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Big Dog Little Dog: Parent & Child Yoga
Led by Carly Brown
A unique yoga-based class for parents/carers and their children. Connect and bond through movement and breath. Get ready to fly! class includes elements of acroyoga.
Bring one yoga mat (per pair) and one blanket each.
Suitable for ages 4 – 7 years, must be accompanied by an adult.
Summer
Sunday 23 Jul and 27 Aug
10am – 11am
£15 per pair
Autumn
Sunday 10 Sept, 1 Oct and 12 Nov
10am – 11am
£15 per pair (1 adult and 1 child)
Secret Cove Exhibition
Tuesday 25 July – Sunday 27 August
Take life at a gentler pace in the Gallery’s indoor Secret Cove where you can decorate fishes of the deep and add them to the ocean walls. Get comfy and listen to the sounds of the waves and dolphin chatter while admiring the beautiful birds and tropical textiles or explore the sensory cave made specially for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The birds have been created as part of this year’s Norden Farm Beach Craft project with children from local schools; Furze Platt Junior School, Cookham Dean, Cookham Rise, Boyne Hill Infant School, Wessex Primary School, St Luke’s Primary School, Riverside Primary School, Furze Platt Infant School, Woodlands Park Primary School and St Mary’s Primary School.
- 27 Aug FREE
The Maidenhead Beach at Norden Farm
Aloha! The Hawaiian Elvis themed beach is back - all summer long.
Relax at a beachside café table while the little ones play in the sand. With weekday Storytelling (£2 per person) and Arts and Crafts Sessions (£5 per child) it’s the perfect way to while away a summer’s day!
Look out for our brand new feature - a traditional Hawaiian canoe on the shore. Plus don’t forget to say hi to the friendly shark… she’s really very smiley!
Take life at a gentler pace in the Gallery's Secret Cove where you can decorate fishes of the deep and add them to the ocean walls. Get comfy and listen to the sounds of the waves and dolphin chatter while admiring the beautiful birds and tropical textiles, woven by children from local primary schools, or explore the sensory cave made specially for children with SEND.
Family films are screened throughout the holidays, click here to browse the full summer line up.
Keep an eye on our website for details about free summer taster sessions of our brand new pre-school classes - Tutus and Splat! Messy Play.
Grand Opening: Tuesday 25 July from 10am
Join us to celebrate the launch of the beach:
- Prizes for best Hawaiian / Elvis fancy dress
- Free 15 minute Little Wrigglers Taster Session in the café bar at 10am
- Beachside entertainment from Elvis himself
- Enter our free prize draw for the chance to win a family ticket for one of our summer family shows or films
- Take photos in our prop-filled Hawaiian photobooth
- Free tropical juice drink for children - available from the café bar between 10am - 11am (subject to availability)
- Free activity and colouring sheets
The beach will be officially opened with a Hawaiian Leis cutting ceremony (of course!) at 10.30am.
The Beach runs every day from 10am - 4pm until Sunday 27 August
- 27 Aug FREE
Zumba
Led by Annet Bowler
Party yourself into shape with the Zumba® programme.
An exhilarating, effective, easy to follow, Latin inspired, calorie burning dance fitness party™. Dance to various Latin rhythms including salsa, reggeaton, merengue, cumbia, bellydance and more.
Autumn
Thur 14 Sept – Thur 14 Dec (exc Thur 26 Oct) | 10am – 11am
Sun 17 Sept – Sun 17 Dec (exc 22 Oct and 19 Nov) | 11am – 12pm
£6 per class
For 18+ years.
La La Land (12A)
Dir: Damien Chazelle 2016 | 128 mins
Mia is an aspiring actress. Sebastian is a dedicated jazz musician. Both are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Winner of six Academy Awards.
WHY? ‘Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone shine in a sun-drenched musical masterpiece’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the review in full.
This is one of this season's films you wish you hadn't missed that deserve to be seen on the big screen! Tickets £7.
Movie Monday's Offer
Monday film screening tickets £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
The Beguiled (15)
Dir: Sofia Coppola 2017 | 94 mins
Atmospheric thriller set during the American Civil War. The sheltered young women of a Southern girls' boarding school take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries.
WHY? Winner of Best Director at Cannes 2017
'Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ is an exquisitely crafted drama of seduction, survival and sexual awakening in Civil-War era Virginia' ★★★★ Time Out
Click here to read the review in full.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.