle a wand. Carve a pumpkin. Enjoy snacks cooked over the campfire. Wildlife Watch is the junior branch of the Wildlife Trusts and the UK’s leading environmental action club for kids. Wildlife Watch groups are free to join and welcome new members. Suitable for children aged 5 – 12. Booking essential. 13 Oct - 27 Oct Diwali 2019 various locations LE1 www.facebook.com/leicesterfestivals Visit the website for the full programme of events and how best to enjoy the Festival of Light in the city. You can also learn about the significance of the festival to different faiths who celebrate it. Hindu’s celebrate Diwali for different reasons, but all have a common thread of celebrating the victory of good over evil, and of light over darkness. Early Years Eye Health The Symington Building LE16 7AG www.vistablind.org.uk Let’s get moving! is a screening tool for Early Years practitioners to help identify eye issues in children in their care, come along from 6pm to 8pm to take up on a free training session with a free pack that help to screen for visual impairment in young children. Pumpkin Pots Ceramics Katherine Fortnum Ceramics LE16 9QR www.katherinefortnumceramics.com “Perfect for those creative family activities, turn up and get messy playing with clay! Booking essential. 15 Oct Railway Running Day & Childrens Activities Abbey Pumping Station LE4 5PX www.abbeypumpingstation.org School autumn break railway running day, come and take a ride on Leicester’s only narrow gauge railway and afterwards enjoy a hot cuppa and a cake in the LMTA café, a perfect end to a perfect day. The Bike Jam! Ellesmere College LE3 2FD www.facebook.com/ChooseHowYouMove FREE! The Bike Jam returns to Ellesmere College, Leicester for the final date of 2019! Join us during half-term for our inclusive and interactive cycling extravaganza! Campfire Fun Stoneywell LE67 9QE www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stoneywell This half-term, book a visit to Stoneywell and warm yourself by our campfire. You can enjoy toasted treats, hear campfire stories and maybe even sing a song or two! We’ll supply the marshmallows you just bring your appetite! 18 Oct- 31 Oct Family Scream Park Twinlakes Park LE14 4FF www.twinlakespark.co.uk Family friendly fangtastic blend of Halloween fun! Over 20,000 FREE pumpkins for kids to carve or paint. Children’s fancy-dress is optional but we love it when they do! Find the ghouls and ghosts in the mummy family Halloween hunt. Halloween fun awaits with these monstrously magical going on’s…! 18 Oct - 27 Oct The Greatest Halloween Circus Twinlakes Park LE14 4FF www.twinlakespark.co.uk Be prepared to be dazzled and delighted with The Greatest Circus; INCLUDED to all day ticket and annual pass holders. No pre-booking required. Seats to the circus are on a first come first served queue basis. Performances on the picnic lawns inside the big top at 12noon, 2pm and 4pm Wear it PINK Boost LE1 1QG www.facebook.com/boosttrampolineleicester “Supporting Breast Cancer Now. Join in for a day of all things pink, from balloons to cakes. All the staff will be dressed in pink and raising money for this great cause. 19 Oct - 31 Oct Halloween at Burghley Burghley House PE9 3JY www.burghley.co.uk Be guided around by our costumed guides and find out all the grizzly gruesome and horrible history associated with Burghley and the people who have lived here. Follow Halloween Trail around the Sculpture Garden. Tread through the crispy Autumn leaves and find the hidden spooks to receive a treat. 19 Oct Diwali Storytelling Highcross Leicester LE1 4AN www.highcrossleicester.com “FREE! Partnering with Leicester Libraries to bring you Saturday Storytelling Sessions. On the Lower Mall, in the seating area by H&M, from 10am - 4pm for exciting stories that’ll expand your imagination. We have a whole host of topics to get families enthusiastic about reading. www.primarytimes.co.uk/Leicestershire | October 2019 7
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WHAT’S ON WHERE<br />
WOW!<br />
Across the globe, the Kumon Maths and<br />
English Programmes advance students<br />
beyond their school level.<br />
Contact your local Instructor for a free assessment.<br />
Hinckley 01455 613733<br />
Leicester Beaumont Leys 01509 414866<br />
Leicester Belgrave 01162 667645<br />
Leicester Birstall 01162 609745<br />
Leicester Central 01162 668037<br />
Leicester Evington 03335 777441<br />
Leicester Fo<strong>res</strong>t East 01162 124711<br />
Leicester Glenfield 01162 762033<br />
Leicester Oadby 01162 720371<br />
Leicester Rushey Mead 01162 766648<br />
Leicester Stoneygate 01162 2<strong>19</strong>538<br />
Leicester Syston 01164 422348<br />
Leicester Wigston 01162 720371<br />
Fees vary. Please refer to your local study centre.<br />
kumon.co.uk<br />
We’re commited to offering a great fitting service, only fully trained staff<br />
will measure and fit shoes at Stomp.<br />
Station Rd, Narborough, Leicester, LE<strong>19</strong> 2HR T:0116 3<strong>19</strong> 0606<br />
From 1st walkers upto a adult size 8 facebook.com/stomp<br />
what’s on where<br />
8 <strong>Oct</strong> - 17 Dec<br />
Baby & Toddler Group<br />
New Walk Museum LE1 7EA<br />
www.facebook.com/leicestermuseums<br />
Calling all under 5’s…. The gallery is all yours!<br />
Fun, sensory play and stories with our new<br />
baby and toddler group. Every Tuesday<br />
from 9.30am – 10.45am. £3 first child, £2 for<br />
each additional child. Look out for plenty<br />
of special events and activities throughout<br />
the Autumn months leading up to our<br />
Christmas Baby Disco!<br />
9 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Mindfulness for Children<br />
Attenborough Arts Centre LE1 7HA<br />
www2.le.ac.uk/hosted/attenborougharts<br />
FREE Taster session! Little Breathers<br />
Mindfulness course is a creative and<br />
fun introduction to mindfulness for 7-11<br />
year olds. Using movement, creative<br />
activities and play we explore the basics<br />
of mindfulness to better understand how<br />
our minds work. Children will explore their<br />
feelings and thoughts and develop skills<br />
to better manage their emotions. Booking<br />
essential.<br />
11 <strong>Oct</strong> - 20 Nov<br />
If you are looking for more inspiration, there<br />
are many more events on our website<br />
www.primarytimes.co.uk/leicestershire<br />
BRICKLIVE® OUTER SPACE<br />
various locations LE1<br />
onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk<br />
50 years ago humans raced to the moon<br />
and this <strong>Oct</strong>ober half-term Leicester will<br />
host its very own Space Race! Navigate<br />
your way around the city by downloading<br />
the free LoyalFree app on your smartphone<br />
and fol<strong>low</strong>ing the BRICKLIVE® Outer Space<br />
Trail – remember to stamp your space<br />
passport by scanning the QR Code at all the<br />
locations you visit!<br />
Museum of the Moon<br />
Leicester Cathedral LE1 5FQ<br />
onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk<br />
Luke Jerram’s stunning Museum of the<br />
Moon returns, with each centimetre<br />
of the internally lit spherical sculpture<br />
rep<strong>res</strong>enting 5km of the moon’s surface.<br />
Measuring seven met<strong>res</strong> in diameter, the<br />
moon featu<strong>res</strong> detailed NASA imagery of<br />
the lunar surface for a truly awe-inspiring<br />
experience.<br />
RETRO ARCADE GAMES IN SPACE<br />
various locations LE1<br />
onegiantleap-leicester.co.uk<br />
Get in touch with your inner gamer and play<br />
retro-style computer games inspired by the<br />
Moon landing! The games will be hosted<br />
on large-scale screens across the city.<br />
Simply come along and connect with your<br />
smartphone to take part. Have some fun,<br />
challenge your friends, or try and finish the<br />
week with the highest score on our public<br />
leaderboard!<br />
12 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Autumnal Art & Music<br />
Attenborough Arboretum LE2 3TQ<br />
www.lrwt.org.uk<br />
Make tree sprites and woodland<br />
instruments. Wildlife Watch groups for<br />
children aged 5 -12 years. Children aged<br />
under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.<br />
Booking essential.<br />
12 <strong>Oct</strong> - 28 Dec<br />
Easy Saturday<br />
LCB Depot LE1 1RE<br />
www.facebook.com/LCBDepot<br />
FREE! Creative activities for toddlers to 10<br />
year olds. This month at Easy Saturday,<br />
Journeys Festival International Leicester are<br />
taking over! Expect to make giant henna<br />
patterns in the Henna Courtyard! Learn<br />
the ancient Japanese art of paper folding,<br />
Discover vegetables from Africa at the<br />
Urban Farm and much more.<br />
Saturday Art Clubs<br />
various locations LE1 2BA<br />
www.visitleicester.info<br />
FREE! Come and get creative every<br />
weekend by trying a different craft in free<br />
sessions led by artists. Every Saturday<br />
morning, artists and students will devise a<br />
different art project for children to try and<br />
make in a fun two-hour art club for all the<br />
family. From mosaics to murals, painting<br />
to collages, you can have fun and get as<br />
messy as you like!<br />
12 <strong>Oct</strong> - 27 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober Half-term Trail<br />
Belton House NG32 2LW<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house<br />
Explore Belton on an autumn trail this<br />
half term. Search for clues to accomplish<br />
Belton’s quest. Adventurers that complete a<br />
trail get a prize for all their hard work. Trails<br />
run daily from the Estate Yard. Don’t forget<br />
the Discovery Centre is also open every<br />
day too<br />
Pumpkin Carving<br />
Manor Farm LE12 6LU<br />
www.manorfarm.info<br />
We’ll be carving spooky designs every day,<br />
with a free pumpkin for every child.<br />
12 <strong>Oct</strong> - 3 Nov<br />
Spooky Space<br />
National Space Centre LE4 5NS<br />
spacecentre.co.uk<br />
Happy Hal<strong>low</strong>een half term from space,<br />
the most dangerous place you could ever<br />
consider visiting. Join us as we discover the<br />
constant threat of high-speed micrometeorites,<br />
your bodily fluids from boiling in the<br />
hard vacuum of space and temperatu<strong>res</strong> as<br />
<strong>low</strong> as -129C (-200F) or as high as 121C (250F),<br />
sounds like a delightful destination, right?<br />
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