Families - winter/spring Season 2014

winter/spring Season 2014 Secrets & surprises

The new postcode for Jewish life

www.jw3.org.uk

Families An exciting new season of activities for children of all ages and families.

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Welcome to our Winter/ spring Season at JW3 There is so much at JW3 to keep the kids and families entertained this season. Inspired by our theme ‘Secrets and Surprises’ we travel to the heartlands of Africa to enjoy the theatrical adaptation of Handa’s Surprise during half term, including a relaxed performance suitable for young people with a learning disabilities.

Do your kids want to master art of magic? Then bring them to the magic workshop and performances that kick off our season of Family Fundays on Sundays at JW3.

Later in this season come join us to celebrate the Jewish year with Purimon: Masks and Mayhem and a wide range of Pesach activities including interactive cinema, make a pop-up haggadah or try some creative cooking.

You may also want to try our fabulous classes and courses including – Sha’at Sipur (Hebrew storytelling, 3-6 years), Cooking Together (2-5 years) for tiny master chefs, and Little Chagall (5-9 years) for budding artists. For mums and dads to be or those who are new to parenting our bumps, postnatal and parenting events are sure to provide invaluable support. We are also especially excited to offer BabyBabble mornings at JW3 this season, with its invaluable, practical advice support network for parents with young families.

So whether you want an after-school activity, a half-term club, the best parenting advice or a weekend treat, JW3 is the place to be for families.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

WHOLE FAMILY FUN Sunday 12 January

Blooming Marvellous: Tu B’Shevat Party in partnership with TZOfim

2-5pm, Price per Child £6, Price per Adult £2

Celebrate the ‘new year’ for trees with an action-packed afternoon. For those with green-fingers, we’ll be getting our hands dirty with seed bombing, planting with Active Learning and creating ecosystems in glass jars! Help your garden grow with Ground to Ground’s top tips. Foodie families

can learn about Tu B’Shevat fruits in the demo kitchen, the arts studio will be full of activities inspired by trees, and you can learn about the relevance of the tree within Jewish learning.

Visit our pop-up forest to explore the different trees, and hear some heart-warming tree-toptales from our storyteller.

Parents must accompany children. Age 2yrs+.

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Sunday 9 February

POP: Magic theatre Performance 2-3pm and 4-5pm, Price per Child £8, Price per Adult £8 Family Ticket £28 (2 adults, 2 children) With his faithful teddy bear and fantastic basket of tricks, Christian Lee is all set for a lovely day at the seaside… until the day takes a turn and things don’t quite work out as planned.

Join our hapless hero and be astounded in this totally word-free clown and magic show.

Mr Bean meets Charlie Chaplin in this mind-blowing feast of illusion, comedy and a MASSIVE balloon!

The most fun-filled show for children and families around!

Age 2-102yrs! Recommended for 4-8yrs.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Tuesday 18 February (3 performances) 11.30am/1.30pm/2.30pm Wednesday 19 February (4 performances) 10.30am/11.30am/1.30pm/2.30pm Thursday 20 February (4 performances) 10.30am/11.30am*/1.30pm/2.30pm Sunday 23 February (4 performances) 10.30am/11.30 am/1.30pm/2.30pm

Handa’s Surprise Price per Child £6, Price per Adult £6 the Little Angel Theatre Travel to Kenya and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking seven delicious fruits as a surprise – but seven different animals have seven very different ideas… could you resist the sweetsmelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation.

Limited capacity – early booking advised!

Suitable for ages 2-6yrs.

Parents must accompany children. *Thursday 20th February at 11:30am: This is a relaxed performance, suitable for young people with a learning disability.

If you would like further details or a Visual Story pack then please email: communityprogramming@jw3.org.uk

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Purim Sunday 16 March

Purimon: Masks and Mayhem 2-5pm, Price per Child £6, Price per Adult £2 In partnership with the Tzofim Get your mask and your ticket and jump through the JW3 Purim Machine into a wonderful topsy-turvy world that will delight and intrigue even the smallest of guests! Dress up with Ms Curious and her cabinet of costumes... run away with the Circus... design a different look with top designers... join a mask workshop with professional performers... munch at the Hamantaschen bar... watch family films... listen to live music... join in the soft play. An alternate reality awaits!

Suitable for ages 1-101 years old. Parents must accompany children.

Pre-Pesach Activities Sunday 6 April

Kids Cooking Pesach with Fabienne 3-4.30pm, Price per Child £20 Fabienne Viner Luzatto Roll up your sleeves for some creative cooking – be transported in time to ancient Egypt as you become an culinary architect and build edible pyramids. Bring the story of Pesach to life as you recreate the sea splitting in two, and make edible art with our Matza. Come along to experiment with food and learn more about the Festival themes with our food expert Fabienne Viner Luzatto. Then take home sweet treats to share with your family and friends.

Suitable for ages 6-11yrs.

This is a drop-off event.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Sunday 6 April

interactive cinema: The Prince of Egypt Certificate: U

10.30am-12noon, Price per Child £8, Price per Adult £8 Experience the story of Pesach like never before, with this interactive cinema screening of Disney’s The Prince of Egypt! Cinema-goers will be given a goodie-bag with items to use during the film. We’ll be making some noise, singing along, doing a quiz, building pyramids and making the sea part. Lots of fun with interactive elements that bring cinema to life.

Come in fancy dress from the Pesach story – the most creative outfit wins a prize!

Parents must accompany children.

Sunday 6 April

Pesach Prep: Pop Up Book Making 3.30-5pm, Price per Child £12.50 Bring the story of Pesach to life in this workshop and make your own pop-up Haggadah!

Children will learn about the Pesach story and the Seder meal whilst creating a beautiful pop-up book that will enrich their learning and deepen their engagement with the Seder experience.

Bring the plagues of Egypt to life, create a sea that parts and find out what each item on the Seder plate means. Each participant will take away a beautiful book that they can use during their own Seder at home.

Suitable for ages 6-11yrs. This is a drop-off event.

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Antenatal

postnatal

Wednesdays 5, 12, 19, 26 March & 2 April

Wednesdays 12, 19, 26 February, 5, 12, 19, 26 March, 2, 9 April

Antenatal Classes with Bump and Baby Club

Baby Massage

7.30-9.30pm

10.30-11.30am

£230 per couple for the course

£10 per class for drop-in

Bump and Baby Club

or £8.50 per class for a package of 9 weeks

Our invaluable antenatal course for couples covers everything you need to know about your remaining pregnancy, labour, birth and the early days of parenthood, including baby first aid.

Taught by one of the most popular NCTtrained teachers in North London, our course is supportive, sociable and fun, and includes an indulgent afternoon tea for the mums-tobe, access to free monthly pregnancy yoga classes, and of course a reunion once all the babies have made their appearances!

For details and bookings for courses from March onwards, visit www.bumpandbabyclub.com or call 07957 495 755.

Ruth Kay Through your touch, you can ease many of your baby’s minor ailments, such as colic, trapped wind, constipation, teething pain or congestion, as well as promoting sleep!

Each week a different part of your baby’s body is focused on – by attending several of the sessions you will become familiar with an easy to follow Baby Massage routine.

This is a great activity that gets you out of the house and meeting people at the same stage as you for mutual support and lots of fun!

Suitable for ages 6 weeks to pre-crawling stage. All you need to bring is your baby and a towel!

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Tuesdays 11, 18, 25 February, 4, 11, 18, 25 March, 1, 8 April

Babybabble mornings AT JW3 10.45am-12noon, Price per family £10 per session dr stacey pleaner Created by Stacey Pleaner, a doctor and mother of two, Babybabble aims to make the experience of parenting, whether it be the first or fourth time, fun, interesting and convenient because “happy parents make happy kids”. The Babybabble mornings will be an opportunity to gain practical information, getting to tick something off your list by having your baby weighed and most importantly having an opportunity to build a support network and have fun with other mums.

pre school Wednesdays 15, 22, 29 January, 5, 12, 26 February, 5, 12, 19, 26 March, 2, 9 April

JW3 Puppet Tales 4.15-5pm, £6 Alice Kristina Rose, Tiger Boat Theatre Join us for a magical afternoon full of stories, fun and special hand-made puppets. Each week the children will discover a different tale – from classical, to modern, from biblical to Yiddish. Our lovely puppeteer, Alice Kristina Rose, has created pigs, wolves, princesses, frogs, ducklings and more, and will bring those

to life each session. Through this interactive storytelling, children will develop their imagination, enrich their vocabulary and get to socialise with their friends.

Suitable for ages 2.5-6yrs.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

FAMILIEs Wednesdays 15, 22, 29 January, 5, 12, 26 February, 5, 12, 19, 26 March, 2, 9 April

Wednesdays 15, 22, 29 January, 5, 12, 26 February, 5, 12, 19, 26 March, 2, 9 April

Hartbeeps Babybeeps

Hartbeeps Happy House

11am-11.45am

10-10.45am, £8.50 per class for drop-in

Price per Child £8.50 per class for drop-in

or £90 for 12 weeks

or £90 for 12 weeks Hartbeeps Our award-winning Hartbeeps sessions provide a rich and highly interactive playground for little ones to learn and have lots of fun. There is nothing more exciting than hearing your baby beginning to form words.

We celebrate these wonderful sounds by turning them into songs. Working with babies’ innate desire to communicate and ability to tune into rhythm, Babybeeps uses bright and beautiful props and puppets, together with funky beats to encourage language and physical development.

Suitable for sitting to walking children aged 4-12 months. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Hartbeeps Hartbeeps Happy House™ is the imaginary place where our music-based development programmes for pre-school children begin.

Whether it’s taking the teddies into space or helping the dollies do the washing, getting active or having fun with our animal friends, we start our journey as we enter the Happy House. Hartbeeps Happy House™ will engage and captivate your busy young children from start to finish. Expect music, drama, storytelling, music, dance and movement.

Suitable for walking children (younger siblings are welcome) aged 1-4years.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursdays 16, 23, 30 January, 6, 13, 27, February, 6, 3, 20, 27 March, 3, 10 April Tuesdays 14, 21, 28 January, 4, 11, 25 February, 4, 11, 18, 25 March, 1, 8 April

Cooking Together 4.15-5.15pm

Sha’at Sipur

Price £12 per class for drop-in

4.15-5pm, £5

or £132 for the whole course

Journey with us on a series of story-telling adventures, revisiting classic tales and new narratives – all in Hebrew. We will focus on enriching children’s vocabulary, developing their spoken language and connecting them to Israeli culture.

Join us for a journey around the world when the children (and you) are encouraged to explore new flavours of different traditions, nations and cultures. Every week, the children have fun with hands-on recipes. Through cooking we will also help toddlers to learn about numbers, colours, shapes and textures.

At the end of each class, everyone feasts on the tasty final dish and takes away a new recipe card.

Suitable for ages 3-6yrs.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Suitable for age 2-5yrs.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

primary 14, 21, 28 January, 4, 11, 25 February, 4, 11, 18, 25 March, 1, 8 April (12 sessions)

Little Chagall 4.30-5.30pm, £8 per session Evie Fridel

Sunday 9 February

Magic Workshop 11am-12noon, 1-2pm, 3-4pm, £5 Dan Shelton

Want to bring out the inner artist? Learn new skills in this art class, taught by a professional artist. A fun and creative learning experience with a variety of materials and forms. Learn about both artistic techniques and iconic Israeli and Jewish art. Little Chagalls will get creative by making sculptures inspired

by Moshe Kadishman, and creating prints inspired by the imagery of Man Ray.

Fancy yourself as the new Dynamo? Then learn a trick or two from a real magician – you’ll be showing them off after this unique one-off workshop. You don’t need to have pulled a rabbit out of hat – this workshop is for complete beginners. You will watch a live magic demonstration and then be shown how the illusion is created (sssh… you’ll need to keep this top secret) so you can then astound your family and friends.

Suitable for ages 5-8yrs.

This is a drop off event.

Suitable for ages 6-11yrs.

This is a drop off event.

parenting Thursday 13 March

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Beyond Play

Reading Matters

8-10pm, £15

8-10pm, £15

Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari

Rachel Vecht

Many parents think “I do not know how to play with my kid”, “my child is too bossy when playing with their friends”. In this enlightening, practical workshop, Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari, a specialist in child development, will cover all issues relating to play, and show you how to use family play time as a source for learning, and connecting with your children. You won’t look at play in the same way again!

Would you like to know how to create a stimulating reading environment at home, encourage your child to become a life-long reader and help them develop early reading skills? This workshop offers parents practical and effective approaches to complement the way reading is taught at school. Led by Rachel Vecht who’s helped thousands of parents to support their children’s emergent reading skills.

For parents of children aged 0-6yrs.

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Opening Hours

Access

Sunday 8.30am-11pm Monday-Thursday 7.30am-11pm Friday 7.30am-2.30pm Saturday Evening only (check website for details)

The building is fully accessible and parking for disabled visitors is available. Please call in advance to reserve a space.

Contact

Underground Finchley Road (Metropolitan, Jubilee) and West Hampstead (Jubilee)

341-351 Finchley Road London NW3 6ET

Overground Finchley Road & Frognal and West Hampstead

Box Office +44 (0)20 7433 8988 info@jw3.org.uk www.jw3.org.uk

Buses 13, 82, 113, 187 and 268

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Trains West Hampstead Thameslink Paid parking is available at the O2 Centre, 400 metres away. On-street parking is unrestricted on Sundays and after 6.30pm Monday-Saturday.

The new postcode for Jewish life JW3 is a Jewish community centre with a kosher restaurant, café and bar – only food bought at JW3 can be eaten on the premises. When we are open over Shabbat or Jewish holidays, we will run a reduced “JW3 Unplugged” programme and the Cinema and Zest will be closed. Further details available on request.

JW3 Trading Limited registered no. 7686352 (England and Wales) at 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET