Doodling with Mister Dills
Posted: January 12, 2019 Filed under: Blog, Events, Young Friends Leave a commentYoung Friends of Rowntree Park – Art Event
(NB-It is possible the session may run over slightly but no longer than 11.30am).
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* Non-members ticket links will become live on Jan 15th. Can’t wait? Become a member today using the link below and then buy a member’s ticket.http://www.rowntreepark.org.uk/membership
You can see more of Mr Dill’s work on Instagram and Facebook
Boat Making!
Posted: May 31, 2018 Filed under: Blog, Young Friends Leave a commentIt’s been a wonderful half term in the park – glorious weather, lots of people out and about, and the Young Friends of Rowntree Park hosted a ‘Boat Making’ activity!
Making the most of our park recycling, our young engineers set to work trying to create crafts that float. It was wonderful to see the problem solving and creativity that went on. Some fantastic designs and ideas – some more practical than others! Our Young Friends tested their boats out and watched to see if they floated. It was fantastic to see some resilient builders who assessed why their boats were not working as they hoped, and went back to the creation station to remedy this and modify their designs.
This event was run by our ‘Young Friend’ volunteers Abigail, Christine and Ruth. Over 60 children came and all the money raised will go back into the park.
The next Young Friends event is Den Building on Saturday the 2nd of June, followed by The Very Young Friends (0-5-year-olds) monthly meet up on Thursday 7th of June at 10am where they will be learning all about bees! All activities designed and organised by the Young Friends of Rowntree park are created for the whole family to get involved. Please see Facebook for up to date information on planned events.
All Young Friends events offer a discount or free entry to Friends of Rowntree Park households. To join fr just £5 a year please go to http://www.rowntreepark.org.uk/membership or email membership@rowntreepark.org.uk for further details.
Nature Ninjas spring into action!
Posted: May 8, 2018 Filed under: Blog, Events, Young Friends Leave a comment
What an amazing start our ‘Nature Ninjas’ have had! This new after-school club has been running a few weeks now and it is proving to be lots of fun! Our Younger Friends of Rowntree Park have been trying out a variety of nature-based activities including den building, pond dipping, bug hunting and making birds nests. There is still a lot more to come throughout this half term – we can’t wait!
The club of 15 children meet weekly on a Thursday after school. If you are interested in your child coming along to future Nature Ninja sessions that may run next half term, get in touch with the Young Friends via Facebook or via membership@rowntreepark.org.uk to register interest.
All our events are run by volunteers. If you are interested in helping run and/or organise children’s events, we’d love to hear from you.
The Young Friends also run monthly one-off events, more details can be found on Facebook.
Where have all the Conkers gone?
Posted: October 3, 2016 Filed under: Blog, Wildlife, Young Friends | Tags: conkers Leave a comment
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Art workshops for children
Posted: November 7, 2013 Filed under: Events, Young Friends | Tags: reading cafe, young friends Leave a commentAs a new venture for the Young Friends, we’re offering art workshops for children, on Saturday mornings, starting this Saturday, November the 9th. This week, Liz Collier, an exciting local artist, is going to be leading a session based on doodling. The sessions are totally FREE to Friends, and only £2 for others. 10am to 11.30 at Rowntree Park Reading Cafe. Suitable for all primary-age children. Booking essential; please email parkactive@rowntreepark.org.uk or phone 0758 290 2018.
Young Friends’ meetings this summer
Posted: June 1, 2013 Filed under: Events, Young Friends | Tags: reading cafe, story telling, young friends Leave a commentThis summer’s Young Friends’ activities involve story telling and crafts. They have the theme ‘Shaggy Dogs Tales’; see the poster below for details of meeting dates.