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GREEN QUAY MONTHLY SOCIAL LOTTERY
SPECIAL GREEN QUAY GROUP VISITS OPTIONS ***************** EVENTS AT THE GREEN QUAY ************* SUPPER TALKS AT THE GREEN QUAY IN JANUARY TO APRIL*************
FOR 2009 THE GREEN QUAY WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SUPPER TALKS TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AND THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH. EACH EVENING WILL START AT 6.30 PM WITH A 1 COURSE LIGHT SUPPER FOLLOWED BY AN ILLUSTRATED TALK AT 7.30 PM. PRICE: £7.50 PER PERSON BOOKING ESSENTIAL ******************
‘ THE WASH NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE - A LOAD OF MUD AND A FEW WEEDS' BY SIMON COOTER (NATURAL ENGLAND SENIOR RESERVE MANAGER) TUESDAY 7TH APRIL 2009 ****************** ‘WASH PORTS AND THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE 1217—1571' BY PAUL RICHARDS (LOCAL HISTORIAN) LYNN'S PRIVILEGED GEOGRAPHIC POSITION ON ENGLAND'S EAST COAST AND EXTENSIVE HINTERLAND MADE THE WASH PORT REGULAR DESTINATIONS FOR SHIPS FROM THE HANSEATIC CITIES OF NORTH GERMANY BY THE 13TH CENTURY . THURSDAY 16TH APRIL 2009
*************** 2009 CHILDREN HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Most of the holiday workshops will have minimum charge of £2 to cover any material cost. Booking is essential if you are interested in taking part. Please ensure that any child attending these workshops is dressed in items of old clothing, that they don't mind getting dirty. For more information and to book please contact the Green Quay on 01553 818500. WEDNESDAY 8 TH APRIL 2009 Terra-cotta wind chimes 10am -2 pm Price: £2 Make a charming wind chime out of small terra-cotta pots which you will have an opportunity to design. A perfect way to add a touch of spring to your surroundings. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) (Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult.) *************** WEDNESDAY 15 TH APRIL 2009 Door dangler for your bedroom door 10am – 2pm Price: £2 Using cardboard from boxes, learn to create your own special wildlife door dangler for your room which will tell people whether they can come in or not. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** THURSDAY 16 TH APRIL 2009 Natural England Workshop- Create an Octopus wall hanger 10am – 2pm Price: £2 Create an octopus for your wall to put thing on using cardboard from boxes and newspaper. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** WEDNESDAY 27 TH MAY 2009 Create your own snazzy frame 10am - 2pm Price: £2 Ever want to do something a bit different for your photographs. Well here is an opportunity to create some interesting frames using your imagination and materials that can be found at home. Bring a special photograph along with you to place in your own special frame. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** WEDNESDAY 22 ND JULY 2009 Create sculptures out of sponge 10am – 2pm Price: £2 Creating sculptures can be great fun, especially if we end up using material like sponge. Come along and have a go. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). ***************
THURSDAY 23 RD JULY 2009 Natural England: A Saltmarsh Walk 1pm – 4pm Price: Free An opportunity to go on a Saltmarsh walk round the Wash National Nature Reserve where you will learn about the specially adapted plants found on this unique wilderness and learn to identify birds and animals tracks. Plaster casts will be made of any tracks that you might find which can then be taken home. Finally make Special saltmarsh plant coasters to also take home . Meet at the Wash NNR, Sutton Bridge car park by the East Lighthouse (the beginning of the Sir Peter Scott Walk) Suitable for 8 years and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential. For more information and to book our free event, please ring the Green Quay on 01553 818500 *************** Wednesday 29 th July 2009 Create a working paddle wheel – powered sailboat. 10 am – 2pm Price: £2 An ideal opportunity to get into arts and crafts involving recyclable material by turning used juiced cartons into a working paddle wheel-powered sailboat. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** WEDNESDAY 5 TH AUGUST 2009 Deep sea creature mobile 10am -2pm Price: £2 Create a special mobile depicting the creatures you might find in the deepest part of the ocean that can then be hung from your bedroom ceiling. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** Wednesday 12 th August 2009 Mosaic Art (Bean mosaic, sand mosaic and tile mosaic) 10am -2pm Price £2 Use tiles, sand, shells or legumes to create a colourful mosaic of your own design. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). ***************
THURSDAY 13 TH AUGUST 2009 Natural England Marine Campaign: Discover England's undersea landscapes workshop 10 am -2 pm Price: £2 All our sea has their own distinctive places for wildlife with their own characteristics, often with dramatic landscape features underwater. It is believed that there are over 10,000 types of plant and animal living in the English seas. This workshop is your opportunity to learn more about what you would find under the sea, focusing particularly on The Wash Estuary/North Sea. Come along and help to create your own porthole window to the undersea world, learn how to make a sea horse pencil top, attempt to make a sea slug and create your own miniature underwater landscape mural. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 2009 Hot Air Balloon Mobile 10am – 2pm Price: £2 Using coloured card and some split pins make a unique hot air balloon mobile to grace your room. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** THURSDAY 20 TH AUGUST 2009 Natural England Walk: Saltmarsh Discovery 1pm Price: Free Learn about an important habitat with its specially adapted plants, unique wilderness and birds. Learn what an owl eats through our special owl pellet investigations . Using grass found on site, we will also attempt some basket weaving. Meet at Point Green, King's Lynn car park (through the docks and along the river) or follow the leader in your car from the Green Quay Centre. Suitable for 8 years and up. Adults welcomed. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential. For more information and to book our free event, please ring the Green Quay on 01553 818500 *************** WEDNESDAY 26 TH AUGUST 2009 Winged Creatures 10am – 2pm Price: £2 Have fun creating various winged creatures that you might find in the countryside out of card and paper. Meet at the Green Quay, King's Lynn (Booking is essential) Suitable for 8 years and up. 5-7 year olds welcome if accompanied by an adult). *************** Most holiday workshops will have minimum charge of £2 to cover any material cost. Booking is essential if you are interested in taking part. For more information and to book please contact the Green Quay on 01553 818500.
*************** GROUP VISITS
Wash away your Winter blues with a visit to The Green Quay – Wash Discovery Centre South Quay, King's Lynn
An Exclusive Invitation to your club or group AVAILABLE FOR FOUR MONTHS ONLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL 2009 BOOKING ESSENTIAL 11.45 Arrive (coach drop off point outside the door) 12.00 Lunch (Freshly cooked in our own kitchen. All tables reserved with waitress service. Free raffle, one prize for every 6 person booked) 1.30 Browse around the gift shop of take in the sensational view from the bird watching gallery. 2.00 Watch the film 'Quay to the Wash' and learn about this unique area. 2.30 Free cup of Tea or Coffee in the cafe. 2.45 Depart for home
Vegetarian options available ... Open 7 days a week – Fully Licensed – Full Disabled Access Book early to avoid disappointment for further details contact The Green Quay – Wash Discovery Centre, Marriott's Warehouse, South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5DT Tel 01553 818500 email mail@thegreenquay.co.uk www.thegreenquay.co.uk
**************** The Green Quay, Marriott's Warehouse, South Quay, King's Lynn, PE30 5DT 01553 818500
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