Zoobidoo

01/11/2024

Tricks and treats all around for our spooky fun sessions at Currock Community Centre
Well done you brave little ones 🍭🦎🪲🍪🐍🍬 we hope you had a great rest of your Halloween 🎃 night

29/10/2024

29/10/2024

Only a few spaces left now for our Halloween creepy creature show on Thursday! Book today for your creepy treat 🐍🦎

🦎 Our POPULAR Zoobidoo will be coming to visit again with some spooky slimey creepy crawlies 🕷👻🎃🕸

‼️ONLY 10 SPACES LEFT!

Thursday 31st October

Bookable online or via centre:
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DVVT

Session 1 10-11am ages 2-5yrs
Session 2 11-12pm ages 6+

30/09/2024

Come and join one of the fantastic Halloween events and meet some creepy creatures- please book in advance! 🕷️🐍🐸🎃

07/09/2024

Currock house has some fantastic children’s half term activities.
Contact them to book on to our Zoobidoo creepy creature meet and greet sessions 🐸🐢🐌🐍🐛🦎
See you there in your best Halloween outfit!

13/08/2024

09/08/2024

Who’s coming to visit the Zoobidoo team at Dalston Show 2024?
We will be there with our amazing creatures from 1pm 🐢🐾🐍
See you there!

31/07/2024

Did you know about some of these interesting facts about chickens and their eggs 🍳

🐣GENERAL EGG KNOWLEDGE 🐔
1. Storing eggs upside-down makes them last longer. Turning your eggs upside down before stashing them in the fridge will make them last longer. Placing the pointy end down in the carton will prevent air pockets inside the shell from coming in contact with the yolk, which helps slow down the aging process.
2. It is generally not recommended to eat eggs from reptiles like snakes and lizards, or other non-bird animals, because their eggs are not a good source of nutrition for humans. They are often high in fat and low in protein compared to bird eggs. Some reptile eggs can carry harmful bacteria or parasites that can make you sick.
3. Washed eggs need to be refrigerated. When a hen lays an egg, with that egg pops out with a nearly invisible coating called a bloom. This bloom helps prevent air and bacteria from permeating the shell and prematurely aging the egg. That is why fresh eggs straight from the chicken are often placed in bowls or baskets on the kitchen counter. Grocery store eggs, on the other hand, have been washed, thus removing the bloom and requiring refrigeration to keep them fresh.
4. The colour of the egg yolk should be very bright yellow or deep orange. The difference in colour is based on what the chicken is eating. Chickens who only eat the grain feed given to them will lay eggs that are yellow. Chickens that are free-range and eat mostly bugs and vegetation will produce these orange yolks.
5. Chickens can still lay eggs even if there is no rooster (Male chicken). Many people think that you need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs. Most of the hens producing eggs today have never seen a rooster in their life.
6. In the stores, you can usually find small, medium, large, and jumbo or extra-large eggs. Some may speculate this has to do with breed, but in the commercial industry, it usually has more to do with a hen's age. The Older the Hen, the Bigger the Eggs. The older the hen, the more likely she is to produce these larger eggs.
7. Apart from using water to test the freshness of an egg, there are other ways to tell if an egg Is fresh:
If the shell seems unusually thick, then it is fresh.
If the yolk stands really tall after you have cracked the egg, it is fresh.
If the yolk has wrinkles or dissolves into a puddle when you crack it open, then it is an old egg.
8. A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in a way to make her think a day is 28 hours long.
9. Eggs are good for your eyes. They contain lutein which prevents cataracts and muscle degeneration.
10. Breed determines egg shell colour. Commercial eggs are brown or white, but some breeds can also lay blue, green, or pink eggs.
11. Duck eggs are higher in fat and better for baking.
12. Brown eggs are more expensive than white eggs, because the hens that lay them are larger and require more feed.

29/07/2024

What a brilliant morning at Yewdale Community Centre with the children’s activity today meeting our wonderful Zoobidoo animals! How brave and gentle they all were ☺️
It was nice to see some familiar faces and some new ones!
We can’t wait to see you again next time.

17/07/2024

What a day on Saturday for our summer fair! We are still absolutely buzzing from it - even the rain dried up for a time! Thank you to my core team putting the time, effort and hours/days/months of work leading up to it! The group of volunteers - small but mighty!! 💪 Thank you to our kind sponsors!
Ben Draper Music and Chris Vernon for our wonderful music. We had 54 Degrees Sport come and do among axe throwing and archery a grand tug of war! We had Zoobidoo with her marvellous collection of animals! The fab Juggling Jester and an awesome BBQ crew!! Hayton Community Project for loaning us the marquee to keep us dry as the heavens opened and the gazebos too! Rather essential in this unpredictable weather! Thank you for coming and supporting us (wonderful turn out) and all raffle and tombola donations! We will be releasing the amount raised shortly - we are just working it out! Thank you ☺️

10/07/2024

The Zoobidoo 🐢🐍🐾 Team is looking forward to joining Hayton Primary School Fair again this Saturday!
Come and say Hi and get your photo 📸 taken with your favourite animal friend 🥰🐾

We are very excited for Saturday! Let’s hope this lovely sun makes an appearance! We’ve got Temon Farm Milk Barn doing icecreams 🍦and 54 Degrees Sport doing various things including archery 🏹 and a big tug of war!! We have Zoobidoo coming to showcase a range of small animals and inflatables! A licensed bar, BBQ, tombola and much more! Come along and bring the family between 1pm and 3pm! ☺️

15/06/2024

Fun For The Family! Free event 16th june 4pm

Join the wildlife quiz and test your nature knowledge! 🐾🍄🌾🪹🐞🐝
Join via the wildlife trust YouTube Channel…. See you there!

12/06/2024

Join online before our local elections about the most pressing nature and environment issues and where they stand…. Should be an interesting 🤔 debate 🐾🐝🌾🐋🌊
You must register as this event!!

09/06/2024

06/06/2024

What we teach our kids is important!!!
Good/ bad 🐾 Scary/ cute 🐍
What do you think 🤔💭

06/06/2024

Lots of summer fun being planned! Book on to some sessions for an animal meet and greet! 🐾🐹🐢🦎🐌

We'll be kicking off our Summer holiday programme with a visit from Zoobidoo - The zoo that comes to you. 🐁🐇🦔🐢🐥🦎🐌

These events always sell out so book now to avoid disappointment. Tickets can be purchased in the centre or via the link below.

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DOQU

03/06/2024

Any of my local friends know any good hay supplies? Just need the odd bale for the 🐾🐇

01/06/2024

29/05/2024

Come and join in the holiday clubs 🐢🐾🐍🪲🐥🐌🐁

Summer HAF Programme! Bookings will be live next week! 🤓

We are pleased to have been awarded the funding to run an amazing summer HAF programme in the summer holidays. We have 6 days of activity supported by the Cumbria Community Development Team with special sessions and activities each day.

Funded places are available to all children who receive free school meals and children who fall into other categories. We also have paid places available on each day.

A big thank you to our staff for making this possible and our local authority for their ongoing support.

A reminder we also still have availability on our May Half Term Camp - Wednesday 29th May (Paid places only).