{"id":7207,"date":"2020-07-07T04:48:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T04:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2020-07-07T04:48:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T04:48:47","slug":"affordable-school-holiday-fun-at-citys-cultural-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/07\/affordable-school-holiday-fun-at-citys-cultural-venues\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable school holiday fun at City\u2019s cultural venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

City of Newcastle is ready to welcome families back to some of its recently reopened facilities these school holidays while providing a range of online opportunities to be creative, experiment with science, or make something memorable.
\nWith COVID-19 restrictions still affecting regular school holiday programming, the City\u2019s cultural venues are getting creative to deliver a digital-led calendar of events sure to keep the kids busy.
\nThese activities will complement the growing list of places reopening their doors to the public, with families also invited to get out and about – from a safe distance – and visit some of their favourite Newcastle destinations including Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle Museum and our Libraries.
\nNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the creativity of City of Newcastle\u2019s dedicated staff would ensure families had plenty of options to keep themselves entertained.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been wonderful to welcome the public back into many of our much-loved facilities in recent weeks, with our art gallery, museum, and a number of library branches now open across the local government area,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\n\u201cFort Scratchley has reopened for visitors, while Novocastrians can once again enjoy getting back to nature with our ever-popular walking trails, open spaces and animal attractions at Blackbutt Reserve.
\n\u201cThe reopened spaces have all adapted their operations in line with COVID-19 restrictions to protect the health and wellbeing of our visitors and staff, and we look forward to families making the most of these venues during the school holidays.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re also offering a range of interactive online experiences which will provide children with plenty of options for home-based fun.
\n\u201cFrom live-streamed science experiments and webinar-facilitated art workshops, to digital art classes and an exciting online youth music concert featuring rising local stars, the variety of free events and activities includes something for all interests.\u201d
\nWhile entry to the art gallery and museum is free, online bookings for the scheduled daily sessions at each venue are essential to assist in managing numbers in line with our COVID Safe plans.
\nFamilies can find their perfect balance of school holidays inspiration at\u00a0www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/School-Holidays<\/a>, with information about all our face-to-face and digital activities now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of Newcastle is ready to welcome families back to some of its recently reopened facilities these school holidays while providing a range of online opportunities to be creative, experiment with science, or make something memorable. With COVID-19 restrictions still affecting regular school holiday programming, the City\u2019s cultural venues are getting creative to deliver a … Continue reading “Affordable school holiday fun at City\u2019s cultural venues”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}