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raring2go.co.uk Raring2go! Editor: Anna Skelton newcastle@raring2go.co.uk 07739797419 Follow us on social media @Raring2goNewcastle Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter at rarin2go.co.uk Welcome to your AUTUMN Raring2go! magazine! As always we have lots of ideas for places to go and things to do. Autumn is such a great time of year to explore the countryside. You could hunt for conkers, pick blackberries and collect beautifully coloured leaves to use in craft activities at home. Wrap up warm and take a flask of hot chocolate with you. Don’t forget to enter all our competitions at raring2go.co.uk. We’ve got some brilliant prizes, including tickets to the spectacular Fireworks and Funfair Race Day at Newcastle Racecourse on November 1 . st Enjoy the spooky season. Don’t forget to follow the firework code and keep pets indoors around Bonfire Night. Best wishes from your local editor, Anna Thank you for reading our Raring2go! Autumn M agazine, we hope you enjoyit asm uchas we did, creating it! Don’t forget, the clocks go back, on October 26th 2

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WHAT'S ON Dress up in your coolest creepy costume to stomp away to tunes like the Monster Mash. Spooky Silent Disco 4.30pm – 6.30pm 7.30pm – 9.30pm Thursday 30 October + booking fee per ticket £5 BOOKING ESSENTIAL Under 3s go free #NEWCASTLECASTLE A MEDIEVAL MARVEL SEE MORE SAVE MORE! IN THE HEART OF NEWCASTLE Book online now newcastlecastle.co.uk WITH AN ANNUAL TICKET See website for details 5

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WHAT'S ON 20% discount with online code RARING2GO T&Cs apply. See website. Enjoy a devilishly fabulous feast of family fun this Autumn. • Meet the dinosaurs with the Teach Rex gang (25 October - 2 November only) • See how easy it is to be tricked in a NEW live show • Enjoy ‘Bump in the Night’ - our NEW 360° immersive dome show • Make and take home your own spooky shadow lantern And MUCH more – scan QR code for details. Plus Halloween late night opening Friday 31 October. Spooky October All characters and elements © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert Sat 18 - Sun 19 April 2026 / Sage One Film with live orchestra Book now: theglasshouseicm.org TM 7

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WHAT'S ON What’s on Autumn 2025 Mythical creature mask making Monday 27 October 11am – 3pm Free activity segedunumromanfort.org.uk CALEDONIAN HOTEL JESMOND NE2 2AT Superheroes & Princesses Party Sunday 14 December th 2pm - 4pm Children’s Christmas Party with The Grinch & surprise guests Sunday 21st December 2pm - 4pm Adult £12.95 Under 12 £15.95 Family* £55.00 11

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discoverymuseum.org.uk Booking essential £18. per person November: 28, 29, 30 December: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

WHAT'S ON BOO! Spooktacular 2025 Various dates throughout October Trick or Tweet?! Follow us! Whitehouse Farm Centre, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6AW T 01670 789998 E info@whitehousefarmcentre.co.uk W whitehousefarmcentre.co.uk Pumpkin Carving station Walkway of Terror Witches & Wizards School BOOK NOW! Feel confident booking with free date change up to 7 hours before your booking Indoor Pumpkin Patch with games and photo opportunities 1 FREE pumpkin for full paying children! Plus many more Spooktacular activities! 17

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ACTIVITIES GetCraftythisAutum n.. There are m anycraftactivitiesthatcan be done in Autum n especialyifthe weatherisnottoo good.On a nice daytake the children fora walkto the parkorthe woodsand colectdiferentshaped leavesand pine cones in a bag.W hen you gethom e,place them on som e newspaperto dryouta litle. Pineconebird feeder W hatyou'lneed: Pine cone,Paperplate ,Buterknife,Sm ooth peanutbuter (ifthere isa riskto nutalergiesyou can substitute with lard),Birdseed,Ribbon orstring, Scissors. Cuta long length ofstring orribbon to hang the bird feeder. Tie the ribbon in a knotaround the pine cone nearthe top (about3 sectionsdown).Now tie a knotin the end ofthe ribbon. Use the knife to geta large clum p ofpeanut buteron the paperplate.Then spread peanutbuterinside the pine cone and around the edges. Sprinkle the birdseed overthe pine cone. Rolthe pine cone in the birdseed thatison the plate. Hang the bird feederon the tree. Autum n Leaves You wilneed..paper,crayonsorpaint,glue, leavesfrom outside. Laya piece ofpaperthe long wayplace a child's hand and arm (from the elbow to the hand)on the paper.Have the child spread their fingersand trace from the fingersto the elbow. The fingersare branchesand the arm isthe tree trunk.Thiscan then be coloured to looklike a tree. Take yourleavesand letthe children glue them to the (hand)branchesoftheirtree and there you have a wonderfulpiece ofart. 23

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