Journey through time at Liverpool’s


World Museum Travel back to the land of the pharaohs at Ancient Egypt: A journey through time; the unmissable gallery at Liverpool’s World Museum. The free-to-visit gallery features one of the UK’s most significant collections of ancient Egyptian and Nubian antiquities, and is the biggest Ancient Egypt gallery in the UK outside of the British Museum. Highlights include the gallery’s atmospheric Mummy Room; where visitors can come face to face with the past and delve deeper into the myths, mysteries and rituals surrounding the ancient Egyptian afterlife. Free entry, open 10am-5pm daily. W:www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ancientegypt


From awesome artworks to stimulating science, we bring you the latest fun things to do from across the county to keep young minds entertained this half term.


Pop Dots Workshops for kids at Tate


Image courtesy of Gareth Jones


Liverpool This autumn Tate Liverpool will be showing works by the famous American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. He used a painting technique that mimicked comic books and newspapers that became synonymous with the influence of popular mass culture on modern art. Keep your children entertained this half term by joining the free family activities on offer including the Pop Dots workshop from Tuesday 24th to Friday 27th October. Young visitors can learn to use dotty patterns and quirky captions to have fun creating comic style collages to be proud of! W: www.tate.org.uk


Halloween half term at Blackpool


Pleasure Beach There’s something for everyone at Blackpool Pleasure Beach with thrilling rides and spectacular shows you’ll be sure to have the time of your life at Britain’s favourite amusement park. Enjoy the UK’s


only Nickelodeon Land loaded with 12 rides and attractions, a Nick shop and home to a whole host of famous Nickelodeon characters including Chase, Marshall and Skye from PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Plus there’s Wallace & Gromit’s Thrill-O-Matic taking fun-seekers on a ride of the duo’s most famous adventures with a number of loveable and not-so-friendly characters popping up along the way. If the fun leaves you a bit peckish and you can’t decide where to eat why not purchase All You Can Eat Wristbands which can be used at food outlets across the park! W:www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com


4 OCTOBER HALF TERM ISSUE 2017


Do not miss the event of the year – KidsFest at The Atkinson!


The biggest family event of the year is coming to The Atkinson - KidsFest 2017! This half term, the annual fun fuelled festival returns from Saturday 21st-28th October with a week of events, shows, activities and generally great stuff! Watch Monstersaurus, an energetic show full of thrills and spills, magic and mayhem with original music and plenty of audience participation. David Gibb is on a one-man mission to make brilliant, engaging music and guaranteed to have both parents and children singing along in no time! You’ll also find time-travelling magicians with crazy capers, and Zombie- rella, a mysterious vaudeville storyteller with a difference! Find all this and much more online, check out the details and times to get your half term entertainment sorted! T: 01704 533 333 W:www.theatkinson.co.uk


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