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Family Learning Events
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This year the family learning fun promises to be even bigger and better as it last for the whole month of October. Museums and galleries, libraries and archives, schools and colleges, parks and zoos, shopping centres and leisure centres and all sorts of community and family friendly venues are already starting to plan their spectacular Family Learning Festival events for 2008. In the meantime check out last year's events for a taste of the wild and wacky, fun and fantastic, exciting and enjoyable learning that will be on offer for families to take part in.
Rainforests come to Manchester - Families visited the Museum for a family friendly day of exploration where they found out about plants and animals from the rainforest and beyond, met live amphibians, learnt some amazing facts about them and took part in art and craft activities, object handling and tours.
Discover Bugs! - Libraries in Bradford were the unlikely location for Family Bug Hunts throughout the Week.
Family Caribbean Cookery - Southfields Community College, London spiced up Family Learning Week with cookery classes for 9 to 15 year olds and their families.
Hello Brain - A fun brain workout took place for families at South Lamberth Library.
It's all relative - Eureka! The Museum for Children, Halifax, got the whole family playing and learning together as they took part in a variety of engaging science experiments during wizarding weekends in October for Family Learning Week.
For more information on these events and plans for 2008 contact Louise Dennis on ldennis@cflearning.org.ukor call 07976 175 978
For details of events that took place all over the country last year and those planned for 2008 contact one of our regional offices below.
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For all other UK locations contact our national office: Louise Dennis, ldennis@cflearning.org.uk, Tel: 020 7766 0007976 175 978,
National Launch of the Family Learning Festival
Plans for the offical national launch of the festival are already under way.
Last year's National launch of Family Learning Week took place at the London School of Economics, reflecting on the aspirations that family learning can induce and the belief that fmaily learning can take place anywhere for everyone. Local primary school children and under 5s from the LSE nursery school attended the events along with teachers, parents, Campaign for Learning and LSE staff, Family Learning Week partners and family leanring experts to celebrate the enjoyment and importance of family learning. Helen Milner, UK online centres and her eleven year old son spoke about the role intergenerational learning hsa in bridging the digital divide, Lianne Miller, founder of young & pure said a few words about their work with the Campaign to help families learn more about health and wellbeing while Baroness Amos gave her support for the Campaign for Learning and family learning.
To reflect the fun and excitement of Family Learning Week activities were on offer for everyone, young and old. There were facial demonstrations from young & pure, play dough, model making, beads and other arts and crafts from the LSE nursery and computer fun with UK online centres. Prominent LSE staff read classic chldrens stories while We are What We Do, the LSE Environmental group and a local bookshop were on hand to offer advice and information.
This year the launch will be even more spectacular to celebrate 10 year's work from the Campaign for Learning in promting and celebrating family learning. More details will follow shortly but if you would like to be placed on the invitation list for the national launch of the Family Learning Festival contact Louise Dennis on 07976 175 978 or e-mail ldennis@cflearning.org.uk
Big Picture Party launch event
Working with the Campaign for Drawing and Booktrust, the Campaign for Learning is encourage libraries to host a Big Picture Party in October to bring picture books and illustrations to life and inspire families to read and draw more together at home. The party will be launched at a showcase event at the British Library on 27 October by top illustrator Quentine Blake. Other well-known illustrators and family learning experts will run a series of activities to get families of all ages passionate about picture books once more. This main party will then be followed by more around the country held in libraries to help families get more out of the wide variety of picture books they can enjoy together.
For an invitiation to the press breakfast hosted by Quentine Blake and a chance to see the activities in action at the British Library contact Louise Dennis on 07976 175 978 or e-mail ldennis@cflearning.org.uk
