February Half Term Events 2011

Saturday, February 26 - 11am and 2pm
The Emperor and the Nightingale
An adventure in a faraway land. A thoroughly interactive experience for the whole family. £6. 5+yrs

Number 8 Community Arts Centre - 01386 555488.
Monday, February 21
Alice in Wonderland
With puppetry, song and dance, the Oxfordshire Theatre Company presents this much loved adventure inspired by the Lewis Carroll novel. 3pm £7 (under 16s £5)

Friday, February 25 - 7.30pm, Saturday, February 26 - 2.30pm and 7.30pm

The Vackees
This is a musical telling the moving story of children evacuated at the outbreak of World War II. Kip and his friends leave their families in London and experience a different life in a Somerset village, hostility from the locals, both adults and children, new close friendships and unexpected first hand encounters with the war. £10 (under 16s £5)

Worcestershire County Museum - 01299 250416.
Open Tuesday – Friday. 10am – 5pm.
Weekends and Bank Holidays, 11am – 5pm. Cost: £4.50 adults, £2.25 concessions, £12 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children)

From Ration Books to Rolling Stones
Rock and Roll yourself back to the iconic ‘50s and ‘60s to explore two decades of great social change. A nostalgic exhibition that illustrates a changing world through the experience of childhood, the home, cultural icons and fashions.

Tuesday, February 22 – Friday, February 25. 10.30 am-4.30 pm
Fantastic Festivals – Holiday Activities
Family activities celebrate the worldwide festivals and special celebration days of February.

Gheluvet Play Day at The Pump House Environment Centre, Worcester.
Wednesday, February 23
Nature Day ‘ Bird Boxes’. 10am – 12 noon.
Aimed at 8yrs to 15yrs. Make a bird box for the park and go on a bird spotting walk with an RSPB leader.

‘Bird Feeders’
1pm – 3pm – Aimed at 4yrs to 8yrs. Come and make feeders for your garden. All materials provided. Places are limited so booking essential. Telephone 07970 456002 or 01905 734980.

Early Musica – A morning of music and games
Thursday, February 24 at 10.30am
A morning of music and games for early years (age 3-7) at the City Library, Foregate S, Worcester, led by Barbara Dunn.

This workshop will include nursery rhymes, the earliest of which are not only a slice of social history, but are also great pedagogical tools that create a musical foundation for our littlest musicians.

A contribution of £3 per child is requested (either by booking through the Worcester Live Box Office 01905 611427) or by paying on the door). Children can repeat sessions if they wish at no extra charge. All children must be accompanied.

Hanbury Hall - Telephone: 01527 821214
22 & 24 February - 11 am to 4.30 pm
Family Activity Days - ‘Wonderful Winter’
Enjoy a trail around the garden and ‘make and take’ activities. Normal admission charges apply; there will be a small additional charge for the trail and the activities to cover the cost of materials.

26 & 27 February 11 am to 4.30 pm
Nature Detectives – ‘Feathered Friends’
This weekend you can make a bird feeder to take home with you, and you can become a Nature Detective by going bird spotting in the park. Feel free to bring your own binoculars so you can go bird spotting in the garden. Normal admission charges apply; there will be a small additional charge for the trail and the activities to cover the cost of materials.

The Greyfriars – Telephone: 01905 23571
Friday,February 25, 1pm - 5pm
Make Do and Mend
A day of crafts using materials from around the house. Part of the Love Worcester events happening around the city throughout half-term. Adults £4.80, children £2.40, families £12.

Hatton Country World – Telephone 01926 843411
Saturday, Februayr 19 – Sunday, February 27
February Frolics Lambing Event
Lambing Event - see newborn lambs every day in our Lambing Marquee with Little Bo Peep and Pete the Shepherd. Plus new arrivals in Farmyard Favourites, Mad Science Farming Show, adventure play and frolicking fun all day long.

Ragley Hall – Telephone (Freephone visitors enquiries): 0800 093 0290
Monday, February 21 to Sunday, February 27
Half Term Activities
Ragley's Mud Safari returns so bring your wellies for a walk around the woods on the hunt for wildlife. Plus there will be craft activities, the Adventure Playground and Gardens to enjoy.

Normal admission prices apply. Please note that the State Rooms will not be open, but the House will be open for craft activities and Hooke's Cafe.

Webb’s of Wychbold – 01527 860 000
Monday, February 21 – Friday, February 25
Half Term fun for Kids
Keep the children entertained with a variety of activities (most suited to 3-8 year olds). Free shows daily at 2pm, 2.45pm and 3.30pm, located in the plant house.

Monday and Wednesday - Music Mayhem, Tuesday – Animal Encounters and Thursday – Animal encounters, Friday – Circum Mayhem.

Also Riverside Ramble (10am – 5pm) Free, Children’s Fair Rides (11am – 4pm) £1.50 per ride, Funtastic Fantasy Faces (1pm – 5pm) £2.50.

Cadbury World
February Half Term Fun
Cadbury World will have various acts on site daily, including Charlie Farley and Rags and Mare Traversoni.

(Ticket line available 9am –5pm) Telephone: 0844 880 7667

Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum - Tel: 0121 202 2222.
Weekdays 10am – 4pm, weekends 10am – 5pm. Cost: £11.75 adults, £7.95 children, £36.80 family ticket.

The Big Bang Show
Demonstration packed family science show. Time: 2.15pm

Robot Rebuild – Storytelling
Interactive storytelling session for young children and their parents. Time: Noon. Age group: Under 8s & parents

Animation Workshop
Modelling workshop that brings inanimate objects to life through the science of stop frame animation. Time: 12.45pm

Wallace and Gromit Invention Sessions
Inspired by Wallace’s love of inventing, this workshop will encourage and inspire the secret inventor inside all of you, using kits developed by the BBC. January – April 2011. Age group: Over 8s All activities run until April. (Weekends and selected school holidays).

Other places of interest in and around Worcestershire.

· Lickey Hills Country Park and Sculpture Trail – Telephone: 0121 447 7106.

Open 10 am - 4.20 pm FREE

· Worcester Woods Country Park and Orchard Café – Telephone: 01905 766493.

Open 9 am – 5 pm FREE

· Wyre Forest Visitor and Discovery Centre - 01299 266929. Open 10 am – 4 pm FREE

· Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens - Telephone: 01993 823006.
Open every day apart from Christmas Day from 10am Cost: £11.50 adults, £8 children, under 3s free

· Dick Whittington Farm Park - 01452 831000
Weekends and school holidays 10am – 5pm, Cost: £6 children over 3 and adults, active under three’s £5, babies free, family ticket £20.

School term 10.30 – 2.30 closed Tuesday (£4 concession price)

· National Sea Life Centre - Telephone: 0871 423 2110.
Open Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm and weekends 10am – 6pm. Cost: Prices differ so the advice is book on-line before you go

· Almonry Heritage Centre - Telephone: 01386 446944.
Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Tickets: £3 adults, under 11s Free, concessions £2

· Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings – Telephone: 01527 831363
Weekend’s 10.30am – 4pm. Tickets: £5.50 adults, £2.50 child (under 5s free), Family ticket £14.30

· The Commandery – Telephone: 01905 361821.
Open Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sunday 1.30pm – 5pm. Cost: £5.40 adults, £2.30 5-16 yrs, under 5’s FREE, £4.10 concessions, Family ticket £12.50

· Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum – Telephone: 01905 25371.
Museum: Open Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm, FREE. Cafe, Shop and Art Gallery also open on Mondays.

· Evesham Country Park - Telephone: 01386 761888, The Ark Animal Sanctuary; Telephone: 01386 422282.
Open Monday - Saturday 9am - 5.30pm, Sunday 10.30am – 4.30p. FREE entry to Garden Centre, charges for Animal Sanctuary and Railway

· Green Frog Pottery - Telephone 01684 561778.

· Bowl X-treme, Telephone 01905 757475

· Malvern Splash - Telephone 01684 893423.

· Worcester Swimming Pool - Telephone. 01905 20241.

· The Severn Valley Railway - Telephone 01299 403816

· Go Ape! Wyre - Telephone 0845 643 9215.

· Butterfly Farm and Gift Shop - Telephone 189 299288

· Twycross Zoo - Telephone 01827 880250

· Dudley & West Midlands Zoological Society Ltd - Telephone 0844 474 2272

· Greyfriars NT - Telephone 01905 23571

· Birdland Park and Gardens - Telephone 01451 820480

· Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Telephone 01453 891900.

· Cotswold Falconry Centre - Telephone 01286 701043