space update - Nimble Arts Creative Holiday Club for 4 - 11 yrs October Half term, Heber Primary School

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Nimble Arts is back at Heber Primary School for a week of top notch creative holiday activities this October from the 26th - 30th October, running 8.30 - 5pm every day, with extended hours available until 6pm. Booking is open now at www.nimblearts.co.uk - October is one of our most popular clubs and spaces are limited, so advance booking recommended as we are likely to be fully booked.

Nimble Arts is a local, arts-led organisation, with a strong emphasis on creativity, quality and inclusivity (and fun!) in our clubs. This October we're really excited to be working with a strong team of brilliant professional artists, film makers, actors and child-care professionals, delivering an exciting range of cross-arts days. Each day is an interactive adventure featuring different combinations of drama,, crafts, music, film, animation and an array of special guests! Each day includes up to four different workshops, delivered by arts professionals to age-specific groups. We have special provision of extra adults and targeted workshops for younger children, and a great team of DBS cleared pastoral staff, including many local teachers and teaching assistants. We're Ofsted registered and you can pay by child-care voucher.

The line up is...

Monday 26th October: Haunted House

Create your own spooky shoe-box theatre and puppets, devise and film a trailer for your own haunted house movie, and learn to dance like a skeleton!

Tuesday 27th October: Creepy Crawlies

We're have a visit from the wonderful 'Wiggly Wild Show' featuring real-life bugs, beetles and creepy crawlies! Plus we'll make short animations about insects, play a huge range of drama games inspired by insects and craft our own egg box bugs!

Wednesday 28th October: Wizard's Wonderland

By the end of the day, you'll all be going home with your own hand made, antique spell book, having written your own spells inside! You'll also create your own magical wand, and learn some magic tricks.

Thursday 29th October: Camelot Caper

Enter the world of Arthurian legends, of knights, dragons and more! You'll create your own knightly garb, listen to stories and myths from our own time travelling storyteller, film your own film and learn the arts of knightly behaviour!

Friday 30th October: Egyptian Escapade

Mummies, pyramids, code-cracking and adventure! Come with us on an adventure through time to meet an ancient Egyptian queen, in a day of drama and adventure led by Nimble's own Catherine Burgis...

Workshops run 10 - 4 each day, with free wraparound childcare from 8.30 - 5pm. We have limited spaces for our 6 o'clock film club from 5-6 each day if you need a later pick up. Booking can all be done online at http://nimblearts.co.uk/?page_id=1487, where you'll also fine answers to FAQs about the club, and pictures of past clubs. If you have any questions, you're welcome to email Becky and Catherine at [email protected].

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What participants and parents said about our past clubs....

'Just to say a huge thank you, he had a ball last week - I was expecting the standard moans and complaints about holiday clubs but he was as happy and loved the activities and the set up.'

'Thank you so much. C and E have had wonderful time these past three days. They are both very inspired.'

'Just wished to thank you for the awesome 3 days R had with you... He was really happy about participating in so many artistic activities, he brought plenty of 'stuff' home which is obviously on the wall for everyone to see....This camp was just perfect with such professional and smiley staff!'

'Thanks so much for last Tuesday?s band workshop. E enjoyed it so much and can?t stop talking about it.?

?Just thought I?d pass on that D said today was fantastic ? and the best day of her half term by some way!?

?As a granny responsible for some fetching and taking of two participants, I just wanted to say how impressed I was by the teachers running the course. They were so gentle, friendly and positive and understood brilliantly my rather quirky 8-year-old grand-daughter. How wonderful if all primary school teachers could be like them!'

?they also loved the band who came in on Tuesday, it?s really the best holiday club they?ve ever been to!?

[lovelyrita]

We've still spaces on all days for the half term holiday club, but they're going quickly, particularly on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday! With one month to go, we'd recommend getting bookings in soon to avoid disappointment, as October is normally one of the busier Nimble clubs. As we balance the groups by age, we tend to sell out of places for younger children first.

PLUS! Due to the very popular demand for our sold out pirate day last summer, we're adding an additional extra Wednesday this half term with a pirate themed adventure at Elm Wood School in West Norwood (just a stone's through from Dulwich). This will be our first time at this school, and is a taster for a sister club running from next year. Join us on Wednesday 28th October to help Pirate Captain Pearl find her treasure, with a series of creative activities including drama, film-making and arts and crafts! Full details of the extra Pirate day are at http://nimblearts.co.uk/?page_id=1673.

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Spaces are getting very limited for some age groups across some days - details below:

Monday 26th October: Haunted House ? Create your own haunted house shoe box and spooky puppets, learn to dance like a skeleton and make your own spooky movie trailers!

NO 4 year old AM spaces available

3 x 4 year old PM spaces available

NO 5 year old full day spaces available (we may be able to accommodate 5 year olds in our older group of 6-7?s ? please email [email protected] if you?d like more information)

22 x 6-11 year old full day spaces available

Tuesday 27th October: Creepy Crawlies ? Meet some real life creepy crawlies with our special wriggly guests, craft your own bugs, and animate a tale of bugs!

NO 4 year old AM spaces available

1 x 4 year old PM spaces available

NO 5 year old full day spaces available (we may be able to accommodate 5 year olds in our older group of 6-7?s ? please email [email protected] if you?d like more information)

22 x 6-11 year old full day spaces available

Wednesday 28th October: Wizard?s Wonderland ? You?ll finish the day having made your own spooky spell book, written your own unique spells, learnt some magic tricks and created a fabulous wand!

NO 4 year old AM spaces available

4 x 4 year old PM spaces available

NO 5 year old full day spaces available (we may be able to accommodate 5 year olds in our older group of 6-7?s ? please email [email protected] if you?d like more information)

24 x 6-11 year old full day spaces available

Thursday 29th October: Camelot Caper ? Learn some knightly skills, create your own Knight or Princess costume and enter the world of Arthurian myths and storytelling!

7 x 4 year old AM spaces available

9 x 4 year old PM spaces available

7 x 5 year old full day spaces available

30 x 6-11 year old full day spaces available

Friday 30th October: Egyptian Escapade ? Mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphic code cracking and adventure with a day of Egyptian immersion!

Still lots of availability for all age groups!

[lovelyrita]

We are now getting very close to full on Monday - Thursday, with very limited spaces left for younger children. Would recommend booking soon, and I'll update on here with actual numbers once we've done the count!

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Update on spaces for October:

Monday 26th October: FULLY BOOKED - no spaces for any ages available

Tuesday 27th October: 1 4 year old afternoon space, no five year old spaces, very limited full day spaces for 6-11 year olds

Wednesday 28th October: Heber club FULLY BOOKED - no spaces for any ages available. Alternative childcare available this day at our Elm Wood West Dulwich/West Norwood 'Pirate Adventure' - details at http://nimblearts.co.uk/?page_id=1673

Thursday 29th October:

NO 4 year old AM spaces available, but 6 four year old afternoon spaces available

NO 5 year old full day spaces available we may be able to accommodate 5 year olds in our older group of 6-7?s ? please email [email protected] if you?d like more information)

20 x 6-11 year old full day spaces available

Friday 30th October: Plenty of spaces for all ages!

If you're thinking already about Christmas, we have Nimble activities happening at the start of the holidays too with pantomimes, crafts, circus and drama! Full details of our clubs from the 18th - 23rd December at http://nimblearts.co.uk/?page_id=1740