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SPLAT! 2017

30/6/2017

A Dig-iT led story-telling and story-making initiative called SPLAT! comes to Tamworth on Saturday 15th July to coincide with Tamworth Library’s launch of their Summer Reading Challenge.

Starting at 10:30 in the morning with workshops and talks in St Editha’s Community Hall and Tamworth Library, the event will bring some fun into the idea that stories aren’t just about words, but pictures, films, spoken word, animation and much more.

The day long event will have professionally led workshops on comic book illustration, animation, children’s books, spoken word, video-making and much more. There will also be talks on being an author and film-making.

Details for all activities and any bookings can be found here.

In addition, at St Editha’s Community Hall there will be a Book Fair selling audio books, graphic novels and comic books as well as other stalls and of course, tea, coffee and cakes on sale!

Finally, in partnership with Tamworth Arts & Events and Community Together CIC, in the Castle Grounds there will be an interactive storyteller in the Bandstand and craft activities in the Community Hub.

Visit the SPLAT! website for full details.

We’ve Moved!

8/9/2016

Due to the pending closure of the Carnegie Centre on Corporation Street, we’ve moved our regular monthly Saturday drop-in to the Community Together CIC Hub which is in the Castle Grounds (in the old swimming pool buildings).

See our Drop-ins page for more information about the new location.

Big thanks to Lee, Steve and the CIC team for accommodating us. We really look forward to seeing you all there from Saturday 24th September.

Let’s Go Fly A Kite!

3/8/2016

Fancy some summertime fun? Of course you do! Then pop along to our Summer Picnic and Kite Making event on Sunday 14th August at Tamworth Castle Grounds.

Kicking off at 12:30pm with some kite making fun for the kids, at the Community Together CIC Hub (based at the old outdoor swimming pool building), we’ll then move outside to the Castle Grounds for a picnic and kite flying.

All kite making materials will be provided. Please bring your own picnic.

This is a FREE event with suggested donation of £2 per child.

All children must be accompanied by an adult with parental responsibility.

Interested? Book your place by email: office.tamdyslexia@gmail.com. See you all there.

Positively Puppets Course

6/2/2016

Positively Puppets Flyer

We have some excellent news!

We've been awarded a small arts grant from Tamworth Borough Council towards running a 'Positively Puppets Course' for children aged 7 to 12 years who have dyslexia and / or overlapping traits!

The course will start on:
Saturday 20th February, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm at Amington Band Room, Sharpe Street, Amington, Tamworth, B77 3HY.

The course will run for 5 sessions, on each Saturday afternoon from 20th Feb. There is a small charge of £10 per child for the whole course (to help cover additional costs), payable on the first day. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

To book your place, please email giving details of your child (name, date of birth, contact number etc), or call us on: 0753 451 3338. Alternatively, please use the Contact Us page.

Please see the attached flyer for more details! If you click on it, you can download a copy.

We are really looking forward to working with Ultra Vibrancy Puppets again for this project. Some of you may remember they took part in our Positively Different Variety Show at Wilnecote High School in November 2014. Their glow-in-the-dark show was absolutely fantastic, and it's great that children will now have an opportunity to experience some of the same 'magic' through this course.

We look forward very much to hearing from you.

Festive Story Fun with Tamworth LitFest

24/11/2015

We’re really pleased and excited to be supporting our friends Tamworth LitFest at a Festive Story Fun day on Saturday 12th December 2015.

The event, which takes place at St Editha’s Church, Tamworth town centre, promises to be lots of fun for all the family, with children’s authors and illustrators on hand giving story-telling workshops and book-readings.

Local comic book shop Comictopia will be running a ‘create a festive super-hero’ session and in-between all the author sessions, kids can get creative with card-making and other craft activities.

And, of course, the day is free to attend. Amazing!

Full event details here. Click on the picture to download the flyer.

Free Activities for Kids

22/9/2015

During September to December 2015, we’ll be running fun scheduled activities for kids at our regular monthly drop-in at the Carnegie Centre.

Here’s what we’ll be doing:

26th September: quirky bookmark and name sign making
31st October: spooky puppets, mini monsters & fun firework pictures
28th November: Fabric autumn leaf printing (you can bring your own t-shirts etc. if you like)
19th December: crafty christmas decorations and gift boxes

Activity sessions will run between 2pm and 3:30pm. Children need to be accompanied by an adult. There’s no need to book, but it would be lovely to know you’re coming. Please either ring or email - see our Contact Us page.

All of the activities are FREE (though donations are very welcome).

Writing Tips for Dyslexic Kids

25/5/2015

Image copyright Tom McLaughlin

Image copyright Tom McLaughlin

Dyslexic author Tom McLaughlin offers tips to dyslexic kids on writing in this really great Guardian article.

Each of the ten tips offers sound advice on how to approach writing from a dyslexic perspective.

Excellent resource for children, parents and teachers alike.

It's Nearly Time to be 'Positively Different'!

6/10/2013

Submissions for our annual 'Positively Different' event are now closed and we're really looking forward to showing them all to you.

The event opens at 9:30am on Saturday 12th October at Tamworth Town Hall, Market Street.

As well as the exhibition, we've got activities and refreshments on offer. Please do call in, entry is completely free. See here.

Aiming High Summer Activities

14/7/2012

Staffordshire County Council's G8way Team have some free summer activities for children with disabilities or additional needs.

See their leaflet here.

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