Harry Potter Quiz

Hi Everyone,

We have just came across this Harry Potter family quiz hosted by Leicester Libraries.

This is a free event open to all ages of witches, wizards and muggles and will be live streamed on Thursday 4th February 2021 at 4.30pm! 

It's also a perfect excuse to rewatch the movies 🍿🎬

Event link below:

https://fb.me/e/Dg8wbNbK

RSPB Big Bird Watch

Hi Everyone,

The RSPB Big Bird Watch is taking place tomorrow (29/2/21) until Sunday. To take part you just need to spend one hour watching your garden or any out door space and count the birds. There are guides, tools and activities you can download on the RSPB website to help with your bird watch. They even have a live bird watch event you can watch online too: 

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/

This is a perfect lockdown activity to get kids and adults engaged with the nature outside of our windows.

Daisy Dukes Drive in Cinema

Hi Everyone,

The popular Daisy Dukes Drive in Cinema will be returning this Easter.

Their EASTER ALL-STARS event will be packed with  feel-good classics, singalong specials as well as classic blockbusters.

The cinema's will be held in TYNESIDE, TEESSIDE & SHEFFIELD

Movie Lineup Includes: GREASE - BLACK PANTHER - RESERVOIR DOGS - BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - MEAN GIRLS - A STAR IS BORN - BACK TO THE FUTURE - DIRTY DANCING - MAMMA MIA 2 - PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN 2 - DEAD MANS CHEST

Tickets go on sale Sunday (17/1/21) at 9am. You can sign up with the link below for priority ticket access:

 https://tiny.cc/daisydukestour

Sound Workshop

Hi Everyone,

The Discovery Museum in Newcastle are looking for family teams to help create a series of sonic ‘pictures’ of your experience of lockdown. From Saturday 16th Jan you can join Sonic Investigators in a series of four Zoom workshops where you'll learn how to capture these sounds and manipulate them to create your own personal soundscape.

For more information and to book go to:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/online/online/sonic-sounds-of-lockdown/e-mppqxv

Disney Frozen and Tangled Cruise Shows

Hi everyone,

Did you know you can watch Disney's Tangled and Frozen musicals from the Disney Cruise ships for FREE on their YouTube channel.

This is great for a cosy day in under the blankets.

Check the links out below:

Tangled

Frozen

BBC Bitesize

Hi Everyone,

The BBC Bitesize Lockdown Learning schedule starts tomorrow (Mon 11th Jan). We found this really helpful during the first lockdown as the kids thought it was great learning from familiar faces. 

We also enjoyed the range of games and activities they offer along side the lessons, which we found great for the kids to have fun while learning at the same time.

The primary school lessons can be found on CBBC and the secondary school lessons will be shown on BBC2 alternatively you can watch them on iPlayer at your own convenience.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Chester Zoo Virtual Days

 Hi Everyone,

We're very excited that Chester Zoos virtual days are back you can watch live or catch up when it's convenient over on their Facebook and YouTube channels.

Starting today (Fri 8 Jan) from 10am there will be a WHOLE DAY of amazing animal antics. We absolutely loved these live days last year and made them into virtual school trips. We had facepainting,  zoo picnics and lots of drawings and animal fact activities to do while watching. 

Hope you all enjoy some animal fun with Chester Zoo.

https://m.facebook.com/chesterzoo1/

Blue Peter Badges

 Hi Everyone,

During the last lockdown our girls really had alot of fun earning Blue Peter badges. Our youngest made a pretty impressive robot while our eldest created a coeliac friendly cookbook. 

The girls were really engaged with these tasks and was a nice activity to do as a fun part of home schooling. We can't wait to use our free entry badges at some point this year 🤞

You can find more details at the below link:

https://www.notboredoutdoors.co.uk/2020/04/blue-peter-badge.html?m=1

1000 Hours Outside Challenge

 Hi Everyone,

We recently came across the 1000 hours outside challenge and it really resonated with us. The idea is to get kids motivated to be away from screens and enjoy time in nature. The challenge is to spend 1000 hours outside during the course of a year.

The best bit about this idea is that it works for the full family and you can make it whatever you want. More walks with the dogs, family bike rides or running around the garden. The skies the limit! Aslong as your're outdoors, it's counts.

On the 1000 hours outside website they have lots of charts that you can download to track your time outdoors and help keep you motivated. 

This definitely feels like a good time to start, even with all the local restrictions, we are still encouraged to exercise. So let's have as much fun as safely possible with our time outside.

We'd love to see the progress you make if you take up the challenge and we will put a collective #notboredoutdoors total up at the end of the year.

https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/