Summer Holiday Programme

WHALE Arts 30th

Birthday Party!

Saturday 20 August 11am-3pm

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Summer Holiday Sessions

face ing paint

dj's

pizza

cake

m ice crea ons & exhibiti archive photos

music

arts an craf d ts

Fun for all the family!

Join the WHALE Arts team and friends to celebrate 30 years of creativity in Wester Hailes!

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book your place: 0131 458 3267

All our info@whalearts.co.uk sessions include food

WHALE Arts Centre, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA www.whalearts.co.uk

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Indian Dance 3-Day Course 'The Ticking Clock' age 8+ Wed 27, Thur 28, Fri 29 July, 10am-5pm Indian arts, crafts and dance exploring climate change and how young people can change the world! No experience necessary.

Lunch and snacks provided.

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Street Arts @ WHALE Days age 6+ 10.30am-3.30pm Mon 11 July, Tues 12 July, Mon 1 Aug, Tues 2 Aug, Wed 3 Aug Come and join our fun, friendly mixed arts sessionswe'll be doing drawing, parkour, games, music, sculpture, printmaking, photography, drama, crafts, painting, dance, circus skills.

Lunch and snacks provided.

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Riso Printing Session age 6+ Tuesday 26 July age 6+10-11.30am age 8+ 2-3.30pm Try some fun printing techniques on our Riso colour printer and make you own poster, zine' or gift card.

Unicorn Dance Book Party!! your

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Families Saturday 6 Aug 11am-11.45 am & 2pm-2.45pm

You are invited to the best dance party ever!

Unicorns Melody and Luna will get your hands clapping and tails shaking to some rockin’ jams!

With easy-to-follow along moves and visual spectacle, this interactive show for little ones and their families will unlock the joy within us all! .

SWINGS

AnimATE!

Thursday 21 July Performances 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Tuesday 19 July, 10am-12pm

Come along and see the All or Nothing aerial team in action on a 5m high giant swing set, then have a go yourself and try out a taster aerial session too!

Up for a family challenge?

Learn some cooking skills with our chefs and make an animation with professionals from Puppet Animation Scotland... then watch your movie together over lunch we've cooked together!

for families

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for families

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Family fRINGE @WHALE

Saturday 23 July 11am - 3.30pm

The Fringe Festival is coming to WHALE Arts!

A free family fun day with tasters of circus, street performance, workshops, face painting and more!

Free vegetarian Lunch served at 1pm.

Organised in collaboration with WHALE and the Edinburgh Book Arts, SCOREscotland Festival Fringe Society your

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Splash Test Dummies Circus

age 5+ Tues 16 August,11am-1pm Circus Trip Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are here with some splish splashing circus set to drown you in tears of laughter.

Catch-your-breath stunt work, dazzling acrobatics, dexterous juggling and side-splitting, slapstick comedy!

Free transport

Explore (10+) & Play Sense Create (5+) 1:1/family sessions for young people with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families are happening throughout the summer.

Contact play-sense-create@whalearts.co.uk to book and for more info.

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Let's Play Gaming Extravaganza age 10+ Saturday 16 July 11am-2pm All about gaming! Learn about game design - characters, backgrounds & sounds. Code with Scratch. Meet industry professionals.

Try out our arcade machines!

In partnership with Napier University.

Gardening session

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age 5+ Friday 29 July 2-3pm Do you love plants? Like being in nature?

Fun gardening session with WHALE Arts Gardeners with our houseplants and garden.

Science Bike Show

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Age families and age 5+ Monday 18 July 1.30pm, 3.30pm Fancy a bite-sized science treat?

Edinburgh Science Festival return with their famous Busking Bikes! Experiment-filled short performances with loads of audience interaction, guaranteed to entertain all ages.