Skip to main content

Half-term activities in and around Portsmouth

There's lots of fun things to do in the city this half term to keep the children entertained.

Old Portsmouth photo walkshop for families
Saturday 26 October 10-12.30pm at Portsmouth museum finishing in Old Portsmouth.
Join experienced photographer Paul Gonella for a family walk from Portsmouth Museum to Old Portsmouth learning how to take great photos of the sights on the way.
£6 per person call 02392 83 744 to reserve your space.

ABC Teddy Bear Concerts: Bang the Drum!
Saturday 26 October, 10.00 am at Portsmouth Guildhall. 
Join percussionist Harriet Riley and string player Neil Valentine for a rip roaring ride through the world of hitting things!
Tickets £8 from the Guildhall

Portsmouth pictures family art workshop
Wednesday 30 October 10.30-1pm at Portsmouth Museum
Work with Simon Cowper to create Portsmouth inspired collages. Dress to get messy.
£5 per person call 02392 83 4744 to book.

Time Travellers Show
Thursday 31 October 11am - 12pm; 2pm -3pm at The D-Day Story
Imagine growing up in the Second World War in this fun family event.
Book via www.theddaystory.com/events

Weird and Wonderful
Saturday 26 Oct 2019 until 3 Nov 2019
Get stuck into some spooktacular fun with this event at Blue Reef Aquarium. Come face-to-face with some of Blue Reef Aquarium's most grisly residents and discover the creepy underwater world.

Shipwreck Explorers - Rotten Rats
26 Oct 2019 - 3 Nov 2019
Join in this October Half Term at The Mary Rose Museum, where kids can become Shipwreck Explorers!

Spooky Science at the Royal Armouries
28 Oct 2019 - 1 Nov 2019
Meet the madcap Victorian professor at Fort Nelson this October half term and explore the weird and wonderful world of Victorian science.

Set sail for Port Solent Kids Club
29 & 31 October
Every Tuesday and Thursday during the school holidays, between 11am - 4pm, for the free Kids Club! Check the Port Solent website for full details of the activity run on each day.


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Delicious thinly sliced pork in Korean marinade

Sometimes you found a recipe and wrote it down on a piece of paper to try it out. Having done that, you forget where the recipe came from. Likewise this Korean recipe for pork, which turned out to be so delicious we have cooked it for everyone. The marinade is simple to make and yet really packed with flavours. For the Korean marinade you need  3 garlic cloves 1/2 brown onion 1/2 a pear or apple Blitz these ingredients together and then add 5 tablespoons soy sauce (I use Kikkoman) 3 tablespoons caster sugar 2 tablespoons sesame oil 3 tablespoons mirin black pepper For dinner for 2 people, 200g pork tenderloin is enough. Slice this thinly, and bash it to an even thinner piece with a meat mallet. Marinade in the sauce and leave it in the fridge for an hour. Then heat a frying pan on medium heat with a teaspoon of vegetable oil and fry the thin pork pieces until browned. You want some of the edges of the meat to be dark brown and caramelised, if you can. Don't cook too many pieces or ...
Post a Comment
Read more

‘Southsea dinosaur’ returns

Luna Park 2021, an eagerly anticipated new public artwork for Portsmouth designed by internationally renowned artists Ivan Morison and Heather Peak of Studio Morison will be launched on 2 October 2021 on a celebratory day in Southsea Common.  The 1.4 metres bronze sculpture is a tribute to the original 53-foot high 2010 artwork Luna Park, which tragically burned down on Southsea Common. The artists will unveil a new sculpture that responds to ten years of public demand to ‘bring back the Southsea Dinosaur’.  The new public artwork will be located within a direct sightline to the position of the original Luna Park sculpture. It will sit on top of a fossil Portland stone plinth with a QR code which when scanned with a smartphone will connect to an Augmented Reality experience. People will be transported to a digital rendering of the original artwork, seemingly standing life-size in front of them on Southsea Common. Viewers will also be able to use their mobile devices to visit a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Indonesian fried spring rolls (Lumpia Goreng)

I don't often make Indonesian food because the ingredients are hard to find, but our local supermarkets are getting better at stocking ethnic ingredients. In the frozen section of Tesco, near the samosas, you can find the spring roll pastry.  Don't bother asking the branch in Chester. I was laughed at by the cashier when I asked for spring roll skin, because 'skin' is what we call the wrapper in Indonesian. Her more helpful colleague offered me filo pastry instead, which can be a good substitute. I'm afraid no one in Chester has yet to taste my amazing spring rolls as a result. Friends in Southsea are luckier!  Here are the ingredients to make 30 spring rolls (the packs come in 30 or 40 pieces) 1 medium head of cabbage, thinly sliced 2 carrots, julienned 1 red or yellow pepper, julienned 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 1 medium courgette, julienned 1 tablespoon of Oyster sauce (omit if cooking for vegan) 2 tbsp soy sauce salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp vegetable oil f...
Post a Comment
Read more