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☀️JOIN THRIVE AT FIVE FOR FABULOUS FUN EVENTS THIS SUMMER☀️

We post a schedule every Friday for the week ahead - stay tuned!

Next week's events include Mouse Club - suitable for children starting school in September 🐭and we'll be at Tales in the Park, Family Fun Day and Fun Friday. Come and say hello 👋and take part in activities suitable for under 5s and their families. 🫟

For more details please email [email protected]

More Activities to keep you busy over the holidays

☀️Few bits to keep you busy over the Summer Holidays ☀️

Stoke on Trent SUMMER HOLIDAYS - 2026 - FREE

If you’re looking for some ideas on what to do with the kids this summer - here are over 20 ideas of FREE things to do:

📍 Tales in the Park with National Literacy Trust
ℹ️ Storytelling festival with free books, activities, crafts, & sports - at 6 x local parks over the summer

📍 Big Butterfly Count at Tittesworth Reservoir
ℹ️ 19 July & 9 Aug – free butterfly ID sheet, help count butterflies and upload your results as part of the nationwide count

📍 Nature and Nurture Activities at Hanley Park
ℹ️ 20 July - pond dipping, seed planting, nature trail

📍 Chaos Science Roadshow at The Potteries Museum
ℹ️ 29 July - science workshops & experiments with Cambridge students

📍 Wildfamilies drop in sessions with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
ℹ️ Nature crafts & wild play - drop in sessions various dates at Greenway Bank (drop in) & Hem Heath Woods (booking required)

📍Junior Park Run
ℹ️ Run, walk or jog 2k, every Sunday morning at Burslem Park, Longton Park, Lyme Valley Parkway or Clough Hall

📍 Take part in Summer Reading Challenge with SOT libraries
ℹ️ Read six books over the summer to earn stickers, a medal and a certificate

📍 Visit Glebe Farm in Congleton
ℹ️ Lots of animals to see and a small playground

📍 The Vikings are coming at Stafford Castle
ℹ️ 15-16 Aug - interactive day out with a Saxon camp, Viking battles & games

📍 Pet pals workshops at Pets at Home
ℹ️ Meet & greet pets and learn all about them, book online

📍 Brampton Museum Newcastle
ℹ️ Museum is free to enter, playground, sandpit, miniature railway on Sundays (for donations)

📍City Farm Bucknall
ℹ️ Open every weekend with animals such as pigs, chickens, and goats to meet.

📍The Art of Remembrance at National Memorial Arboretum
ℹ️ Memory stones, sound stories, theatre shows and creative workshops along with the Stickman Trail

📍 Splash park at Stafford Park
ℹ️ Splash pad, sand pit, aviary and play areas, perfect for a sunny day.

📍 Celebrate Winnie the Pooh’s 100th Anniversary at Coombes Valley
ℹ️ 22 Aug - trail & storytelling sessions. Book online

📍Summer of fun with Stoke on Trent Family Hubs
ℹ️ Crafts, games, stories for ages 0-12 years - various days throughout the summer.

📍 Community fun day with CAFAG at Whitfield Valley Centre
ℹ️ 19 Aug - penalty shootout, gladiator duels, bouncy castle, face painting

📍 Events every Wednesday at The Pepper Mill, Longton
ℹ️ Includes Dino’s, summer Santa, K-pop party, superhero training

📍 Caverswall Creamery Tractor Run
ℹ️ 31 Aug - tractors travel through the countryside to raise money for charity

📍 Visit RAF Cosford Museum
ℹ️ Aircraft displays, interactive exhibits @ aviation themed playground

📍 Congleton paddling pool
ℹ️ Outdoor paddling pool for under 11’s - combine with a visit to Congleton park next door

📍 Check out Staffordshire Space Programme
ℹ️ Activities for 8years plus

☀ OLSB has now finished for the summer ☀

We have had the most amazing year and we hope you all have a great Summer with friends and family!

We return back school for a new academic year on Monday 7th September.

Well Year 6, its the end of your chapter at OLSB.

We hope you all the best at High School and we know you will all go far.

Good Luck 💙💛

Y5 Parents
Please join SMW for their Open Evening on Thursday 10th September