Are you bringing your children to Swancon? The family program is now online!
Children over 12 will need to purchase their membership and must have a parent or guardian on the premises at all time.
Children under 12 may attend for free, and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. We’d like them to pre-register so that we can have name-tags waiting for them on arrival (they will need to be wearing a discreetly-labelled name-tag during the con).
Could you please email Fe with the names of your children and a parent/guardian contact mobile number (for someone who will be at the con), for their name-tags. Could you also include their ages and which days they will be attending (this will not appear on their name-tag, but will assist our planning).
| Friday | ||||||||
| Item | Description | Panellists | ||||||
| 10:00 | Run the Blockade! | You have vital supplies to get to the planet! Can you outrun the ship determined to stop you? (Will be played at the corner of Terrace and Plain Streets.) | ||||||
| 10:30 | Making ice-cream | Harness the power of science to use ordinary things to make ice-cream—and play sport at the same time! | ||||||
| 11:00 | Build a Rocket | Take a pile of junk, and turn it into a rocket to shoot off to the stars! | Linda Deegan | |||||
| 11:30 | ||||||||
| 12:00 | Lost in Space! | Oh no! Your rocket hasn’t quite worked as you’d hoped! How will you cope! | Kitty Hemsley | |||||
| 12:30 | Stump a Scientist! | Why is the sky blue? Why do things fall down instead of up? What is it like to go into space? Why do birds sing? Can you stump our panel of scientists…? (Adults welcome, but children’s questions get priority!) | Chris Creagh, Andrew Williams | |||||
| 13:00 | LUNCH! | Nothing programmed, however the room will be open. | ||||||
| 13:30 | ||||||||
| 14:00 | Quiet Time | Story time (Australian and New Zealand Myth) and quiet craft | Kitty Hemsley | |||||
| 14:30 | Quiet Time | Story time (Wind in the Willows) and quiet craft | Kylie Ding | |||||
| 15:00 | Fan art/fan gallery | Come and watch an artist draw—and try your hand. Robots and Machines. | Katherine Painter | |||||
| 15:30 | ‘Way Back Home’ | Join us on a trip to the moon in this book about space travel and friendship and imagine who you would like to meet in outer space… | Kate Williams | |||||
| 16:00 | Make an Alien | Build your own Bug Eyed Monster! Craft for all ages. | Margaret Watts | |||||
| 16:30 | Game creation | Join in making a game! There will be print and play materials available, or if you’re feeling really enthused, perhaps you could create your own! | ||||||
| 17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:30 | Is Doctor Who Better than Ben 10? | A discussion. | Anna Hepworth | |||||
| Saturday | ||||||||
| Item | Description | Panellists | ||||||
| 10:00 | Walk Like a dinosaur | Come and Stomp like a dinosaur—and other varied creatures! | ||||||
| 10:30 | Creche Rhymes | Nursery rhymes for the space age! (Well, with some pirates and fantasy thrown in!) | Fe Waters | |||||
| 11:00 | Make a Monster | Make a wacky monster puppet | Sarah Xu | |||||
| 11:30 | Seussian Exploosion! | All things Dr Seuss. | Sheldon Gill | |||||
| 12:00 | Emblazoning your coat of arms | Show people who you are! Construct a coat of arms! | ||||||
| 12:30 | Build it with papercraft! | A Tardis? A shuttle? A …? Come and build them out of paper, sticky tape and glue! | Kitty Hemsley | |||||
| 13:00 | LUNCH! | Nothing programmed, however the room will be open. | ||||||
| 13:30 | ||||||||
| 14:00 | Quiet Time | Story time (Greek and Roman Myth) and quiet craft | PRK | |||||
| 14:30 | Quiet Time | Story time (Dragons, Dinosaurs and Monsters) and quiet craft | Kylie Ding | |||||
| 15:00 | Fan art/fan gallery | Come and watch an artist draw—and try your hand. Zombies/Aliens. | Colin Sharpe | |||||
| 15:30 | Comics for Kids | What comics/graphic novels are out there? Which ones are suitable for which kids? Have an explore and find something to read. | John Parker, Sue Ann Barber | |||||
| 16:00 | Dance Up a Storm! | Folk dancing. | Anna Hepworth | |||||
| 16:30 | Storyteller Game (Let’s write a book!) | Once Upon a Time! Come and play with the cards, then use the inspiration to write our own book! With illustrations! | ||||||
| 17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:30 | Capture a Dragon! | A flying, fire-breathing monster? And you want to capture it?! Why?! And how will you do it? What do you need? | Katherine Painter | |||||
| Sunday | ||||||||
| Item | Description | Panellists | ||||||
| 10:00 | Martial Arts for Kids | (Please sign up at the Family Programme Room before the session starts. Sign-up sheet will be available throughout the con.) | Kaneda Cruz | |||||
| 10:30 | ||||||||
| 11:00 | Zombie make-up/Build your own zombie army | Come and get your face painted, and build your own zombie to take away. | Sarah Parker, Shay Telfer | |||||
| 11:30 | ||||||||
| 12:00 | Surviving the Zombie Apocolypse | Well the inevitable zombie apocalypse has happened, and, as usual it’s up to the younger generation to save the day. A Kid oriented panel about what a Zombie is, how to defend against them, and why you really do want to keep them off your lawn. | Sarah Parker, John Parker | |||||
| 12:30 | ||||||||
| 13:00 | LUNCH! | Nothing programmed, however the room will be open. | ||||||
| 13:30 | ||||||||
| 14:00 | Quiet Time | Story time (Celtic and Norse Myth) and quiet craft | Alicia Smith | |||||
| 14:30 | Quiet Time | Story time (Fairy Tales) and quiet craft | Bevan McGuinness | |||||
| 15:00 | Fan art/fan gallery | Come and watch an artist draw—and try your hand. Dragons and Dinosaurs and Monsters. | Alicia Smith | |||||
| 15:30 | Fixers Reading | Come and hear Sean read from his new children’s series (7-10 year olds). | Sean Williams | |||||
| 16:00 | Map Making | What do you need to know to make a world for your story or roleplaying campaign? | Rebecca Handcock | |||||
| 16:30 | Paper plane construction | Making paper planes! | Claire Parker | |||||
| 17:00 | Paper plane flying | Now that you’ve built your plane, come and fly it! Can you destroy the Death Star? | Claire Parker | |||||
| 17:30 | Book club | Bring along one (or two) of your favourite books (picture books/early readers/chapter books, all are welcome!), and tell us why you like it and why everyone should read it. (Parents are welcome to bring some along as well:-) ) | ||||||
| Monday | ||||||||
| Item | Description | Panellists | ||||||
| 10:00 | String Theory/Rogue’s Game | Get an active start to the day with these two games. (Will be played at the corner of Terrace and Plain Streets.) | ||||||
| 10:30 | Alien Face Paint | Be painted as your favourite alien! | Sarah Parker | |||||
| 11:00 | Tabletop Masquerade | Can your paper doll win the masquerade? | ||||||
| 11:30 | Werewolves for Children | Can you identify the werewolves before they kill you? Game for kids. | Elaine Walker | |||||
| 12:00 | Story time | Wind in the Willows Part 2 and quiet craft | Chris Creagh | |||||
| 12:30 | Decode an Alien signal | How would you send a signal to an alien civilisation? How would you know you had received an alien signal? How would you interpret it? We’ll look at examples of actual messages humans have sent and talk about the difficulties of communicating over such large distances. Then we’ll decode a “signal” and see what the “aliens” are trying to tell us. | Carol Ryles | |||||
| 13:00 | LUNCH! | Nothing programmed, however the room will be open. | ||||||
| 13:30 | ||||||||
| 14:00 | Quiet Time | Story time (Asian Myth) and quiet craft | Katherine Painter | |||||
| 14:30 | Quiet Time | Story time (Shaun Tan books) and quiet craft | Sarah Xu | |||||
| 15:00 | Clean Up | The room is closed and no activities will run. Your help to clean up and pack away everything would be appreciated. | ||||||