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Inside... Your Summer Guide to Six Weeks of Holiday Fun Classic Car Shows Family Fun Days Don't Miss... Your Chance to Danc familylife Inside... Summer 2017 Your summer guide to six weeks of holiday fun Classic car shows Family fun days Don’t miss... Your chance to dance and shine 2 - familylife familyfamilylife - 3 Welcome to the summer Contents issue of Family Life Health and wellbeing from arts and culture to kids camps, pitch Get Oldham Active 4 is a major priority and putt, shopping, theatre and canal trails and spending time on pages 6 and 7. We’ve also got classic Summer Staycation 6 outdoors with the car shows, interactive library events and family is a great way events for a good cause. to encourage lifestyle In September we’ll be celebrating all the Family fun days 8 improvements that great things about our town and want benefit all of us. everyone to get involved in the Your Oldham Your chance to dance 10 Here in Oldham we Festival (pages 24 and 25). This exciting are blessed to be week-long programme of events offers nestling between chances to go green, digital or even take Shine with music and rhyme 11 the Pennines – and part in archery and caving. There’s also to be surrounded by ‘Events in a Box’ on offer: free packs which Oldham’s magical maze 12 35 stunning parks, provide everything you need to organise a reservoirs, moorlands and nature reserves. cracking street party with your family and This is the perfect time to get out and neighbours. A Bee-utiful day out 13 enjoy them. As ever our handy Events Planner is We’ve got a huge range of activities available to help you find the events most Events Planner 14 and events on offer, so please keep this suitable for you and your family on pages guide handy as your essential source of 14–17. Events for a good cause 18 information and inspiration for things to do You can also keep up to date with our over the summer. events via social media or by signing up Classic Car Shows and Yanks weekend 19 There are some great ideas for traditional to our free e-newsletter using our contact games to help Get Oldham Active on pages details on the bottom of page 28. 4 and 5, followed by information about Finally, for those with children due to start Interactive events at Oldham’s libraries 20 the best places to spend time across the primary school or move to secondary borough. There’s also details of family fun school in September 2018, there’s guidance days and events featuring dance, music and Outdoor exploration 22 on important dates and things to do to rhyme, and much more. make sure your child is school ready on Oldham town centre will again be hosting page 26. Your Oldham Festival 24 some great family events this summer. If you have any feedback about the services First up is our annual Flower Festival in July we provide – or Family Life – please tell School Admissions 26 featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and us what you think by sending an email to the chance to take part in planting and [email protected] crafts or visit our Shed of Stories. We are Become a school governor/30 hours free childcare 27 also having bee-related activities at Gallery Have a fantastic summer. Oldham with beekeeping experts, and even Cinema competition 28 the chance to catch Bee Movie (page 13). If you’re choosing to have a summer ‘staycation’ then we’ve got a guide to top Cllr Jean Stretton attractions across Oldham offering anything Leader of Oldham Council 4 - familylife familyfamilylife - 5 Get Oldham Active Make the most of the longer and warmer days by spending more time with your Hopscotch family outdoors this summer. Draw a series of numbered squares on a Being active can make you happier, help hard surface with some washable chalk. with those niggling health problems and is a great way of bonding with your family. Throw a small object such as a beanbag or a stone onto one of the squares and Why not try playing some of these hop or jump through the squares to traditional games? They will keep you retrieve the object. If you miss the and your family active and entertained square, your turn is over. for hours – important when you have the summer holidays to fill. Our parks are What time is it Duck Duck Goose perfect Mr Wolf? Make the most of our lovely Players sit in a circle facing each local parks by setting up First choose a player to be Mr Wolf. other while one person is “it”. your games there. There’s 35 to choose from. There’s Mr Wolf then stands apart from the The player who is “it” walks around other players with their back turned. Blind Man’s Bluff lots of open space along the circle and taps the other players with many other facilities for The players call out “What time is it Mr on the head calling each a “duck” A different take of the classic game, tig. The player you and your family to enjoy Wolf?” whilst walking towards the Wolf. until they call one a “goose”. who is “it” wears a blindfold and tries to tag the throughout the summer other players. The person who is tagged is then “it”. months and beyond. The Wolf turns around to say a time and Once someone is a “goose” they For more information visit: then turns their back towards the other get up and chase “it” around the For other ideas on getting active this summer visit: www.oldham.gov.uk/ players again. circle with the aim being to tap them www.oldham.gov.uk/getoldhamactive before “it” can sit down in the place parks This is repeated until the players get very the “goose” had been sitting. close to the Wolf at which point the Wolf will respond with “It’s dinner time!” and If “it” is successful the “goose” try to catch one of the other players – becomes “it” and play continues. the person who is caught then If the “goose” manages to tag becomes the Wolf. “it” the “goose” returns to their place and “it” starts again. Share your pictures from these activities by using the hashtag: #GetOldhamActive 6 - familylife familylife - 7 Theatre Saddleworth Museum The borough is home to various theatre Be mesmerised by the story of the Summer venues, each hosting unique family people who have created Saddleworth’s friendly shows across the year. landscape and character. The museum Whether it’s a visit to the Oldham has something for all ages, with activities Coliseum or the Playhouse2, there’s and exhibitions that the whole family will something for everyone. enjoy. After your trip why not discover Staycation Find out more: www.visitoldham.com/ Uppermill and try the independent cafes attractions/theatre and tearooms, boutiques, toy and Is home your holiday Pitch and putt gift shops? destination this year? Take in Oldham’s glorious scenery Find out more: while trying to hit a hole in one at Bishops Parks and www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk Make this summer’s staycation Park, Grains Bar. For adults and kids alike countryside centres one to remember with some of this is a great way to enjoy an afternoon. Canal trails our top picks across Oldham. Find out more: Wonderful woodlands, waterways and www.bishopsparkpitchandputt.co.uk/ wildflower meadows can be found at the Grab your walking boots and a picnic Gallery Oldham three countryside centres at Brownhill, and enjoy a peaceful walk down the Dove Stone Reservoir Daisy Nook and Tandle Hills. You could Huddersfield Narrow Canal or Jump into arts and culture with the family even relax in one of Oldham’s many parks Rochdale Canal with the family. and view a range of brilliant exhibitions Why not take a picnic and enjoy the or see what activities are taking place There’s even an audio trail that you across the gallery. Keep a look out on its tranquillity of the reservoir? at the Castleshaw Centre. can listen to while walking along the calendar for the latest events, tours and Or get involved in family activities that Find out more: www.visitoldham.com/ Huddersfield Narrow Canal. activities. Find out more: take place across the summer? attractions/countryside Find out more: www.galleryoldham.org.uk Find out more: www.rspb.org.uk www.visitoldham.com/activities/ and search Dove Stone Spindles Town Square canal-trails-and-trips Oldham Community Shopping Centre Leisure Kids’ Camp Old Town Hall and Between Monday 24 July and Friday 25 ODEON cinema Browse the range of retail shops in the August young ones can join in the Kids’ town centre and grab a coffee from one Enjoy a film with something to eat at Camp at Radclyffe School, Hunt Lane, of the cafes or eateries while the kids our historic Old Town Hall. There’s plenty Chadderton, OL9 OL8. It’s £12.75 per enjoy the town centre playground or on offer for you to choose from. child, per day. It involves lots of fun Shopping Susie’s Kids Club (Find out Find out more: games to keep the kids active. more about the club in our events www.odeon.co.uk/cinema/oldham/ Find out more: oclactive.co.uk planner on pages 14–17). There’s also up to three hours free town Small Cinema centre car parking at weekends at all What’s a summer holiday without council-owned sites. Simply take a ticket watching a classic film? Go along to the and display it in your vehicle Small Cinema and watch Chitty Chitty on arrival.
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