RedKangaroo: NHS Staff Evening Offer


A special rate of £7.50 (35% discount) will be charged for an hour bounce during this evening for bouncers with a valid NHS card and their families, providing the individual with the NHS card is bouncing. On the night only price - present your NHS card and pay on arrival. 5-8pm. RedKangaroo Trampoline Park. W: www.redkangaroo.co.uk


Get Active this Half Term


Visit Reading Climbing Centre where children will learn to overcome new challenges, face fears, have fun and make friends. See page 24 for your 20% off voucher! W: www.readingclimbingcentre.com


Terrifying Tuesday


Enjoy trick and treats, scary snacks and ghoulish games. Families just need to go to the Nicholsons Shopping Centre’s Facebook page and send a message for a terrifying ticket to this treat. Plus between 11am-4pm, The Canterville Ghost will be spooking the ‘little horrors’ of Maidenhead. W: www.facebook.com/nicholsonssc


Toy Discovery


Hands on experience exploring the history of toys. Play with old and new toys, learn some new games and discover the unique handling collection on display. £2 entry per child or £1 with an Advantage Card. 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-3.30pm. Windsor & Royal Borough Museum. T: 01628 685686 W: www.windsormuseum.org.uk


Edible Jurassic Insects in Amber


Decorate a jam jar complete with fantastic ‘fossilised insects in amber’, which you can take away and eat! Ages 5+, families, 1-hour sessions starting at 10am, 11.15am, 1pm & 2.15pm. £3.50, pay on the day, drop in. Reading Museum. W: www.readingmuseum.org.uk


Woodland Wonders - Build a Bird Feeder


Create your own bird feeder to help the native and migrating birds in your garden this winter. Suitable for age 5 upwards. Suggested donation £5. Booking required. Burnham Beeches near Slough. W: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk


Victorian Schoolroom Experience


Meet a Victorian schoolteacher and re-learn the ‘3Rs’. A 45-minute experience for adults and children over 5 in the Victorian classroom. 11.30am, 1.15pm & 2.30pm. £1 per person, drop in (35 places max per session). Reading Museum. W: www.readingmuseum.org.uk


Wednesday 25th


Panto Art Installation An unmissable chance to work with Panto artist Simon Jardine to create some of the artwork that decorates The Corn Exchange in Newbury throughout the festive season. Running until Friday 27th October. W: www.cornexchangenew.com


Build a Bat Box


Workshop at Beale Park. 10.30am- 12.30pm. £5. W: www.bealepark.org.uk


Meet the Bugs


Animal Keepers are giving visitors the chance to get up close and personal with some of the residents that live in the Park’s newest area, ‘Bertie’s Bugs and Beasts’. So, if you would like to experience the amazing world of giant insects, meet a snake, stroke a Giant African Snail or get close to a tarantula, then pop along to the Park from 1.30-3.30pm. Beale Park. W: www.bealepark.org.uk


Sand Art


Drop in and create a sand art picture with Kids Bee Happy with Maddi. 10.30am-12.30pm. £4 per picture. Wokingham Library. T: 0118 978 1368


Stone Age Bracelets


Use air drying clay to create beads modelled on ones found at Stone Age sites made from bones, teeth and tusks. Thread them together to make some fabulous jewellery. Ages 5+, families, 1-hour sessions starting at 10am, 11.15am, 1pm & 2.15pm. £3.50, pay on the day, drop in. Reading Museum. W: www.readingmuseum.org.uk


At the Nicholsons Shopping Centre


Tuesday 24 October 11.00am and 4.00pm


Christmas Saturday


25 November


Funfair and market with craft and food stalls


Launch We


Enjoy trick and treats, Scary Snacks and Ghoulish Games. Families just need to go to our Facebook page and send a message for a terrifying ticket to this treat.


Plus between 11.00am and 4.00pm, The Canterville Ghost will be spooking the ‘little horrors’ of Maidenhead.


Saturday 28 October 11.00am to 3.00pm


Pumpkin Carving Workshop with prizes for the best carved pumpkin!


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