PT Warwickshire Feb Half Term 2020

Primary Times Warwickshire & Solihull
Brain
tumours kill
more children
and adults under
the age of 40
than any other
cancer
Bigger! Bolder! Hattier!
Save the date for Wear A Hat Day
in 2020 on Friday 27th March as the
UK once again goes hat crazy for a
good cause.
The annual fundraising extravaganza
takes place at the end of Brain
Tumour Awareness Month and has
raised more than £1m in support
of Brain Tumour Research. It has
become a must-do event for many
children, parents and teachers.
The charity is inviting us all to take
part once again, by planning and
hosting hat-themed fundraising
events in order to help find a cure
for brain tumours, the bigger cancer
killer of children and adults under the
age of 40.
With Brain Tumour Research
celebrating its 10th anniversary this
year, there’s never been a more
important time for schools and
families to get together to ensure
Wear A Hat Day is not only great fun,
but is also seen as a powerful vehicle
of hope for the thousands diagnosed
and/or living with a brain tumour
every year.
Amazing events from schools across
the UK have included a world record
attempt for the longest line of hats,
millinery-themed fancy dress days,
hat-themed cake sales, hattastic
parties, brilliantly hatty colouring
competitions and so much more.
Wear A Hat Day creates a huge buzz
on social media with the hash tag
#WearAHatDay.
Primary Times is proudly supporting
Wear A Hat Day 2020, offering a
prize of £100 in book tokens for the
school which raises the most money
per pupil. To find out more about
this great incentive to take part and
how everyone can get involved, visit
www.wearahatday.org n
Register now
for your
FREE
FUNDRAISING
PACK
www.wearahatday.org
Registered charity number 1153487 (England and Wales) SC046840 (Scotland). Company limited by guarantee number 08570737.
Feel the Adrenaline
Rush at The Silverstone
Experience
Accelerate the fun this half term with
a trip to The Silverstone Experience.
Pick up a kids’ trail and take a
journey through the past, present
and future of racing. Young visitors
can discover what’s hidden inside
the medieval crawl tunnel, have a
go at being an RAF pilot and sit in a
replica 1940s racing car. They’ll learn
about motorsport science, test their
skills as a commentator and try out
a wheel gun. With a special effects
cinema and a walk outside on the
old circuit, you won’t find a more
thrilling day out this February. Open
daily, 10:00 to 18:00, from £14pp for
a family of four. www.silverstoneexperience.co.uk
Ollie
Coaching
Helping
Children
& Parents
Manage
Emotions &
Behaviour.
Is your child struggling with
their emotions?
Are they Anxious or
Stressed?
Does your child's
Challenging Behaviour get
you down?
Do you feel like no one is
listening to you?
Belinda is an Emotional Wellbeing Coach and specialist in helping
children and young people with special needs or challenging
behaviours, working with children and their parents to help them
learn about their emotions and how to manage them, building
resilience and emotional wellbeing in children (and adults).
Ollie Coaching helps children who are Anxious, Stressed or
have Challenging Behaviour, fears or phobias, helping them to
understand their feelings.
Belinda told us “Ollie Coaching is Simple. It's fun. And it works!
By using the Ollie concept, we can help kids leave unwanted
emotional baggage behind as they grow into adults.”
You don't have to stay on a waiting list or wait until your child gets
worse to get the help you need. The sooner you work with Belinda,
the sooner you can help your child.
She offers a FREE Initial Consultation and provides FREE school
assemblies. Visit her website for details. www.helpmychild.co.uk
Largely Ludwig
Theme for
Leamington
Music Festival
1-5 MAY 2020
Booking is now open for the
annual Leamington Music Festival,
which this year joins the worldwide
celebrations for the 250th
anniversary of the birth of Ludwig
van Beethoven.
The first few days of booking
confirm the great interest being
taken in the concert on Monday
4 May to be given by the violinist
Tasmin Little, regarded by many
as a national treasure, who’ll be
accompanied by the Russian
pianist Andrey Gugnin.
The Festival has a Czech element
represented by visiting musicians
and composers continuing this
particular interest in Leamington
that goes back to the presence
of the Czech Free Army in the
town during World War Two. The
Army Choir used to rehearse in the
Festival venue, the Royal Pump
Rooms.
There are also pieces by other
composers whom Beethoven met.
The Leamington based composer
Howard Skempton is represented
by two of his works new to the
town and the English music
theme is carried over to a Festival
Extra event on 17 May when
the baritone Roderick Williams
performs a programme of English
music at a new venue, the King’s
Hall in Warwick.
Tickets are available at the Visitor
Information Centre at the Royal
Pump Rooms, Leamington
and Visit Warwick at the Court
House, Warwick. Call 01926
334418 or go online on www.
royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk.
There are special Festival Saver
Tickets available for a limited
time through the Leamington
Music office – email richard@
leamingtonmusic.org or call
01926 497000. n
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