Children's Activities
Why not become part of National Marine Week and come down to the Seven Sisters Country Park and join in some of the marine family fun. Rock pooling, arts and crafts and even building your own boat.
To book for any of these events please contact the Sussex Wildlife Trust Filma Dyer 01273 497561 or visit the www.sussexwt.org.uk and follow the links.
Holiday club activities are for children only and the rest are family friendly events.
Monday, 2nd August, 2010. Calling All Smugglers
Holiday Club
‘From out of the mists at sea came a boat. Waiting on the shore huddled a group of desperate smugglers’. Under the cover of darkness smuggling gangs once used the Sussex coast to bring ashore contraband from France . They had to outwit the local customs men or face imprisonment or worse if they were caught. Could you be a smuggler? Come and join the Cuckmere Smugglers and find out if you have what it takes.
Tuesday, 3rd August, 2010. The Seven Sisters Treasure Trail
Pick up your map, collect the clues, follow the trail and test your marine knowledge. The treasure trail takes you from the Visitor Centre at the Seven Sisters Country Park down to the rock pools at Cliff End, beneath the base of the spectacular Seven Sisters.
Wednesday, 4th August, 2010.
Edible Boats Ahoy
Have you ever wanted to build a boat? Now is your chance. The only snag is that it has to be edible. Get the family thinking, design a boat made out of things you could eat and then bring your design and the materials down to the Pump Barn at the Seven Sisters Country Park , build it and find out if it floats on the river.
Thursday, 5th August, 2010 Holiday Club – Whelks, Wracks and Winkles
Spend the day with us on the beach looking for crabs and sea anemones, barnacles and shrimps in the rock pools beneath the Seven Sisters at low tide.
Friday, 6th August, 2010 The Big Family Rock Pool
Join us down on the coast and explore the rock pools beneath the Seven Sisters at low tide. Look for Barnacles, blennies and bladder wrack. Find anemones, winkles and crabs. Discover piddocks, keel worms and sand masons. Come and uncover an amazing world full of fascinating creatures and plants.
Meet Visitor Centre, Seven Sisters Country Park . 1pm
11th August, 2010
Living Seas
Are you fascinated by the plants and animals that live under the sea? Do you want to find out more about the marine life just off our shores? Are you concerned about the threats that this amazing world faces? As part of our Marine Week we are inviting you to drop into the Pump Barn at the Seven Sisters Country Park and join in fun activities for the whole family that will give you a glimpse of a different world.
Suitable – Families - Children 6 years and upwards.
Drop in – charge on the door.
