Primary Times - the definitive what’s on and where to go family guide of activities and events for children of primary school age. Things to do with your kids during the school holidays including arts and craft activities, music and theatre for children, parties, competitions, days out, and family attractions along with term time drama schools, dance classes, after school clubs and sports activities. Things to do at a place near you!
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Discovery Days
1st February-17th April 2025
Venue: Didcot Railway Centre
Website: www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
Travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 21-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to...
February Snowdrops
1st February-31st March 2025
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Waterperry boasts beautiful displays of double and single-flowered snowdrops all around the 20 acres of gardens and is the perfect excuse for a walk in the gardens followed by a visit to the Teashop to...
Adopt a bird
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Milletts Falconry Centre
Website: www.milletswildside.co.uk
Why not adopt an animal as a present? Perfect for birthdays, Christmas, Mothering Sunday. When you adopt your favourite bird at the centre, you will receive an adoption pack welcoming you to the Millets...
Be Yourself, Be Amazing at Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.pqacademy.com
Your child will get hands-on with professional filmmaking equipment in their Film & TV classes, and write their own monologues and comedy sketches in their Comedy & Drama module.PQA offer everyone the...
Better Holiday Activities
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Various locations in Oxfordshire
Website: www.better.org.uk
Better offer a range of term-time holiday activities for kids that help them learn about fitness and develop keys skills while having fun at the same time. From tots to teens, find activities to keep your...
Birthday Parties at Milletts Falconry Centre
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Milletts Falconry Centre
Website: www.milletswildside.co.uk/hire-us/birthday-parties
A birthday party at Millets Farm Falconry Centre is a great way to celebrate! From time spent with the birds of prey,to Meerkats or reptiles, they have the experience and the ability to offer a tailor-made...
Creative Courage for Life at Stagecoach
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Various venues Oxford
Website: www.stagecoach.co.uk
Students can expect a warm and friendly welcome at their local Stagecoach Performing Arts school.Classes usually run for 12 weeks during the school term. Each class is small to allow teachers and their...
d'Overbroeck's Oxford
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: d'Overbroeck's Oxford
Website: www.doverbroecks.com
A high-achieving day and boarding school for 11 to 18-year-olds, d’Overbroeck’s offers a progressive education that unlocks each student’s unique academic and personal potential.They run a series...
Discover the Fun of the Sparks Film Set
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Oxford High School
Website: www.sparksarts.co.uk/about-us/film-school-locations/oxford
Join Sparks Filmmaking Classes for ages 7-14. In fun, friendly classes, students learn about every aspect of filmmaking, from screenwriting, shooting, editing and starring on screen too. Visit the website...
Dry Kids
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Online
Website: www.drykids.co.uk
It’s almost spring, when the weather is notoriously unpredictable, with frequent rain showers leading to muddy conditions for all.By purchasing Dry Kids waterproofs, parents can encourage outdoor exploration...
Family Days
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Science Oxford Centre
Address: Headington
Website: www.scienceoxford.com/whats-on/family-days
Hands-on discovery and fun experiments in the Exploration Zone and pop up Live Lab, or explore wintry woodland trails and spot wildlife with Explorer Backpacks. Café open 10-4. £8 per person / Under...
Go-Kart Party
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.gokart-party.co.uk
Go-Kart Party will delight both boys and girls aged 4-11 using unique electric go-karts driven by your little racers around an inflatable track. They hold parties indoors or outdoors (weather permitting)...
Holiday Clubs of Oxfordshire
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Oxford University Sport, Iffley Road Sports Centre
Website: www.holidayclubsofoxfordshire.co.uk
Holiday Clubs of Oxfordshire aim is to provide fun, engaging activities for children during the school holidays. Within the surroundings of Oxford University Sport, the children have access to world-class...
Jump Inc Adventure and Trampoline Park
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: 5, Park, Talisman Business Centre
Website: www.jump-inc.uk/locations/bicester
Jump Inc Adventure and Trampoline Park
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: 5, Park, Talisman Business Centre
Website: www.jump-inc.uk/locations/bicester
Jump Inc makes the perfect after school activity with two offers available after 3pm Monday – Thursday during term time. After School Antics includes a 60 minute jump for two bouncers and a pizza to...
Kumon Free Assessment
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.kumon.co.uk
Designed to help any child, of any ability, realise their potential and become an enthusiastic learner. Through daily worksheet study and Instructor guidance, your child will work at the 'just-right' level...
Minecraft Church
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Kidlington Methodist Church
Website: www.kidlingtonmethodists.org.uk
Minecraft Church is a creative style of church in which adults and children explore stories from the Bible together. Usually on the fourth Sunday of the month at 3pm, but do check before going, especially...
NOX Gym
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: NOX Gym
Website: www.noxgymnastics.com
Somersaults, backflips, twisting acrobatics, pitching and catching, tempo, balance work: Acrobatic Gymnastics is dynamic beauty and static excellence. Set to music on a 12x12m floor, it mixes choreography...
Retro Games Night
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: The Light
Address: Spiceball Park Road, Banbury
Website: www.banbury.thelight.co.uk/whatson
Visit the Lower Decks every Monday from 4pm to play some of your favourite retro games, including Jenga, Scrabble, Uno, Jumanji and lots more! Free to attend.
STEM Saturday Club
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: The Engineering Skills Academy
Website: www.satstemclub.org
Designed for 8-13 year olds who have an interest in STEM, the Saturday club courses run for 11 weeks during term time. Kids explore and complete fun STEM projects, with the aim to link what they do during...
Storytime at The Mill
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: The Mill Sonning
Website: www.millatsonning.com
Go along on Wednesday mornings for children’s Storytime. The bar is open from 10am and the story begins at 10.30am. Enjoy a magical experience as pre-school children are treated to a story and singing...
Summer Fields Oxford
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Summer Fields Oxford
Website: www.summerfields.com
Summer Fields, a leading day and boarding school for boys aged 4-13, offers a setting that encourages curiosity, confidence, and learning. The school welcomes new pupils from Reception to Year 7. Register...
Swim School of Oxfordshire
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Oxford High School and Oxford University Sports Centre
Website: www.swimschoolofoxfordshire.co.uk
Swim School of Oxfordshire provide intensive swimming courses and weekly lessons to adults and children seven days a week. Following the Swim England Learn to Swim Framework and providing fully qualified...
TCC2 Thame Children's Choir
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: John Hampden School
Website: www.tcc2.org.uk
A choir for any child from Thame and the surrounding area who loves to sing. It provides a unique opportunity for children not only to sing together but also to challenge their minds and their voices,...
Waterperry Gardens
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Waterperry Gardens offer children's trails throughout the year coinciding with many of the school holidays. The trails have been devised to be both educational and fun and to appeal to children of all...
Wychwood School
3rd February-31st March 2025
Venue: Wychwood School
Website: www.wychwoodschool.org
Wychwood School is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 11-18 in the heart of Oxford. For pupils in years 5 and 6, the Wychwood Inspires Saturday programme offers free sessions designed...
British Science Week 2025
7th-16th March 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.britishscienceweek.org
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths which takes place each March. The theme for 2025 is 'Change and adapt'. Visit the website to download the activity...
Chandlings Early Years Spring Open Morning
14th March 2025
Venue: Chandlings Prep
Website: www.chandlingspst.org
Chandlings Prep is a leading independent day school for boys and girls aged 2–11, nestled within 60 acres of stunning Oxfordshire countryside, just five miles from Oxford. Their enviable location is...
Access-Friendly Day
15th March 2025
Venue: The Story Museum
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk
The access-friendly days are suitable for all families but particularly those who prefer a more relaxed experience as the museum spaces will run with adjusted lighting and sounds and the tickets are limited...
Aunusthan
15th March 2025
Venue: Bure Park Primary School
Website: www.themillartscentre.co.uk
Aunusthan is a joyous celebration of classical Indian dance presented for a modern audience, performed by the very best home-grown British-Asian talent, who’ve taken this show to cultural capitals across...
Colour Mixology
15th March 2025
Venue: The Yang Science Centre
Address: Abingdon School
Website: www.scienceoxford.com
Experiment and explore the science behind light and colour at Abingdon Science Club. Make a test tube rainbow with skittles, mix light and shadow with filters and create new colours with pen chromatography...
Fairytales
15th March 2025
Venue: The Story Museum
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk
Meet Jack, find the goose that lays the golden eggs and become the Giant in a truly magical sensory world! Join Embracing Arts in an inclusive exploration of some of your favourite Fairytale characters...
Great Big School Clean 2025
21st March-6th April 2024
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.keepbritaintidy.org
Join the Great Big School Clean this spring and be part of the #BigBagChallenge - make a big difference to care for the places and the planet we love. Pledge as a school and you’ll receive a...
Red Nose Day
21st March 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.comicrelief.com
The funniest day of the year is back on 21 March 2025. Get ready to feel good, give big and do something funny for money. Times are tough but if you can give just a little bit it will go to people in the...
Pirates Love Underpants
22nd-23rd March 2025
Venue: Chipping Norton Theatre
Website: www.chippingnortontheatre.com
Join this swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest! Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready...
Pond dipping
22nd March 2025
Venue: Science Oxford Centre
Website: www.scienceoxford.com
Catch and identify creatures in and around the ponds with expert club leader, and learn about life cycles from newbie newts with fluffy gills, to larvae and baby flying insects like dragonflies, midges,...
The Detective Dog
28th-29th March 2025
Venue: The North Wall
Website: www.thenorthwall.com
Tiny and Tall Productions brings you Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie’s well-loved story, The Detective Dog on stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences.Expect captivating puppetry, surprising smells...
Family Workshop - Tea Towel Printing
29th March 2025
Venue: The Mill Arts Centre
Website: www.themillartscentre.co.uk
This family workshop is a perfect opportunity for you to create a handmade gift, just in time for Mother’s Day. This workshop is for 1x adult and 1x child to work together on designing and printing their...
Sensory-friendly Family Day
29th March 2025
Venue: Science Oxford Centre
Website: www.scienceoxford.com
Sensory-Friendly Family Days are designed to better accommodate and support families who experience autism and/or have other additional needs. Pick up an Explorer Backpack and see what wildlife you can...
Mothering Sunday
30th March 2025
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Waterperry boasts beautiful displays of Snowdrops and Daffodils all around the 20 acres of gardens and is the perfect excuse for a walk in the gardens. Why not treat mum in the Teashop afterwards to warm...
Schools Football Week 2025
31st March-6th April 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.schoolsfootball.org/campaigns-and-events/schools-football-week
Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this fantastic campaign celebrating the importance of schools’ football, competitive or otherwise, to pupils across England and provides teachers and coaches...