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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 All day 06/03/2021-13/03/2021  Mortimer Alpacas- Not all Alpaca experiences are equal!Due to the current restrictions, we are able to offer the following. Prior to April 12th, we can offer private picnic/meet & greet sessions- please email us to book. 12th April onwards, we are able to open fully! Please book in via with bookings section. If we are unable to open due to covid restrictions, you can choose a future date to move your booking to. We will be extending our covered area for spring 2021 to offer more protection from the elements on bad weather days! We are delighted to announce our new additions- Sooty & Teddy. At just 6 months old, they are already stealing hearts with the staff. They are such confident, little lads- happy to hand feed and right at the front of the pack for a carrot! Mobile : +44 7532 722879 Address: Little Park Farm, Beech hill road, Mortimer, berkshire, RG7 2AR. Or use RG7 2AN, this postcode is for the house opposite the farm entrance Please use Google maps to find us. We also find a google search for mortimer alpacas will bring up a exact map of our location. All day 06/03/2021-13/03/2021  The Peregrine Falcon is a charismatic bird that for most birders lights up a day’s birdwatching. It is the fastest bird in the world and is a supreme flier. And now there are some in Berkshire! It is seven years since there was a national Peregrine Falcon survey in the UK. Since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of breeding Peregrines, particularly in towns and cities, with birds breeding on tall buildings, cathedrals, churches, power stations, chimneys and pylons, etc. They take readily to nest boxes placed on these structures, and this has been found to increase their chance of success. Recently, breeding has been seen in Newbury and Bracknell, and birds are present in Reading, Maidenhead and Slough. In 2021 we are planning a survey of Peregrines in Berkshire, which will concentrate on towns, with some effort on pylons if time and effort allow. Ideally there are three main periods for surveys, mid- February to late March to establish the presence of a pair, April to confirm their presence, and June and July to confirm breeding by looking for juveniles. The survey needs no special skills, just some regular time to check out potential or known sites, especially when the young are fledging and learning to fly. Because of Covid-19, the extent of work possible at the moment is restricted to what can be done during daily exercise, such as during a lunch hour. As the restrictions reduce, we very much hope that by the crucial period in June and July, there will be no problem with surveying. If you are interested in helping in this survey, especially if you are already seeing peregrines in a town or on a manmade structure, please get in touch with Patrick Crowley by email on patrick.crowley@btinternet.com. The survey results, respecting the confidentiality of some sites that may be required, will be published in the Birds of Berkshire Annual Report. 10:42 06/03/2021-13/03/2021 The Watermill Theatre Bagnor, Newbury RG20 8  WATCH: Meet a PuppeteerMON 04 JAN 2021 – MON 05 APR 2021This series of resources and events is available to everyone for free, but if you are to make a donation that would be amazing. Your donation will help the theatre to survive and recover during these times. To donate, please click here. In this interview Scarlet discusses her professional journey, the highs and lows of puppeteering and gives some great tips on how you can get involved whether you are interested in pursuing a puppetry career, or if you just want to try something new for fun. Video Length: 50 Minutes
Suitability: Suitable for everyone, but will probably most engage ages 10 years – adult. Scarlet also shares with us a quick and energising warm up routine, to get our bodies ready for some puppet fun. Video Length: 13 minutes
Suitability: All ages can get involved with this, providing you go at your own pace! Please note, Scarlet has sped up certain elements of her warm up so she can fit it all in – you can pause your video when she fast forwards and go at your own pace. Enjoy! In this video, The Watermill’s Head of Wardrobe Emily Barratt takes us through all the steps to make a Sock Puppet. We understand not everyone will have sewing equipment at home, but that’s okay – be creative and improvise! Maybe you can draw eyes on with a sharpie and glue on some accessories with what you have in the house (make sure to ask a grown up first). Have fun! Video Length: 10 minutes
Suitability: 5 years plus with adult supervision. Design your sock puppet using this template to help you get started. Now you’ve made your Sock Puppet, it is time to make it a costume – here Emily gives you some great suggestions. We can’t wait to see your creations! Video Length: 6 minutes
Suitability: 5 years plus with adult supervision. Following on from Emily’s amazing videos on how to make and accessorise your very own sock puppet, Scarlet shows us how to bring them to life! Watch this video to learn how to make our puppet look like it is actually talking. Why not get it to read from a poem or sing-a-long to your favourite song? Make a video and don’t forget to show us! Video Length: 10 minutes
Suitability: 7 years – adults (younger children will be able to access with support) Our Outreach Assistant Emma Bradbury is a specialist in drama for early years and she has created a brilliant activity sheet on how to have some fun with shadow puppets at home. Whilst this worksheet has been designed for younger children, all ages can enjoy shadow puppet fun together – a great way to get the whole family involved. You can either print and fill in this worksheet or just work with it on a screen if you don’t have access to a printer. Enjoy and let your imagination be free! Download: Shadow Puppet Fun Activity Length: This worksheet should take about 30 minutes to complete, but the fun you can have creating and making your own shadow puppets is endless! Suitability: 4 years plus (but both younger and older children can engage with shadow puppet play – and adults too!) Professional actor-puppeteer Scarlet is back to share her skills with us! This time she shows us how to turn a range of household objects into puppets – this is a process known as ‘object manipulation’. This is a fantastic opportunity to get really creative using what is around you. Why not create a character (or a host of characters) and get them to respond to being in lockdown! We can’t wait to see what you come up with. Video Length: 14 Minutes Suitability: 7 years – adults. Scarlet takes us through different levels (younger children will be able to access with support) If you have enjoyed following our puppetry videos, have some fun with this downloadable resource. Print pages two and three to design your own puppet and create a story about what it gets up to! Suitable for primary school aged children. If you have enjoyed following our puppetry videos and would like to find our more, download this process for research ideas and links to videos and further reading. Suitable for secondary school aged young people and adults.
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8 14:00 -15:30 08/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  SKU: JN-S-0803aa12 19:00 -20:30 08/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  SKU: HN0803aa12
| 9 10:00 -15:30 09/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  If you wish to take part but are unable to attend any of the workshop demos live, let us know in the notes field on booking. A video playback service is provided to all students for 30 days. Tutor: Colin Palmer
Tues 9th March 2pm – 3:30pm workshop demo
Tues 16th March 2pm – 3:30pm workshop demo
Tues 23rd March 2pm – 3:30pm workshop demo
Tues 30th March 2pm – 4pm workshop demo and Q&A
(UK timings) This LivePlus™ online illustration workshop is designed for beginners as well as the more experienced. 13:00 -14:30 09/03/2021 The Watermill Theatre Bagnor, Newbury RG20 8AE  Scene ChangeWhen life gets on top of us, we could do with a change of scene. This relaxed monthly group is for adults to enjoy some time to play and connect through drama and creativity. No previous experience is necessary. When: Tuesday 12 January, Tuesday 9 February and Tuesday 9 March 1pm – 2.30pm Cost: These sessions are generously funded by Greenham Trust and are free for everyone! All sessions will take place online via Zoom. If you or someone you know would like to take part but online access is a problem then we may be able to help. Please call us on 01635 570927 or email heidi@watermill.org.uk.
| 10 10:00 -11:30 10/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  Online-Linoprinting: Basics & BeyondSKU: KC1003aa12 10:00 -11:30 10/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  SKU: KC1003aa12
| 11 | 12 14:00 -15:30 12/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  Tutor: Christine Green
Fri 12th March 2pm – 3:30pm workshop demo
Fri 26th March 2pm – 3pm follow up and feedback
(UK timings) This online workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers. Workshop Details
Using a variety of plant related resources, Christine will provide you with templates of some of her beautiful and original designs to practice your cutting, as well as showing you how to create your own drawings and designs for successful paper cuts. From simple leaf-themed tags to more complex cards, you will learn the basics for safe, accurate cutting and developing your own ideas. Skills and Techniques Covered - loading and unloading a blade from a scalpel
- safe use of scalpel
- basic top tips for starting papercutting
- some simple cutting exercises to gain confidence for the blade
- cutting out various plant themed shapes
- cutting out a design in reverse
- cutting out a card with a plant themed image
- finishing off a cut
Equipment and Materials List - Swann Morton Handle number 3
- Swann Morton Blades number 10A
- packet of 5 A4 cuttng mat
- set of small pliers
- A4 80 gsm paper
- white photocopy paper
- A4 cartridge paper
- masking tape
Links to Suppliers
Pretty much everything is available from ebay or Amazon. Please note that standard craft knives are NOT suitable for paper cutting, they are too clunky and the blades are too thick to achieve the fine cutting needed.
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| 15 | 16 | 17 14:00 -15:15 17/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK  ONLINE-The Classics Continued: An Introduction 19:00 -20:00 17/03/2021  DescriptionWest Berkshire Museum presents as part of its Talking History programme this talk by Dr Liz Hide. Described as ‘the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’, 19th century Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning made an outstandingly important contribution to our understanding of early life in the sea. Yet, as a working class woman, she didn’t fit the accepted mould of a learned scientist and her work was, and still is, not fully acknowledged. Her correspondence with Adam Sedgwick in Cambridge sheds some interesting light on this, and can help us find ways to redress this imbalance. Dr Liz Hide is Director of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, committed to making the museum welcoming, inclusive and accessible for everyone. Tickets will be on sale until Tuesday 16 March and you will then be emailed with a link to attend. Wednesday 17 March 2021 | 7pm – 8pm | Zoom (live) | £5 per household
| 18 | 19 All day 19/03/2021  The Inn @ Home-Virtual Event: A Rum Affair FridayJoin us online for ‘A Rum Affair’, a delightful journey through the main styles of rum. We’ll enjoy white, flavoured. dark and spiced, featuring new producers and classics. Friday March 19th 7.30pm We limit the number of places to 25 to ensure maximum enjoyment and a warm and friendly atmosphere. Book soon to avoid disappointment
| 20 | 21 15:00 -16:00 21/03/2021 St Lawrence's Church Parsonage Lane The Croft Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0JB
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22 10:00 -12:00 22/03/2021 Communications Road, Greenham Business Park, Greenham, RG19 6HN  Start with Art- Beginners OnlinePerfect for beginners, explore different art styles and techniques with artist Yvonne de Savigny in our weekly class online. By booking for this course, you are selecting to attend Start with Art online, via Zoom. If you wish to attend these sessions in person at The Base please click here. Perfect for beginners, explore different art styles and techniques with artist Yvonne de Savigny in our weekly class online. Please remember to bring your face covering with you as visitors are required to wear them in the building, unless you are exempt from wearing one, or if you are eating or drinking. If you remove it to eat or drink you must put it back on when you have finished. 10:00 -12:00 22/03/2021-29/03/2021 The Old School School Road Ardington Oxfordshire OX12 8PN UK 18:00 -20:00 22/03/2021 Communications Road, Greenham Business Park, Greenham, RG19 6HN  Clay Class- Open Level OnlineJoin our resident artist and Pottery Throw Down’s Cáit Gould to explore the possibilities clay offers in a friendly, relaxed environment. By booking for this course, you are selecting to attend Clay Class: Open Level online. If you wish to attend these sessions in person at The Base please click here. Join our resident artist and Pottery Throw Down‘s Cáit Gould to explore the possibilities clay offers in a friendly, relaxed environment. Suitable for beginners and more experienced potters alike. The 5 week course is suitable as a taster or for a specific small project, while the 10 week course enables you to develop your making and decorating skills further.
| 23 | 24 | 25 All day 25/03/2021  What was life like in the Newbury area before the Norman Conquest? Find out about Anglo-Saxon culture in West Berkshire, including the meanings of some of our local place names, archaeological finds from this period and the growth of Christianity. Speaker Dr David Peacock writes, researches and talks on the history of the Newbury area from the Stone Age to the present day. He is the author of ‘The Story of Newbury’ and of ‘Newbury Roman Cemetery’. This pre-recorded talk will take place via Zoom. It will be accessible from 7pm on Thursday 25 March only. Tickets: £5 per household. You will receive a pdf receipt after purchase. Bookings will close on Wednesday 24 March. Attendees will then receive an email with the link to attend. Thursday 25 March 7-8pm | 1 hour | £5 | Online
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29 All day 29/03/2021  Blewbury Wild Walk – 3 hrsStandard Adult £49ppMembers £25ppThis almost completely flat circular walk can produces a plethora of wildlife and every day is different, from Swallows and Yellow Wagtails in the Summer to very friendly Kestrels to Barn & Little Owls through to Whitethroat and Buntings. Oh and don’t forget our lovely Red Kites and Buzzards. It really is a Special place and a haven for wildlife. This is a 4.4 mile circuit with stunning fields and a variety of wildlife All day 29/03/2021  Standard Adult £39ppMembers Adult £20ppShort on time? Love the riverside? Need a easy circular walk? Then this is the one for you. Covering a range of habitats, this is a 2 mile, flat circular walk via corn fields, wildflower meadows and coppiced woodland – with the return leg along the side of the stunning River Thames. During this walk we will hope to see and hear an array of Birdlife from Warblers to Raptors, Goldcrest to Kingfishers – I’ll help you spot as many as we can along the way. All day 29/03/2021  Standard Adult £49pp Members £25pp This 4 mile route takes in some wonderful scenery along the chalk downland, trough beech woodlands and ancient pathways. Starting on a quiet road lined with hedgerows filled with songbirds we then rise up the hill following a stretch of the Oxfordshire Way up towards Christmas Common where Goldcrests reside and Deer can be seen in the fields andRed Kites soar overhead. Returning back down the hill via the chalk pits and a section of the Ridgeway National Trail. 06:00 -07:30 29/03/2021  Standard Adult £44pp Members Adult £22pp This beautiful 3 mile circular Figure of Eight route includes East & West Hagbourne and the Edge of Upton. It really is a wonderful route, which changes dramatically with the seasons as to the wildlife and plant life we see along the way. The Autumn / Winter months are breath taking, as we have large flocks of redwing and fieldfare in the fields here. Buzzards, Kites and Kestrels are often seen , and if we are lucky, plenty of deer. The highlight of the route is the Raised pathway section where you walk almost at tree top height, giving you stunning views of the area. Have your cameras at the ready!
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