Activities

Here are some activities to complete at home or in your community.

Like watching movies or going to the theatre?

Primary school aged children* can create reviews on Films or a Theatre show using the form - https://bit.ly/3rWOhVP

To earn 1 hour for your passport, you will need to watch a film (either at the cinema or at home) or a theatre show and then either write up a review of it or make a video of yourself giving the review. 10 reviews can be completed in one year. More details can be found on the form.

*Secondary school children can complete reviews directly on their online dashboard.

Like reading books?

Did you know that you can also review books with Wrexham Library? Find out more here - http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/activities/10988

Holiday Challenges

Every school holiday, the North Wales Children’s University team provide challenges to be completed for stamp codes. Here are links to previous newsletters that you can still complete.

Christmas 2021:  https://bit.ly/3rnwpo0

February 2022: https://bit.ly/3gs27dr

Newsletters

The North Wales Children’s University team also provide regular newsletters. Stay up to date with everything that is happening at North Wales Children's university - join our mailing list to get regular updates!

• For young people
• For parents and carers:
• For learning destinations
• For schools and groups:

Online activities from the CU Network

Every school holiday, the Children’s University Trust provide challenges to be completed.

There are many previous challenges, here is a small selection (English medium only)

• https://bit.ly/3nXYcJD
• https://bit.ly/3nVHpaj
• https://bit.ly/3G0fhsP

You can find more activities from the CU Trust and other Children’s Universities in the UK, here - https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/get-involved/activities-to-do-at-home-and-online/

Courses from Open Learn

North Wales and Cardiff Children’s Universities are proud to be working in partnership with The Open University in Wales and the OU’s OpenLearn platform. OpenLearn allows Children’s University members from age 13 upwards, to enrol on and be rewarded for completing, hundreds of free online courses.

Once an account has been set up on OpenLearn, CU members can choose to learn online at their own pace with courses on a range of subject form space and astronomy to languages and music.

Once the course is completed, CU members will need to download their statement of completion along with the duration of the course and email it to their Children’s University.

In North Wales, they can email childrens.university@glyndwr.ac.uk. We will then reply with the stamp code that matches the hours of learning that has been completed.

Click here to visit the dedicated page of Open Learn courses for Children’s University members.

English - www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/learning/childrens-university-free-online-courses

Welsh - www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/learning/prifysgol-y-plant-cyrsiau-ar-lein-am-ddim

Welsh/bilingual activities

Activities from Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam have kindly been provided for CU members to complete. Click on these links for more details on the tasks.

• Get Baking - https://bit.ly/3IO4J2A  
• Get Drawing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUz82zUDIF4 

To get the stamp codes, email maiwenn@menterfflintwrecsam.cymru with evidence, this could be a photo, video or writing about what you did. Activities may require adult supervision.

Other online activities

Here is a selection of activities provided by Learning Destinations across the UK. Please note that due to their location, they are likely to be in the English medium only.

• www.designtasksforkids.com

You can also check for activities that can be completed online by using the “Find an Activity” search on the Children's University website. 

Check back as we will be adding more activities all the time.