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Oct 11

Gore Blimey Half Term Fun @Bristol

Celebrate Halloween this half term with At-Bristol’s ‘Gore Blimey’ activities! Between the 22 and 31 of October, At-Bristol science centre will be giving you the chance to get hands-on with a range of activities including organ dissection and making your own fake blood!

Forget about the supernatural this Halloween and get to the heart of organ anatomy and what really makes us so fascinating! Dissect and compare how your eye matches up to a horses’s, find out how much blood pumps through a heart and bring science to life (literally!) in our dissection lab by dissecting and reanimating a sheep’s lung!

Ever wondered how blood clots form? Find out as the At-Bristol team provides you with the tools to create your very own fake blood…which you can take home! And for the more squeamish of visitors, there’s a less gory way to learn about our anatomy – by painting the anatomy on you! Paint on veins, muscles and tissues – body-painting with a difference.

Commenting on At-Bristol’s blood-curdling half-term activities, Katy Nehammer, Informal Learning Manager for At-Bristol said: “Gore Blimey is a great way for children to experience anatomy and organs in practice, rather than in a text book. A lot of parents might not have done dissection since school, I think the whole family might be a little surprised by what they discover, even more so by what they take away!”

Toddlers can explore Weather & Seasons @Bristol

At-Bristol, the family-fun science attraction on Bristol’s Harbourside, will again open its doors to toddlers this Friday 6 May. ‘Come rain or shine’ is the latest in a series of themed Toddler Takeover days exclusively for under fives.

Expect lots of fun exploring the wonderful weather and the different colourful seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Little ones will get the chance to make a windmill and see how fast the sails spin, have fun playing with magic snow and hunting for muddy puddles around the science centre.

Toddlers will also be able to dress up in wintery costumes, create their own weather wheel to take home and listen to a story about a magic carpet travelling the world. All the fun will take place in At-Bristol on Friday 6 May between 10am-4pm and activities are included in a reduced admission price.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to get star struck in the ‘Little Stars’ Planetarium show, especially for under fives. At-Bristol’s youngest astronomers will be taken on a journey into outer space, as they blast-off in a rocket and spot twinkly stars in the night sky.

At-Bristol also has a further 300 hands-on exhibits to enjoy, including the latest All About Us experience. Mum’s will have the opportunity to reflect on the nine stages of pregnancy that passed them by and discover the walk in womb. Other young family favourites include ‘In the Jungle’ and ‘Jet, set, go’ designed with At-Bristol’s youngest visitors in mind. Plus, there is an array of interactive exhibits involving sand, water and bubbles that never fail to entertain!

The fun-packed Toddler Takeover days offer family-friendly facilities for parents and carers including; a picnic area with high chairs, buggy parks and nappy changing facilities. Toddler Takeover days are also a great way to meet other likeminded parents and carers and for children of a similar ages to interact with each other.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the toddler fun! For further information see www.at-bristol.org.uk or call At-Bristol on 0845 345 1235.

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Apr 11

Bristol Zoo Gardens for Kids May Offer

To celebrate the Royal wedding, Bristol Zoo is offering visitors the chance to claim two tickets for the price of one throughout May. To claim this offer simply text ‘wedding’ to 88802 and you will be sent a 2 for 1 text voucher to your mobile phone. Visitors must present the text voucher on their mobile phone when they arrive to gain entry to the Zoo. The cheapest ticket goes free. Texts will cost your standard network rate.

Terms and conditions apply. Please see Bristol Zoo Gardens website for further details.

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Jul 10

Fossils and Funnybones at At-Bristol

Fossils and Funnybones, an exciting archaeological exhibition for under eights is now on at At-Bristol.

The exhibition gives young visitors the chance to try their hand at archaeology and dig for fossils, whilst learning about the different types of life that were around millions of years ago. There are themed areas and plenty of storytelling space.

Bronwen Bird, Exhibition Manager of At-Bristol, stated: “It’s great to have Fossils and Funnybones back as it’s such a popular exhibit. It has lots of investigation stations where you can explore fascinating extinct creatures – giving budding Palaeontologists a hands-on opportunity to learn some skills!”

With a campfire, animal remains and plenty of costumes from huge prehistoric mammals to fearsome dinosaurs – you can unleash your inner T-Rex and dress up like a dinosaur which is sure to be roaring fun for all!

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Jun 10

Toy Story 3 at a Cinema near you!

The first two films were brilliant, so will the latest Toy Story live up to your expectations? You decide …

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Jun 10

Father’s Day Gladiator School in Gloucestershire

Visit Chedworth Roman Villa in Yanworth, near Cheltenham and watch the mighty gladiators of ‘Legio II Augusta’ fight for your entertainment – then get your dad to join the gladiator school! All willing (or even unwilling) fathers can receive some short training to prepare them for the arena -what better way to celebrate Father’s Day?

* Normal admission charges apply but there are no additional event charges. For more information please call 01242 890256. If you want to fight wear loose clothing, and shoes with good grips.

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May 10

At Bristol Celebrates the Year of Flight

At-Bristol is launching its new family show, Altitude – the fantastic flight show, this week to celebrate the BAC’s (Bristol Aeroplane Company) 100 years of flight in the West and has secured sponsorship for it from AgustaWestland, the Anglo-Italian helicopter company based in Yeovil, Somerset.

The show is interactive with audience members being shown all about the science of flight. How does something as heavy as an aeroplane or a helicopter manage to stay in the sky? Would you know how to fly a plane if you found yourself in the cockpit? With a wind turbine, smoke machine, small aeroplane and explosive experiments, this is a show with something for everyone.

More discoveries can be also made at the Take Off in the Live Science zone. Fix a ‘wing’ to your hand and see what differences it makes, drop different weights down a tube to see what happens and look at feathers under microscopes and learn how amazing flight really is.

Altitude – the fantastic flight show and Take Off are included as part of the ticket to At-Bristol and will be running for the next six months.

There are also other ways to get involved with the BAC’s 100 years of flight in Jet set, go! an airport-style play area for under 8s where children can fly a plane, be air traffic controllers, put luggage through the x-ray machines or be an air steward. There’s also Launch It, an exhibit that allows visitors to discover the science behind flight by building rockets, launching them up to the ceiling and watching as they come back down, a hot-air balloon you can make rise by getting it to the correct temperature and also some actual landing gear from an A330 Airbus where visitors can learn how it works, its components and the sheer size of what is only a relatively small part of the plane.

At-Bristol would like to say a huge thank you to AgustaWestland for their sponsorship of Altitude – the fantastic flight show. As a charity, At-Bristol needs funding to allow for the development of shows and exhibitions and the money for this show has gone towards buying equipment that otherwise wouldn’t have been able to be purchased resulting in being able to offer visitors a much better, and exciting, visit.

Museums at Night 14th-16th May 2010

‘Museums at Night’ is a national campaign, led by Culture24, and funded by MLA and the National Museum Directors’ Conference (NMDC), to showcase the unique and vibrant museums, galleries, heritage sites, libraries and archives in the UK. Running over the weekend of Friday 14th May to Sunday 16th May, museums and galleries alike will aim to inspire fresh discovery by opening their doors to late night visitors.

Museums will be unrolling an imaginative array of activities across the country. From candle-lit readings, paranormal investigations, sleepovers, night-time tours, musical events and much, much more.

This year’s programme sees the return of firm favourites, like Cabinet War Rooms sleepover and the Old Operating Theatre at St Thomas Church, plus exciting new additions such as the; Helicopter Museum’s ‘Back to the Blitz’ experience, follow a night shift at Cornwall’s Geevor Tin Mine and the chance to see a ‘Light in the Night’ at Cromer’s Lifeboat Museum.

You can find up to date listings at the Culture 24 Website

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May 10

At-Bristol Gets Top Marks for Educational Visits

At-Bristol has shown itself to be at the top of the class for educational visits by being awarded a Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.

Awarded by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, the Quality Badge combines for the first time learning and safety into one easily recognisable badge for all organisations providing learning outside the classroom experiences.

Chris O’Callaghan, Learning Manager for At-Bristol, said: “Being awarded the Quality Badge is a real coup for all the staff here as it shows that we offer young people the type of high quality learning experiences they really benefit from. We’re thrilled to get official recognition for our efforts and we look forward to welcoming even more children and young people from to At-Bristol!”

The Quality Badge was developed as part of the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto, a national initiative to ensure young people are given more opportunities to have these experiences as part of the curriculum. The Quality Badge scheme is part of the Government’s £4.5m Out and About package which, along with the badges, provides guidance and information for teachers on how to plan and organise high quality activities. The badge is designed to make it easier for teachers to identify providers of quality educational visits. Organisations will display the badge as a signal to schools that their venue has met required standards, so teachers do not need to carry out their own risk or quality assessments.

Ed Balls, Secretary of State Children, Schools and Families, said: “Educational visits are among the most memorable experiences in a child’s school life. Quality Badges offer teachers a guarantee that not only is a venue providing the sort of educational value that they can build on in class long after the visit but they also have the appropriate risk management structures in place.

It is a significant victory in our battle to move away from the misguided perception that learning outside the classroom is a potential minefield for teachers. I want to see teachers using Quality Badges as practical decision making tool. It should ensure that many more young people have memorable, exciting and valuable learning outside the classroom experiences. I congratulate At-Bristol on being awarded the badge.”

For more information on At-Bristol’s latest exhibitions log on to: www.at-bristol.org.uk or call Bookings on: 0845 345 1235.

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Jan 08

10 Great Family Days Out for the Kids This Half-term

Half-term is only a couple of weeks away, so what have you got planned?

Here is a list of some places you might want to consider (just click the link for more details):

1. Centre for Life, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

2. Knowsley Safari Park, Liverpool, Merseyside

3. Eureka!, Halifax, Yorkshire

4. Techniquest, Cardiff, Wales

5. Amazing Hedge Puzzle, Symonds Yat West, Herefordshire

6. Tales of Robin Hood, Nottingham, East Midlands

7. Dinosaur Adventure Park, Norwich, Norfolk

8. Beatrix Potter – The Tailor Of Gloucester’s House, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

9. Deep Sea World, Fife, Scotland

10. Imperial War Museum, Waterloo, London

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