Bexley Children's University Learning Destinations

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details Destination Active Horizons Contact name: Yeukai Taruvinga Tel: 01322 333 447 or 07305799625 Email: [email protected] Address: Active Horizons Community Hub Adamson Court Dell View Road

Erith

DA8 3FG Website and social media: https://activehorizons.org/ https://www.facebook.com/activehorizonsyouth/ https://twitter.com/activehorizons https://www.instagram.com/activehorizons/

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details of half term activity Destination taking place Tel: 020 8303 7777 (say 'Libraries' to have Book Buzz Festival Bexley Libraries your call transferred) The Book Buzz Literary Festival is back for its third Email: [email protected] season. It will run from Saturday 15 February to Address: Saturday 29 February 2020 and will include lots of Various, but including: events and activities held in Bexley’s libraries and Central Library – Bexleyheath other venues all around the borough. Crayford Library Highlights for children include Nick Arnold’s Erith Library “Horrible Science Show” which is back by popular

Sidcup Library demand, comic illustration workshops from Kev Sutherland, animal handling from the Wiggly Wild Thamesmead Library Show, visits from author Joseph Coelho and Welling Library interactive code breaking from Bletchley Park’s Tom For full addresses, please visit the Libraries’ website. Briggs. We also have storytelling, drama workshops, theatre shows, robotics workshops, a mobile Website or social media: planetarium and comedy poetry so there is something https://arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/bexley for everyone. https://www.facebook.com/bexleylibraries Tickets for most events are free and can be booked https://twitter.com/bexleylibraries at www.bexleylibraries.eventbrite.com

View the full programme of events and activities. You can earn stamps for your passport for taking part in the activities marked with the Children’s University logo.

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Contact information Details of half term Learning activity taking place Destination Contact name: Bradley Marshall Football Courses Charlton Athletic Tel: 0208 850 2866 Community Trust Email: [email protected] Football courses will be taking place Address: at Crook Log, from 9am to 3pm. Crook Log Leisure Centre, Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, DA7 4HH For more information, please Sidcup Leisure Centre, Hurst Road, Sidcup, DA15 9AE contact Bradley Marshall. Erith Leisure Centre, Avenue Rd, Erith DA8 3AT Website and social media: https://cact.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/charltonathleticcommunitytrust/

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details Destination

Name of contact: Ben Watt Danson Youth Centre Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 8303 6052 Address: The Danson Centre Brampton Road Bexleyheath Kent DA7 4EZ

Website and social media: www.dansonyouth.org.uk https://www.facebook.com/Danson-Youth- Centre-1132958586721719/?ref=br_rs https://twitter.com/DansonYC https://www.instagram.com/dansonyc/

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details of half term activity Destination taking place Name of contact: Michael Heath Friends of Foots Cray Email: [email protected] Meadows Website and social media: www.fotscraymeadows.org https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Foots- Cray-Meadows-311943705664659/ https://twitter.com/FriendsCray

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details of half term activity taking Destination place Name of contact: Anne-Marie Gill Superhero February Hall Place & Gardens Tel: 01322 621 238 Email: [email protected] What's small, green, yet totally evil! And who can Address: defeat it? Find out this February in our fun story Hall Place & Gardens and craft session. Come dressed up as your Bourne Road favourite superhero and join the fun. Bexley Places are limited, so please book well in advance Kent DA5 1PQ to avoid disappointment as the booking line gets Website and social media: busy. https://www.hallplace.org.uk/ All children must be accompanied by an adult to https://www.facebook.com/hallplace/ help with the craft. https://twitter.com/HallPlaceBexley Meet in the Visitor Centre. https://www.instagram.com/hallplacebexley/ For ticket information please follow this link https://www.hallplace.org.uk/event/superhero- february-2/

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details of half term activity Destination taking place Email: [email protected] Willow Weaving Lesnes Abbey Address: Lesnes Abbey Lodge, Lesnes Abbey The session will explore the characteristics of willow from a sculptural perspective and reveal Woods, New Road techniques and approaches that will help you London, DA17 5DH understand this amazing resource. Website and social media: The workshop will introduce you to creating and making large scale willow sculpture that we https://visitlesnes.co.uk/ work on together. https://www.facebook.com/lesnesabbey/ Each workshop starts with an informal introduction. We will look at willow in its dry Booking details (booking is essential. Tickets and wet state and begin to handle and learn techniques to manipulate it. available through Eventbrite): The work will progress through the day across Tuesday, 18 February 2020 from both workshops, immersing everyone into the 10:00am - 12:30pm wonderful rhythm of weaving. You can stay for a few minutes or for the whole of your workshop. https://www.facebook.com/events/486110328699803/ We will all work together to create something very special. let us see what we come up with! Cost: You take home memories, new skills, and maybe some photographs. Stephen your tutor has been Child - £6 working with willow for over 30 years and Adult - £9 trained as a sculptor and forest school teacher and runs a group called creative nature HQ at a workshop in SE18. All ages welcome but no unaccompanied children

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

Name of Learning Contact information Details of half term activity Destination taking place Name of contact: Georgiana Irimia Tuesday 18th February Winter Birds Woodlands Farm Tel: 020 8319 8900 10:30am-12:30pm Trust Email: [email protected] Would you like to learn more about birds? Come and Address: The Woodlands Farm Trust, 331 Shooters find out interesting facts about them and how they survive the winter on our winter bird trail. Then make Hill, Welling, Kent. DA16 3RP your own bird feeder that you can take home to feed Website and social media: the birds who visit your garden. No booking required www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org just drop in. Price: £3 per child.

https://twitter.com/woodlandsft Wednesday 19th February Get Wild in the Woods To book your place on any of the activities, please 10:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm-3:30pm Come and join us for an adventure in the woods. Have call 020 8319 8900 or email a go at shelter building and wild cooking over a fire. All [email protected] children must be over 7 and must be accompanied by an adult. Each session can accommodate 15 children. Booking essential! Price £6 per child.

Friday 21st February Dream Catchers 10:30am – 12:30pm Drop by The Woodlands Farm and we’ll teach you how to catch your dreams. Use your creative skills to make an authentic dream catcher using colourful wool, beads and feathers. No booking required. Price £3 per dreamcatcher.

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

You can also use the following websites to find out about…

National Learning Destinations https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/activity-search/

Downloadable activities from Children’s University https://www.lsec.ac.uk/children-s-university/learning-destination https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/get-involved/downloadable-activities/

Kent Children’s University events and challenges http://www.kentchildrensuniversity.co.uk/cukent/home/

Other Children’s Universities local to Bexley, who may also put on events and challenges https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/find-a-childrens-university/?Location=bexley

Bexley Children’s University Learning Destinations

For any further information regarding the Learning Destinations, or if you would like to nominate one, please contact Bexley Children’s University using the any of the following contact details:

Louise Chalkley Children’s University Officer London Borough of Bexley in partnership with London South East Colleges Tel: 0203 045 5044 Email address: [email protected]

Facebook: Bexley Children’s University https://www.facebook.com/bexleychildrensuni/ Twitter: @BexleyCU https://twitter.com/BexleyCU Instagram: @BexleyCU https://www.instagram.com/bexleycu/ YouTube: Bexley Children’s University https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckjSSH0HfILmkIVWsaiEpw?view_as=subscriber