13th July 2023 • The HERALD • Page 47 v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your communityv KIDS ZONE Do You Know of a Young Person Who is Looking for a New Challenge in September? On Thursday 7th September Praizin’ Hands Puppet group will be holding a Taster evening for young people in school years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18) who are interested in learning Puppetry as a new skill and joining other like-minded young people in the ‘Little Hands’ Puppet team. e evening will include having ‘a go’ with a puppet and learning some basic puppetry skills as well as playing some games and meeting the current, very friendly team. e Little Hands team meet on alternate ursdays in Black eld and perform at various places such as Community Fun Days and in Church services throughout the year. Alongside their evenings of puppetry and games/activities, they have regular trips out. Praizin’ Hands Puppet Group is a local charity, based on the Waterside. Being a puppeteer is ideal for people who tend to be a bit shy as it is an ideal way of expressing yourself but with the safety of being hidden behind the puppet stage! No experience is needed as full training will be given. If you know of a young person who is interested in coming along to the Taster Day please ask their parent or carer to email: info@praizinhands.org.uk or call: 07842 142269 to nd out more information. ey would love to hear from you! For more information about Praizin’ Hands and what they do please visit: www.praizinhands.org.uk Some of the Praizin’ Hands puppets Over the summer holidays the Handy Trust is running a programme of free activities taking place at the youth clubs in Hythe and Marchwood with a di erent theme each week. Activities include arts, cra s and sports and they also supply a free healthy lunch. Under 10’s must be accompanied by an adult; the whole family are welcome to join in. e week of 24th July is themed ‘By the sea’, 31st July is ‘Bug week’, 7th August is ‘Animals week’, 14th August is ‘Nature week’ and 21st August is Mindfulness week. e following sessions will take place each week: • Mondays, 11.30am to 1.30pm at Marchwood Youth Club. • Tuesdays, 11.30am to 1.30pm at Hythe Youth Club (Except 15th August will be a nature visit). • Wednesdays, 11.30am to 1.30pm at Marchwood Youth Club and St Anne’s Netley View, 2pm to 4pm in local parks (No session at St Anne’s on 2nd August). • Thursdays, 11.30am to 1.30pm at Hythe Youth Club (Except Thursday 24th August – trip tbc). Plus CM Youth Day events on Friday’s for secondary aged young people in receipt of bene t related free school meals including Bowling/ laser quest, Urban Art, Street Cooking and Skateboarding – these events must be pre-booked via: https://cm-foundation.co.uk/ book-current-projects - click on the Hythe Youth Events link. ese activities could not take place without funding from the Handy Trust’s supporters. anks go to Hythe and Dibden Parish Council, Marchwood Parish Council, Dibden Allotments Fund, New Forest District Council, Hythe Youth Club and Marchwood Hub. ank you also goes to CMFoundation for organising/providing extra activities and Energise Me, National Lottery and Sport England for additional funding. For more information please visit: www. thehandytrust.co.uk/ HANDY TRUST FREE ACTIVITIES FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS! May half term fun with Wessex Circus is year’s Summer Reading Challenge: Ready, Set, Read! Runs from Saturday 15th July to Saturday 16th September in Hampshire Libraries. Read/listen to 6 books across the summer and collect rewards. Sign up in your local Hampshire Library or online: www.hants. gov.uk/librariesandarchives/library/kids-zone Naomi House and Jacksplace are back at Sunny elds Farm this summer for an outdoor cinema experience with a twist on Saturday 29th July. Grab your blankets and pack your snacks for a day of fun, laughter and movie magic. Watch Finding Nemo at 10.30am or Matilda the Musical at 2pm. Tickets are £5 for adults, £7.50 for children, under 3’s free, to book your tickets please visit: www. naomihouse.org.uk/cinema23 St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington have a swashbuckling new exhibition; ‘Pirates! Fact & Fiction’ running over the summer until 9th September. e exhibition will take you on a journey through pirate history, lm and literature, with lots to see and do including spectacular costumes from Black Sails, Peter Pan and Spartacus and fun interactives, children’s trail and activity sheets for all ages. You can even have a go at walking the plank! For more details please visit: www.stbarbe-museum. org.uk Ready Set Read! Cinema Under Canvas Pirates! Fact & Fiction in Lymington SUMMER AND PUMPKIN TIME TICKETS ON SALE Sunny elds Farm have recently released tickets for both their Summer Time and Pumpkin Time events. Summer Time is running daily from Saturday 5th to Monday 28th August, with fabulous displays of sun owers, tractor and trailer rides, the willow maze and a fun trail with riddles to crack along the way. Pumpkin Time will be on selected dates between Saturday 7th to Sunday 29th October. e farm will be covered in thousands of pumpkins with lots of photo opportunities as well as pumpkin picking. For more information and to book your tickets please visit: www.sunny elds. co.uk/Events Last year’s Paddington pumpkin display Hythe Cinema e Hythe Cinema Moviola show lms in high de nition Blu-ray and stereo sound on a large screen at e Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. eir next o ering is A Man called Otto (15) on Tuesday 18th July at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Otto is a grump who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around. Followed with Charade (PG) on Tuesday 15th August at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust? Tickets are £6 and available in advance from Pebbles ladies clothes shop in the High Street (opposite Costa), or on the door on show days.
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