ROALD DAHL DAY @ BOURNE HALL EWELL…
Posted by Devenia Besant on 07 Sep 2024
James and the Giant Peach, BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits…I think we all know a Roald Dahl Story right?
So it’s lovely that Roald Dahl Story Day is celebrated every year on his birthday, the 13th September, and people all over the world come together to celebrate the magic he brought to them and continues to bring to children all over the world.
On Saturday 14th September that celebration comes to Ewell with Bourne Hall hosting a range of events to celebrate.
This includes:
Science Boffins show Saturday 14th September 11:00am -12:00pm
Join as Science Boffins host a fun and interactive way for the kids to learn about various scientific principles while having a great time. It will engage their curiosity and show them the wonders of the natural world through hands-on experiments and demonstrations.
Watch as they conjure up an ancient scientist from a bottle. They will then do some experiments to see who’s naughty or nice testing their observation skills and more importantly their morals! As water disappears from a cup one willing victim risks getting wet as the remaining children decide their fate. Next the children will learn about a poorly elephant with a toothache and be amazed how 3 small quantities of chemical can make such a huge amount of toothpaste! With the amount of noise, the children will have made so far, it’s time to test how big their lungs are with our windbags. Using Bernoulli’s air flow principles, they can make a child fill a bag up with over 10 litres of air in one breath!
Finally, they use Bernoulli’s principle to show where a stream of air goes with metres of loo roll being flung across the room as the air carries it over the children.
Book your tickets now, to be a part of the fun, adults go free with a children’s ticket. All children must be supervised.
You can book your tickets here or alternatively visit www.bournehall.org.
Quentin Blake illustration workshop for adults Saturday 14th September 1:00pm -2:00pm
Join Martine Spencer who will be hosting an illustration workshop the 14th September 2024 to celebrate Roald Dahl day, she will be guiding you to explore techniques similar to Quentin Blake and look at different mediums to create small sketches from your favourite books.
What to expect:
A short presentation
Demonstrations explaining the process.
Resources that show how to draw the features, mark-making, and an A5 sketched character that can be copied for proportions.
All materials (paper, fine liner pen, watercolours, brushes)
Drawing one character and a variety of animals
So, book on now, as there is limited availability.
You can book tickets here or visit www.bournehall.org.
Ghost writers’ children poetry competition:
To run alongside the Museums Ghost writers’ event, they are holding a poetry competition for local children to write poems on what they like about the local area or a local place. These will be judged by the poet Ana Mclaughlin in the following age groups: 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16.
The top 3 in each group will win a signed copy her new anthology Heroes and villains, which will be presented by her at an event in October at Bourne Hall.
Poems should be emailed to David at dbrook@epsom-ewell.gov.uk or dropped of at Bourne Hall reception desk by the 14th September.
Museum Ghost writers’ Saturday 14th September 2024 10:00am-4:00pm – free entry
Bourne Hall museum will be celebrating some of the many writers who have celebrated our local area. All have died, hence ghost writers. 4 re-enactors’ will be playing the writers’, Mrs Beaton, Robert Fabian, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. So come and join us as the Bourne Hall Museum comes to life.
Ewell Library:
Running: 10th – 14th Sept
Dressing Up as a Roald Dahl character
Prize:- Book Giveaways
Crafts on Sat 14th Sept:- Based on Roald Dahl books £1 per craft.
Running:- 10th – 14th Sept
Roald Dahl Treasure Hunt around the Library and Museum
Animatronic James and the Giant peach display 9th – 21st September 2024
Go and see some of the characters form James and the Giant peach, brought to life as animatronic models by the super talented and legendary Bob Ballan. These are available to view to from the Main Foyer.
Lots of fun to be had!
Enjoy,
Dee xx
