Off the Streets: 21st - 25th August
A week of workshops for children and young people designed to entertain and inspire!
Below is a run down of available workshops and a timetable of the week. To book a place in any of the workshops click on the booking links next to the day your choice appears on the timetable. You can also book tickets with cash by visiting our office (open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 3.00pm).
28 Northload St, Glastonbury BA6 9JJ
If you have any questions please email us or give us a call: 01458 833693
Children’s World would like to thank the Somerset Community Foundation for their support of this project.
WORKSHOPS
BIRDS OF PREY
Alun Wells from the Pitcombe Rock Falconry is back with his birds of prey! A great chance to get up close to a variety birds and Alun provides a fascinating and educational profile of the birds you meet.
This workshop is for all ages (under 8’s to be accompanied) and will be at Paddington Farm, Thursday 24th August, 1pm – 3pm
Cost £3.50 -Parent/Carer free
COOKERY
This popular workshop is back! Led again by Ann Webb – the participants will be making a vegetarian bread based pizza, followed by a batch of tasty muffins.
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at Millfield Prep School. Edgarley BA6 8LD. There are two sessions available on Wednesday 23rd August. Session 1: 10am – 12.30pm and session 2: 1.30pm – 4pm
Cost £8.00 – including ingredients
DANCE
Lula May (from Fuse Circus) will be providing a fantastic day of dance tuition, choreography and performance.
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at Abbey House, Chilkwell Street BA6 8DH on Tuesday 22nd August, 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50
DRAMA
Maxine Ridout-Prime from Taking the Space Theatre is back to provide a whole day workshop for budding actors to learn drama skills and create a performance for parents.
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at Abbey House, Chilkwell Street BA6 8DH on Thursday 24th August, 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50
DRUM RUNNERS
Interactive Junk Music Workshops which include learning and playing rhythms with an end of day performance.
This workshop is open to all ages – under 8’s s to be accompanied. It will be held at Paddington Farm on Friday 25th August, 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50 – Parent/Carer free
FARM DAY
An all day adventure exploring the grounds and animals at Paddington Farm. Led by farm manager Michael Lowe. this is a great day for anyone who likes to get out in the country!
There are 2 Farm Day workshops: 8’s and over – Tuesday 22nd August 10am – 3pm. Under 8’s – Wednesday 23rd August 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50 – Parent/Carer free
GRAFFITI WORKSHOP
Learn graffiti techniques and create your own graffiti artwork under the expert tuition of Sym from MOAUK.
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at the Lost Projects base, Wells Road Trading Estate BA6 9QU. There are 2 sessions available: Thursday 24th August and Friday 25th August 11am – 2pm
Cost £3.50
HULA HOOPING WORKSHOP
A unique chance to make, tape and learn the art of Hula Hooping, learning fab moves to impress your friends, from Children’s World’s Hula expert – Angela Bolton!
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at Paddington Farm. There are 2 sessions available: Monday 21st August, 12pm – 3pm, and Thursday 24th August, 10am – 1pm
Cost £5.50 – including hula hoop
MUSIC AND SONGWRITING
Led by Charlie and Ian Miller, the group will work together to create and record a song from scratch. A keyboard and electric drum kit will be available and participants are invited to bring their own instruments too. After the workshop the final song will be edited and be available for the participants to download.
This workshop is for 8’s and over and will be held at the Avalon Centre, King St BA6 9JY on Monday 21st August 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50
SCIENCE
Amazing and fun demonstrations on aspects of science from Bill Bailey, with audience participation – perfect for inquisitive minds!
There are 2 sessions available: 10am – 11.30am (under 8’s) and 12.30pm – 2pm (8+). They will be held at the Avalon Centre, King St. BA6 9JY on Friday 25th August.
Cost £3.50 – Parent/Carer free
SKATEBOARDING WORKSHOP
A day of skateboarding tuition led by the team at Lost Projects -learn basic skills as a beginner and if you are a bit more advanced spend time honing your skills!
Held at the Lost Projects base Wells Road Trading Estate BA6 9QU, there are 2 sessions available for 8’s and over – Monday 21st August 10am – 3pm and Tuesday 22nd August 10am – 3pm
Cost £5.50
STORYTELLING with TOR THEATRE
For the younger group, it will be a fun filled session of interactive stories. The older group is drama based, encouraging story creation and development – a fun and entertaining session for creative minds! Both workshops are led by David Reakes from Tor Theatre
This workshops will be held at Paddington Farm on Monday 21st August. There are 2 sessions available: 8’s and over 10am – 12pm and under 8’s 1pm – 3pm
Cost £3.50 – Parent/Carer free
YEAST CRAFT WORKSHOP
Sustainable Craft with Yeast Scrap store – create your own craft items using recycled and repurposed materials.
Held at Yeast’s base, Unit 7 Dyehouse Lane BA6 9LZ, there are 2 sessions available: 8’s and over, Tuesday 22nd August 1pm – 3pm, and under 8’s, Thursday 24th August 1pm – 3pm
Cost £3.50 – Parent/Carer free
Timetable of workshops
Monday 21st August
Click this link to book tickets for this day: https://buytickets.at/childrensworld/980788
Hula Hooping (age 8+) 12.00pm – 3.00pm
Music & Songwriting (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Skateboarding (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Storytelling (age 8+) 10.00am – 12.00pm
Storytelling (age under 8’s) 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Tuesday 22nd August
Click this link to book tickets for this day: https://buytickets.at/childrensworld/980822
Dance (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Farm Day (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Skateboarding (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Yeast Craft (age 8+) 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Wednesday 23rd August
Click this link to book tickets for this day: https://buytickets.at/childrensworld/980832
Cookery (age 8+) 10.00am – 12.30pm
Cookery (age 8+) 1.30pm – 4.00pm
Farm Day (age under 8’s) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Thursday 24th August
Click this link to book tickets for this day: https://buytickets.at/childrensworld/980841
Birds of Prey (all ages – under 8’s to be accompanied) 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Drama (age 8+) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Graffiti Workshop (age 8+) 11.00am – 2.00pm
Hula Hooping (age 8+) 10.00am – 1.00pm
Yeast Craft (age under 8’s) 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Friday 25th August
Click this link to book tickets for this day: https://buytickets.at/childrensworld/980869
Drum Runners (all ages – under 8’s to be accompanied) 10.00am – 3.00pm
Graffiti Workshop (age 8+) 11.00am – 2.00pm
Science (age under 8’s) 10.00am – 11.30am
Science (age 8+) 12.30pm – 2.00pm
