Learn about the flags of the different countries that make up South Asia in this fun game and craft session.
FREE, spaces limited, please book in advance at the welcome desk of your chosen library or over the phone.
Event Audience: Children
The peacock is a large ,brightly coloured male bird, native to South Asia. Use your cutting and decorating skills to create a vibrant 3D Peacock.
FREE, drop in, limited spaces and availability
This Summer come and make a unique piece of Hainault Forest glass – featuring the medieval “Maypole” insignia for the area belonging to the Abbess of Barking, and embossed with the oak and hornbeam leaves mentioned in the Tudor survey of the area.
Working with a glassmaker, you choose the colour that you make your piece, and then press the stamp into the hot glass creating a unique memory of your visit to Hainault Forest.
Suitable for ages 7+
Booking advised via our email, or you can book in the studio.
Cost: £15 (pick up of finished pieces is 1 week after, or postage can be arranged)
Available at weekends in addition to our glass bauble and dragon egg workshops, or selected weekdays by arrangement.
Contact us at team@workinglass.org or follow us on our social media @workinglass for further information.
Join our education ranger for a Minibeast session focusing on Butterflies!
This activity will involve going for a walk to see if we can find some of the butterflies that live in Hainault Forest. There will be some fun games along the way to help us learn more about these beautiful creatures
Discover the differences between moths and butterflies, why we need butterflies as pollinators, and how we can protect them.
This event is open to all ages and families are welcome
Join our education ranger for a minibeast session focusing on Moths!
This morning session will involve inspecting a moth trap that was left out overnight (weather permitting). Work with our ranger to identify and record the moths that are on site before setting them free.
Learn about the differences between moths and butterflies, and why they are just as important. You will find out what threatens our moths and why these surveys are needed to monitor their decline.
This event is open to all ages and families are welcome.
Join the Forest Education Ranger for a morning tour around Foxburrows Farm. Discover the animals that live here, and help our Farm Rangers by giving some of them their breakfast.
Starting before the Farm is open to the public, this tour will teach you about the animals that we have on the farm, including how some can help to manage the forest. There will also be the opportunity to feed some animals (please note that we cannot guarantee feeding specific animals)
The tour will last approximately 45 minutes. The tour will start promptly at 9.15am
Visiting a farm is an enjoyable experience, but does carries a small risk of catching infection from animals or the environment, Particularly for those who are young, elderly, immunocompromised or pregnant. Health and safety information will be given at the start, and a link is provided here for more information https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cbef14440f0b649e50f9d9e/Farm_visits_
How to Catch a Book Witch by Coppice Theatre follows a little girl called Kira as she tries to find out why all the words are starting to vanish from the books in her local library. It is a race against time to find out what is happening. Could there be a Book Witch stealing the stories?
Exploring the importance of libraries, sharing stories and not judging people. The show features live music, puppetry and storytelling. Created with inclusion and accessibility in mind and including key word signing and integrated captions.
Booking essential.
Coppice Theatre are a Cornish-based company that specialises in creating engaging, entertaining and educational productions for young people.
This show was created thanks to kind support from The Arts Council England, Feast Cornwall and AMATA, Falmouth University.
How to Catch a Book Witch by Coppice Theatre follows a little girl called Kira as she tries to find out why all the words are starting to vanish from the books in her local library. It is a race against time to find out what is happening. Could there be a Book Witch stealing the stories?
Exploring the importance of libraries, sharing stories and not judging people. The show features live music, puppetry and storytelling. Created with inclusion and accessibility in mind and including key word signing and integrated captions.
Booking essential.
Coppice Theatre are a Cornish-based company that specialises in creating engaging, entertaining and educational productions for young people.
This show was created thanks to kind support from The Arts Council England, Feast Cornwall and AMATA, Falmouth University.
Could YOU be a medal winner?
Do you know your GOALBALL from your GOGGLES?
And just WHAT is a runky fap?
Qualify, win team medals and be in your very own Olympic ceremony with Pākiki Theatre’s ‘Who Wants To Be An Olympian?’, the show that celebrates Olympics and Paralympics past, present and future in perfect time for Paris 2024!
Ideal for ages 5+ and their families – Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult throughout this event.
Booking essential.
Devised by Raewyn Lippert, Vickie Holden and Ashlee McIntosh
Directed by Vickie Holden
Set design by Helen Coyston
Could YOU be a medal winner?
Do you know your GOALBALL from your GOGGLES?
And just WHAT is a runky fap?
Qualify, win team medals and be in your very own Olympic ceremony with Pākiki Theatre’s ‘Who Wants To Be An Olympian?’, the show that celebrates Olympics and Paralympics past, present and future in perfect time for Paris 2024!
Ideal for ages 5+ and their families – Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult throughout this event.
Booking essential.
Devised by Raewyn Lippert, Vickie Holden and Ashlee McIntosh
Directed by Vickie Holden
Set design by Helen Coyston