Early Years (0 - 5 yrs)
Barre&Baby™ (Dance, bumps to walking children)
Monday 3rd April, 9.30 - 10.30 (£15)
Barre&Baby is a space for people to bring balance back into their lives using the beauty of dance and movement. From both a physical and mental point of view, dance can be strengthening and liberating. Every step of Barre&Baby has been designed to improve pregnancy and postnatal wellbeing. By involving everything from fingers to toes, we’re aiming to create space, improve circulation, strengthen the body and increase flexibility. Greater body awareness leads to better posture and alignment (crucial to avoiding aches and pains) and empowers mums to trust their body’s signals (so useful during pregnancy and birth!). By staying so close to you, your baby develops a sense of security and protection. Our soothing and relaxing music, played live by a real musician, transmits positive feelings and supports your baby’s sensory development. The vestibular system (the part of the inner ear that helps coordinate movement with balance) is stimulated by your own movements as you dance, and your baby’s cardiac system grows stronger as a result of the workout. Barre&Baby can provide powerful benefits for the mind too. As you concentrate on our dance steps, you’ll find yourself entering a sort of meditation in movement, while activating the release of endorphins (the ‘feel-good’ hormones), boosting energy levels and uplifting your spirit. Finally, as the saying goes: “meeting someone while dancing means meeting them in their soul”. Many friendships are born on the dance floor, and our students tell us Barre&Baby classes are a wonderful way to make new friends. All levels are welcome, you do not have to have any dance experience to benefit from. This class includes live music and will be accompanied by a sitarist. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in, dance yoga socks or soft ballet shoes. Expectant mothers are welcome after 12 weeks of pregnancy. For the postnatal mums, please make sure you have had your 6 week check before joining. Please bring a carrier/sling for the babywearing section of the session.
Tutor: Claudia Richli
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Spring Cannot be Cancelled (Art, 3-5 yrs)
Monday 3rd April, 10.30 - 12.30 (£22)
Inspired by David Hockney’s book and Exhibition by the same name, we will explore images of spring – trees in bud, and green gardens. Using paint, ink, and crayons rather than the iPad used by the artist!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Ukulele for Beginners (Music, 4 & 5 yrs)
Monday 3rd April, 10.45 - 12.45 (£22)
Come and try out the ukulele and get started on the right note! Join us on this fun-filled introduction to the instrument. Learn to play your first song and have fun making music. Participants will learn the basics, under the guidance of a professional musician. All levels are welcome; bring your own instrument or borrow one of ours.
Tutor: Jay Hammond
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Georgia's Flowers (4 - 6 yrs)
Monday 3rd April, 13.30 - 15.30 (£22)
Imagine you were a small insect and made your home inside a flower. What would it look like to you? We will look at the work of American Artist Georgia O’ Keefe and use her work as inspiration as we paint our own large-scale images of flowers.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Tuesday 4th April, 9.30 - 10.15 (£12)
Tappy Toes toddler dance classes have many benefits for your child. These children's dance classes will support your child's early years development, improving your child's coordination, motor skills and social skills. Tappy Toes will challenge their imagination, creativity, musicality and rhythm. Toddle Toes is the middle age group, who are just finding their feet! For walkers to 2.5 years old, the class follows a set structure, which helps our toddlers to understand the class and even anticipate what comes next! We use fun props, a wide variety of music and we really get them moving. The goal for this class it to build confidence, develop listening and communication skills and, of course, tire them out for you! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Goksu Hadley
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Tuesday 4th April, 10.30 - 11.15 (£12)
Tappy Toes toddler dance classes have many benefits for your child. These children's dance classes will support your child's early years development, improving your child's coordination, motor skills and social skills. Our Tots Toes class is designed for children aged 2.6 years all the way up to 5 years. It is very much a parent/carer participation class and supports early years development. We do a fun warm-up (teaching the children body awareness and stretching), songs with actions, travelling steps (walking on tip toes, marching, galloping, twirling), and finish off with our imagination section, keeping your little ones thoroughly enthralled throughout! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Goksu Hadley
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Storytelling: The Real Easter Bunny Story (Drama, 18 months - 2 yrs)
Tuesday 4th April, 9.30 - 10.15 (£12)
We all know the Easter Bunny brings the children’s Easter Eggs at this time of year – but how does the Easter Bunny get chosen? We will spend time 'in the countryside’ seeing the world from the perspective of a family of bunnies. Our storytelling sessions are a lovely chance to explore fun stories and tall tales with your little one. Please bring a toy bunny, if your child has one, and/or any coloured toy eggs. If you wish, you can also bring a piece of chocolate to share with your little one after the class – you might be in the mood for some! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Jo Barwick
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Storytelling: The Real Easter Bunny Story (Drama, 3 & 4 yrs)
Tuesday 4th April, 10.30 - 11.15 (£12)
We all know the Easter Bunny brings the children’s Easter Eggs at this time of year – but how does the Easter Bunny get chosen? We will spend time 'in the countryside’ seeing the world from the perspective of a family of bunnies. Our storytelling sessions are a lovely chance to explore fun stories and tall tales with your little one. Please bring a toy bunny, if your child has one, and/or any coloured toy eggs. If you wish, you can also bring a piece of chocolate to share with your little one after the class – you might be in the mood for some! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Jo Barwick
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Ukulele for Beginners (Music, 4 & 5 yrs)
Tuesday 4th April, 13.00 - 15.00 (£22)
Come and try out the ukulele and get started on the right note! Join us on this fun-filled introduction to the instrument. Learn to play your first song and have fun making music. Participants will learn the basics, under the guidance of a professional musician. All levels are welcome; bring your own instrument or borrow one of ours.
Tutor: Jay Hammond
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Storytelling: The Real Easter Bunny Story (Drama, 18 months - 2 yrs)
Thursday 13th April, 10.00 - 10.45 (£12)
We all know the Easter Bunny brings the children’s Easter Eggs at this time of year – but how does the Easter Bunny get chosen? We will spend time 'in the countryside’ seeing the world from the perspective of a family of bunnies. Our storytelling sessions are a lovely chance to explore fun stories and tall tales with your little one. Please bring a toy bunny, if your child has one, and/or any coloured toy eggs. If you wish, you can also bring a piece of chocolate to share with your little one after the class – you might be in the mood for some! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Jo Barwick
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Storytelling: The Real Easter Bunny Story (Drama, 3 & 4 yrs)
Thursday 13th April, 11.00 - 11.45 (£12)
We all know the Easter Bunny brings the children’s Easter Eggs at this time of year – but how does the Easter Bunny get chosen? We will spend time 'in the countryside’ seeing the world from the perspective of a family of bunnies. Our storytelling sessions are a lovely chance to explore fun stories and tall tales with your little one. Please bring a toy bunny, if your child has one, and/or any coloured toy eggs. If you wish, you can also bring a piece of chocolate to share with your little one after the class – you might be in the mood for some! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Jo Barwick
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Brown Rabbit in the City (Art, 3 - 5 yrs)
Thursday 13th April, 10.30 - 12.30 (£22)
Based on this well-loved book by Natalie Russell, we will make our own story, using drawing, collage and stencils to create a mixed media rabbit’s tale. We’ll need to have a bus, some tall buildings, and two rabbit friends meeting up… what would you take with you on a journey?
Tutor: Sue Harris
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That's Not My Egg! (Art, 4-6 yrs)
Thursday 13th April, 13.30 - 15.30 (£22)
Let’s eggsplore eggs! Based on the popular series of books with different textures, we will make our own eggs this spring. We can explore fluffy chicks, scaly crocodiles and soft lambs. Do lambs come out of eggs? Do frogs? Do dinosaurs?
Tutor: Sue Harris
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