Events

As part of Juice Festival, Year 5 pupils from Bridgewater School in Scotswood have written  six new plays that will preview this month. The children enjoyed a series of workshops which have resulted in this fresh and vibrant theatre production.
First Draft is for anyone over the age of five and takes place on Tuesday 25 Nov (1.30pm & 7pm) and Thursday 27 Nov (7pm only). Don't miss this chance to see this showcase of the region's new writing and performing talent!

First Draft is at Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle Quayside.
Tickets available from the Box Office: 0191 232 1232. £6 Adults; £5 concessions.

Fruity Friday will take place on the 25th May and is part of a national healthy eating campaign to raise awareness of links between diet, nutrition and cancer prevention.

If you and your school wish to participate there are loads of promotional material available (posters, book marks, stickers, recipe books) and also teachers' resource packs. Please contact the following address for requests for resource packs and for more information: Eileen Westhorpe, Health Promotion Resource Service for Gateshead, Dunston Activity Centre, Ellison Road, Dunston, Tyne and Wear, NE11 9SS, 0191 433 5684 or email: eileenwesthorpe@gateshead.gov.uk

There's a huge range of activies to occupy early years, children and young people this half term at centres across Gateshead.

There are 'Water Activities' at Gateshead Leisure Centre, Birtley, Dunston, Felling and Blaydon Swimming Pools, including Aquagames, Tots and Toys and a Rookie Lifeguard Course.

Four day sports activity weeks will be taking place at Birtley and Gateshead Leisure Centres.

Additional holiday activities include Tri golf, Street/Urban Dancing, Ski tasters, Mountain biking, sledging, and sheep shearing, as well as loads more.

The link below has full details and contact information.
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Help make your school bloom. Enter the Gateshead Council Summer Garden Competition and your schools’ efforts could be recognised whilst helping improve Gateshead’s environment for all to enjoy.

There are 3 area competitions to enter covering the whole of Gateshead each with the category – Best Kept Garden/ Class project. This category is open to all Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special schools in the area.

For further information contact Events Unit, Gateshead Council,
Sport & Leisure, Old Town Hall, West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HE, or telephone 0191 433 6900.

Artist Karen Johnson will be bringing her first exhibition back to her native North East from Saturday 24 March - Saturday 12 May 2007.

Gateshead’s Gallery, based at Central Library on Prince Consort Road, will be hosting the free exhibition, which explores how a family cope with disability.

The show explores the life of Karen's son Jamie, a child with downs syndrome, from birth to age seven. The ups and downs of family life are chronicled using modern photography.

The Gallery is open from 9am - 7pm Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 9am - 5pm Wed and 9am - 1pm Sat. The Gallery is closed on Bank Holidays. For more details call the Arts Development Team on 0191 433 6927.

From Gateshead Council Sport and Leisure Team

Get the kids active this Easter at one of the many courses planned across all our leisure facilities.
There’s something for everyone, from football, basketball, hockey, skiing, rugby, swimming and lots, lots more!
If the kids are water babies, then there’s plenty of water activities too. Whether they’re learning to swim or want to take part in Aqua Games. They can even learn lifeguarding skills at one of our Rookie Lifeguard Courses taking place at Gateshead Leisure Centre and Dunston Pool. All this and more!
For full details on all courses and activities contact your local leisure facility or visit www.gateshead.gov.uk
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Graeae Arts are the Country's foremost disability-led company, and they are coming to Northern Stage in Newcastle on 29 - 31 March. The story is 'Whiter Than Snow' which is a radical retelling of the Snow White story and is suitable for children, (and their mums and dads) over the age of seven. The special offer is for £5 tickets, to book ring Alanna on 0191 242 7237 and quote 'Graeae Offer'.

As you have all probably heard Barbara-Ann has left her post as CCA Coordinator after doing a fantastic job for almost four and a half years. She has been instrumental to the success of the CCA network, and has been generally brilliant. Until her successor is appointed I will be stepping into Barbara's shoes and keeping the flow of information between schools and cultural partners going. My name is Fiona Kelly, and I live in the Borough. I graduated last December with an MA in Cultural Management and have had a great time working for the Council's arts development team since then. I will endeavour to provide an uniterrupted service for CCAs and Cultural Partners, and please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or would like to pass any information on to me.

Monday 6 November, 2006

Don’t miss a great opportunity to meet award winning writer and illustrator, Debi Gliori, author of the amazing Pure Dead series as she talks about her latest book, Deep Fear.
Followed by book-signing. Visiting school groups can enjoy a self-led tour of the Galleries before the event.
Times: 10 – 12 noon and 12.30 – 2.30pm
Suitable for ages 9 - 11, KS2
Pre-booking required; telephone 0845 2710 777
Supported by Random House Children’s Books
www.sevenstories.org.uk

Active Kidz October Half Term Holidays
Monday 23 - Friday 27 October

Get the kids active this half term at one of the many courses planned across all our leisure facilities.

There’s something for everyone, from football, basketball, hockey, skiing, rugby, swimming and lots, lots more!

If the kids are water babies, then there’s plenty of water activities too. Whether they’re learning to swim or want to take part in Aqua Games. They can even learn lifeguarding skills at one of our Rookie Lifeguard Courses taking place at Gateshead Leisure Centre and Dunston Pool. All this and more!

For full details on all courses and activities contact your local leisure facility or visit www.gateshead.gov.uk

On Saturday 28th October at 2pm The Art Works Galleries at the top of Stepney Bank will be inviting people to come and carve a pumpkin which will be lit and displayed in the ‘Sculptured Eye’ courtyard on November the 5th.

Tickets are £5 per person and £10 a family. For this you get your pumpkin, carving tools and delicious pumpkin soup. If you’d like to add something to your pumpkin in the form of accessories this would be very welcome. The Art Works Galleries will be presenting £25 cash prizes for the most scary, ugly, cute and happy pumpkin and there is no age restriction.

Places restricted to 100 participants, to book your place email: info@theartworksgalleries.com or call (0191) 2619922.

http://www.theartworksgalleries.com

The Art Works Galleries
Stepney Bank
Ouseburn
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 2NP

Opening hours 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.

The TAKEOFF festival, England's leading festival of professional international theatre for children and young people, is coming to Gateshead...

from Monday 9 - Saturday 14 October 2006.

Find out more by visiting the CTC Theatre website

You can no log on, find out what the ideal virtual school looks and sounds like on the Virtual Vision website and post a comment (scrolling to the Explore menu (right hand side) and clicking onto 'Thoughts and Ideas'):

Click onto:
www.virtual-vision.org

Virtual Vision - Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd of June 2006

We invite you to review our flagship project, where Gateshead teachers worked one-to-one with our Cultural Partners to create a virtual creative school, creative curriculum and creative management model.

Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd of June 2006

On these two dates fifteen Gateshead Cultural Ambassadors will descend on the City Learning Centre to make a creative school, creative curriculum and a creative management model. All this work will be made live via this very
website for your contributions and the final results will also be posted here until the end of the summer holidays, so check this site for regular updates.

Now available to buy, this book is a handy resource for crafters, including a diary of some 1500 craft events coming up in the next year, a list of craft courses, a suppliers directory and a directory of publications.

You can order the book from Write Angle Press:
Write Angle Press
16 Holm Oak Drive
Madeley
Crewe
CW3 9HR
T: 01782 750986
E: charles.wallin@btclick.com

Saltwell Park Show
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th April 2006
10.00am - 4.00pm

Explore Britain's Best Park ... and enjoy local crafts, horticultural societies, walks, music, storytelling and more!
Free admission and free park and ride every 15 mins from Gateshead Civic Centre
For further information telephone Cultural Services, Events Unit, 0191 433 6900

Visit Bill Quay Farm this half-term and see the cows, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens and rabbits.

Enjoy a snack in the Saddleback Café and pick up an Art Trail leaflet and discover an array of farm-themed pieces by local artists.

Open every day (12-5pm)
Admission free.
Hainingwood Terrace, in Bill Quay.
Tel: 0191 433 5780

Visit this site for further information.