Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Week To View: 1 - 7 August 2012

OK, here's the first Week To View blog post.  There was so much to include!  I would love some feedback...what is useful, is there anything different you would like included / to see more of, is the format easy to read - anything you have to say, I want to hear it!  Please let me know too if you find something in here that you hadn't heard about and ended up going, and what it was like.


Wed 1 August


Event: Pre School Drama & Music Workshop
Time: 1000 - 1030 (18m - 2.5 yrs) / 1045-1130 (3-5 yrs)
Cost: £3.70 / £5.20
Booking: 01483-443322


Event: Teddy Bear's Picnic
Location: Birdworld
Time: 1000 - 1800
Cost: Included in admission price
Booking: Just turn up
Bring your teddy along for this favourite annual event at Birdworld. There will be fun, games, dancing and loads of prizes to be won!

Event: Wiggly Wednesdays
Time: 1000 - 1700
Cost: Included in admission
Booking: Just turn up
Hug-A-Bug will be bringing along some Creepy Critters …snakes, geckos and other slimey things for all those brave little monsters!

Location: Secretts
Time: 1100 - 1130 / 1430 - 1500
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up 
Location: Polesden Lacey
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost: £4
Booking: Advisable 
With a different theme each week, children will work together to explore anything from minibeasts to den building with our exciting Ranger-led activities. Each session lasts about an hour and can be booked on the day but there is a limited capacity for each session.

Event: Baking with the Miller's Wife
Location: Shalford Mill
Time: 1100 - 1630
Cost: Admission + £1.50
Booking: Just turn up
Make a tasty gingerbread person to decorate in whatever style you choose.

Event: Wonderful Wednesdays Children's Activites
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost: Included in admission
Booking: Just turn up
Hands-on activities to occupy accompanied children of all ages! Have a go at all kinds of interesting and unusual countryside skills, traditional crafts, activities and games. Under cover if wet.

Event: Sculpture
Location: The Lightbox, Woking
Time: 1300 - 1430 (4-8 yrs) / 1500 - 1630 (8-16 yrs)
Cost: £6.50
Booking: 01483-737837
Join artist Jo Carter in this figurative sculpture workshop.

Location: Winkworth Arboretum
Time: 1330 - 1430
Cost: Admission + £3 per child
Booking: Just turn up
Fun filled teddy bears' picnic with storytelling & songs.


Thursday 2 August


Event: Activity Thursday
Time: 1000 - 1700
Cost: Included in admission
Booking: Just turn up
A variety of fun things to do for accompanied children - find out about traditional crafts, trades, chores and pastimes.


Event: Monster Mini-Beast Hunt
Time: 1030 - 1230 / 1300 - 1500
Cost: £3 per child
Booking: Essential: 02392-595040
Explore the different habitats within the Park. See what lives in the woodland and the meadow. Suitable for 4 yrs and upwards. 



Event: Ugly Bug Ball
Location: Dapdune Wharf, Guildford
Time: 1100 - 1700
Cost: £2 per child
Booking: 01483-561389Bug hunting, bug sculptures, build a bug home, make wings and antennae, bug music, but above all, come dressed up!


Event: Family Drop-in Event - Shells
Time: 1100 - 1500
Cost: £4 (members £2)
Booking: Just turn upCome and marvel at the Museum's shell handling collection, learn about how shells have been used in the past and then enjoy shell related crafts, including make your own whelk and a place for it to live.




Friday 3 August

Location: Secretts
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up


Event: Bubble Fun
Location: The Lightbox, Woking
Time: 1330 - 1600
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up
Make your own funky bubble wand to use in the Courtyard and take home. 



Event:  Pony Magic
Location: Hatchlands Park
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost:£2.50 per ride
Booking: Just turn up
Pony Magic aim to provide a truly magical experience with beautiful, safe ponies and experienced handlers. 3-5 minute ride. Suitable for 2 -11 year old children.

Event:  Fun Day
Location: Applegarth Farm, Grayshott
Time: 1030 - 1600
Cost: £5 per child
Booking: Just turn up
Fun day in the garden with a trampoline, bouncy castle and face painting - ages 1-9 years.


Saturday 4 August

Event: Food Weekend
Time: 1000 - 1700
Cost: Adult £7 / Child £3
Booking: Just turn up
Celebrating the abundance of the Earth and the start of the harvest.  Demonstrations of food and cooking throughout the weekend. 


Location: The Lightbox, Woking
Time: 1030 - 1700
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up
Free activities will be taking place throughout the day including a drop-in family workshop, exhibition tours and theatrical storytelling performances of ‘The Unlucky Mummy’ a story about the misfortunes surrounding a Mummy which came from Egypt during the 19th Century.’ Brooklands Museum will also showcase some motorbikes and automobiles from the era.

Sunday 5 August


Location: Cranleigh Showground
Time: 0800 - 1730
Cost: Adult £12 / Under 16's £5 / Family £30 / Under 5's FREE
Booking: Reduced price advance ticket
One day agricultural show with entertainment including motorcycle stunt display team, sheep racing, falconry display, gun dogs, Titan the Robot and much more.


Event: Den Building
Location: Leith Hill
Time: 1000 - 1230
Cost: £5
Booking: Essential: 01372-220644
Build your own survival shelter using material from Leith Hill like a true explorer and enjoy popcorn and marshmallows around the campfire.   For ages 7+ with an adult.


Event: Grayshott Village Show
Location: Applegarth Farm
Time: 1200 onwards
Cost: Adult £10 / Child £5 / Under 5's FREE
Booking: Tickets available at Applegarth Farm or Grayshott Books
Falconry display, medieval battle re-enactment, The Sheep Show, duck herding, pony rides, kids corner with carousel & bouncy castle plus Polo matches. 


Event: Family Fun Day - Butterflies
Time: 1030 - 1530
Cost:£2 per child
Booking: Just turn up
Come and learn about the wildlife in the park and have some fun.  Suitable for all ages. 


Event: It's A Naval Knockout
Time: 1100 - 1630
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up (unless you want to enter!)
Fun for all the family throughout the day, with the chance to channel your competitive spirit and enter a team in the afternoon.  Will your team win the Portsmouth 2012 trophy?  All you need is five willing participants - whether you’re usually a five a side footy team or the greatest pub quiz team ever, there’ll be an event you can excel at!  And of course, there’ll be free candy floss…


Monday 6 August


Event: Caterpillar Crafts Big Bug Hunt
Location: Queen Elizabeth Country Park
Time: 1030 - 1400
Cost:£8 per child
Booking: Essential 
Caterpillar Crafts are working in partnership with the Park to offer fun filled day s for children & young people with disabilities or additional needs and their families.


Event: Punch & Judy Magic Show
Location: Secretts
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up

Tuesday 7 August


Event: Bugs & Butterflies
Location:  Magical Rooms, Grayshott
Time: 1000 - 1200 / 1000 - 1530
Cost: £10 / £25
Booking: Essential
Arts & Crafts to make and take away with a Bug & Butterfly theme. Ages 5 to 11.


Event: Junior Club - Compass Discoveries

Time: 1030 - 1200
Cost: £7 (£5 for members)
Booking:  01428-642112  
See what you can discover on our selection of maps and make your own compass.

Location: Secretts
Time: 1100 - 1600
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up 




Location: Applegarth Farm 
Time: 1100 - 1300
Cost:£12.50
Booking: 01428-609340
Tinkerbell will lead a 2 hour workshop getting creative with arts and crafts.  Lots of dancing and games, and Tinkerbell will sprinkle her magical fairy dust!  If the weather is good, there will be a Pirate Treasure Hunt in the garden.  Suitable for ages 3-6 years. 


Event: Out To Lunch: Circus Skills Dickensian Style
Location: Portsmouth City Museum Gardens
Time: 1200 - 1400
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up
Bring a picnic & join in the family fun.


Event: Climbing Puppets Family Workshop
Location: The Lightbox, Woking
Time: 1330 - 1600
Cost: £2 suggested donation
Booking: Just turn up
Build and decorate your own climbing puppet.  For ages 4+ with an adult.


Event: The Big Build Party
Location: St. Catherines Village Hall, Guildford
Time: 1400 - 1530 (2 sessions)
Cost: £5
Booking: E-mail to book
Come and build with Lego, garden building blocks and other building toys.  Art and Craft too. Suitable for age 4-9.







Spanning The Week or Ongoing


Location:  Staunton Country Park
Time: Wednesday 1st - Sunday 5th (from 1030)
Cost: Included in admission
Booking: Just turn up
Start off the holidays in sizzling style lots of fun things to do even if the sun stays away!


Event: Wickham Music Festival
Location: The Festival Fields, Blind Lane
Time: Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 August
Cost: Various (see website)
Booking: Essential
A relaxed & family-friendly outdoor Music & Arts Festival featuring Jools Holland, KT Tunstall. The Levellers & The Proclaimers.


Event: Children's Trail
Location: Claremont
Time: Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th (1000 - 1630)
Cost: Admission + 50p
Booking: Just turn up

Event: Magic Toadstool Mystery Tour
Location: Secretts Farm Shop
Time:  On daily from 0900 - 1700 between 21 July - 2 September 
Cost: FREE 
Booking: Just turn up


Event: Nature Detective Trail
Location: Pick Your Own @ Secretts
Time: On daily from 0900 - 1700 between 24 July - 2 September
Cost: FREE
Booking: Just turn up  



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