Summer Holiday Activities for Families: Places to go over the holidays! Dear Parent /Carer I’ve been trawling through the various guides, flyers and websites to produce a list of free events and activities going on over the Summer Holidays to help keep the children entertained. Details of venues are at the end. I would advise contacting venues prior to going just to check activities are still going ahead. You can also check out the Family Information Service or the venue websites for updates and further events throughout the Summer. Have a lovely break! Laura Hopper – Family and Student Support Worker Activities listed below are free unless stated. Many activities are ‘drop ins’ and run throughout the period shown. All activities may be subject to change so please contact venues prior to attending. Summer Festivals:    

17-19th July: Summer Tyne Americana Festival, Sage Gateshead 18 – 23rd July: Marine Festival, Arbeia Roman Fort, Segedunum, Great North Museum 24-26th July: Sunderland International Airshow (Friday 2-10pm, Sat/Sun 10-6pm) Roker and Seaburn http://www.sunderlandlive.co.uk/airshow 30th July – 2nd August: Stockton International Riverside Festival Various venues and times http://sirf.co.uk/

Week commencing: 20/07/15 Monday 11-3pm Wallquest Family Picnic, Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Tuesday 10-2pm Signed by a Solider, Hatton Gallery 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Pit Ponies, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 11-3pm Fun with Fireman Sam, Discovery Museum 11-3pm Marine Festival – Ariel and Ursula, Great North Museum 2-3pm Record Breakers Read and Make, Newcastle City Library Monument Movies: 12noon Sing a long Frozen, 5pm Guardians of the Galaxy, Grey’s Monument Wednesday 10.30am-2pm Fun Drawing Workshop, Hatton Gallery 11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Rising Sun Countryside Centre 11-3pm Marine Festival – Rescue a Seal, Great North Museum 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games – Elswick Park Thursday 11-1pm Pond Dipping 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Cheeky Canaries, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 11-3pm Marine Festival – Captain Hook, Great North Museum 11-3pm Big Thursday: Toytastic, Discovery Museum 11-3pm Wallquest Family Picnic, Arbeia 1-3pm Park Life: Family Games – Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon Big Hero 6, 5pm Malificent, Grey’s Monument Friday 11-3pm Marine Festival Events, Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Weekend 24-26th Sunderland International Air show (Friday 2-10pm, Sat/Sun 10-6pm) Saturday: Swim Safe, Sandhaven Beach (Weather Dependant)

Saturday 11-4pm Annual Summer Dog Oscars, Richardson Dees Park Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Sunday Monument Movies: 11am Postman Pat, Grey’s Monument Week commencing: 27/07/15 Monday 11-3pm Animals from around the World, Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Tuesday 10.30-12pm Summertime Collage, Hatton Gallery 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Canny Clanny Lamps, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 11-3pm Titan the Robot, Discovery Museum 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields Monument Movies: 12noon Paddington, Grey’s Monument Wednesday 10.30-12pm Draw Together, Hatton Gallery 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Venetian Masks, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games – Elswick Park Thursday 11-3pm Big Thursday: Light and Sound, Discovery Museum 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Clay Fossils, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields 1-3 Park Life: Family Games, Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon Wreak it Ralph, Grey’s Monument Friday 11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Richardson Dees Park Wallsend 11-3pm Funday Friday – Underwater Touch Tanks, South Shields Musuem 12-3 Pop Up Park Life - Gosforth Central Weekend Sat and Sun 1pm and 3.30pm Plays in the Park – Treasure Island, Mobray Park Sunderland Saturday 11-3pm Pirates and Princesses, Stephenson Railway Museum Saturday 11-3pm Victor the Veteran, Arbeia Saturday: Swim Safe, Sandhaven Beach (Weather Dependant) Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Saturday 11-3pm Maximum the Magnificent Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Sunday Monument Movies: 11am The Penguins of Madagascar, 3pm Jaws, Grey’s Monument Week commencing: 03/08/15 Monday Tuesday 11-3pm All about Animals, Discovery Museum 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Model Mines, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest – Amphitheatre South Shields Monument Movies: 12noon In to the Woods, Grey’s Monument Wednesday 11-3pm Picnic in the Park, Richardson Dees Park Wallsend 1-4pm Buzzy Bees, Paddy Freemans Park 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games, Elswick Park Thursday 11-3pm Big Thursday: Wish you were here?, Discovery Museum 1-3 Park Life: Family Games, Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon Jungle Book, 5pm Big River Big Songs, Grey’s Monument Friday 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields 12-3 Pop Up Park Life, Paddy Freemans Park Weekend Sat and Sun 11-3 Museum of Transport Model Railway, Stephenson Railway Museum Sat and Sun 10-4pm A-Maze-Ing Fun, Keel Square, Sunderland Saturday 1-5pm, and 5-7.30pm Northumberland Park Festival and Feast, Northumberland Park, North Shields

Saturday 11-3pm Flight of the Romans, Arbeia Saturday: Swim Safe, Sandhaven Beach (Weather Dependant) Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Saturday 4-5pm Butterfly Spotting, Gosforth Park Nature Reserve Saturday 11-3pm Hadrian Festival Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Sunday Monument Movies: 11am An American Tail, Grey’s Monument Week commencing: 10/08/15 Monday Tuesday 11-3pm Dazzle Ships and Zeppelins Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Banner Printing, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields Monument Movies: 12noon The Maze Runner, 5pm Shaolin Soccer, Grey’s Monument Wednesday 10-4pm Roman Mercatus, Great North Museum 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Gorgeous Gondolas, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games, Elswick Park Thursday 10-4pm Roman Mercatus, Great North Museum 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Balance the Boat, Monkwearmouth Station Museum 11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Foxhunters Playing Fields, Whitley Bay 11-3pm Big Thursday: Construction, Discovery Museum 1-4pm Mini beasts of land and water, Jesmond Dene 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields 1-3 Park Life: Family Games, Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb, Grey’s Monument Friday 11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Churchill Playing Fields, Monkseaton 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm Funday Seaside Shields, Punch and Judy, South Shields Museum 12-3 Pop Up Park Life, Elswick Park Weekend Saturday 11-3pm The cat that went to war, Stephenson Railway Museum Saturday 11-3pm Great North Great Saturday, Discovery Museum Saturday 11-3pm Maximus the Magnificent, Arbeia Saturday 11-3pm Victor the Veteran, Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Saturday 1-4pm Gosforth Park Family Fun Day Saturday 1-3pm Family Games, Jesmond Dene Sunday Monument Movies: 11am Space Jam, 3pm 2001: A Space Odyssey, Grey’s Monument Week commencing: 17/08/15 Monday Tuesday 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest, Amphitheatre South Shields Monument Movies: 12noon Back to the Future, Grey’s Monument Wednesday 11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Lockey Park WIdeopen 11-12.30pm, 1.30-3pm A Regatta on the River Wear, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games, Elswick Park Thursday 11-3pm Great North Sports Days 2-4pm Kids Fun Fest – Amphitheatre South Shields 1-3 Park Life: Family Games – Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon Shaun the Sheep, Grey’s Monument

Friday Weekend

11-2pm Get Active Family Fun Day, Killingworth Park Killingworth 12-3 Pop Up Park Life – Exhibition Park Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Arbeia Festival Sat 11-3pm, Sun 1-4pm Sunday Monument Movies: 11am Beauty and the Beast, 3pm Cinderella, Grey’s Monument

Week commencing: 24/08/15 Monday Tuesday Monument Movies 12noon Spongebob the Movie Grey’s Monument Wednesday 5-6pm Park Life: Football and Games, Elswick Park Thursday 11.30-1pm Introduction to Ladybirds, Great North Museum 11-3pm Big Thursday: Pirates Life for Me, Discovery Museum 1-3 Park Life: Family Games, Heaton Park Monument Movies: 12noon How to Train your Dragon 2 , Grey’s Monument Friday Weekend Sat and Sun 10-4pm The Giant Tea Party, Sunniside Gardens Sunderland Saturday 11-3pm Roman Games Day Segedunum (Children free, Adults pay admission (£5.95)) Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Sunday Monument Movies: 11am Lion King, 3pm The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, Grey’s Monument Week commencing: 31/08/15 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1-3pm Park Life: Family Games, Heaton Park Friday 1-3pm Minibeast Hunt, Gosforth Park Nature Reserve Weekend Saturday 1-3pm Family Games Jesmond Dene Sunday 11-3pm Science Bank Holiday Weekend, Discovery Museum Colour Code: Orange: Sports Activities

Blue: Art and Craft Events

Venue Details: Newcastle:  Discovery Museum (NE1 4JA)  Great North Museum (NE2 4PT)  Baltic (NE8 3BA)  Hatton Gallery (NE1 7RU)  Laing Art Gallery (NE1 8AG) (Activities on a Wednesday £2.50 charge per child)  The Sage NE82 JR Slightly further afield:  Arbeia Roman Fort (NE33 2BB)  Monkwearmouth Station (SR51AP)  National Glass Centre (SR6 0GL)  Segedunum (NE28 6HR)  Shipley Art Gallery (NE8 4JB) (Activities on a Thursday £2.50 charge per child)  South Shields Museum and Art Gallery (Ne33 2JA)  Stephenson Railway Museum (NE29 8DX)  Sunderland Winter Museum and Gardens (SR1 1PP)

Outdoors:  Bill Quay Community Farm, Gateshead (NE10 0UE)  Ouseburn Farm (NE1 2PA)  Jesmond Dene and Pet Corner (Closed Mondays)  Rising Sun Country Park (NE12 9SS)  Sandhaven Beach, Sea Road, South Shields, Tyne And Wear, NE33 2LD  Newburn Activity Centre (NE15 8ND)  There are loads of parks around the region but here are a few that I know tend to be popular! Exhibition Park (Newcastle), Leaze Park (Newcastle), Saltwell Park (Gateshead), Riverside Park (Chester-le-Street - DH3 3SJ)

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www.parklife.com

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www.activenewcastle.co.uk

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http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/home.html

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www.newcastlefis.org.uk