Holiday activities

Press, 15 May 1987, Page 18

Holiday activities

* This list of activities covers the first week of the May school holidays. libraries 7 Canterbury Public Library: Today, 11 a.m., films. New Brighton Public Library: Today, 2 p.m., cutting and pasting art with “Where I live” theme. Papanui Public Library: Today, 10.30 a.m., origami. . Sumner Public Library: Today, 2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m., stories. Spreydon Public Library: Today, No activities Today. Shirley Public Library: Today, 11 a.m., colouring in. ■' St Martins Children’s Library: Open weekdays, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., puzzles and colouring in. Todays, 2.30 p.m., films. . Hornby Public Library: Daily from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, stories and activities, no charge. Fendalton Library: Today, 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., Stories. Bishopdale Library: today 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., stories. Today, 6.30 p.m., stories on tape. Community Organisations Christchurch: Holiday programmes will be held for eight-to-12-year-olds at nine locations throughout Christchurch. Cost for each week is $35 a child, with a concession of $2 off for more than one child. A Tiny Y programme for five-to-eight-years will also be held during both weeks. Cost each week is $29. For all activities, bring lunch, drink and swimming togs each day. Enrolments are necessary and can be made at the Y.M.C.A., 12 Hereford Street Activities this week will be held at the following locations: Y.M.C.A., City: Meet daily at 12 Hereford Street at 9 a.m. Today, arts and crafts, Including candle-making, hat making, Mad Hatter’s tea party. Bring a plate of food.

South Hoon Hay Y.M.C.A.: Meet daily at Manning Intermediate School at 8.45 a.m., and at

South Intermediate School at 9 a_m. Today, roller skating. Y.M.C.A., Lyttelton and Woolston: Meet daily at Woolston School at 9 a.m., or at Lyttelton School at 9.20 a.m. Today, movie, Mad Hatter’s tea party (bring a plate of food). Y.M.C.A., Shirley, Burwood: Meet daily at Shirley Intermediate School at 9 a.m., or at Burwood Primary School at 9.15 a.m. Today, races at North Hagley Park. Today, launch trip to Diamond Harbour. Y.M.C.A., Brighton, Aranui: Meet daily at Central New Brighton Primary School at 9 a.m., South Brighton Primary School at 9.15 a.m., or Chisnallwood . Intermediate School at 9.30 a.m. Today, roller skating, games at South Brighton Park. Y.M.C.A., Bryndwr: Activities for children aged seven to 11 will be held daily from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. during the two weeks of the holidays. Enrolments are necessary and must be for the full week, of activities, which cost $32. Today, ten pin bowling and a movie. Squash courts are available daily from 9 a.m., $l.lO a half hour, racket hire $2.20. For bookings telephone 598-320. Y.W.C.A.: Week-days, 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Christchurch East School, in<Joor and outdoor activities, arts and crafts, music, outings, five to 12 years, enrolments necessary. Telephone 63-063. Fendalton Community Centre: Daily except Tuesday afternoons, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., arts and crafts activities, indoor and outdoor games, five to 11 years, 50 cents a family a session.

Bishopdale Community Centre: Daily, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor games, five to 11 years, 50 cents a family a session. Parklands Community Centre: Daily except Wednesday afternoon, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor games, five to 11 years, 50 cents a family a session.

Redwood Community Centre: Daily, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, arts and crafts activities, indoor and outdoor games, five to 11 years, 50 cents a family a session. Windsor School Community Hall: Daily, 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor games, five to 11 years, 50 cents. Kaiapoi Co-operating Parish, St Paul’s Centre, Sewell Street, Kaiapoi: Today, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, video, five to 12 years, $1.50 a child. Schools Ham School Hall: Daily, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, arts and crafts, games, five to 11 years, 50 cents. Merrin School Hall: Daily, 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., arts and crafts, games, five to 11 years, 50 cents.

Russley School Hall: Daily, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, arts and crafts, games, five to 11 years, 50 cents.

Stadiums

Sockburn Park Recreation Centre: daily, 8 a.m. to .12 noon, and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., squash $1.50 a half hour, 75 cents with own gear. Daily during the week, 10 a.m., videos and table tennis. Centre hours, open today, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Queen Elizabeth II Park: No activities Today. Plon e e r Stadium: Today, 9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m., most proficient cyclists competition, separate boys and girls, age groups: six to nine years, 10 to 12 years, and over 13 years, $3.50.

Malls Hornby Mall:Today, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m. entertainer, Neville Barrie, limbo contests, hula hoop contest and talent quest. South Mall: Today, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., display of the game, Laser Strike.

Riccarton Mall Shopping Centre: Today and Saturday, during Mall hours, Farmyard Week with animals from Orana Park, the Goat Club, the Garden City Cavy Club,

and the Poultry Bantam Association. Each day different animals will be in the mall. Today, rabbits, and a cow. Saturday, 9.30 a.m., pet . parade , and cat show. Judging begins at 10 a.m. Museums Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue: open dally, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Special display in the Pacific Hall, “Nga taonga o. Te Waipounamu” (Maori treasures of the South Island). Permanent displays include Antarctica, European settlement, geology, biology, birds, European fine arts, Oriental arts.

Ferrymead Historic Park, 269 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley: open daily 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. This is an operating museum of transport and technology, including tram rides. A past times exhibition of past and current leisure activities will be held from May 16 to May 24. Adults, $5.50, children, $2.75, family, $15.40. Catch a bus to Ferrymead by taking a no. 3G, 3H, 3J, or 3K bus. Yaldhurst Transport Museum, School Road, off Main West Road: Open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum of Transport including a replica fire station and newspaper printshop, and large model display. Entertainment, includes free rides on a merry-go-round, or fire engine. A penny arcade also operates. Adults, $4, children, $2. Parks

Orana Park, McLeans Island Road: open daily, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Features include a lion feeding at 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m., a kiwi house, white rhinos, spider monkeys. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Hussey Road (off Gardiners Road, Harewood): open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., suitable all ages. Attractions include farmyard with working horses, rare breeds of cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry. A zoo park at the reserve has monkeys, chimpanzees, camels, otters, mountain lions, deer and birds. Other at-

tractions include a New Zealand underwater viewing section with trout and salmon, and a walkthrough aviary of native birds. Adults, $4, children, $2, under three years, free. Bags of food available to feed animals. © Theatres Canterbury Children’s Theatre: Weekly, 7 p.m., Saturdays, 2 p.m., “The Wyvern and the Unicorn,” at the Repertory Theatre. Bookings at the Town Hall. Court Theatre: Today, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., “School for Clowns,” adults $5, children $3. Elmwood Players: Weekly 7 p.m., weekends 2 p.m., “The Incredible Vanishing,” at the Elmwood Playhouse, Fulton Avenue, Fendalton. Riccarton Players: Today, 6.30 p.m., week-ends, 2 p.m., “Playbox,” collection of stories, poems and songs, at the Mill Theatre, Wise Street, Addington. Story Book Theatre: daily, 7 p.m., week-ends, 2 p.m., "Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Rapunzel,” songs and dances, at the Shirley Community Centre, $1 a person. Other activities Antigua Boatsheds, 2 Cambridge Terrace: Open daily, 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., canoeing on the Avon River through the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park, single-double canoes and. paddleboats. Telephone 65-885. Big Apple International Ice Rink, 495 Brougham Street: open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m. to. 10 p.m. children, $4, adults, $5; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m., 10.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., children $3, adults, $4, skate hire $l.

Outdoor Recreation Information Centre Arts Centre, Worcester Street: open weekdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for information on outdoor activities in Canterbury. Cobden Riding School, 274 Russley Road: daily, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.,

hoise, pony and gig rides. Tuition by arrangement, telephone 585-278. . Overlelgh Horse Treks, Port Levy: Open daily, 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 pun., hourly, half day, and full day treks for adults and children. Cost, hourly, $10; half a day, adults, $2O, children, $l5; full day, $45 adults, $35 children. For further information telephone 294684.

Transport Board: daily sightseeing tours depart from Cathedral Square. These include, 10 a.m., “City and Suburbs” sightseeing, adults, $9.50, children, $4.75; 12 noon, Orana Park wildlife tour, adults, $l2, children, $6, family $3O (includes admission); 1.30 pjn., “Hills and Harbour” tour, adults, $l2, children, $6, family, $3O. Off-peak fares apply on the time-table service, Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For time-table and other bus information telephone 794-600.

Woolly Meadows Farm, 1 km from Ashley River Bridge on the road to

Loburn: open Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., or groups by arrangement any day. Activities include farm visits, crafts, cOw milking and feeding of farmyard animals, afternoon tea available, all ages, adults, $3.30, children, $l.lO, for further information telephone Rangiora (0502) 5387.