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... to the Autumn & Christmas edition for 2017!

We love Christmas. Yes, I know it will still feel a little way away as you read this, but we're already getting excited. It's just such a happy time of year - families getting together, celebrations, gift giving and, of course, a time to reflect and be thankful. And we would like to send you our heartfelt thanks for reading Toddle About. YOU are why we are here. 8 years ago we set out to help parents to love life with little ones, and if we have achieved that even a little bit for you, then that gives us a lovely warm feeling inside. Thank you!

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Reader Survey

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What’s new for bumps, babies & toddlers in the Northamptonshire area Key to each area:

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Special Drop In Photo Sessions

Bring Me Sunshine Photography open the doors of their creative and unique studio in Northampton every first Monday of the month for a no appointment necessary drop-in session, with special festive sessions taking place in November & December. Drop -in sessions are held 10am-Midday on 6th Nove mber & 4th December. Contact Laura on 01604 492804 or 07788 423626. www.bringmesunshinephotography. co.uk. P.19

New Pool Opens for Aqualight Classes

As the weather turns cooler Aqualight invite you to come and enjoy the warm waters of their new pool in Daventry at Daventry Hill School. Babies, fun classes children and parents all love these abilities to which enhance your child's natural development all over their ing help as well as swim, onsite to cafe the With r. in and out of the wate perfect enjoy a drink or a sneaky cake, it's the act Cont . class ming swim place for your k. P.5 & 29 01604 830405 or visit aqualight.co.u

BerryGo Birthdays!

BerryGo is excited to announce that it is now offering birthday parties. Specialists in baby sensory and toddler dance, BerryGo can run entertainment at your 1-5 year old's parties. With lots of music, movement and play with wonderfu l props, your little ones are sure to have lots of fun on their special day. Please contact Louisa Berry on contactberrygo@gmail.com to enqu ire about a party. P.52

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Care Co-Lactase Infant Drops Now Available in Boots Nationwide

Care Co-Lactase Infant Drops have been designed to reduce lactose content in milk, to help make digesting lactose easier for babies, from birth enzyme onwards. They are the only lactase are sugar, and ntly insta used be drops that can to breast preservative and flavour free. Add them £2 Save ing. feed to prior ula form t infan milk or se acta Co-L Care on Nov 7th from the 11th Oct – nationwide Infant Drops with Boots, available and online for only £8.00. P.20

Crafty Sessions with Georgia's Besbotiq ue

Georgia, whose bows and keyrings are already available to buy at Rugrats and Halfpints in Banbury, is now hosting craft classes every Friday from 4pm. Create keyrings, unicorn bows, Halloween fun and even gifts for Christmas. The classes are perfect for toddlers and primary aged children. Classes start from £4 per week with the option to stay and use the rest of the centre's facilities including the soft play for just an extra £3 per child. Visit www.rugratsandhalfpint s.com for more information. P.38

Party Infant Massage, Weaning & Christmas

Joining her classes in Hunsbury and Brixworth, Leveta Lawson will be launching a new IAIM Infant Massage 6-week course at Woolaston Library in October. She will also be announcing new Weaning Workshops coming pleted a course soon. Finally, everyone who has com 16th on Party will be invited to a Christmas any of these on on mati infor more For r. mbe Dece at events, message Leveta on Facebook a. P.7 www.fb.com/infantmassagebylevet

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Happy birthday to Discomaniajr who have been going for 7 years this October. Katie and Liz are in their element when they provide parties for your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth day. They are constantly with the children, jumping around and being kids themselves. Playing lots of party games with interactive dancing and music personalised for the child. There's less stress for the parents as Katie and Liz look after the children. They give you a party both you AND your child can enjoy. Visit www.discomaniajr.co.uk for more info. P.13

pton Brand New Children's Shop in Northam

Northampton doesn't have much to offer when it comes to nursery and children's shops, and one local mum, Jacqui Dopson, has decided to rectify on this! She will be opening Shop 4 Tots October, with Kingsthorpe's Harborough Road this you are and r mbe Nove 4th on party ch a big laun all for y entr , cake s, invited! There will be drink petition, and com away give ial spec a into ts gues ts (think appearances from some mystery gues great chance to princesses and super heroes). It's a pton's crown discover the new jewel in Northam at fun the Join and have a fun day out. the latest at Get 7SH. NN2 Rd, gh orou Harb 53 shop4tots. P.14

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Boogie Beanies are re-locating their Thursday session to the Daventry Town Football Club where it's bigger, better and has plenty of room to watch your little ones grow with confidence lar nursery whilst singing and dancing to popu bubbles too! rhymes with props, actions and even while ds frien new make to way t It's a grea de cake. No enjoying a drink and slice of homema ie! Boog and up turn just book to need s22 and check Find out more at boogiebeanie out www.boogiebeanies.com. P.55

Enjoying Autumn and Winter at Stowe

Autumn has finally arrived at Stowe, the weather is cooler and the leaves are beginning to turn. This is a spectacular time of year in the gardens and there is plenty to look forward to over the coming months. Follow the creepy Hallowe'en trail through the gardens and enjoy autumn walks. In December head out to discover all 24 'doors' of the advent calendar hidden in the gardens and join in with carols in the courtyard. See much more at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe/whats-on. P.17

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Half The Price, Twice The Motivation

Do you tend to feel guilty eating nice, warm food in the winter? How about those chocolates? We all love a little bit of self-indulgence and that often means gaining a few extra pounds. How do you fancy losing a few pounds before Chris tmas hits? You are probably thinking, "Do I have to?!" Well, how about dragging a friend along for some extra motivation? We Train You Gain are running an offer for 2 people to train for the price of 1. Call or Text Raphael on 07909 631037 for info. P.22

RUSH 2The DEN Purchase Their Building

RUSH 2The DEN are excited to announce that they have purchased their building. RUSH 2The DEN plays an important role within the community by offering an outstanding and inclusive programme for children from newborns and tots to teenagers. They support parents and grandparents (mainly in the background) by watching the children while they get a cup of tea and by lending a kind ear when needed. Find out more at www.rush2theden.org.uk. P.7

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Baby Signing for all babies from 6 weeks to 3 years Help your baby to 'talk' BEFORE speech Lots of Fun, Songs, Music, Props & Puppets Classes available Monday to Friday Book your FREE trial lesson today For classes in Brackley and Towcester Contact Helen Brawn Telephone: 01280 453052 email: helenbrawn@singandsign.co.uk

For classes in Northampton and Daventry Contact Jenny Johnstone Telephone: 07985 523113 email: jjohnstone@orange.net

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Please make an appointment to look at our nursery by telephoning 01604 751336 and add your child’s name to our waiting list. GOOD Ofsted inspection, April 2017. Lyncrest Avenue, Northampton. NN5 5PE (Just off Bants Lane.)

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RUSH 2The DEN is an independent children’s centre run by DBS checked volunteers with childcare experience and qualifications. Babies, tots and young children can enjoy a selection of activities available as a drop-in basis during the week - no need to book! We are open from 9.15am to 2.45pm for you to drop in at a time convenient for you. Our full timetable of sessions can be found on our website, it includes:

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IAIM Infant Massage Classes with Leveta Lawson

Baby massage classes run by a qualified nurse and Independent Health Visitor.

Classes held throughout the week: Monday: Northampton County Cricket Club Tuesday: Hunsbury Library Wednesday: Brixworth Library Saturday: Northampton High School, Hardingstone

Private group and 1:1 classes available. For more info or to book, contact Leveta: on 07580 320228 or leveta.lawson@gmail.com

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The new website will help you take the next step – it will show you if a class or event has availability (including free trials) and you will be able to book and pay for it directly from the Toddle About website (or join a waiting list where appropriate). To enable this to happen, we have built our own booking system. It is called Ticked It, because it is all about helping you to do more stuff - to tick things off your list. We will be launching the new Toddle About website, powered by Ticked It, early next year – but Ticked It is already being used by plenty of businesses to take bookings via their own websites and save time for themselves and their customers. Businesses like these (check them out!):

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SIMP LY IC ST A T G N FA t October , Tues 31s Halloween

Throw a devilishly fun Halloween party for your little ones this year with some of these fantastic ideas from Carole Middleton and our friends at partypieces.co.uk.

FREAKY FANCY DRESS Your little one may not be ready to trick-or-treat on their own, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be part of the Halloween fun. Costumes come in all shapes and sizes and there are even ones for the smallest of babies. Spidery temporary tattoos are also hugely popular. If you have a few children to entertain try setting up some trick or treat ‘scary stations’ around the house and garden for them to enjoy. Simply hide an assortment of toys and treats along the way.

Sausage Mummies Ingredients: Flour to sprinkle 12 sausages 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 x pack of ready rolled puff pastry Soft cheese and chopped black olives, to decorate 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas mark 6. 2. Lightly flour your surface and roll out the pastry to approx. 0.5cm thick. 3. Cut the pastry into long, thin strips approx. 0.5cm wide. 4. Wrap the pastry strips around each sausage to create the mummy effect. You’ll need 1-2 strips of pastry per sausage. 5. Brush with the beaten egg and place on a lined baking tray. 6. Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes – until the sausage is cooked through and the pastry is puffed and golden. 7. Once cooled, add eyes to your mummy sausages with blobs of cream cheese and small pieces of black olives.

Our particular favourite is to fill buckets with squidgy jelly eyes, slippery sweet snakes plus a good handful of plastic spiders and creepy crawlies - eek! You will no doubt get some bogeymen visitors to your house too, and kids love the opportunity to scare these unsuspecting ghouls. Decorate your front door to let your neighbourhood know you welcome trick or treaters. Little ones will love answering the door to all sorts of crazy creatures and handing out the treats.

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Carving pumpkins is one of the joys of Halloween, but it can be quite difficult to involve small fingers, especially when the kitchen knives come out! These painted pumpkins are really effective, all you need is some white acrylic paint (or glow-in-the-dark paint for extra effect) and a range of colourful sharpies to add your designs with.

TABLE DECORATIONS What Halloween party would be complete without a matching themed tablecloth, party plates and cups? And for a truely gruesome get-together a chilling centrepiece is a must-have for your party table. These ghostly balloons look fantastic filled with helium bobbing along the centre of the table or floating off the backs of chairs.

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Hallowe’en at Stowe Sat 21—Sun 29 Oct 10am-4pm

Dress up your little ghouls for this fun pumpkin trail through the gardens as they reveal the spooky story of a warrior knight Britomart. £1.50 (normal admission applies) See nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe for more information.

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Christmas shopping season 13 Nov—17 Dec Throughout the season you’ll find a select group of stallholders in our atmospheric Parlour Rooms selling homemade and traditional products. The perfect opportunity to find gifts for all the family. Free admission to New Inn. For more information visit nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe

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Ultimate beef hotpot with gnocchi dumplings

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What to do 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Heat half the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish over a medium heat. Add the leeks, carrots and parsnips and cook for 5 minutes until softened. 2. Using a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and set aside. Add the remaining oil and brown the beef all over for 5 minutes. Return the vegetables to the casserole with the stock, tomato purée, rosemary and bay leaf and bring to the boil. Stir, cover with a lid and put the casserole in the oven for 45 minutes.

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3. Blend the lentils to a coarse paste or mash with a potato masher. Remove the rosemary from the casserole and stir in the lentils. Cover with a lid and cook in the oven for another 30 minutes, adding more stock or water if needed, or until the beef is tender. 4 Meanwhile, cook the gnocchi in a large saucepan of boiling water, following the packet instructions, then drain well. 5. Preheat the grill to medium–high. Spoon the gnocchi on top of the casserole, scatter the cheese over the top and place the casserole under the grill for 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Leave to cool slightly, then serve with green vegetables.

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Death

By Stephanie Nimmo, author of Was this in the Plan?

Losing your spouse and your child within the space of 13 months would break most of us. Stephanie Nimmo shares how open conversations about death helped her family to cope and really live life to the full. We really are not good at talking about death in this country, are we? It’s almost a taboo subject, to be whispered about in hushed tones. Yet the only guarantee we have in life is that one day we will die. As soon as we get our heads around that fact we can get on with living and enjoying our lives. Sadly, I know all too well how precious and unpredictable life really is. In the course of 13 months I lost my husband to cancer and my 12-year-old daughter to the effects of a rare genetic syndrome. It’s unimaginable. What my experience has taught me however is that it’s really important to have open and honest conversations about death and dying with your close family. I have three older children and they knew from day one that their little sister was not going to live to become an adult. They knew that the time we had with her was precious and that we had to enjoy every moment. We spent the years with Daisy making memories, having fun and just enjoying the here and now, not worrying too much about the future and what would inevitably happen. Although she spent a lot of time in hospital, the times when she was at home taught us to appreciate the little things; sitting together around the table as a family, curling up on the sofa to watch a film together, a bedtime story after bath time.

Daddy (Andy) & Daisy

None of us know what life has in store. None of us know how long we have got on this earth. My husband and I always assumed that we would outlive our youngest daughter and we would be together to support each other when she eventually passed away. Sadly, that was not to be. Just a few weeks before Daisy’s 10th birthday we learned that Andy had incurable, stage 4 colorectal cancer. Suddenly our time together really was finite. Living as we already did with a member of our family who we knew was going to have a shortened life, we knew how to live life to the full. The year that Andy was on treatment was a year of such contrasts, sadness as we processed the fact that our time together was so limited, happiness that we were able to spend what time we had together making memories, having fun. We ticked off a couple of bucket list items – a last visit to the Emirates stadium as a family to see Andy’s beloved Arsenal play, a trip to see the Foo Fighters play at Milton Keynes Bowl (complete with a meet and greet with the great Dave Grohl himself ). We also made a lot of plans. We discussed Andy’s funeral wishes (lots of music and laughter, inappropriate jokes and a huge party), we talked about what we wanted for the children’s future and how they should be supported in fulfilling their dreams. We discussed practical stuff, we got our affairs in order, as the British so politely say.

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We also made sure that our wills were up to date. Before Daisy had arrived in our lives making a will was not on our to do list but we soon learned that it’s so important to make a will, especially when you have young children. If anything were to happen to us, what would happen to Daisy? Who would look after the children? There was even a risk that if we didn’t name guardians our children could be taken into care until the situation was sorted. Andy lived for 13 months after his diagnosis. The doctors had hoped that aggressive treatment would buy Andy some time to see our children grow up but sadly that was not to be. Just before Christmas in 2015, a week before Daisy’s 11th birthday, I became the sole parent to four grieving children. It’s not what you want your children to experience, the loss of their parent at such a young age, but I am convinced that because Andy and I spoke very honestly and openly about death and dying it helped them, they were not scared, just sad. The older two children spoke at Andy’s funeral, they were very involved in making sure we gave him a great send off, just as he wanted. I let them guide me in how much they wanted to be involved and I made sure that they had the space and opportunity to talk about it all and discuss how they were feeling. I also did not hide my emotions from them, I needed them to see that it was OK to cry and feel sad and these things were all perfectly natural. Daisy, being the youngest, was heartbroken. Despite her learning disability she knew that Daddy had been very poorly and had died and she would never see him again. She would tell everyone who came to our house about daddy and that she was sad. She didn’t come to his funeral but a few weeks later we went to stay at our local children’s hospice for a respite break and we released some balloons into the sky so that she could say her own goodbye to her Daddy. Sadly, Daisy’s health deteriorated over the following year and just 13 months after we said goodbye to Andy, Daisy passed away.

In what seemed like the most awful déjà vu I found myself having to organise another funeral while I had barely started grieving for my husband.. It was so tough, I had not expected to go through this without Andy but in many ways we had also been preparing for this moment for years and I knew exactly what Andy would have wanted for our daughter as we had discussed it openly when he was alive. My situation is obviously very extreme but by sharing it,

I want people to know that it’s OK to talk about death I want people to that it’sso OK to talkcan about because inknow doing we death because in doing so we can then get on with then living. get on with living. After Andy died our funeral arranger told me how often she is faced with grieving relatives who have no idea if their loved one wanted to be buried or cremated, what sort of funeral they wanted, where they wanted ashes scattered. My solicitor told me how she has had to deal with the intricacies of inheritance and guardianship at a time when emotions are so heightened because no will had been made. Prior to Daisy arriving on the scene I really didn’t think about my own mortality. Having a life limited child changed that. When Andy was diagnosed with incurable cancer we were able to have very open conversations about death. I now spend a lot of my time encouraging other people to have these conversations, to make sure they have told someone of their wishes, sorted out their will, even thought about organ donation, so that when the time comes it’s one less thing for those who are left behind to worry about.

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Train runs between 12noon and 3:40pm on December 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th and 18th-23rd. Take a gentle, festive train ride around the lake. Santa will wave you off from the decorated station after giving you a little gift. Once you’re back try and spot Santa’s sleigh and place your wish on the wishing tree.

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PARENT AND TODDLER SESSIONS • Available to adults with young children. • A great opportunity for parents to socialise with other parents and young children during school hours. • Pushchairs are allowed on the ice and our team provide push along penguins and other colourful props to create a relaxed, fun atmosphere. • Over the shoe grippers can be provided in place of skates for non-skaters to join in the fun.

ICE CAFÉ & CARLSBERG BLIZZARD BAR • Our Ice Café offers a range of freshly prepared hot & cold food & drinks. • No pre-ordering required, however, groups of 10 or more can fill out a pre-order form before skating and we will ensure your order is ready after your skate. • Our Ice Café has seating capacity for over 200 people. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Book online at www.beckworthemporium.co.uk HALF PRICE SKATING:

FULL PRICE SKATING:

PARENT AND TODDLER

ADULTS (aged 16 and over) £7 CHILDREN (aged 15 and under) £5 PUSH ALONG PENGUINS £2

ADULTS (aged 16 and over) £14 CHILDREN (aged 15 and under) £10 PUSH ALONG PENGUINS £4

ADULTS (aged 16 and over) £7 YOUNG CHILDREN FREE PUSH ALONG PENGUINS FREE

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www.toddle.club/claydon-christmas Claydon Christmas Tree Farm have various varieties of Christmas Trees to choose from*. Simply, choose your tree, they will net it, carry it to your car and even help you load it if required. Plus, they have a Santa’s Grotto and real reindeer! Claydon Christmas Tree Farm, Stone Court Barn, West Street, Steeple Claydon, Bucks, MK18 2LJ www.claydonchristmastreefarm.co.uk Competition ends midnight on Sunday 19th November 2017. *Prize must be collected from the farm in person before 17th December 2017.

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Parties from £10 per child

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Whether you are looking to just come and play, book a party, or join one of our dance classes, we look forward to welcoming you here at Rugrats and Halfpints. Providing sensory and soft play in Banbury from birth!

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Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for families with bumps - 5s in Northampton, Daventry, Towcester and Brackley The Daily Activity Planner is your one stop shop for finding virtually any and all of the bump, baby & toddler groups and classes. Visit the Toddle About website at www.toddleabout.co.uk/directory/ then simply enter your postcode and the groups will be listed in order of distance from your home.

NORT HAMP TON AREA

Monday

Harpole Kidz ‘n’ Co Mums and Tots

Billing Active Baby Company

13:30-15:00T at Harpole Baptist Chapel, NN7 4DD. Rosemary: 01604 588116; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

10:00-14:30T at ‘The Venue’, Billing Aquadrome NN3 9DA. Denise: 01604 826066; For 3m - 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes.

Headlands Aqualight Babies Classes

Collingtree Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00TH at Collingtree Village Hall, High Street NN4 0NQ. 07725 325003; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

Dallington Camrose Early Years Centre

Family Language: 9:15-11:15TH;, FREE (drop in). Book with centre. Camrose Community Toy Library: 12:00-14:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Roundabout Club: 15:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call Jenny or Roger on 01604 452686. at Camrose Early Years Centre NN5 7DF. 01604 585219.

High Street, Great Houghton, Northampton NN4 7AF

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TODDLER • GYMNASTICS • CIRCUS • BALLET • DANCE

9:00-10:30T at Danes Camp Leisure Centre, Clannell Road NN4 0RX. 01604 837200; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (drop in).

Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Camp Hill Community Centre, Dayrell Road NN4 9RR. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 5s, £5 per class (please book). 10:30-11:00TH at Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. 01604 702691; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Little Kickers

14:00-17:35TH at The Abbey Centre, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. Antony: 01327 700153; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

Delapre Water Babies Classes

15:00-17:00T at Marriott Hotel, Eagle Drive NN4 7HW. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £16 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

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Duston Soft Zone

10:00-11:30T at Duston Sports Centre, Cotswold Avenue NN6 5EX. 01604 837600; For 0 - 5s, £3 per session (please book).

Duston Library

Rhymetime: 10:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s at Duston Library , Pendle Road NN5 6DT. 0300 126 1000. FREE (drop in). Check in holidays.

Far Cotton St Mary’s Tiddlywinks Group

9:15-11:00T at St Mary’s Church, Abbey Road NN4 8EZ. 01604 764406 / 762281; For 2 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Parent & toddler group.

GymBugs Sessions

10:00-14:45T at NCAAC Gymnastics, 56-58 Rothersthorpe Crescent NN4 8JD. 01604 859412; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Enjoy Bars, Beams and Bouncing.

10:00-12:00T at Grange Park Community Centre, School Lane NN4 5FZ. For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per family (drop in). All carers & children welcome.

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Hunsbury Parent & Tots Swim

Play & Learn Under 5s

Junior Tennis Sessions

13:30-14:00T at Dallington Lawn Tennis Club, Dallington Park Rd NN5 7AA. 07747 785344; For 2 - 5s, (book by term). qualified LTA coaches, classes for all ages.

Grange Park Grange Park Toddler Group

10:00-12:00T at Headlands Primary School, Bushland Road NN3 2NS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Musical Minis

10:00-11:45T at The Pavilion, Foxfield Way NN4 5BE. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 5s, £5 per session (please book). Classes at 10am & 11am.

Great Houghton Dexterity Dance

Gymnastics & Circus: 10:00-10:45T; For 18m - 4s. Rhythmic Gymnastics: 16:00-17:00T; For 4 - 6s. Start 2 Dance: 16:30-17:00T; For 4 - 6s at Great Houghton Hall, High Street NN4 7AF. 07971 822009 / 01604 877577. Please book.

Hardingstone Music Bugs Classes

10:00-12:40T at Hardingstone Village Hall, High Street NN4 6DA. 0844 412 8179; For 0 - 5s, £5 (please book). Fun music sessions.

Harlestone Harlestone Tiny Tots

10:00-11:30T at Harlestone Village Hall, Harlestone NN7. Janet: 01604 900847; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per child (drop in). 50p for extra siblings.

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Kingsthorpe St. Mark’s Parent & Tots

10:00-11:15T at St Marks Church Hall, St Mark’s Crescent NN2 8EG. Sue: 01604 947489; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 (drop in). 50p per extra child.

Oncore Dance Academy

Baby Ballet: 16:15-17:00T; For 3 - 4s, (please book). Imaginative & fun introduction to ballet. Junior Ballet: 17:00-17:45T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Imaginative & fun introduction to ballet. at Oncore Dance Academy Studios, Footshape House NN2 6HT. 07971 824759 or 07894 667333.

Moulton Orca Swim School

9:30-14:00TH at Chris Moody Centre, Moulton College NN3 7RR. 07813 434740; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Fun new swimming classes.

Rhymetime

14:00-14:30TH at Moulton Library @, Moulton Community Centre - Sandy Hill NN3 7AX. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Northampton Centre Breastfeeding Support

10:00-12:00TH at Northampton Central Library, Abington Street NN1 2BA. 0300 126 1000-option 5 then 1; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

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IAIM Infant Baby Massage by Leveta Lawson

Hartbeeps offers original music & sensory play classes for babies & children in Northampton, Rushden, Wymington & Kettering. Contact Amy on 07775 877093 or amy@hartbeeps.com

Story Book Ballet

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11:00-12:00T at Northampton County Cricket Club, Abingdon Ave NN1 4PR. Leveta: 07580 320228; For 0s, £12 per session (book by 5-week term).

16:00-17:00T at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Road NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542; For 2 - 4s, (book by 6-week term).

Chatterbox

Mini Springers

Mounts - Trilogy Leisure

9:45-10:30T at The Elgar Centre, 1 High Street NN5 4EN. Sharon: 07812 494712; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per class (please book).

10:00-11:30T at Springs Family Centre, 9 Tower Street NN1 2SN. Rachel: 07943 997443; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Play session with craft, music time & snack. Tiddlers & Preschool Swimming Lessons: 11:45-12:45TH; For 0 - 5s, (please book). . Parents & Tots Swim Sessions: 14:00-15:30T; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (please book). at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400. Call to confirm times/days

Parklands Parklands Mums & Tots

14:00-16:00T at Parklands Community Centre, Devon Way NN3 6DX. Sarah: 07841 391188; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in).

Rushden RUSH 2The DEN

Interactive Play: 9:15-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session. Music & Movement: 10:00-10:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Storytime: 11:00-11:15TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE. Jolly Jingles: 13:00-13:30TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE. at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821. Drop ins welcome.

Upton Boogie Beat Music and Movement Weston Favell Boogie Cubz Dance Sessions

9:30-10:30T at Lings Forum Leisure Centre, Billing Brook Road NN3 8JR. 01604 837300; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per class (please book). Call centre for class age & times.

Story Stomp

10:30-11:00T at Weston Favell Library, Weston Favell Centre NN3 8JZ. 01604 413504; For 0 4s, FREE (drop in).

Tuesday

Abington St Gregory’s Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at Abington Parish Rooms, Corner of Ashburnham Road and Park Avenue North NN3 2HT. 07810 526993; For bump - 4s, £1 per child (drop in). Play, chat & sing-a-long.

Abington Library Play & Learn U 5s

Spinney Hill Sing and Sign Baby Signing

13:30-16:30TH at Busy Bees Nursery at Spinney Hill, Kettering Road NN3 6AA. Jenny: 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

9:30-11:15T at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 147-155 Kettering Road NN1 4BS. 01604 516809; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family.

Tots & Teddies

13:45-14:45T at Abington Library, Lindsay Avenue NN3 2SJ. 0300 126 1000; For bump - 5s, FREE (please book). Call library to book.

Pre-Primary Ballet

16:00-16:45TH at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Road NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542; For 4 - 6s, £14.50 (book by 4-week term). Pre-Primary Dance Classes.

Billing Active Baby Company Swimming

9:30-12:30T at ‘The Venue’, Billing Aquadrome NN3 9DA. Denise: 01604 826066; For 3m 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes for 3months - 5 yrs.

Dallington Camrose Early Years Centre

Camrose Community Toy Library: 12:0015:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Roundabout Club: 15:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call Jenny or Roger on 01604 452686. at Camrose Early Years Centre NN5 7DF. 01604 585219.

Duston Soccer Cubz Football Classes

9:30-11:30T at St Gregory’s Catholic Church, Birchfield Road East NN3 2HS. 01604 713015; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 (drop in). Entrance through the back of the car park.

9:30-11:00TH at Duston Sports Centre, Cotswold Avenue NN6 5EX. 01604 837600; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per session (please book).

Baby Bounce and Soft Play

10:00-11:00TH at Duston Children's Centre Duston Library , Pendle Road NN5 6DT. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 1s, FREE.

Spratton Church of England Primary School

OPEN DAY

Thursday 19th October 2017 9.30am - 3pm

A friendly school at the heart of the community Judged ‘GOOD’ by Ofsted (March 2017) Come and see our school in action!

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Kingsthorpe Twins and More Northants

9:30-11:00T at Thorplands Children's Centre, Farmfield Court NN3 8AQ. For bump - 5s, FREE (drop in).

11:30-12:30T at Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. Leveta: 07580 320228; For bump - 0s, £12 per session (book by 5-week term).

Play & Learn Under 5s

10:30-11:30TH at Kingsthorpe Library, Welford Road NN2 6AG. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Far Cotton GymBugs Sessions

Aqualight Babies Swimming

10:00-14:45T at NCAAC Gymnastics, 56-58 Rothersthorpe Crescent NN4 8JD. 01604 859412; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Enjoy Bars, Beams and Bouncing.

15:30-18:00T at Fairfields School, Trinity Avenue NN2 6JN. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Grange Park Stepping Stones

Moulton Sing and Sign Baby Signing

9:15-11:15T at Grange Park Community Centre, School Lane. For 0 - 3s, £2.50 per family. Inc breakfast. Every 2nd & 4th week.

Grange Park Health Clinic

9:30-11:30T at The Kairos Centre, Wilks Walk NN4 5DW. FREE (drop in). 1st Tues of the Mth.

BerryGo Classes

BerryGo Babies: 13:00-14:00T; For 0s, £45 (book by 6-week term). Baby massage/yoga class for babies from 6wks+. BerryGo Boogies: 14:00-14:45T; For 1 - 4s, £5 per session (please book). Toddler dance class. at Kairos Centre, Grange Park NN4 5DW. 07809 126599.

Hardingstone Music Bugs Classes

10:30-12:10T at Hardingstone Village Hall, High Street NN4 6DA. 0844 412 8179; For 0 - 5s, £5 (please book). Fun music sessions.

Headlands Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

10:00-12:00T at Headlands Primary School, Bushland Road NN3 2NS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

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9:30-11:30TH at Moulton Village Hall NN3 7SD. 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term). Stage 1: 10.30am & Stage 2: 9.30am.

Hunsbury Hunsbury Library

Hunsbury Library Rhymetime: 10:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call to check times. Play & Learn Under 1s: 14:00-15:00TH; For 0 12mths, FREE (drop in). at Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. 0300 126 1000.

Kings Heath Northamptonshire Toy Library

9:30-16:00TH at 4 Park Square, Kings Heath NN5 7LQ. 07843 642320; For 0 - 5s. Annual Fee £12 per family p/year for m/ship, plus hire charges.

Kingsley Park Kingsley Park Mums & Tots

13:30-15:00T at Kingsley Park Methodist Church, Milton St NN2 7JF. For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Craft Night at Heathers Tea Room

18:00-21:00TH at Heathers Tea Room, 86 Kingsley Park Terrace NN2 7HE. 01604 717648; FREE (drop in). Crafts, friends and fun.

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Northampton Centre Mounts Minis

13:00-14:30TH at The Lab, 95-97 Charles Street NN1 3BG. 07834 730870; For 0 - 3s, (drop in).

Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

16:15-18:15T at DW Sport, St. James Retail Park NN1 1EE. Emie: 01604 830405; For 3 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

St Giles Toddle In

10:00-12:00T at St Giles Church Centre, St Giles Terrace NN1 2BN. Sue: 01604 230360; For 0 4s, £0.50 per family (drop in). Crafts & play.

Tiddlers & Preschool Swimming Lessons

10:00-13:00TH at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Call to confirm session times/ days.

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Grange Park Tumble Tots

Bounce and Rhyme

11:00-11:30TH at Northamptonshire Central Library, Abington Street NN1 2BA. 0300 126 1000-option 5 then 1; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). For babies and non walkers.

9:30-13:30T at Grange Park Community Centre, School Lane NN4 5FZ. Chantel: 07814 884 948; For 0 - 5s, £6.95 per class (please book). Structured play from walking - school age.

Parklands Cha Char Chimps Show

Great Houghton Dexterity Dance

10:00-11:00TH at Parklands Community Centre, Devon Way NN3 6DX. 07725 325003; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

Musical Theatre: 16:00-17:00T; For 4 - 6s, (please book). Rhythmic Gymnastics: 16:00-17:00T; For 4 - 6s, (please book). Ballet with Dexterity Dance: 17:0018:00T; For 4 - 6s, (please book). at Great Houghton Hall, High St NN4 7AF. 07971 822009/01604 877577.

Rushden RUSH 2The DEN

Messy Play: 9:15-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session (drop in). Baby Sensory: 11:30-14:30TH; For 0 1s, £2.50 per session (drop in). at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821.

Upton Sing and Sign Baby Signing

13:00-15:00TH at The Elgar Center, 1A High Street NN5 4EN. 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term). Babes: 1pm & Stage 1: 2pm.

Weston Favell Lings - Trilogy Leisure

Soft Zone: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £3 per session (please book). Tiddler & Pre-school Swimming Lessons: 10:30-11:30T; For 0 - 5s. Call centre for class ages and times. at Lings Forum Leisure Centre, Billing Brook Road NN3 8JR. 01604 837300.

Tiny Tots Tennis

10:00-10:45T at Northampton County Lawn Tennis Club, 54b Church Way NN3 3BX. Laura: 07766557122; For 2 5s, £5. Fun introduction to tennis!

Hardingstone Sing and Sign

9:00-11:00T at Headlands Lower School, Bushland Road NN3 2NS. Julie: 01604 413462; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Snacks & loads of activities - all welcome!

Aqualight Babies Classes

Dallington Park Rd, Northants, NN7 5AA

10:00-12:00T at Headlands Primary School, Bushland Road NN3 2NS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

To book call James: 07747 785 344 Email: jameshaley53@hotmail.com

www.dallingtonjuniortennis.com

Play & Learn Under 1s

Wootton Wootton Tots

9:30-11:30T at Wootton Trinity Church Hall, High Street NN4 6LP. For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per family (drop in). Toys, crafts, snack & singing.

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Wednesday

Abington Multi Sensory Hoo Ha!

10:45-11:30T at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Rd NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542; For 0 - 1s, (book by term). Sensory toys, lights, puppets & live music!

Billing Active Baby Company Swimming

10:00-11:30T at ‘The Venue’, Billing Aquadrome NN3 9DA. Denise: 01604 826066; For 3mths 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes for 3months - 5 yrs.

Dallington Junior Tennis Sessions

13:30-14:15T at Dallington Lawn Tennis Club, Dallington Park Rd NN5 7AA. 07747 785344; For 2 - 5s, (book by term). Qualified LTA coaches, classes for all ages. Toy Library: 9:00-13:00T; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Roundabout Club: 15:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call Jenny/Roger: 01604 452686. at Camrose Early Years Centre NN5 7DF. 01604 585219.

Hunsbury The Abbey Centre Toddlers 9:30-11:30T at Abbey Centre Baptist Church, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. Shirley: 07503 182564; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per session (drop in). Does not run on 2nd Weds of month.

Story Book Ballet, Great Big Noise, Little Stars, Street Pop, Ballet, Tap & Modern Theatre Dance Kingsthorpe

Booking is essential: 07847 922542 openstage@rocketmail.com

10:00-11:00TH at Wootton Community Centre, Curtlee Hill NN4 6ED. Amanda: 0776 673 1542; For 0 - 5s, per child (drop in). Entertainment show & cake!

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Headlands Headlands Toddler Group

Junior Tennis Sessions: 2-5 yrs. Classes for older children as well.

10:30-11:30TH at Weston Favell Library, Weston Favell Centre NN3 8JZ. 01604 413504; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

Camrose Early Years Centre

13:30 & 14:30TH at Hardingstone Village Hall, High street NN4 6DA. 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term).

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Duston Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00TH at St Luke’s Centre, Duston NN5 6JB. 07725 325003; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in).

Duston - Trilogy Leisure

Soft Zone: 10:00-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, £3 per session (please book). Boogie Cubz Dance Classes: 11:00-12:00TH; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per session (please book). at Duston Sports Centre, Cotswold Avenue NN6 5EX. 01604 837600. Call to book.

Far Cotton GymBugs

GymBugs Wacky Wednesdays: 10:00-15:00H; For 0 - 5s, £5 per child (drop in). Play on the equipment from 10am-12pm or 1-3pm in hols. GymBugs Sessions: 10:00-14:45T; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Enjoy Bars, Beams and Bouncing. at NCAAC Gymnastics, 56-58 Rothersthorpe Crescent NN4 8JD. 01604 859412.

Far Cotton Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Far Cotton Library, REC Centre, Towcester Road NN4 8LG. 0300 1261000; For 0 4s, FREE (drop in). Call before attending.

Play & Learn for Under 5s

11:00-12:00TH at Far Cotton Library, REC Centre NN4 8LG. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Aqualight Babies Classes

13:15-15:15T at The Beehive, Harborough Rd NN2 8LR. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 1s, £10.99 per class (book by term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Rhymetime Toddle Time

14:00-14:30TH at Kingsthorpe Library, Welford Rd NN2 6AG. 0300 1261000; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Junior Street Dance

17:00-18:30T at Oncore Dance Academy Studios, Footshape House NN2 6HT. 07971 824 759 or 07894 667 333; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Junior 1 @ 5pm / Junior 2 @ 5.45pm.

Moulton Music Bugs Classes

10:00-11:40T at Moulton Community Centre, Pound Lane NN3 7SD. 0844 412 8179; For 0 5s, £5 (please book). Fun music sessions.

Orca Swim School

10:30-15:00TH at Chris Moody Centre, Moulton College NN3 7RR. 07813 434740; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Fun new swimming classes.

Northampton Centre Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

16:15-18:15T at DW Sport, St. James Retail Park NN1 1EE. Emie: 01604 830405; For 3 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Mounts - Trilogy Leisure

Tiddlers & Preschool Swimming Lessons: 9:1514:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Parents & Tots Swim Sessions: 14:00-16:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (please book). at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400. Call to confirm times/days.

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Monday 10:00 - 10:45 (2-3yrs) 11:00 - 11:45 (under 2’s) 13:00 - 13:45 (3-4yrs) 14:00 - 14:45 (3-4yrs)

• Free play classes for under 3’s. • Structured classes for 3-4yrs. • Learn to improve on agility, balance and coordination using a variety of gymnastics equipment.

Tues & Weds 10:00 - 10:45 (2-3yrs) 11:00 - 11:45 (3-4yrs) 13:00 - 13:45 (3-4yrs) 14:00 - 14:45 (3-4yrs)

• Partake in our very own GymBugs award scheme which is closely linked to our after-school badges. • All classes led by Qualified pre-school gymnastics coaches.

Thursday

• Opportunity to move into after school classes when child starts full time education.

10:00 - 10:45 (2-3yrs) 11:00 - 11:45 (3-4yrs)

Wacky Wednesday Join us on Wednesdays during school holidays and play with our equipment! Drop in 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm: £5 p/c. For under 5s.

○ Fully Qualified Instructors ○ 34 degree Hydro pool for babies ○ Modern state of the art 25m pool

Our aim is to provide life saving skills, build confidence and provide a fun and friendly experience! To book a place, please ring 01604 660 585 www.ncaacgymnastics.com We look forward to seeing you! 56-58 Rothersthorpe Crescent, Rothersthorpe Trading Estate, Northampton, NN4 8JD.

Chatterbox

9:30-11:15T at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 147-155 Kettering Road NN1 4BS. 01604 516809; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family.

Multi-Sensory Hoo-Ha! Baby sensory sessions for newborns to crawlers

Northampton

Songs, actions, bubbles, sensory toys & a live musician

Thursday

Abington Abington Library

Play and Learn for Under 1s: 10:0011:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). Enjoy play, songs & rhymes. Booking is essential: 07847 922542 openstage@rocketmail.com Bounce and Rhyme: 10:35-11:00T; FREE (drop in). For 0 - 12 months. Upton at Abington Library, Lindsay Avenue NN3 2SJ. Upton Tots 0300 126 1000. Water Babies Swimming Classes 10:00-12:00T at The Elgar Centre, High Street 13:30-14:30T at DW Sports, St James Retail Toddlers NN5 4EN. 07931 436852; For 0 5s, £1.50 Park NN1 1EE. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £16 13:15-15:00T at Park Avenue Methodist Church, (drop in). Toys, crafts, stories & songs. per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action Park Avenue North NN3 2HT. 01604 633436; packed, progressive swim classes. Weston Favell For 0 - 4s, £1 per child (drop in).

Rhymetime - Toddle Time

11:00-11:30TH at Northamptonshire Central Library, Abington Street NN1 2BA. 0300 126 1000-option 5 then 1; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Bromford Housing Drop-in

14:00-16:00TH at Vernon Terrace Children’s Centre, Vernon Terrace NN1 5HE. 01604 633894; For bump - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Rushden RUSH 2The DEN

Stay N Play: 9:15-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session. Jolly Jingles: 10:00-10:30TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE. Storytime: 11:00-11:15TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE. Music & Movement: 13:00-13:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE. at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821. Drop ins welcome!

Spratton Spratton Parent & Toddler Group

Wednesdays & Fridays 10.45am

Gym Mini Cubz & Preschool Gymnastics

10:00-12:45TH at Lings Forum Leisure Centre, Billing Brook Road NN3 8JR. 01604 837 300; For 1 - 4s, £4.20 per session (please book). Call to to confirm times & book, different class times for ages.

Tots Group

10:00-11:30T at The Salvation Army, Penistone Rd NN3 8EZ. 01604 404891; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Emmanuel Family Tots

10:00-11:30TH at Emmanuel Church, Weston Favell Centre NN3 8JZ. 01604 402150; For 0 - 5s, £1.

Weston Favell Library

10:00-11:30T at Spratton CofE Primary School, School Road NN6 8HY. 01604 846530; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 per session (drop in). Sing-along, games and refreshments.

Rhymetime: 10:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Rhymes and songs for young children. Baby Bounce: 11:15-11:45TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE. Babies-non walkers. at Weston Favell Library, Weston Favell Centre NN3 8JZ. 0300 126 1000.

9:30-11:00T at Gospel Hall, Spencer Bridge Road NN5 7DP. Gill: 07749 520588; For 0 - 4s, FREE (donation). Toys, activities, baby area, ride-on toys.

13:00-13:45T at Northampton County Lawn Tennis Club, 54b Church Way NN3 3BX. Laura: 07766557122; For 2 - 5s, £5. Fun introduction to tennis!

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Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

16:00-18:00T at Barry Road School Baths, Barry Road NN1 5JS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 4 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Billing Active Baby Company Swimming

13:00-14:30T at ‘The Venue’, Billing Aquadrome NN3 9DA. Denise: 01604 826066; For 3m 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming lessons.

Dallington Boogie Beat Music & Movement

9:45-10:30T at Camrose Early Years Centre, Tenby Road NN5 7DF. Sharon: 07812 494712; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per class (please book).

Roundabout Club

15:00-18:00TH at Camrose Early Years Centre NN5 7DF. 01604 585219; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call Jenny or Roger on 01604 452686.

Duston Lyncrest Tots

9:00-10:30T at Lyncrest Primary School, Lyncrest Avenue NN5 5PE. 01604 751336; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). All welcome!

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Hartbeeps Music & Sensory Play

Parent & Tots Swim: 9:00-10:30T; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (drop in). Gym Mini Cubz & Preschool Gymnastics: 9:15-12:30TH; For 1 - 4s, £4.20 (please book). Different class times for age groups. Tiddler & Preschool Swim Lessons: 16:0017:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £21 (please book). Call centre for class age & times. at Danes Camp Leisure Centre, Clannell Road NN4 0RX. 01604 837200.

St Luke’s Stay and Play

14:00-15:15T at St Luke’s CEVA School, St. Crispins Drive NN5 4BL. 01604 592008; For 0 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Games & singing.

Earls Barton Play & Learn for Under 1s

14:00-15:00TH at Earls Barton Library, Broad Street NN6 0ND. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in).

Kings Heath Northamptonshire Toy Library

Far Cotton GymBugs Sessions

10:00-11:45T at NCAAC Gymnastics, 56-58 Rothersthorpe Crescent NN4 8JD. 01604 859412; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Enjoy Bars, Beams and Bouncing.

REDBRI

9:30-12:15TH at Foxfield Pavilion, Grange Park NN4 5BE. Chantel: 07814 884 948; For 0 - 5s, £6.95 per class (please book). Structured play from walking - school age.

Talking Point

Great Houghton Cha Char Chimps Show

9:45-10:45TH at Great Houghton Village Hall, Leys Lane NN4 0AN. 07725 325003; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

NUR

10:00-12:00TH at 22 Carr Road, Moulton NN3 7AY. For bump - 2s, FREE (drop in). For new parents to meet & chat over tea.

Toddle Inn

10:00-11:30 & 13:30-15:00T at Carey Baptist Church, 34 West Street NN3 7SB. For 0 - 4s, £0.70 per family (drop in).

Northampton Centre Castle Hill Mums, Dads and Tots

10:00-12:00T at Castle Hill United Reform Church, Doddridge Street NN1 2RN. 07708298135; For 0 - 4s, £1 per child (drop in).

Parents & Tots Swim Sessions

11:00-13:00T at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (please book). Call centre for class age & times.

Play & Learn Under 1s

9:30-16:00TH at 4 Park Square, Kings Heath NN5 7LQ. 07843 642320; For 0 - 5s. Annual Fee £12 per family p/year for m/ship, plus hire charges.

11:30-12:30TH at Northamptonshire Central Library, Abington Street NN1 2BA. 0300 126 1000-option 5 then 1; For 0 - 12m, (drop in).

9:30-12:30T at The Beehive, Harborough Road NN2 8LR. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 1s, £10.99 per class (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Crafty Fingers: 9:15-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.50. Baby Sensory: 11:30-14:30TH; For 0 - 1s, £2.50. Storytime: 13:00-13:15TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE. at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821. Drop ins welcome!

Kingsthorpe Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

Grange Park Tumble Tots

10:00-12:00T at 67 Wake Way NN4 5BG. Cheryl: 07786 444486; For bump, 0, mums, FREE (drop in). For new & pregnant mums.

Talking Point

9:30-11:10T at Hardingstone Village Hall, High Street NN4 6DA. 0844 412 8179; For 0 - 5s, £5 (please book). Fun music sessions.

Hunsbury Danes Camp - Trilogy Leisure

10:00-13:45T at Duston Community Centre, Pendle Road NN5 6DT. Amy: 07775 877093; For 0 - 5s, £6 per class (drop in). BIG fun and stimulating music/play classes.

Hardingstone Music Bugs Classes

Northampton Homebirth Group

19:30-21:30T at Whitehills Nursery School, Acre Lane NN2 8DF. Kelly: 01604 820855; For bump, FREE (drop in). Discuss home birth options with midwives.

Moulton Little Kickers

9:25-12:00TH at Moulton Community Centre, Sandy Hill NN3 7AX. Antony: 01327 700153; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

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Spinney Hill Little Fishes Tots Group

13:30-14:45T at St Albans Church Hall, Entrance on Mayfield Road NN3 2RA. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per child (drop in). Siblings 50p. Free trial.

Weston Favell Jumpin’ Cubz Trampoline Sessions

9:30-11:00TH at Lings Forum Leisure Centre, Billing Brook Road NN3 8JR. 01604 837300; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per session (please book). Call centre for class age & times.

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Play and Learn Crafts Under 5s

10:00-10:45TH at Duston Library , Pendle Road NN5 6DT. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 4s, FREE (please book).

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Musical Minis is a pre-school fun time music group for babies and toddlers. Each structered session encourages cognitive, physical and emotional development through the use of music, intruments and stories.

Classes in Hunsbury, Duston and Hackleton. Book your little one’s Birthday Party with us! For more information contact Leena Thakker leenathakker@musicalminis.co.uk Tel: 01296 738652

www.musicalminis.co.uk Play & Learn Under 5s

10:30-11:30TH at Weston Favell Library, Weston Favell Centre NN3 8JZ. 01604 413504; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Friday

Abington Open Stage

Great Big Noise!: 9:20-10:00T; For 2 4s, per class (book by term). Follow a story, dance, sing, play instruments. Multi Sensory Hoo Ha!: 10:4511:20T; For 0 - 1s, (book by term). Sensory toys, lights, puppets, live music! at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Road NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542.

Rhymetime

14:15-14:45TH at Abington Library, Lindsay Avenue NN3 2SJ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

TINY TOTS TENNIS Come join the FUN learn about the game and develop fundamental skills aimed at 2 ½-5 years.

Tuesday: 10-10.45am Wednesday & Friday: 1-1.45pm (term time). Limited spaces available. To book, please contact:

Laura Mineards: 07766 557 122

Northampton County Lawn Tennis Club, 54b Church Way, Weston Favell, Northampton.

lauramineards@yahoo.co.uk

Blackthorn Breastfeeding, Bumps and Biscuits

11:30-12:30T at Blackthorn Children’s Centre, Longmead Court NN3 8QD. 01604 413504; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Collingtree Active Baby Company Swimming 13:00-14:30T at Hilton Hotel, 100 Watering Lane NN4 0XW. Denise: 01604 826066; For 0 - 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes for 8/10 weeks old - 5 yrs.

Dallington Roundabout Club

15:00-18:00TH at Camrose Early Years Centre NN5 7DF. 01604 585219; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call Jenny or Roger on 01604 452686.

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Delapre Water Babies Swimming Classes

10:00-13:30T at Marriott Hotel, Eagle Drive NN4 7HW. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £16 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Duston Duston - Trilogy Leisure

Gym Mini Cubz: 9:15-12:30TH; For 1 - 5s, £4.20. Soft Zone: 13:15-14:45T; For 0 - 5s, £3. at Duston Sports Centre, Cotswold Avenue NN6 5EX. 01604 837600. Please call to book.

Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Duston Community Centre, Pendle Road NN5 6DT. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 5s, £5 per class (please book).

Earls Barton Earls Barton Rhymetime

14:30-15:00TH at Earls Barton Library, Broad Street NN6 0ND. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Check session is on before attending.

Great Houghton Gymnastics & Circus

10:00-10:45T at Great Houghton Hall, High Street NN4 7AF. 07971 822009 / 01604 877577; For 18m - 4s, (please book).

Hardingstone Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00TH at The Village Hall, High Street NN4 6DA. 07725 325003; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in).

Sing and Sign Baby Signing

13:30 & 14:30TH at Hardingstone Village Hall, High street NN4 6DA. 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term).

Hunsbury Danes Camp - Trilogy Leisure

Tiddler & Preschool Swim Lessons: 9:00-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £21 (please book). Call centre for class age & times. Soft Zone Sessions: 10:00-11:30T; For 0 - 4s, £4 per session (please book). £3 members. at Danes Camp Leisure Centre, Clannell Road NN4 0RX. 01604 837200.

Little Kickers

9:10-12:30TH at The Abbey Centre, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. Antony: 01327 700153; For 18m - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes.

Hunsbury Library Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Please call to check sessions.

Kings Heath Sing and Sign Baby Signing

10:00-12:15TH at Hullabaloo Play and Party Centre, Gladstone Rd NN5 7QA. 07985 523113; For 0 - 18mth, £6 per session (book by 10-week term). Baby Signing classes for babies.

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Northampton / Daventry / Rugby Call Antony & Lynne 01327 700153 lnewbould@littlekickers.co.uk www.littlekickers.co.uk

First session FREE with this advert Fees are £5 per session payable termly

Fun football training for children 18 months - 7 years

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Abington Open Stage

Rhymetime Toddle Time: 10:1510:45TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Baby Bounce: 11:00-11:30TH; For 0 1s, FREE (drop in). For non-walkers. at Kingsthorpe Library, Welford Road NN2 6AG. 0300 126 1000.

Pre-Primary Ballet: 9:30-10:15TH; For 4 - 6s, £14.50 (book by 4-week term). Pre-Primary Dance Classes. Open Stage Juniors: 12:15-13:15T; For 5-10s, £17.50 (book by 4-week term). Fun Musical Theatre. at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Road NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542.

Aqualight Babies Swimming

15:30-17:00T at Fairfields School, Trinity Avenue NN2 6JN. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Storystomp

11:30-12:00TH at Abington Library, Lindsay Avenue NN3 2SJ. 0300 126 1000; For 1 - 5s, FREE.

Northampton Centre Chatterbox

Aqualight Babies Swimming

9:30-11:15T at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 147-155 Kettering Road NN1 4BS. 01604 516809; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family.

Mounts - Trilogy Leisure

Parents & Tots Swim Sessions: 10:00-15:30T; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per session (please book). Tiddlers & Preschool Swimming Lessons: 11:30-14:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (please book). at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400. Call for class age & times.

Northampton Central Library Play & Learn Under 5s

11:00-12:00TH at Northamptonshire Central Library, Abington Street NN1 2BA. 0300 126 1000-option 5 then 1; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Rushden RUSH 2The DEN

Soft Play: 9:15-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session. Sensory Play: 9:15-14:30TH; For bump - 5s, £2.50 per session. Storytime: 13:00-13:15TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE. at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821. Drop ins welcome!

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14:30-16:30T at Barry Road School Baths, Barry Road NN1 5JS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 4 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Upton Music Bugs Classes

10:00-11:40T at The Elgar Centre, High Street NN5 4EN. 0844 412 8179; For 0 - 5s, £5 (please book). Fun music sessions.

Duston Rugbytots

9:00-10:25TH at Duston School, Berrywood Road NN5 6XA. 0345 313 0790; For 2 - 7s, £7 per child (book by term).

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Wootton Wootton Tots

10:30-11:00T at Duston Library, Pendle Rd NN5 6DT; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 0300 1261000.

13:00-13:45T at Northampton County Lawn Tennis Club, 54b Church Way NN3 3BX. Laura: 07766557122; For 2 - 5s, £5. Fun introduction to tennis!

10:00-12:00T at Wootton Trinity Church Hall, High Street NN4 6LP. For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per family (drop in). Variety of toys, baby area, crafts, snack & singing.

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9:30-11:00T at St Lukes Community Centre, Corner of Millway & Main Rd NN5 6JB. 01604 948255; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family. 2nd Sat of mth.

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Great Houghton Dexterity Dance

Start 2 Dance: 9:00-11:30T; For 1 - 5s. 9-9.45am: 18mth-4yrs & 11-11.30am: 4-6yrs. Ballet: 11:30-12:00T; For 4 - 6s, Rhythmic Gymnastics: 13:15-14:45T; For 4 - 6s. at Great Houghton Great Hall, High St NN4 7AF. 07971 822009 / 01604 877577. Booking essential.

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Hardingstone IAIM Infant Baby Massage with Leveta Lawson

11:00-12:00T at Northampton High School, Newport Pagnell Road NN4 6UU. Leveta: 07580 320228; For 0s, £12 per session (book by 5-week term).

Headlands Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

10:00-12:00T at Headlands Primary School, Bushland Road NN3 2NS. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Hunsbury Play & Learn Under 5s

10:30-11:30TH at Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close NN4 0RZ. 01604 702691; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Kingsthorpe Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

8:00-13:30T at Fairfields School, Trinity Avenue NN2 6JN. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Oncore Dance Academy

Melody Movement: 9:00-9:45T; For 1 - 3s, (please book). Develop creativity, co-ordination. Baby Ballet: 9:00-9:45T; For 3 - 4s, (please book). Imaginative & fun introduction to ballet. Junior Ballet: 9:45-10:30T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Imaginative & fun introduction to ballet. Tip Tap Toe Beginners Tap Dance Classes: 10:30-11:15T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Introduction to tap dance; basic, funky & fun. Junior Street Dance: 11:15-12:00T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Junior 1 @ 5pm / Junior 2 @ 5.45pm. at Oncore Dance Academy Studios, Footshape House NN2 6HT. 07971 824 759 or 07894 667 333.

Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

9:00-12:00T at The Beehive, Harborough Road NN2 8LR. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 1s, £10.99 per class (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Northampton Dads Group

10:00-11:45TH at St David’s Church Hall, Eastern Avenue South NN2 7QB. For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 1st Sat of month.

Moulton Water Babies Swimming Classes

8:30-10:30T at Gate 4, The Chris Moody Centre, Pitsford Road, Moulton College NN3 7QL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £16 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Northampton Centre Open Stage

Little Stars Ballet, Tap & Modern Dance: 8:45-9:30T; For 2 - 4s, (book by 4-week term). Dancing, Singing and Having Fun! Street Pop with Open Stage: 10:15-10:45TH; For 4 - 10s, £11 (book by 4-week term). Street pop dance classes. at Open Stage, 110 Whitworth Road NN1 4HJ. 07847 922542.

Kids Run Free Race & Fun Days

8:45-10:30TH at Racecource Kettering Road NN1 4LG. 07711 349 592; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). 1st Sat of mth. Enter at kidsrunfree.co.uk.

Tiddlers & Preschool Swimming Lessons

13:00-17:00TH at The Mounts Baths, Upper Mounts NN1 3DN. 01604 837400; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Call to confirm session times/ days.

Rushden Dads Stay N Play

10:30-12:00TH at RUSH 2The DEN, 16 Fitzwilliam Street NN10 9YW. 07733 232821; For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session (drop in). 1st Saturday of each month.

Weston Favell Soccer Cubz Football Classes

9:00-11:45TH at Lings Forum Leisure Centre, Billing Brook Road NN3 8JR. 01604 837300; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per session (please book). Call centre for class ages and times.

Rugbytots

9:00-12:05TH at Weston Favell Academy, Booth Lane South NN3 3EZ. 0345 313 0790; For 2 - 5s, £7 per child (book by term). Ages 2-7 years.

Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

12:30-18:30T at Weston Favell Pool, Booth Lane South NN3 3EZ. Emie: 01604 830405; For 3 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Sunday

Duston Little Kickers

9:00-12:45TH at The Duston School, Berrywood Road NN5 6XA. Antony: 01327 700153; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

Rugby Cubz

9:15-10:35TH at Duston Sports Centre, Cotswold Avenue NN6 5EX. 01604 837600; For 1 - 5s, £4.20 per session (please book). Call centre for class age and times.

Moulton Orca Swim School

16:00-18:00TH at Chris Moody Centre, Moulton College NN3 7RR. 07813 434740; For 0 - 5s, (please book). Fun new swimming classes.

Stanwick Rugbytots

9:00-11:45TH at Stanwick Village Hall, Spencer Parade NN9 6QJ. 0345 313 0790; For 2 - 7s, £7 per child (book by term).

Upton Upton Messy Church

16:00-18:00T at Upton Meadows Primary School, The Square NN5 4EZ. 07931 436852; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Fun alternative church for families with young children.

Wellingborough Rugbytots

8:50-11:35TH at Wellingborough Wrenn Academy School, Wrenn Academy NN8 2DQ. 0345 313 0790; For 2 - 7s, £7 per child (book by term).

Weston Favell Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

9:00-12:00T at Weston Favell Pool, Booth Lane South NN3 3EZ. Emie: 01604 830405; For 3 - 5s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Wootton Rugbytots

9:00-12:05TH at Caroline Chisholm School, Wooldale Road NN4 6TP. 0345 313 0790; For 2 - 7s, £7 per child (book by term).

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Monday

Blisworth Tumble Tots

9:45-13:45T at Blisworth Scout Hall, 48-56 Courteenhall Rd NN7. Chantel: 07814 884 948; For 0 - 5s, £6.95 per class (please book). Structured play from walking - school age.

Brackley Noah’s Ark Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at Brackley Methodist Church, High St NN13 7DT. For 0 - 4s.

Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00T at St Peters Church, Church Road NN13 7BZ. 07894 293633; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

Croughton Toddler Group

13:15-15:00T at Croughton Village Hall, Wheeler’s Rise NN13 5ND. Sarah: 07837 549682; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in).

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Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Brackley Pool, Manor Rd NN13 6EE. 01280 704906; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Pre-booking is essential.

Bugbrooke Bugbrooke Mini Messy Church

14:00-15:15T at Bugbrooke Church, Church Lane NN7 3PB. 01604 832494; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Bible based stories & activities.

Middleton Cheney Mums N Bubs Yoga

12:30-13:30T at Lisa Valentine Yoga, The Core Zone, Stone Barn OX17 2NE. Lisa: 07957 215495; For 0, 1, mums, £40 (please book).

Roade BerryGo Bounce

10:00-10:45T at Roade Library, High Street NN7 2NW. 07809 126599; For 0s, £4 per class (please book). Baby Yoga & Sensory Classes for 5mth-1yr.

Tiffield The Little Turtle Swim Company

9:15-12:45T at Gateway School, St. Johns Rd NN12 8AA. Zara: 01908 543384; For 0 - 5s, £11 per class (book by 6-week term). Bespoke classes for children aged 6 weeks+.

Towcester Towcester Children’s Centre

Sensory Room: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). Childminder’s Support Drop In: 9:30-11:00T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). at Towcester Children’s Centre, Islington Rd NN12 6AU. 01327 350272. Call before attending.

Little Sprouts

9:30-11:00T at St Lawrence Church, Chantry Lane NN12 6BT. 01327 323106; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Towcester Leisure Centre, Springfields NN12 6UW. 01327 322480; For 3 5s, (please book). Call centre for times.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

Creative Spirit - Inquiring Minds At Akeley Wood School we believe in the potential of every child. Education is about discovery; understanding what makes your child special, nurturing talents and helping them achieve their own success. By encouraging individuality and inspiring creativity in their learning, we ensure that each child meets or exceeds national expectations at the end of Junior School and advances to Senior School well prepared in English, Maths and Science.

An independent day school for boys and girls aged 1 - 18 years.

SENIOR SCHOOL OPEN DAYS Thursday 12th October 2017 9:00am-12noon Tuesday 14th November 2017 9:00am-12noon Wednesday 24th January 2018 9:00am-12noon JUNIOR SCHOOL OPEN DAYS Tuesday 17th October 2017 9:30am-11:00am Thursday 9th November 2017 9:30am-11:00am Thursday 18th January 2018 9:30am-11:00am

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Towcester Library

Bounce & Rhyme: 11:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). For babies & non-walkers. Play & Learn for Under 1’s: 13:0014:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). at Towcester Library, The Forum, Moat Lane NN12 6AD. 01327 350794.

Tuesday

Churchtots

FUN, CREATIVE AND ENGAGING CLASSES

13:30-15:00T at Holy Trinity Church, Wicken Road MK19 6JP. 01908 564725; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Greens Norton Tots Own Tea and Toast

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Brackley Little Fishes Playtime

BerryGo Babi

Middleton Cheney Rhymetime

Brackley Leisure Centre

Mighty Atoms: 9:30-11:30TH; For 0 5s, £3.25 per child (drop in). Soft play sessions. Call before attending. Preschool Gymnastics: 13:45-14:45T; For 3 - 5s, £7.05 per session (book by term). Call centre for more info. at Brackley Leisure Centre, Springfield Way NN13 6JJ. 01280 701787.

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Pattishall Pattishall Mums & Tots

13:30-15:00T at Pattishall Parish Hall, School Road NN12 8NN. For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). Refreshments are included.

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Toddler dance class for thos e toddling up to 4 yr olds

Baby Clinic

13:00-15:00TH at Health Visitors Baby Clinic, Halse Road NN13 6PN. 01280 709798; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). HV session for baby weigh-in and advice.

10:15-10:45TH at Middleton Cheney Library, Main Road OX17 2PD. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

ce BerryGo Boun

10:00-11:30TH at Brackley Library,, Manor Road, NN13 6AJ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Two sessions: 10-10.30am & 11-11.30am.

Hackleton Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Hackleton Baptist Church (access via back door), Chapel Lane NN7 2AH. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 5s, £5 per class (please book).

Baby massage class for babies from 6wks+

9:15-12:00T at Baptist Church, Waynflete Close NN13 6AE. For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). Sessions at 9:15-10:30 or 10:45-12:00.

9:00-10:30T at St Bartholomew Church. 01327 323106; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Contact Louisa on 07809 126599 or email: contactberrygo@gmail.com to find out more

Roade Rhyme time

11:00-11:30TH at Roade Library, High Street NN7 2NW. 0300 1261000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). Fun Music Session, contact library to book.

Towcester Towcester Children’s Centre

Sensory Room: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). SNUG - Special Needs Support BerryGo Birthdays: Bespoke party entertainment availaBle! Group: 9:30-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 1st Wed of month. Call to Towcester ensure running due to changes being made. Litchborough Sensory Room at Towcester Children’s Centre, Islington Road Litchborough Play Time Group 9:00-15:00TH at Towcester Children’s Centre, NN12 6AU. 01327 350272. 10:00-12:00T at Litchborough Village Hall, Islington Road NN12 6AU. 01327 350272; For 0 Northampton Road NN12 8JA. Viv: 01327 Wednesday Tots - 5s, FREE (please book). Call centre to book. 830364; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (drop in). 9:30-11:00T at St John’s Ambulance Hall, Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes Crafts & singing. Islington Rd NN12. Jane: 01327 352321; For 9:15-12:15T at Sing & Sign, The Brook Health 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Middleton Cheney Centre NN12 6HD. 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, Cha Char Chimps Show Play and Learn for Under 1s £7 per class (book by term). Help your baby to 9:45-10:45T at Sawpits centre (Old library), 14 14:00-15:00TH at Middleton Cheney Library, ‘talk’ BEFORE speech! Richmond Road NN12 6EX. 07917 683330; For Main Road OX17 2PD. 0300 126 1000; For 0 Towcester Centre for Leisure 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com 1s, FREE (drop in). Mighty Atoms: 9:30-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, per for holidays. Pregnancy Yoga child (drop in). Soft play sessions. Swimming Lessons 18:30-19:20T at Lisa Valentine Yoga, The Swimming Lessons: 16:00-18:00T; For 3 - 5s, 10:00-18:00T at Towcester Leisure Centre, Core Zone, Stone Barn OX17 2NE. Lisa: 07957 (please book). Call centre for times. Springfields NN12 6UW. 01327 322480; For 215495; For bump, £40 (book by 5-week term). at Towcester Centre for Leisure, Springfields 3 - 5s, (please book). Call centre for times.Chk Call for more info. NN12 6UW. 01327 322480. holiday swim dates with centre.

Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Brackley Pool, Manor Rd NN13 6EE. 01280 704906; For 1 5s, (book by term). Booking essential.

Milton Malsor Yoga Rosa

18:00-19:00TH at Milton Malsor Village Hall, High Street NN7 3AS. Rosa: 07790 146202; For babies & mums, £7 per class (drop in).

Potterspury Potterspury Under 5s

9:30-11:30T at Potterspury Sports & Social Club, Meadow View NN12 7PJ. Claire: 07510 182045; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in).

Roade BerryGo Classes

BerryGo Babies: 10:00-11:15T; For 0s, £25 (book by 4-week term). Baby massage/yoga class for babies from 6wks+. BerryGo Boogies: 11:15-12:00T; For 1 - 4s, £4 per class (please book). Toddler dance class. at St.Marys Church Hall, Butlins Lane NN7 2PU. 07809 126599.

Tiffield Water Babies Swimming Classes

11:00-13:00T at Gateway School, St Johns Road NN12 8AA. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £16 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

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Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00T at Greens Norton Community Centre, Towcester Road NN12 8BL. 07917 683330; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

Wednesday

Play & Learn for Under 5s

14:00-15:00TH at Towcester Library, The Forum, Moat Lane NN12 6AD. 01327 350794; For 1 5s, FREE (drop in).

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Brackley Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:00-12:00TH at Hill Farm, Upper Heyford NN7 3NB. Cheryl: 07989 777825; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). 2nd Weds of mth.

Play & Learn for Under 1s

10:00-12:00T at Weston Baptist Chapel, High Street NN12 8PU. 01295 760720; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per session (drop in).

9:30-12:30T at WI Hall, Manor Road NN13 6AJ. 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £7 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

10:00-11:00TH at Brackley Library, Manor Road NN13 6AJ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in).

Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Brackley Pool, Manor Rd NN13 6EE. 01280 704906; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Pre-booking is essential.

Deanshanger Play & Learn Free Drop In

10:30-11:30TH at Deanshanger Library, Little London MK19 6HT. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 12m.

Weston Weston Tiny Tots

Thursday

Ashton Ashton Parent & Toddler Group

13:30-15:00T at Ashton CE Primary School, Roade Hill NN7 2JH. Lynne: 07545 462892; For 0 - 5s, £1 (drop in).

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9:15-11:30T at St Peter’s Church, St Peter’s Road NN13 7BZ. For 0 - 4s, £3 per session (drop in).

Mighty Atoms

South Northants. Tel: 07917 683330

www.ccchimps.com | www.fb.com/ccchimps Award-winning musical fun - it’s a party every week!

9:30-11:30TH at Brackley Leisure Centre, Springfield Way NN13 6JJ. 01280 701787; For 0 - 5s, £3.25 per child (drop in). Soft play sessions. Call centre during holidays to confirm times.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

9:45-12:00T at Evenley Village Hall, Broad Lane, Evenley NN13 5SD. 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £7 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

Breastfeeding Support

10:00-12:00TH at Brackley Library, Manor Road NN13 6AJ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in).

Baby Sensory

13:15-15:00TH at Brackley WI Hall, Manor Road NN13 6AJ. 07714 205380; For 0 - 1s, £5.75 per session (book by term). 1.15pm: 0-6mths & 2.15pm: 6-13mths.Free trials.

Swimming Lessons at Brackley Pool

16:00-18:00T at Brackley Pool, Manor Rd NN13 6EE. 01280 704906; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Pre-booking is essential.

Bugbrooke Bugbrooke Mums & Tots

9:00-11:00T at Sunday School Rooms, Church Lane NN7 3PB. For 0 - 4s, FREE (donation). Toys, painting & craft activities.

Deanshanger Deanshanger Rhymetime

14:15-14:45TH at Deanshanger Library, Little London MK19 6HT. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Check times before attending.

Denton Denton Village Tots

Towcester Children’s Centre

Sensory Room: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). Call centre to book. Towcester Toy Library: 9:30-11:30TH; For 0 5s, £2 per family (drop in). £2 per family upto 3 children. 50p per extra child. Call centre to ensure running due to changes being. at Towcester Children’s Centre, Islington Road NN12 6AU. 01327 350272.

Towcester Centre for Leisure

Swimming Lessons: 13:00-19:00T; For 3 - 5s, (please book). Call centre for times.Chk holiday swim dates with centre. Preschool Gymnastics: 13:45-16:45T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Call centre for times of classes. at Towcester Leisure Centre, Springfields NN12 6UW. 01327 322480.

Westbury Tiddlers and Toddler Playgroup

10:00-11:30T at Beachborough School, Westbury NN13 5LB. 01280 700071; For 0 - 5s. Group runs monthly,r ing for dates.

Friday

Kislingbury Kizzle Tots

10:00-12:00T at Kislingbury & Upton Baptist Church, Mill Lane NN7 4BB. 07931 436852; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Relax and meet new friends.

Middleton Cheney Lisa Valentine Pregnancy Yoga

18:00-18:50T at The Core Zone, Stone Barn OX17 2NE. Lisa: 07957 215495; For bump, £40 (book by 5-week term). Call for more info.

Silverstone Cha Char Chimps Show

9:45-10:30T at Westbury Village Hall, Playing Field Road NN13. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 5s, £5 per session (please book).

Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00T at WI Hall, Manor Road NN13 6AJ. 07894 293633; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays. Parent and Toddler Swimming: 10:00-10:30T; For 0 - 2s. Swimming Lessons at Brackley Pool: 16:0018:00T; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Pre-booking is essential. at Brackley Pool, Manor Road NN13 6EE. 01280 704906.

Brackley Library Story Stomp

11:00-11:30TH at Brackley Library,, Manor Road, NN13 6AJ. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Check group is running before attending.

Cogenhoe Tumble Tots

9:30-13:45T at Cogenhoe Community Centre, York Avenue NN7 1NB. Chantel: 07814 884 948; For 0 - 5s, £6.95 per class (please book). Structured play from walking - school age.

10:30-11:30T at Silverstone Pavilion, Church Street NN12 8XA. 07917 683330; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

Deanshanger Deanie Tots

13:30-15:00T at Methodist Church, corner of High St/Murswell Lane NN12 8US. Lisa: 07770 875979; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). 1st & 3rd Thurs of month.

Middleton Cheney Lisa Valentine Yoga

Silverstone ‘Tiggers’ Toddler Group

Tiffield The Little Turtle Swim Company

9:15-12:15T at Gateway School, St. Johns Rd NN12 8AA. Zara: 01908 543384; For 0 - 5s, £11 per class (book by 6-week term). Bespoke classes for children aged 6 weeks+.

Towcester NCT Bumps and Babies

10:00-12:00T at Towcester Methodist Church Room, Brackley Road NN12 6DH. For bump - 0s, £2 per session (donation).

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9:30-11:30T at Community Centre MK19 6HT. 07710 845865; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Health Visitor attends on 3rd Friday.

Mums N Bubs Yoga: 11:15-12:15T; For 0, 1, mums, £40 (please book). Call for more info. Pregnancy Yoga (Middleton Cheney): 12:3013:20T; For bump, £40 (book by 5-week term). Call for more info. at The Core Zone, Stone Barn OX17 2NE. Lisa: 07957 215495.

Potterspury Cha Char Chimps Show

10:00-11:00T at Sports and Social Club, Mead View NN12 7PJ. 07917 683330; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 (drop in). Check ccchimps.com for holidays.

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Music & Singing

Sensory Room: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). Special Friends: 10:00-12:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Last Fri of month. at Towcester Children’s Centre, Islington Rd NN12 6AU. 01327 350272.

Swimming Lessons

9:30-18:00T at Towcester Leisure Centre, Springfields NN12 6UW. 01327 322480; For 3 - 5s, (please book). Call centre for times.Chk holiday swim dates with centre.

Towcester Library

Rhymetime: 10:00-10:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Bounce & Rhyme: 11:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). For babies & non-walkers. at Towcester Library, The Forum, Moat Lane NN12 6AD. 01327 350794.

Weedon Weedon Bec's Little Ducklings

9:30-11:30T at Rainbow Room, Weedon Bec School NN7 4QU. Blaine Taylor: 07746 215490; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Friendly group inc refreshments.

Saturday

Brackley Swimming Lessons

8:00-10:00T at Brackley Pool, Manor Rd NN13 6EE. 01280 704906; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Pre-booking is essential.

Brackley Musical Minis

Brackley Leisure Centre

9:30-11:30T at Denton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane NN7 1DT. For 0 - 5s, £2.50 per session (drop in). Great variety of activities and snack time.

Towcester Towcester Children’s Centre

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Mighty Atoms

11:00-12:30TH at Brackley Leisure Centre, Springfield Way NN13 6JJ. 01280 701787; For 0 - 5s, £3.25 per child (drop in). Soft play sessions. Call centre during holidays to confirm times.

Milton Malsor Yoga Rosa - Pregnancy Yoga

9:45-11:00TH at Milton Malsor Village Hall, High Street NN7 3AS. Rosa: 07790 146202; For bump - 0s, £42 (book by 6-week term). Relax & unwind, support health & wellbeing.

Roade Little Kickers Football Classes

9:15-11:00TH at Willison Sports Centre, Elizabeth Woodville School NN7 2LP. 07490 262462; For 18m - 7s, (book by term). Fun football classes.

Tiffield The Little Turtle Swim Company

8:15-15:15T at Gateway School, St. Johns Rd NN12 8AA. Zara: 01908 543384; For 0 - 5s, £11 per class (book by 6-week term). Bespoke classes for children aged 6 weeks+.

Towcester Towcester Centre for Leisure

Swimming Lessons: 8:00-10:30T; For 3 - 5s, (please book). Call centre for times.Chk holiday swim dates with centre. Mighty Atoms: 9:00-10:15T; For 0 - 5s, per child (drop in). Soft play sessions. at Towcester Leisure Centre, Springfields NN12 6UW. 01327 322480.

Sunday

Tiffield Active Baby Company Swimming 8:30-12:30T at Gateway School, St. Johns Rd NN12 8AB. Denise: 01604 826066; For 0 - 5s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes for 8/10 weeks old - 6 yrs.

Towcester Rhymetime

11:30-12:00TH at Towcester Library, The Forum, Moat Lane NN12 6AD. 01327 350794; For 0 5s, FREE (drop in).

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Monday

Long Buckby Long Buckby Mums & Babies Group

Braunston Little Fishes Toddler Group

9:30-12:00TH at Baptist Church, Market Place NN6. 01327 842587; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Donation welcome.

14:00-15:00T at All Saints Church, 71 High Street NN11 7HS. Sarah: 01788 890298; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Action songs, storytime & crafts.

Birth Preparation Workshops

Brixworth Brixworth Rhymetime

18:00-21:00T at Lizzy Giles NN6. 07950 573719; For bump - 0s, £50 (please book). Workshops for expectant mums and partners.

14:30-15:30TH at Brixworth Library, Spratton Road NN6 9DS. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Watford Village Tumble Tots

Crick Crick Mums & Tots

9:35-12:15T at Watford Village Hall, Station Road NN6 7UY. Chantel: 07814 884 948; For 0 - 5s, £6.95 per class (please book). Structured play from walking - school age, various class times.

9:30-11:30T at Crick Village Hall NN6 7TE. For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Fun activities, snack & drink.

Daventry Everyone Active Daventry Leisure Centre

Woodford Halse Rhymetime for Under 5s

Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 9:0018:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 9:00-18:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. Active Antz: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.40 per child (drop in). Inflatable soft play session for under 5s. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

14:00-14:30TH at Woodford Halse Library, Village Hall NN11 3RL. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Check session is on before attending.

Wednesday

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Acorn Parent & Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at United Reformed Church, Foundry Place NN11 4AA. Rosemary: 01327 872650; For 0 - 5s, £1 (drop in). Stories and singing.

Prima Ballerinas Dance Classes

16:00-17:00TH at LoveBallet Dance Company, Nene Hall, Tamar Square NN11 4RB. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Ballet classes at £28 per term.

Kelmarsh Parent & Tots Lunch Club

11:30-13:00T at Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre (Cafe), The Old Rectory NN6 9LZ. 01604 686647; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Free hot drink with every kids meal purchased at the cafe.

Kilsby Kilsby Playtime

9:45-11:45T at Kilsby Village Hall, Rugby Road CV23 8XX. Sarah: 07590 460913; For 0 - 5s, £2 per child (drop in). Extra children 50p.

Long Buckby Birthlight Pregnancy Yoga with Lizzy

01788 288028

Tuesday

Daventry Everyone Active Daventry

Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 9:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 10:00-18:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Active Antz: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.40 per child (drop in). Inflatable soft play session. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144. Call before attending.

Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

9:30-12:30T at Daventry Hill Hydrotherapy Pool, Daventry Hill School NN11 0QE. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Daventry Library

Barby Barby Mums & Tots

9:30-11:30T at Barby Village Hall, Kilsby Road CV23 8TT. 01788 891483; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in).

Brixworth Nature Tots

10:00-11:30T at Brixworth Country Park, Northampton Road NN6 9DG. 01604 889478; For 2 - 4s, £3.50 per child (please book). 3rd Wed of month. Outdoor tots group.

IAIM Infant Baby Massage with Leveta Lawson

11:00-12:00T at Brixworth Library, Spratton Road NN6 9DS. Leveta: 07580 320228; For bump - 0s, £12 per session (book by 5-week term).

Daventry Everyone Active Daventry

Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 9:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 10:00-18:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

Active Baby Company Swimming Classes

18:15-19:45T at Long Buckby Community Centre NN6 7QB. 07950 573719; For bump, £48 (book by 6-week term). Physical & emotional pregnancy support.

Rhymetime: 10:00-10:30T; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Bounce and Rhyme: 10:45-11:15TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). For non-walkers. at Daventry Library, North Street NN11 4GH. 0300 126 1000.

10:00-12:00TH at Scrivens Hill NN11 3SU. 07463 932953; For bump - 5s, £2 per child (drop in).

16:00-17:35TH at Little Kickers, Daventry Leisure Centre NN11 4FP. Antony: 01327 700153; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

10:00-12:00T at Daventry Methodist Church, Golding Close (off Eastern Way) NN11 5FB. 01327 843319; For 0 - 3s, £1.80 per family (drop in).

Funky Dance Classes

10:45-11:45TH at Daventry Football Club, Communications Park NN11 4NS. Nikki: 07714 205380; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by term). 0-13mths. Free trials available.

Woodford Halse Humpty Dumpty’s

Little Kickers

16:45-17:15T at LoveBallet Dance Company, Nene Hall, Tamar Square NN11 4RB. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). A lively, fun & energetic class for ages 3 - 7 years.

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9:45-12:15TH at Daventry Court Hotel (Puma Hotels) NN11 0SG. Denise: 01604 826066; For 0 - 4s, £10 per class (book by 6-week term). Swimming classes for 8/10 weeks old - 5 yrs.

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Thursday

Long Buckby About Swim Advert_128x92.indd 1 9778_Toddle Long Buckby Library Family Play & Learn Brixworth 10:30-12:00TH at Long Buckby Library, Station Brixworth Play and Learn Road NN6 7QB. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Love Ballet Dance Company

Street Kidz: 16:30-17:00TH; For 5s, per child (please book). Ages: 5-10 yrs. Prima Ballerinas Dance Classes: 17:00-17:30T; For 3 - 5s, per child (book by term). Ballet for the little ones.£28 per term. Intro to Ballet: 17:00-17:30T; For 5s, per child (please book). Ages: 5-7 yrs. at Baptist Church, Market Place NN6 7RR. Claire: 07774 518949.

Birth Preparation Workshops

18:00-21:00T at Lizzy Giles NN6. 07950 573719; For bump - 0s, £50 (please book). Workshops for expectant mums and partners.

Sibbertoft Sibbertots Mums and Tots

9:30-11:30T at Sibbertoft Reading Room, Berkeley Street. 01604 880246; For 0 - 4s, £2.50 per family (drop in).

Staverton Boogie Beanies

10:30-11:30TH at Staverton Village Hall, Croft Lane NN11 6JE. Amanda: 0776 673 1542; For 0 - 5s, per child (drop in). Entertainment show & cake!

Weedon Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Weedon Village Hall, West Street NN7 4PQ. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 5s, £5 per session (please book). Free trial offer voucher in centre pages.

10:00-12:00TH at Brixworth Library, Spratton Road NN6 9DS. 0300 126 1000 (option 5 and 1); For 0 - 12mths, FREE (drop in). H/visitor avail on some weeks.

Daventry Little Kickers

9:20-11:00TH at Little Kickers, Daventry Leisure Centre NN11 4FP. Antony: 01327 700153; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

Byfield Baby & Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Byfield Village Hall, The Green NN11 6WT. For 0 - 5s, £2 per child (drop in). First session free, snack and drinks inc.

Everyone Active Daventry Leisure Centre

Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 10:00-18:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. Active Antz - Arts & Crafts: 11:00-12:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.90 per child (drop in). Inflatable soft play with arts & crafts. Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 12:30-18:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

Aqualight Babies Swimming Class

10:00-12:30T at Daventry Hill Hydrotherapy Pool, Daventry Hill School NN11 0QE. Emie: 01604 830405; For 0 - 4s, £10.99 per session (book by 10-week term). Teaching with respect, love & knowledge.

Boogie Beanies

10:30-11:30TH at Daventry Town Football Club, Browns Road NN11 4NS. Amanda: 0776 673 1542; For 0 - 5s, per child (drop in). Entertainment show & cake!

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Play & Learn Under 5s 14/09/2017 14:34 14:00-15:30TH at Daventry Library, North Street NN11 4GH. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 4s, FREE. East Haddon East Haddon Mums and Tots

9:30-11:00T at The Pavilion, East Haddon Playing Fields, (turning opposite The Red Lion Pub) NN6 8BU. Kirsten: 01604 770339; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). Toys, meet new friends & snacks inc.1st visit free.

Long Buckby Postnatal Yoga for Mother & Baby

10:00-11:00T at Long Buckby Community Centre NN6 7QB. 07950 573719; For 0s, £24 (book by 4-week term). For mothers & babies from birth to crawling.

Long Buckby Library Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Long Buckby Library, Station Road NN6 7QB. 0300 126 1000; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Sing and Sign Baby Signing

13:15-14:15TH at Long Buckby Community Centre, 41 Station Road NN6 7QB. Jenny: 07985 523113; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (book by 10-week term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech.

Welton Welton Baby & Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at Welton Village Hall NN11 2JP. 07811 882540; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). Lots of fun, music & crafts.

Friday

Brixworth Brixworth Library

Rhymetime: 10:20-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s Play and Learn for Under 5s: 10:30-11:30TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in). at Brixworth Library, Spratton Road NN6 9DS. 0300 126 1000. FREE (drop in).

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Daventry Timken Tots (NCT Daventry)

Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 8:0011:30T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. Active Antz: 10:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.40 per child (drop in). Inflatable soft play session for under 5s. Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 12:3018:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

Everyone Active Daventry Leisure Centre

10:30-11:30TH at Daventry Brass Band Hall, Daneholme Close NN11 0PN. Amanda: 0776 673 1542; For 0 - 5s, per child (drop in). Every 1st & 3rd Saturday.

9:15-10:15T at The Old School, Church Street NN6 7TP. 07920 537399; For 0 - 5s, £2 per child (drop in). For 6mths+.

10:00-12:00T at Run by Daventry NCT, Mayfield Park Sports Club NN11 9FZ. 07715 558185; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (donation). A friendly drop in group run by local parents. All welcome.

Boogie Beanies

Active Antz - Arts & Crafts: 10:3012:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £2.90 per child (drop in). Inflatable soft play with arts & crafts. Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 12:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 16:00-18:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

Long Buckby Pre-School Ballet Classes

8:45-9:30T at Sarah Cooke School of Dance, Long Buckby Community Centre NN6 7QB. 02476511387; For 2 - 4s, £3.75 per class (book by term).

Birth Preparation Workshops

10:00-13:00T at Lizzy Giles NN6. 07950 573719; For bump - 0s, £50 (please book). Workshops for expectant mums and partners.

Upper Boddington Love Ballet Dance Company

Play and Learn for Under 1s

Prima Ballerinas Dance Classes: 9:009:45TH; For 3 - 5s, per class (book by term). Ballet for 3-5s. £34 per term. Gymnastics Classes: 9:45-10:15TH; For 4 - 5s, (book by term). Handstands, rolls, bridges etc £28 per term. at Upper Boddington Village Hall, Warwick Road NN11 6DH. Lorraine: 07921 853773.

14:00-15:00TH at Daventry Library, North Street NN11 4GH. 0300 126 1000; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

Gymnastics Classes

17:00-17:30TH at LoveBallet Dance Company, Nene Hall, Tamar Square NN11 4RB. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Handstands, bridges, cartwheels£28 p/term.

Woodford Halse Rhymetime for Under 5s

Great Brington Brington Mums and Tots

11:30-12:00TH at Woodford Halse Library, Village Hall NN11 3RL. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Check session is on before attending.

10:00-11:30T at Great Brington Reading Rooms, Great Brington NN7 4JD. For 0 - 3s, (drop in).

Sunday

Long Buckby Long Buckby Stay and Play

9:30-11:30T at Long Buckby Community Centre, 41 Station Road NN6 7QB. 07880 543927; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 per session (drop in). Small friendly play group with lots of activities & crafts.

Long Buckby Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Long Buckby Library, Station Road NN6 7QB. 0300 126 1000; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Moulton Play and Learn for 0-5s

14:00-15:00TH at Moulton Library @, Moulton Community Centre - Sandy Hill NN3 7AX. 0300 126 1000; For 0 - 5s, FREE.

Welford Welford Mums & Tots Group

9:30-11:00TH at Welford Mums & Tots, Welford Community Centre NN6. 07981 197855 or 07748 108202; For 0 - 5s, £2 per child (drop in). 1st session free. 50p per sibling.

Woodford Halse Woodford Halse Baby and Toddler Playgroup

9:30-11:30T at Woodford Halse Children Centre, Scrivens Hill NN11 3SU. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Tea, coffee and snacks included.

Saturday

Daventry Kids Run Free Race Event & Fun Days

Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 8:00-11:00T; For 0 - 5s, £4.95 per session (book by term). Call for times & booking. Play World - Indoor Soft Play: 8:00-18:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £2.35 per session (drop in). Please call before attending. at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Road NN11 4FP. 01327 871144.

8:45-10:30TH at The Recreation Ground, Welton Rd NN11 0PP. For 0 - 5s, (please book). 1st Sat of mth. Enter at kidsrunfree.co.uk.

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