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We love the school hols! Lets have some fun!!!!!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 12:48

hi all! I thought we could start a thread on fun things to do/places to visit in the school holidays.(for all weather....boo the rain....boo!)

There are also lots of ideas on my blog if you are really stuck!

(nannyfiknowsbest.blogspot.com)

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 12:52

Oops- forgot to say which bit on my blog has the outings listings............

click on may archives and scroll down past the party ideas page!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 13:18

o.k o.k I see your not all as enthusastic about the hiols as me so heres a few places that are brilliant to visit in london and surrounds.

Dry day

tower of london
diana memorial gardens
greenwich park
godstone farm
christmas tree farm
london zoo (now has a fab new monkey enclosure where you walk through with the monekys!)

wet day

horniman museum (currently doing dinosaur exhibition)
london aquarium
science museum
natural history museum
gambados
space zone

there! That get you started?

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dmo · 04/07/2007 13:55

i love school hols too
i'm in the north west (Preston)
but no minibus anymore so have to use public transport with 6+ children

any ideas would be welcome

MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:00

How convenient that you live in the same area as me, saves me listing anything! D'ya think I should spill and tell you where I am?

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:03

i think I have a rough guess of where you are Mo! i think youre in Blackheath?

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MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:06

I'm not that rich sadly! No, I'm futher down Shooters Hill than that! Still, only about 15 mins from Greenwich and if you remember I'm almost on the London Marathon route!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:09

Eltham?

Ha! got you!

My work is 20 mins form you in good traffic.

Where am I?

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MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:11

You're roundabout Lewisham and no - its not Eltham. About 4 stops down on the train!

MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:12

BTW, you ran the wrong way if you were in Eltham on Marathon day!!!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:15

nope not lewisham.........im a nanny remember?, work in a posher bit than that!(overpriced houses,posh yummy mummies with bugaboos)

Im rubbish at geography remember mine and craces coversation!!!

I cant remember the maraton route, i was dying.

Lee?

Erm.....

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MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:21

Ok, I'm in Bexleyheath! Which is only 10 mins from Charlton (that was part of the route!) Forgot about the nanny bit. Not much call for them in Lewisham is there! Probably..... Oo, Dulwich!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:27

BINGO!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:32

it slipped to far down so ive bumped it up a bit
for you!

Dry day

tower of london
diana memorial gardens
greenwich park
godstone farm
christmas tree farm
london zoo (now has a fab new monkey enclosure where you walk through with the monekys!)

wet day

horniman museum (currently doing dinosaur exhibition)
london aquarium
science museum
natural history museum
gambados
space zone

there! That get you started? come on ladies add to it! add i say! adddddddddd!

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MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:33

God I'm good! You haven't got a clue where Bexleyheath is have you! Maybe if we can co-ordinate it, we could meet in Greenwich park over the holidays. If the rain ever stops long enough that is!

MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:36

Diggerland is fun. Can't remember exactly where it is, but its on the A2 out of London, quite near Crace actually!
Rochester Historic Dockyard
Firepower in Woolwich - the bananas would love that!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:36

i kind of know where bexleyheath is i think?!

would love to meet up in the hols! Ive a 4yr old and a 7 yr old.

We are away for a few wks (26th july-13th august) and have lots of clubs,activites and day trips planned, but will be heading over to greenwich at some point so will let you nknow!

hope youre not all scary and actually a man with a beard! tee-hee!

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:37

whats firepower?

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Furzella · 04/07/2007 14:38

More Londonish ones (I'm in SW16 but travel!):

Dean City Farm (near Morden Hall)

Bocketts Farm (near Dorking - really hilarious pig racing and lovely pony rides)

Coram's Fields (nicest kids park in London - near Russell Square, adults only allowed in if accompanied by a child - yummy Marine ices cornets sold in the caff)

Polka theatre summer workshops in Wimbledon

Morden Hall Park for paddling

Science Museum kids bit in the basement

Further afield:

Paulton's Park near Romsey in Hampshire (Alton Towers for the under eights. Manic as are all theme parks on a busy saturday, but v well kept gardens and clean. The treat of the year in our house.)

Fisher's Farm in Sussex (sorry, bit of a farm theme going)

Will have another think...

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fifilou · 04/07/2007 14:40

Brockwell park on a hot sunny day- theresd a lido, but the kids paddling pool is brilliant (near herne hill)

we pack a picnic and spend hours there!

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Furzella · 04/07/2007 14:41

Can't believe I forgot to put down Tooting Lido - oh, that would be because it's been peeing down for months and we're more likely to go on an arc building summer camp....

MaureenMLove · 04/07/2007 14:45

This is Firepower. And I promise to have a shave before I see you!

Raggydoll · 04/07/2007 14:55

ok here are my best of the midlands...

drayton manor park and zoo
hoo farm
rays farm
weston park
telford town park

roaries indoor play
black country museum
canon hill park

bewdley and ludlow
wyre forest

dmo · 04/07/2007 21:10

done my planning now and drawn up a table of where we are going, what times we will be out and what we need
each parent will get one tomorrow
only working 4 weeks of the hols as i am away for 2 wks so it was quite easy to organise

mogs0 · 04/07/2007 21:32

I went to Drayton Manor two Saturdays ago and it was fab!! We used Clubcard points so was really cheap. I went with my friend, my ds(4yrs) and friend's ds (2 and a half) and they had a brill time. Didn't queue for any kiddy rides and not a single tantrum all day!!

I look after pre-schoolers so we tend to do the Aquarium and museums during term time when it's so much quieter.

My ds will probably be packed off to granny's for a bit of the hols then we're off to our caravan at the beach for two weeks so won't need to plan much at all.

Sorry, haven't made much of a contribution to your list have I?!!!

OFSTEDoutstanding · 04/07/2007 22:51

I have 6 mindees every day in the school hols from 8-6 Mon-Fri ranging from 11 months to 11 years. Planning has been a logistical nightmare!!! Especially as I live in Norfolk where if the weather is nice you are laughing Sandringham Woods, right near loads of beaches and plenty of farms for day trips but when the weather is like this (rain, rain, rain) there is nowhere to go with such a large age range especially as it was announced to me last week that the 10 and 11 year olds now feel they are to young for indoor play areas ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!