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The fun Easter Duck Trail at Welney is the perfect opportunity to get outdoors with all the family over the Easter holidays running from Saturday 2 April to Tuesday 19 April. Explore their wonderful wetlands as you search high and low for cheeky ducklings that have escaped and hidden themselves around the reserve. Pick up a trail card to make sure you find them and solve the Easter puzzle. That’s not all – there are lots of other fun activities to enjoy over the Easter holidays such as pond dipping, owl pellet dissection, bird feeder building, beginners birdwatching and lots more. Quacked the case? Don’t forget to share the best bits at #easterducks

Code Club World is a great resource for beginners to enjoy and get started with independently at home. There’s the chance to create your own personal robot avatar, make music, design a t-shirt, and teach your robot to dance! Learn to code on islands with structured activities and discover block-based and text-based coding in Scratch and Python. Code Club World supports children to get started on their coding journey, providing activities that are meaningful, fun and flexible.

New Ark Play Association in Peterborough has been providing unique support for local youngsters for over forty years but council funding cutbacks and the effect of the pandemic has left them dangerously short of funds. This city farm, eco centre and adventure playground could face closure. This would mean a loss of vital preschool and after school care services, facilities for children who experience social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties, unemployed staff and multiple animals that will need rehoming.