Half term programme – October 20 – 29
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
Chichester PO19 3QR
Roman Army Week
The Palace is seeking new recruits to enlist in its Roman Army and learn what it takes to become a fully-fledged soldier, activities every day for the trainee Roman soldiers. Once signed up, soldiers will don a uniform, train with sword and shield, and learn to write Latin and play Roman board games
Times 10.00am – 4.00pm From Monday 23rd – Friday 27th Oct
Suitable for ages 7+ Tickets £1 per child, plus entry: £6.50 – £13.00 + concessions
Escape Rooms
You are locked in a room. The only way to get out is to solve a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and strategy to complete the objectives at hand. Sounds like torture? Actually they are great fun. They run just about every day, all day. Sessions last from 30 mins to 1 hr. Pick between:
Pier Pressure
33 Upper North St., Brighton BN1 3FG Daily from 10.00 am
Details and booking HERE
Escape the Vault
Presuming Ed’s, 115-116 London Road, Brighton, BN14LJ
Daily from 10.00 am Planning and Booking HERE
BewilderBox
The Brunswick, Brighton, BN3 1JF
Planning and Booking HERE
Cluetivity
(Outdoor escape room, as it were, using GPS and fancy techy stuff. It’s for older kids; plus spare a couple of hours for it!
Planning and Booking HERE
Solve the City
Stalk the streets of Brighton, armed only with an app, and a parent or two.
Planning and booking HERE
Go Completely Pots
The Painting Pottery Café
31 North Road Brighton BN1 1YB
Runs daily pottery painting sessions. See website HERE for details
Plus a Kids Holiday pot throwing taster session HERE, on Thursday 26 Oct. 11.00am – 3.00pm
Paintpots
39 Trafalgar Street Brighton, BN1 4ED
Monday-Saturday 11am – 6pm Adults £5 Children £3
To find out what’s on, Telephone: 01273 696 682 and tell Vicky you’re from the Brighton Science Festival and she’ll take the kids down to see how the kiln works!
email paint.pots1@gmail.com
website is HERE
Art-ful Pottery
71 Rowlands Rd, Worthing, BN11 3JN
Mostly for adults, but THIS looks interesting for kids,
Tuesday-Sunday, 10am – 4pm Find out more and book HERE
Amberley Museum,
New Barn Rd. Nr Arundel, BN18 9LT
Open Weds – Sunday, 10.00am – 4.30pm,
The old industrial time capsule from Victorian times, (explore HERE) set in beautiful countryside, with walks and steam train rides, plus many activities, every day.
Tickets HERE
Leaf Printing For children of all ages
Weds-Fri, 25-27 Oct.
Time – 11.00am – 3.00pm
Halloween Evening and Ghost Ride
After a day at the museum, fill up with Halloween-style snacks and drinks, before riding on the ghost train and look out for who (or what) is lurking in the woods!
Saturday 28th Oct
Times – every 15 minutes from 7.00pm to 8.15pm
Suitable for ages 12+ Tickets – £12.50 Book HERE
(Tickets for museum – £7.50 – £15.50 + deals) HERE
We advise you to bring a torch, warm clothes and sensible footwear as this event is mainly outdoors. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate dogs at this event. Please be aware there will be flashing lights on site.
———PROGRAMME, DAY-BY-DAY———
FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER
Sew In Brighton
18, Kingsway House, 134-140 Church Rd, Brighton BN3 2DL
Crochet Foundations for Complete Beginners & Improvers
A comprehensive three-week course, with essential foundation crochet techniques, completing up to three projects along the way. All materials are provided. Suitable for 9 – 13 year-olds (accompanied by adult – free)
Tickets £168.50 for three-week course (or £84.25 one session)
Times – Fri, 20 Oct 6:30pm – 9pm Fri, 27 Oct 6:30pm – 9pm Fri, 3 Nov 6:30pm – 9pm
Find out more and book HERE
SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER
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Coding with Minecraft at the i360,
I360 – Sea front BN1 2LN
1) Using code to control physical objects, vitally important in real world computer science, connecting LEDs, buzzers and switches to a Raspberry Pi computer, and program them using Python;
2) Then how to control Minecraft using Python;
3) Finally adding some real-world devices to our Minecraft code.
Suitable for ages: 9 – 18+ Tickets £25 Time 09:30 – 11:30am, 12.00 – 2.00pm, 2.30 – 4.30pm
Details and booking HERE
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Coding with Minecraft at the i360,
I360 – Sea front BN1 2LN
1) Using code to control physical objects, vitally important in real world computer science, connecting LEDs, buzzers and switches to a Raspberry Pi computer, and program them using Python;
2) Then how to control Minecraft using Python;
3) Finally adding some real-world devices to our Minecraft code.
Suitable for ages: 9 – 18+ Tickets £25 Time 09:30 – 11:30am, 12.00 – 2.00pm, 2.30 – 4.30pm
Details and booking HERE
Astronaut Academy
The Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux, Hailsham, BN27 1RN
What does it take to become an astronaut? We will investigate with some exciting activities to discover the challenges faced when reaching space.
Suitable for 6-8 year-olds – 10.30am-1.00pm – tickets £14.95
And 9-11 year-olds – 2.00pm-4.30pm – tickets £14.95
You will need to buy a ticket for the Science Centre; but you definitely will not regret that – it’s amazing! Details and booking HERE
Science Centre info and booking HERE
Monster Whoopie Pies
B&H Food Partnership 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
Kids can free their creative demons and go wild creating scary but sweet monster whoopie pies, step by step
Suitable for 7 – 13 year-olds
Tickets £25 (£15 concessions)
Times 9.30 – 12.00 Information and booking HERE
Meet the Taxidermist
Booth Museum 194 Dyke Road BN1 5AA
Jazmine Miles-Long, with a special story time and owl spotting. This event is a perfectly designed introduction to the world of birds for the very young.
Tickets – FREE
0 – 4 year-olds at 1.00 – 2.30pm BOOK HERE
5-11 year olds at 3.00 – 4.30 BOOK HERE
Ministry of Science Live! – Science Saved the World
The Capitol North Street Horsham RH12 1RG
Science leads the way in getting our lives back to normal. ‘Normal’ of course means the extraordinary Ministry of Sound taking an anarchic look at the scientists, engineers and inventors who have shaped the modern world that we live in: proving that everyone of you can help save the World!
Expect 20ft LIQUID NITROGEN clouds, exploding OXYGEN & HYDROGEN balloons, FIRE TORNADOS, HYDROGEN bottle rockets, ignited METHANE and even a self-built Hovercraft!
100% Educational. 200% Entertaining. 300% Explosive. 400% Fun!
Suitable for all ages
Tickets £17
Time 3.30 (1.5 hrs)
Information and booking HERE
Ministry of Science website HERE
WEDNESDAY 25th OCTOBER
Earth & Beyond Twilight
The Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux, Hailsham, BN27 1RN
What makes volcanoes blow, the Earth quake and the icecaps melt? What is in space and how do we know? This workshops looks at our dynamic Earth and how we look beyond Earth into space using a telescope. If the weather is clear we may even get to look at the magnificent Moon S
Suitable for ages 9-11
Tickets £29.95
Time – 3pm- 8 pm (Bring a pack supper)
Entry to the Science Centre is not included; leave enough time before the workshop – it’s amazing!
Details and booking HERE
Observatory details HERE
African and Caribbean craft and culture
Jubilee library, Jubilee Street, Brighton BN1 1GE
Come and make a Kanyan themed necklace and listen to stories from African and Caribbean authors. This event is run in partnership with Afrori Books.
Tickets – FREE – drop-in
Times 10.30am – 12noon
THURSDAY 26th OCTOBER
Mindful Lego Mosaics
Jubilee library, Jubilee Street, Brighton BN1 1GE
Lego isn’t just for kids! Discover the mindfulness of building mosaics using Lego bricks, and have a chat with other like-minded kids and adults.
Tickets – FREE – drop-in
Time – 4.00pm – 6.00pm
SATURDAY 28th OCTOBER
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Children’s Halloween Wreath Workshop
Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens
Website HERE
Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, RH13 6PP
Get into the spooky spirits (After a day at the beautiful gardens) with our one-hour workshop in the Courtyard Café. Children will create their own Halloween wreath from a selection of papers, trims and of course, googly eyes, ready to hang at home!
Suitable for children 5+
Tickets £12 per child 10% off for Leonardslee members.
Garden entry not included
Times 10:00 – 11:00, 11:30 – 12:30 and 13:30 – 14:30
Information and booking HERE
SUNDAY 29th OCTOBER
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