Trips & Workshops
Greater Manchester Police Museum
What an absolutely brilliant museum! We went for a tour at 2pm and had to leave at 3.30pm when it closed otherwise I think we would have stayed longer! There were so many displays to look at which covered everything from the hats/helmets they used to wear, to the weapons seized from the prisoners during ... Read more
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History | Law, politics and citizenship | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Wildcraft – Minecraft in real life!
The girls and their friends went on a day in Delamere Forest put on by Forest Explorers with the theme of Minecraft. It was run by Ranger Pete who we did the Stone Age Day with and a navigation course. Children over 8 didn’t need to be accompanied by an adult so I spent a ... Read more
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The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester
What a brilliant little museum! Right in the heart of Manchester between two massive hospital buildings lies this historic house and now an inspiring museum – The Pankhurst Centre. We spent just 45 minutes there but the conversations it triggered far exceeded that. Both girls already knew quite a bit about the Suffragettes thanks to ... Read more
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National Space Centre Home Ed Day
To kick start our learning in 2022, we went with another family down to the Space Centre in Leicester for a home educators’ day. There were three sessions for each family to attend: a session in the planetarium, a talk and then a hands-on workshop. The theme was looking after the Earth in a more ... Read more
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Manchester Architecture Tour
I found this free tour on Eventbrite and thought we’d give it a go. It was run by Ed Glinert of New Manchester Walks who led us on a walk, together with another 15 or so people, around the city centre looking at different styles of buildings from the Classical, Italianate, Gothic, Baroque and Modernist ... Read more
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Art, Design and Technology | History | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Bridlington Animal Park
On a recent few days away in Filey, we went to Bridlington Animal Park. As we pulled up in the car park, we didn’t think it looked like much but boy were we wrong. We ended up staying for 2.5 hours and had the most amazing animal experience ever. We virtually had the whole park ... Read more
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Beaumont Park, Huddersfield
Beaumont Park, Huddersfield HD4 7AY We’ve spent a blissful couple of hours at this park today on our first ever visit there. It’s described on it’s website as “a magnificent park with ornate features, cascades, grottos, steep cliffs and picturesque woodland walks for all the family”; this is absolutely spot on! Armed with a map ... Read more
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Meeting another Peggy!
Our family loves all things donkey-related and so we booked a visit to The Donkey Sanctuary in Manchester. Little did we know that Peggy human would get to meet Peggy donkey! The sanctuary manager took us to see the donkeys in the stables and told us anything we wanted to know about them. We were ... Read more
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MathsCity in Leeds
We all went on the train to MathsCity in Leeds this week. MathsCity was a brilliant experience because there was a lot to see and do. We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves which was great because we could do whatever activities we fancied. There were many things to do and many of ... Read more
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Map reading course and plane crash sites
When I saw Tony of Riley’s Outdoor Adventure was running a map reading course, we got signed up straight away. There were four sessions which involved learning how to navigate with an OS map and compass, how to use six-figure grid references and generally how to find your way in various conditions and using landscape ... Read more
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