Wild Homes

Monday 22nd - Friday 26th July & AND Monday 12th - Friday 16th August

1pm – 2.30pm

Take a walk to see if we can find the homes of animals in the meadows. Then make a den or tent wild home for yourself or an animal or even a fairy. Take a break in your work and toast a marshmallow.

Recommended age 4 - 11 years.

£4.50 per child. Must be accompanied by an adult.

Booking essential, book online at www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk

Stone Age Hunters

Monday 29th July - Friday 2nd August AND Monday 19th - Friday 23rd August

1pm – 2.30pm

Go back in time to the Stone Age and prepare to help your tribe. Visit our special Condover mammoth replica and learn what it can tell us about the Ice Age.

Try using a fire bow and spear thrower and paint with soil pigments in your sacred cave. As a tracker, assess how you will hunt and scavenge using wind direction, footprint trails and more and use stones to make a solar calendar to help you know when it is time to move on.

Recommended age 4 - 11 years.

£4.50 per child. Must be accompanied by an adult.

Booking essential, book online at www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk

Winnie the Pooh Adventures
Monday 5th - Friday 9th August AND Monday 26th - Friday 30th August

1pm – 2.30pm

“What day is it?” said Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favourite day,” responds Pooh.
Decorate a pooh stick with items found in the meadows. Try to trap a heffalump. Make a house for Eeyore. Help Pooh by learning to identify honey bees in the meadows, so that he can have some honey later.

Recommended age 3 - 11 years.

£4.50 per child. Must be accompanied by an adult.

Booking essential, book online at www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk

A Discovery Summer Children’s Holiday Club
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 25^th July until 29^th August

9am – 1pm
Time will be spent outside exploring, learning about and enjoying nature. We will create things using natural materials and go out and make dens. There will also be quiet times inside with a range of creative activities, games and books. We plan to cook once a week.

For Children in reception to year 6.

£14.00 per child or free with a school code. A snack and lunch are included.
Booking essential, call 01588676060 to book.

Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG) – Flicks in the Sticks Film

Wednesday 21^st August
Film starts at 3pm
Po must train a new warrior when he's chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he's going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted corsac fox, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.

Adult £6, child £4. Booking essential, book online at www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
Themed crafts and film snacks will be available.

Fizzgigs, Ellesmere Community Arts Group. 

In the summer of 2021, they created the Magical Plantation Trail. This year, Fairy Folk will appear along the trail.  We are inviting people, especially accompanied children, to visit Ellesmere's Plantation Wood and glimpse them all. 

The trail can be followed from Saturday 20th July right through to the end of the summer holidays (see poster below).

They also wanted to remind parents and carers about the community fairies which they launched way back in March. They put together kits of materials to make them and about 80 kits were given out.  Completed fairies can be handed in at Our Space (the library) any time soon.  See below a picture of a fairy made by a very young child for reference.  Any partly completed fairies may also be able to be finished by one of our group!  All the community fairies will be on display in the Wood alongside the big ones.

Leaflets about the trail will be available from Moolah, the local library and a special dispenser at the main entrance to Plantation Wood.

A NEW creative club for young people aged 6-13

Saturdays 10-12  

Starts 13th July

at Babbinswood Farm (near Oswestry/Whittington)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/y6SHSonvjKEMa248A

Come and explore a MULTIVERSE of possibilities. There will be activities using natural and reused materials emerging from YOUR ideas and interests - Den Building, Drawing, Sculpture, Architecture, Craft, Sound and Film + much more… Supported by experienced artists.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Parents/carers will need to stay for the workshop. However, you will not need to supervise other than to accompany your children to the toilets. This is because of the distance of the toilet from the creative space. We will be building a new compost toilet closer to the space. And when this happens we will be able to reassess these arrangements. Parents/Carers are VERY welcome to get creative as well.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL - TO BOOK OR FOR MORE INFORMATION >>

Joseph at mothershippon@gmail.com

ABOUT Pay What You Can

> We want to ensure our activities are accessible to all

> We meet our costs from a mix of fees, donations and funding

> We ask that those who can afford it pay either £5 or £10 per session

> If this is unaffordable we are still very happy for you to participate

Babbinswood Farm

Rural Art Hub

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

Please see below the activities we have at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre during May Half Term:

May Half Term Activity – Seeing is Believing
Monday 27^th – Friday 31^st May

1pm – 2.30pm

Create your own basic kaleidoscope to make patterns and learn their history. Play with optical illusions. Compare the eyes of different animals over time and solve the mystery of each animal eye stage. Recommended age 4 - 11 years.

£4.50 per accompanied child. Booking essential, book online.

Matilda The Musical (PG) – Flicks in the Sticks Film
Wednesday 29^th May
Film Starts at 5pm

Matilda Wormwood is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. On meeting her inspirational teacher, Miss Honey, Matilda is encouraged and begins conjuring her own fantastical tales. Excited to attend Crunchem Hall, Matilda is surprised to find the school is an ominous and oppressive place led by the huge and villainous Miss Trunchbull. As well as kind Miss Honey, the bright lights among the meanness are story-loving librarian, Mrs. Phelps, and Matilda’s newfound school friends.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage to help others change their stories and takes charge of her own destiny.

Free themed crafts and refreshments available to purchase in the cafe from 4pm.

Adult £6, Child £4, Family £18. Booking essential, book online.

Medieval Madness is a soft play centre in Shrewsbury who strive to provide a clean and safe environment for children up to 13 years of age to come and play. 

They also hold SEN sessions for both children and adults.

Moreton Hall School is holding their Holiday Club this May half term, including Football and Tennis Camps. 

The holiday club is running from Tuesday 28th to Friday 31st May from 8am until 6pm.  All children from Reception to Year 8 are welcome.  The Football Camp is available all week and Tennis Camp on 28th and 29th.

https://moretonhall.org/about/upcoming-events/

Parenting course

The Parenting Team will be trialling a new and exciting 4 week workshop – Working on your relationship. Please see attached poster with further information.

The workshop aims to help parents/carers to reflect on and make positive changes within their relationship, if this might be having a negative impact on their children at present.

Ellesmere 10K run and 2K fun run