Grimm & Co.

What a summer adventure it’s been!
We’ve had such a wonderful time travelling across Rotherham telling the tale of What the Ladybird Heard! 📚🐞

From Ferham to Swinton, Maltby to Aston and lots of places in between, we’ve met lots of amazing children and families, shared stories, got creative and had plenty of fun!

A huge thank you to all the Family Hub staff who have welcomed us and helped make every workshop feel special. We’ve enjoyed visiting you all. With special thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for gifting each hub with their very own copies of What The Ladybird Heard.

Our adventure isn’t over just yet…
Come and join us for our final workshop of the summer!

📍 Dinnington Children’s Centre
📅 This Friday, 21st August
⏰ 10am–11:30am

And then it’s time for our BIG CELEBRATION EVENT!

📅 Saturday 22nd August
⏰ 11am–2pm
🌳 Clifton Park – Garden House (opposite the museum)

Suitable for children aged 0-8yrs and their families

To those receiving their GCSE results today, Grimm & Co is sending some EXTRA MAGIC your way ✨
Remember: No matter what, you're more than a number on a piece of paper.
Find our writing resources here: grimmandco.co.uk/activities/writing-for-wellbeing/

EDIT: This programme is for young people aged 11 - 18.

Step inside Grimm & Co and become a story-keeper of the building's hidden history. Across six magical sessions, you'll uncover real archive treasures - old photographs, a newspaper from 1910, and more!

Learn techniques in paper cutting, storyboarding and designing moving shadow puppets... then breathe new life into them using shadows, light and your own imagination!

Then, you will share your ideas with a professional artist to turn your work into a brand new art installation.

No writing experience or craft skills needed, just curiosity and a willingness to listen to stories hiding in the dark!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1997839720384?aff=oddtdtcreator

The final date of our Family Learning Hubs on tour event takes place THIS Saturday (22nd August) in Barnsley at the Digital Media Centre. Make sure to head on down to take part in our Dear Zoo activities! 🦁

The Spill the Tea…or Coffee Heritage session went amazing on Saturday! Lots of stories new and old about this building were shared and collected. Special thanks to everyone for coming down.

There is a day of What the Ladybird Heard activities on Saturday 22nd August at Clifton Park Rotherham from 11am.

I will be there from 12pm, running mini drawing events. There will be lots of other exciting things to do too! And it’s FREE! Just come along on the day.

Thanks to Oliver Coppard, the South Yorkshire Mayor, for supporting a huge reading initiative over the summer holidays! Also huge thanks to the team at Grimm and Co, and the good people at Macmillan Children's Books, as well as Rotherham Council.