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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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Halloween Fun

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Wh at ‘s N ew ? What’s new for bumps, babies & toddlers in the Warwickshire area

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Experience Gymboree Music This Autumn

Fast becoming a favourite for many families, the awardwinning Gymboree are once again running music classes for babies aged 4 months to crawling. Learn musical elements such as rhythm, beat and tempo, whilst supporting your little one's speech and language development. Book a FREE taster class today and take your baby on a stimulating, learning journey into the colourful and animated world of Gymboree Music. For details, call 07881 892 686 or email warwick@gymboree-uk.com. P.48

Crafty Sessions with Georgia's Besbotique 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.rugratsandhalfpints.com. P.28

Paint & Glaze Open Events

Pop along to enjoy some pottery painting or some hand and footprints at these events: Manor Farm, Catthorpe: Thursday 26 Oct & 30 Nov 2017, 10.30 am-12.30pm Blooms Garden Centre cafe, Rugb y: Sunday 29 Oct, 19 Nov & 10 Dec, 1-4p m Olivia's Coffee House, Rugby: Tuesday 3 Oct, 7 Nov & 5 Dec 2017, 9.30-11.30am No need to book - just drop in. All ages welcome! Contact Emma on 01788 560 771. www.paintandglaze.co.uk/events /. PaintandGlaze. P.32 4 Oct-Dec 2017 Toddle About

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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, drops that can be used instantly and to breast them Add free. ur flavo and preservative £2 Save ing. feed to milk or infant formula prior Co-Lactase Care on Nov 7th – Oct 11th the from nationwide Infant Drops with Boots, available and online for only £8.00. P.20

New Primary Spanish and French Clas ses

After October half term BilinguaSing will be launching a new Spanish and French class for ages 4-7 years (Reception & KS1 pupils) on Saturday mornings at The Gap Com munity Centre in Warwick: 9.45-10.30am - ¡Vamos! (Spanish) 10.45-11.30am - On y va ! (French) To book a FREE taster class email mel@bilinguasing.com or book a trial online at www.bilinguasing.com. P.43

D Brand New Banana Drama from LWA

Selecting a pre-school activity can be tricky. Most of the time we choose ones that are convenient, the right but we often spend hours selecting D has LWA at ifer Jenn Miss ol. scho or ery nurs course and a Dram na Bana ial developed the spec for 2-4 year it's definitely worth checking out. Just entration olds to develop their imagination, conc es run on class fun, ive creat and, most of all, to have Street, High 54 at m, :15a 0-11 10:3 s, sday Thur with any Leamington Spa. Call 01926 887780 questions and to book a free trial. www.lwad.co.uk. P.7

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t AGAIN Dandy Development, the uniq ue baby and toddler class that combines baby sign, music and sensory fun, is a finalist in the 'Best Independent Activity for the Under 5's' category at the prestigious 'What's On 4' national awards. Being a finalist is special recognition as the awa rds are entirely voted for by parents. Dandy has pre viously won at the WO4 Awards in 2012, 201 3 and 2015 and Nikki and DandyLion find out on 4th October if they have won again! Dandy is run all over Warwickshire, all through the week. For more informa tion visit www.dandydevelopment .co.uk. P.18 er Arty Splats Warwickshire's New Own

Arty Splats would like to introduce the new owner of their Warwickshire franchise - Jen! Having worked with teenagers and adults in previous roles, Jen ge and has decided it's time to take the plun has loads She le. peop tiny zing ama with work including in store for the new Autumn Term n on the Space Adventures, Dinosaurs and Dow or call plats artys ire@ icksh warw act Farm. Cont And don't 07814 192436 to arrange a free trial. an exclusive forget that Toddle About readers get P.13 es. class nal ratio inspi discount for these

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At Shortland Horne, they know life with young children is hectic enough – throw in a house move on top of a busy day-to-day schedule and it can all seem more than a little daunting! The friendly team at Shortland Horne have helped thousands of people to find their perfect home, get the right price for their existing house and smoo thed the way to move into the perfect new hom e. Let them help you to find the family home that’ s just right for you and yours - chat to them in Cove ntry on 02476 222 123 or Leamington on 0192 6 356 453 or email sales@shortland-horne.co.uk . P.23

Amazing New Cookery Parties

Kiddy Cook offer parties for 2-11-year olds that are tailor-made to suit your child. A few of their most popular parties are the teddy bears picnic, pizza making parties, kitchen science parties (where children get involved with food experiments) and es on a ‘Gastro Kids’ which is themed and focus also feature particular world cuisine. The parties nd food and fun activities and games based arou meaning ess, endl are cooking. The possibilities day party birth ue uniq truly a have can child your 8 080220, 0738 act cont info, experience! For more ycook.co.uk. 07775 731493 or warwickshire@kidd Visit www.kiddycook.co.uk. P.9

Do You Have an Inquisitive Child?

A new and exciting baby, toddler and pre-school programme has arrived in Warwickshire this Autumn. Join Inquisitive Thinkers as they explore, experiment, investigate and create with science, covering the full STEM curriculum. Each week provides an inspiring environment where you and your child can spend quality time together having fun, through hands -on, practical play. Classes run on a Tuesday in Leamington Spa and a Wednesday in Rugby. To find out more, visit www.inquisitivethinkers.co.uk or contact Jayne on 07730 437695 or enquiries@inquisitivethinkers.co.uk. P.40

YogaBellies Classes for Mums & Toddlers

YogaBellies for Mum & Toddler classes allow mum to enjoy her own yoga practice around her active toddler. While mum is practising her sun salutes, baby may be playing with the other children or exploring the treasure chest... and when baby starts to become restless, the class jumps over to their 'Little Angels' yoga for mobile babies. So both mum and baby can enjoy all of the benefits of yoga in a welcoming, fun and safe environment. All levels of yoga practitioner are welcome, along with their little people! For more info, contact silvia@yogabellies.co.uk. P.11

Emergency Childcare in Warwickshire

Should you find yourself needing emergency or short term/ad hoc daytime childcare or evening babysitting in your home or hotel, Nanna can supply their own employees to help. Advance booking is recommended, but they are often able to help at very short notice. All of their nannies are DBS, reference and identity checked and interviewed face to face. They all have experience and/or qualifications and most hold a first aid certificate. The hourly rate includes insurance and payroll costs (minimum booking 3 hours). Contact 01788 422522 or info@nanna.uk.com. www.nanna.uk.com. P.13

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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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MORE THAN JUST A MESS Messy Play might look like just a chance to play and get mucky, but it is actually a huge educational opportunity. Messy play can often conjure up negative images and can be seen as stressful and hard work for adults, both at home and in childcare settings. Looking beyond the mess, it is well documented by education experts, such as Bernadette Duffy, that messy play makes a huge contribution to babies’ and pre-schoolers’ cognitive and creative development. Engaging in high quality messy play experiences also helps children’s development towards their Early Learning Goals as set out by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Messy play involves children using all of their senses in the process of exploration in which they use materials to manipulate and mould. Messy play is unique as it offers all children a chance to explore rich textural experiences regardless of language, age or ability. There is no right way to engage with the materials on offer so all children can feel part of a group. This type of play benefits all babies and preschoolers but is also

recommended by professionals such as dieticians to address ‘fussy eating’ and sensory processing issues. During messy play, babies and pre-schoolers are given creative freedom. As they explore materials they develop independence, initiative, problem solving, risk taking and confidence – all essential traits for future learning. High quality messy play experiences provide hands on learning at its very best and this exploration helps to satisfy children’s innate curiosity about the world.

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Messy play offers under 5s an opportunity to work on so many areas of their development, at their own pace and in their own way. Messy play by its nature is excellent for promoting personal, social and emotional development. This type of play is led by the child and at Arty Splats we see huge advances in children’s confidence, self-esteem and concentration. This type of play also provides unique opportunities for communication and language development as they develop vocabulary to describe the materials they are engaging with and babies and pre-schoolers have a wonderful opportunity to develop their mark making in engaging and interesting ways.

Messy play can even promote Mathematical Development! In Arty Splats sessions, we use it to provide hands on experiences of measuring, weighing, counting, sorting objects and looking at patterns and shapes. Messy play provides an excellent opportunity for under 5s to work on their fine motor skills and pincher grip too which are essential for handwriting. Big ‘active art’ opportunities also provide children with an opportunity to work on their gross motor skills which are also crucial for the development of handwriting. During messy play babies and preschoolers are offered an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of the world as they explore a range of materials and this can spark their curiosity about the world around them. How is gloop solid and then a liquid? What do we have to do to turn solid gloop into a liquid? You can engage your little one in messy play activities at home or in the garden, and your child will always benefit. Remember to plan ahead, have fun – and don’t worry about the mess for once!

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When we released the first edition of Toddle About back in January 2010, our goal was – as it still is – to help families love life with little ones. That goal hasn’t changed – but the world moves on around us. Technology pervades our lives more and more each year, and we are embracing these advances so that Toddle About can do more for you than ever before.

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 have a big vision. We want Toddle About to make it easier for you to do more of the things you love with your family and friends. We are already working towards this, and the first piece of the jigsaw is to totally revamp the Toddle About website.

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!):

Currently, our website helps you to find things to do with your tots - you can plug in your postcode and Toddle About will tell you what’s on offer for little ones near you. And this is just the very beginning. Watch this space! There’s lots more to come.

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(Part of a series of articles on children’s emotional well-being by Play Therapy UK).

HIDE AND SEEK AS THERAPY Children of all ages love to play hide-andseek and it can play a very powerful role in their emotional development. When parents play Peekaboo, this facilitates attunement and attachment – showing her baby, with a loving gaze, that she understands and meets their needs. When the mother disappears in the game, the infant may experience both anxiety and the pleasurable anticipation of reunion with her. This, in turn, increases the infant’s capacity to tolerate separation. Interestingly, when children are referred for therapy, they often initiate hide-and-seek games over and over again. As hide-and-seek games consist of separating and reuniting, it is likely that the child’s attachment schema is triggered. The repetition of this game allows the opportunity for the connection and comfort of face-to-face relationships that they may have missed out on. For children who have experienced attachment difficulties, trauma, anxiety and loss, hide-and-seek games are extremely important. The children initiate this game so they will be found and thereby begin to heal wounds of feeling ‘left’, ‘abandoned’, ‘bad’ or ‘unimportant’.

Warning - Hide-And-Seek is not for all children For children who have suffered more severe abuse or neglect, hide-and-seek can be a negative experience full of fear, shame, guilt and intense anxiety - in effect, a repetition of the trauma they have already suffered. Imagine, for example, a child who may have had to hide so as not to be beaten. In his or her case, hiding was a means of survival and being found was a threat that meant pain and abuse. Hideand-seek games might still play a role in the therapy for a child like this, but the way they play will be very different. For example, they may hide and not want to be found, or insist on being found only on their terms. In such cases, hide-andseek games are about gaining back a semblance of the personal control that has been lost through abuse. For details on career opportunities and training as a Play Therapist, visit www.playtherapy.org.uk

Find Registered Play Therapists at www.playtherapyregister.org.uk By Jeff Thomas – Registrar, Play Therapy UK

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Controversy Corner

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LET’S TALK ABOUT

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.

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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.

Stephanie Nimmo is the author of Was this in the Plan? published by Hashtag Press, September 2017, £12.99. She has written for The Guardian, Mumsnet, The Independent and The Huffington Post as well as being featured on BBC Ouch!, the BBC’s disability channel. Far from being a misery memoir, Was this in the Plan? is a frank, open and no-holds-barred account of how a family was determined not just to survive but to thrive when the odds were against them. It will make you question your own attitude to life and how you choose to respond when unexpected events throw you off course. 22 Oct-Dec 2017 Toddle About

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Santa? Santa’s Grotto Sat 9th December, 2 - 4pm. Visit Santa in his Alpine Grotto. Enjoy Christmas Crafts in the gallery all serenaded by a brass quintet from Royal Spa Brass. Explore the library and gallery with a Children’s Christmas Trail with a prize draw. Free Event. Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AA. www.warwickdc.gov.uk/ royalpumprooms

Christmas at Coughton Sat 25th November - Sun 3rd December, 10am - 3.15pm. The house is decorated in a traditional style with Christmas trees and decorations. The Oak Room is transformed into Father Christmas’ office and at weekends children can visit him for a small charge. General Admission charges apply. Coughton Court, National Trust, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5JA www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ coughton-court

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Christmas At The Castle Sat 9th - Sun 10th December, 10am - 4pm. Immerse yourself in all things festive at this weekend of Christmas fun. Enjoy crafts and storytelling and for all those who have been good this year, come and meet the very special guest in his grotto. £10.70 adults & £6.40 children. Kenilworth Castle, Castle Green, Kenilworth, CV8 1NG. www.english-heritage.org.uk/ kenilworth

Visit Santa! Friday 24 November – Saturday 23 December, 10am - 4pm. Journey to Lapland on this magical moving ride, pulled by two trusty reindeer. Meet Santa, tell him your Christmas wishes and receive a special gift. This enchanting vintage sleigh ride has delighted families for generations – come along and make it part of your Christmas traditions. £5 per child. Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry CV1 1JD www.transport-museum.com

Meet Santa at the National Sea Life Centre Sat 25th Nov - Sat 23rd Dec. Come to the North Pole of the Midlands in Sealife Centre’s Antarctic Ice Cave and meet Santa by the cheeky Gentoo Penguins in the exclusive setting of the breath-taking, chilly Ice Adventure area. From £12.75 per person online, included with entry. National Sea Life Centre, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HL www.sealife.co.uk/ birmingham

Christmas at Charlecote Sat 2nd & every weekend in December up to Christmas Visit Charlecote Park and see it dressed for a Victorian Christmas. On weekends, enjoy hot mulled wine and Christmas music or visit Father Christmas in the Summerhouse with your wishlist. £5 per child. General Admission charges apply. Charlecote, National Trust, Warwick CV35 9ER www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ charlecote-park

Some events must be pre-booked and event details are correct at time of printing but may change, please check before attending.

Give Kids a Christmas! As cold weather sets in, incomes shrink and prices rise, Trussell Trust foodbanks will need to give emergency food to tens of thousands of families in crisis this Christmas. Please help foodbanks give Christmas foodboxes to families by donating food and festive treats at your local foodbank. To find your local Foodbank visit www.trusselltrust.org or call 01722 580 180. 26 Oct-Dec 2017 Toddle About

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Ultimate beef hotpot with gnocchi dumplings

n um e t u A cip Re What you need:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil • 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced • 2 carrots, peeled and diced • 2 parsnips, peeled and diced • 400 g/14 oz braising steak, cut into bite-sized pieces • 450 ml/16 fl oz reduced-salt beef stock

Serves 4-6 people

• 1 tablespoon tomato purée • 1 long rosemary sprig • 1 bay leaf • 100 g/3½ oz drained canned green lentils • 500 g/1 lb 2 oz ready-made gnocchi • 30 g/1 oz mature Cheddar cheese, grated • Green vegetables, to serve

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.

The Orange One features more than 100 easy-to-make, delicious family recipes ranging from speedy mid-week meals to crowd-pleasers for family parties. With five chapters organised by mealtime, each recipe has been developed to ensure the perfect balance for little ones and grown-ups alike, with a handy meal planner and special adaptations available for those going through weaning. The Orange One is available at £14.99 from Amazon, and is published by Octopus.

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Enter your name into our free prize draw to win a family ticket to meet Santa in his Antarctic Grotto from the 25th November to 23rd December 2017, worth over £70 Enter at www.toddle.club/sealifesanta

Plus, don’t miss Sea Life’s underwater Christmas tree located in the amazing 360 Ocean Tunnel, and discover how staff make sure all creatures have a very Merry Fish-mas! All this plus meeting Santa and a free gift from the man himself is included within all admission tickets for the perfect festive experience this holiday season.

Competition ends midnight Sun 26th November 2017. All guests at the National Sea Life Centre can meet Santa with his North Pole neighbours - the Gentoo Penguins - in the chilly Ice Adventure area this winter. The resident family of Gentoo penguins are a firm favourite with visitors of all ages and the lovable waddling birds have expanded their numbers this year with the addition of the aquarium’s first ever Gentoo penguin chicks, born in June.

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Daily Activity Planner

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Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for families with bumps - 5s in Warwickshire, including Warwick, Leamington Spa, Rugby, Kenilworth, Southam, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shipston-on-Stour and surrounding areas 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.

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Rugby

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10:00-11:00TH at Overslade Community Centre, 68 Buchanan Road CV22 6AY. 07702 810251; For 0 - 1s, £5.70 per session (please book).

Brownsover Baby Group

13:30-15:00T at Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre, Wetherell Way CV21 1LT. 01788 570347; For 0s, £1 per family (donation). Group for Non Walkers.Call to ensure group running.

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10:00-10:30T at Water Babies, Rugby School, Horton Crescent CV22 5DJ. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per session (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Cawston

Toddle Time

9:30-11:00T at Cawston Grange Children’s Centre, Cawston Grange Primary School CV22 7GU. 01788 817723; For 1 - 3s, £1 (donation). Walking-under 3.Call to check group running.

Twins or More

10:30-12:00T at Rugby Methodist Church, Russelheim Way CV22 7TB. For 0 - 5s.

Songs and Stories

Love Ballet Dance Company

10:30-11:30T at St Andrews Church, Church Street CV21 3PT. For 0 - 4s, £2.50 per session (donation). Musical fun and story time.

Prima Ballerinas & Little Tappers: 15:45-16:30TH; For 3 - 5s, (please book). A ballet and tap class little ones will enjoy. Pre Syllabus Ballet & Tap: 16:3017:15T; For 5 - 7s, (please book). Funky Dance Classes: 17:1517:45TH; For 3 - 7s, (book by term). A lively fun & energetic class. at Love Ballet Dance Company at Cawston Community Hall CV22 7GU. Lorraine: 07921 853773.

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11:00-11:30T at Rugby Library, Little Elborow Street CV21 3BZ. 0300 555 8171; For 2 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

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10:00-13:00TH at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic lesson programme and passionate teachers!

Long Lawford

Dandy Development Class

10:00-12:00T at Long Lawford Memorial Hall CV23 9BA. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Baby Group

14:00-15:00T at Long Lawford Children’s Centre, The Hut, Long Lawford Primary School CV23 9AL. 01788 568554; For 0s, £1 per session (donation). Check group in running.For Non Walkers.£1 donation.

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Stay & Play

9:30-11:00TH at Newbold Riverside Children’s Centre, Newbold Riverside Primary School CV21 1EH. 01788 568554; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). Contact centre to ensure group is on.

Overslade

Inner Peace Hatha Yoga

9:30-11:00T at Overslade Community Centre, 68 Buchanan Road CV22 6AY. Leigh: 0794 127 9343; £10 per class (prebooked). £13 drop in (space permitting). Ages: 16+.

11:15-12:30T at Overslade Community Centre, 68 Buchanan Road CV22 6AY. Leigh: 0794 127 9343; £200 (book by term). Email leigh@innerpeaceyoga.co.uk or visit www.innerpeaceyoga.co.uk.

NCT Tiddlers and Toddlers

13:30-15:00TH at Newbold Village Hall, Newbold Road CV21 1EL. Branch.Rugby@ nct.org.uk; For bump - 5s, £2 per family (donation). Different activities each week.

Tuesday Brownsover

Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre Breastfeeding Support Group: 13:1514:45T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Health Visitor Clinic: 13:15-14:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). at Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre, Wetherell Way CV21 1LT. 01788 570347. Call centre before attending.

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Cawston

Stay & Play

9:30-11:00TH at Cawston Grange Children’s Centre, Scholars Drive CV22 7GU. 01788 817723; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Call centre to ensure group running.£1 contribution.

Inner Peace Hatha Yoga

19:30-21:00T at Cawston Community Hall, Scholar’s Drive CV22 7GU. Leigh: 0794 127 9343; £10 per class pre-booked, £13 drop in (space permitting). Ages: 16+.

Church Lawford

Award winning Baby Signing classes with TinyTalk Warwickshire. Learn to communicate with your baby before they can speak!

Barby

Chatterbox

Signing, singing, sensory play & social time!

www.tinytalk.co.uk

NCT Yoga for Pregnancy

Wednesday

For babies up to 2 years. Dunchurch & Rugby classes. To secure a place email victoriac@tinytalk.co.uk

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

Bilton

Bilton Evangelical Parent & Toddler Group

18:30-20:30TH at Church Lawford Village Hall, School Street CV23 9EE. 07855 817860; For bump, £8 per class (please book).

10:00-11:30T at Bilton Evangelical Church, Main Street CV22 7NQ. 01788 817326; For 0 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Coventry

Water Babies Swimming Classes

14:00-15:30T at Water Babies, Holiday Inn Coventry, M6 Junction 2, Hinckley Road CV2 2HP. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

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Swim Works Swim Centre

Aqua Tums Post Natal Class: 9:4510:30TH; For 0s, (please book). Post natal aqua yoga class. Swim Works Preschool Classes: 10:00-15:30TH; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic programme & passionate teachers! at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028.

Call or email Emma for more information or to book your own party. emma@paintandglaze.co.uk 01788 560771

Cawston

Little Thinkers

Yoga for Babies, Toddlers & Children

CMY

Long Lawford C

13:30-15:00TH at Long Lawford Children’s Centre, Long Lawford Primary School CV23 9AL. For 0 5s, £1 per family (donation). Call to ensure group is running. CMY

Newbold

Baby Group

9:30-10:30T at Newbold Riverside Children’s Centre, Newbold Riverside Primary School CV21 1EH. 01788 568554; For 0s, £1 donation (drop in). Non Walkers.

Overslade

Birthlight Pregnancy Yoga

17:45-19:15T at Cawston Community Hall, 1 Scholar’s Drive CV22 7GU. Leigh: 0794 127 9343; £10 per class (book by term). £10 per class pre-booked,£13 drop in(space permitting).From 14 wks-birth.

Rugby

9:00-11:00T at The Salvation Army, Bennfield Road CV21 2AS. 01788 542347; For 0 - 3s, £1 per child (drop in).

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CV23 0LS. 07702 810251; For 0 - 1s, £5.70 per session (please book).

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The Salvation Army Sunbeams Toddler Group

Brinlow

TinyTalk at Brinklow Join us at various locations around Rugby or book your own event. 14:00-15:00TH Community Hall, 41 Broadstreet

Hillmorton

Stay & Play

13:30-15:00TH at Claremont Children’s Centre, Claremont Rd CV21 3LU. 01788 579488; For 0 5s, £1 per family (donation). Call centre to ensure group on.

Yoga, movement and relaxation for toddlers & children Free Trial Session

Baby yoga, baby massage, post-natal yoga & relaxation t: 07738 630 862 e: natalie@kidzloveyoga.co.uk Health Visitor Clinic

9:15-10:30TH at Oakfield Children’s Centre at Christian Life Centre CV21 2JE. 01788 547368; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Little Kickers

9:25-12:00TH at Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive CV22 7GU. 01327 700153; For 1 - 4s, per child (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

Oakfield Children’s Centre

Stay & Play: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £1 donation per family (drop in). Baby Group: 13:30-15:00T; For 0s, £1 donation (drop in). For Non Walkers. at Oakfield Children’s Centre, Oakfield Road CV22 6AU. 01788 547368.

11:20-12:10T at Cawston Community Hall, Caswton CV22 7GU. 07730 437695; For 3 - 5s, £65 (book by term). Explore,experiment,investigate & create with science.

Health Visitor Clinic

9:15-10:30TH at Cawston Grange Children’s Centre, Cawston Grange Primary School, CV22 7GU. 01788 817723; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call centre to check session on.

Inquisitive Thinkers

Inquisitive Toddlers: 9:3010:10T; For 1 - 2s, £60 per term. Advanced Inquisitive Toddlers: 10:20-11:05T; For 2 - 3s, £62 per term. Inquisitive Babies: 12:25-13:00T; For 0 1s, £58 per term. at Cawston Community Hall, Cawston CV22 7GU. 07730 437695. Explore, experiment, investigate & create with science.

Lionhearts Baby & Toddler Group

13:30-15:00TH at St Marks Church, Church Walk CV22 7GU. For 0 - 5s, FREE.

Coventry

Water Babies Swimming Classes

15:30-16:30T at Water Babies, RNIB Pears Centre CV7 9RA. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

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Swim Works Swim Centre

Little Splashers Swimming Classes

Swim Works Preschool Classes: 10:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic programme & passionate teachers! Aqua Tums Post Natal Class: 10:15-11:00 & 18:45-19:30TH; For 0s, (please book). Post natal aqua yoga class. Aqua Tums Pre-natal Class: 19:3020:15TH; For bump, (please book). Ante-natal Aqua Yoga class for pregnancy. at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028.

10:30-11:30TH at Hilton Hotel, Walsgrave Triangle CV2 2ST. 01788 568503; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Water Babies

15:45-18:45T at Water Babies, Sherbourne Fields School CV6 1PR. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

St George’s Magic Dragon Parent & Toddler Group

Dunchurch

13:30-15:00T at St Georges Church Hall, St Johns Avenue CV22 5HR. Carol: 01788 544630; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 (drop in). See www.stgeorgesrugby.org.uk.

Tinytalk

12:15-13:15 & 13:45-14:45TH at Dunchurch Sportsfield & Village Hall, Rugby Road CV22 6PN. 07702 810251; For 0 - 1s, £5.70 per session (please book).

Long Lawford Stay & Play

Pre-School Ballet Classes

9:30-11:00TH at Long Lawford Children’s Centre, Long Lawford Primary School CV23 9AL. For 0 5s, £1 per family (donation). Call to ensure group is running.

14:45-15:30T at Dunchurch Methodist Church Hall, Cawston Lane CV22 6QF. 02476511387; For 2 - 5s, £3.50 per class (book by term).

Newbold

Hillmorton

Health Visitor Clinic

Swim Works Swim Centre

13:15-14:45TH at Newbold Riverside Children’s Centre, Newbold Riverside Primary School CV21 1EH. 01788 568554; For 0 5s, FREE (drop in).

Thursday

Rugby

Bilton

9:15-11:30T at St Marie Catholic Church, Dunchurch Road. Angie: 01788 333271; For bump - 5s, £1 (donation). Drop in for crafts, singing & fun.

16:30-18:10TH at Rugby High School, Longrood Road CV22 7RE. 01327 700153; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

St Maries Little Angels

Little Kickers

Coffee Break

9:15-10:45T at St Matthew and St Oswald’s Church, Lawford Road CV22 7BE. 01788 330440; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family. Fun and friendly group.

Rhyme Time

9:30-10:00 & 11:00-11:30T at Rugby Library, Little Elborow Street CV21 3BZ. 0300 555 8171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Kidz & Babies Love Yoga

Parent and Toddler Yoga: 12:30-13:15TH; For babies on the move & toddlers. Babies Love Yoga Classes: 13:30-14:30T; For babies from 8 weeks to crawling. at Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive CV22 7GU. Kidz Love Yoga: 07738 630862.

Baby Group - Non Walkers

13:30-15:00T at Claremont Children’s Centre, Claremont Rd CV21 3LU. 01788 579488; For 0s, £1 per family (donation). Call centre to check group on.

Wolston

Rhyme Time

14:30-15:00TH at Wolston Library & Children’s Centre, Warwick Road CV8 3GX. 01788 817723; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

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Brandon

Nature Tots

10:30-12:00T at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane CV3 3GW. 024 7630 2912; For 1 - 4s, £3 per session (please book). Please call to book your place.

Brownsover

Kangas ‘n’ Roos Toddlers Group 9:00-11:00T at Brownsover Community School, Webb Drive CV23 0UP. 01788 547660; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family.

Toddle Time

9:30-11:00T at Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre, Wetherell Way CV21 1LT. 01788 570347; For 1 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in). Walking-Under 3. Call to ensure running.

Cawston

Dandy Development Classes

10:00-12:00TH at Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive CV22 7GU. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music & sensory.

In the Water

Music & Singing

Physical Fun

Swim Works Preschool Classes: 9:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic lesson programme and passionate teachers! Aqua Tums Pre-natal Class: 19:3020:15TH; For bump, (please book). Ante-natal Aqua Yoga class for pregnancy. at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028.

Inner Peace Hatha Yoga

19:30-21:00T at St. George’s Church Hall, Hillmorton CV22 5HR. Leigh: 0794 127 9343; £10 per class pre-booked, £13 drop in (space permitting). Ages: 16+.

Newbold Little Stars

9:15-11:00T at Newbold Methodist Church Hall, Main Street CV21 1HH. For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Stay & Play

13:30-15:00TH at Newbold Riverside Children’s Centre, Newbold Riverside Primary School CV21 1EH. 01788 568554; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). Contact centre to ensure group is on.

Rugby

Messy Matters

9:30-11:00T at Dixon Hall, Vicarage Road CV22 7AJ. 01788 547368; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). Call centre to ensure group is on.

Tiny Tots

9:30-11:15TH at Tiny Tots, Rugby Methodist Church Centre CV22 7TB. Miriam: 07801802718; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 (drop in).

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Saturday

Claremont Children’s Centre

Toddle Time: 9:30-11:00T; For 1 - 3s, (drop in). Walking-under 3s. Call to check group on. £1 donation. Breastfeeding Support Group: 13:30-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call to check on. Health Visitor Clinic: 13:3015:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call centre to check on. at Claremont Children’s Centre, Claremont Rd CV21 3LU. 01788 579488.

Bilton

Little Kickers

8:30-12:15TH at Rugby High School, Longrood Road CV22 7RE. 01327 700153; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18 mths+.

Rugby Classes Tuesday & Saturday Mornings Call Antony / Lynne on 01327 700153 lnewbould@littlekickers.co.uk

Coventry

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Water Babies

Fun football training from 18 months - 7th birthday - www.littlekickers.co.uk

Hatha Yoga Classes

Birthlight Pregnancy Yoga Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs Teaching since 1998 BilinguaSing BilinguaSing Spanish Class: 10:15- Call Leigh: 0794 127 9343 www.innerpeaceyoga.co.uk 12:00T; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge. BilinguaSing French Class: 11:15-12:00T; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge. at Overslade Community Centre, 68 Buchanan Road CV22 6AY. Mel: 07815 149877.

Dunchurch

Tadpoles

Hillmorton

10:30-11:30T at St Andrews Church, Church Street CV21 3PT. For 0 - 1s, £1 (donation). Babies & non-walkers.

Health Visitor Clinic

13:30-15:00TH at Oakfield Children’s Centre, Oakfield Road CV22 6AU. For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Please call centre to ensure group is on.

Friday Brownsover Stay & Play

9:30-11:00TH at Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre, Wetherell Way CV21 1LT. 01788 570347; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Call to check session running.

Cawston

Love Ballet Mini Movers Cawston 10:00-11:00T at Love Ballet Dance Company at Cawston Community Hall CV22 7GU. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 0 - 5s, £5 per class (please book).

Church Lawford TinyTalk

9:15-11:30TH at Church Lawford Village Hall, 27 School Street CV23 9EE. 07702 810251; For 0 - 2s, £5.70 per session (please book). Classes: 9.15am (for walkers up to 2 years) and 10.30am.

Coventry

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 10:30-12:30TH at Hilton Hotel, Walsgrave Triangle CV2 2ST. 01788 568503; For 0 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

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Boogie Beanies

11:00-12:00TH at Dunchurch Sportsfield & Village Hall, Rugby Road CV22 6PN. Amanda: 0776 673 1542; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Entertainment show & cake!

Little Acorns Baby & Toddler Group

10:00-11:30TH at Hillmorton Paddox Methodist Church, Dunsmore Avenue CV22 5HD. Miriam: 07801802718; For 0 5s, £1 per session (drop in).

Swim Works Preschool Classes

10:00-15:00TH at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic lesson programme and passionate teachers!

Long Lawford

Stay & Play Under 1s

13:30-15:00TH at Long Lawford Children’s Centre, Long Lawford Primary School CV23 9AL. For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Call to ensure group is running.

Rugby

Stay & Play

9:30-11:00TH at Claremont Children’s Centre, Claremont Rd CV21 3LU. 01788 579488; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (donation). Call centre to ensure group on.

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 10:00-11:00T at Oakfield School, Oakfield Road CV22 6AU. 01788 568503; For 1 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Rhyme Time

11:00-11:30T at Rugby Library, Little Elborow Street CV21 3BZ. 0300 555 8171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

8:30-10:00T at Water Babies, Holiday Inn Coventry, M6 Junction 2, Hinckley Road CV2 2HP. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

8:30-13:00T at Water Babies, Foxford Leisure Centre, Ansell Drive CV6 6BB. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:00-11:00TH at Hilton Hotel, Walsgrave Triangle CV2 2ST. 01788 568503; For 0 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

14:30-16:00T at Water Babies, RNIB Pears Centre CV7 9RA. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Hillmorton

Swim Works Preschool Classes

9:00-13:00TH at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic lesson programme and passionate teachers!

Rugby

Kids Run Free Race Event & Fun Days 8:45-10:30T at Whitehall Rec, Bruce Williams Way CV22 5LJ. For 0 - 5s, FREE per session (please book). Enter at kidsrunfree.co.uk. 1st Sat of month.

Rugbytots

9:00-11:00TH at Lawrence Sheriff School, Clifton Road CV21 3AG. Jim: 0845 313 6715; For 2 - 6s, £6.50 (please book). Rugby-based fun sports classes.

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:00-11:00T at Oakfield School, Oakfield Road CV22 6AU. 01788 568503; For 1 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Kidz Love Yoga and Movement

12:30-13:10T at Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive CV22 7GU. Natalie: 07738 630862; For 2 - 5s.

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Water Babies Swimming Classes

8:30-11:30T at Water Babies, Holiday Inn Coventry, M6 Junction 2, Hinckley Road CV2 2HP. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Funfilled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

10:00-12:30T at Water Babies, Foxford Leisure Centre, Ansell Drive CV6 6BB. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Dunchurch

Hillmorton

Swim Works Preschool Classes

9:00-13:00TH at Swim Works, High Street CV21 4EE. 01788 288028; For 0 - 4s, (please book). The best facilities, fantastic lesson programme and passionate teachers!

Rugby

Scrumkids Classes

9:00-13:45T at Bilton Grange School, Rugby Road CV22 6QU. 0845 094 9071; For 2 - 5s, £5 per class (please book). Rugby based sports sessions for 2-7 yrs.

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Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:00-11:30T at Oakfield School, Oakfield Road CV22 6AU. 01788 568503; For 1 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

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Monday

Southam Children’s Centre Baby Massage: 10:00-11:00T; For under 1s, £10 per course, call centre to book. Baby Play: 13:00-14:30T; For 0 1s, £1.50 per family (drop in). at Southam & District Children’s Centre, Arundel House CV47 0EP. 01926 810028.

Alcester

Alcester Children’s Centre

Stay & Play: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Twins and Multiple Birth: 13:3015:00TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). at Alcester Children’s Centre, St. Nicholas’ CofE Primary School B49 6AG. 01789 764093.

Alveston

Monkey Music

9:30-12:10T at Alveston Malt House, Alveston Village CV37 7QP. 01789 720289; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Harbury

Harbury Toddler Group

9:30-11:15TH at The Wight School (behind the library), High Street CV33 9HW. harburytoddlergroup@gmail.com; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 per child (drop in). Children under 9m go free. Not bank hols.

Henley in Arden Save a Baby’s Life

10:00-12:00T at Studley Children’s Centre at Henley Hub B95 6AF. 01527 850136; For 0s, (please book).

Kineton

Kineton Baby & Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at Kineton Village Hall, Mill Lane CV35 0LB. Rachel: 07772 035952; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 (drop in). £1.50 1st paying adult, 50p per child/add adult, under 6mths free.

Lighthorne Heath Boogie Tots

10:00-11:00TH at Lighthorne Heath Children’s’ Centre, Stratford Road CV33 9TW. 01926 691105; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Check group is running before attending.

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Priors Marston Mums & Tots Group

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

9:00-11:00T at St Leonard’s Church CV47 7RR. Shirley: 01327 260915; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

16:00-18:00TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Rd West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

Shipston-on-Stour

Stratford-upon-Avon

Toy Library: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Come & borrow some toys. Baby Massage: 13:30-15:00TH; For 2 - 6mths (please book). at Badger Valley Children’s Centre, Tilemans Lane CV36 4HP. 01608 664259.

Rosebird Baby Weigh & Play: 9:30-11:30TH; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). 2nd & 4th Mon. Baby Massage: 13:30-15:00T; For 0s, £10 per course, call centre to book. at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624.

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Stratford Children’s Centre

Pre-school Swimming Lessons

Inbetweenies

16:00-18:00T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times, call for more info & to book.

Snitterfield

Snitterfield Rag Tag Toddler Group

9:45-11:45T at Snitterfield Village Hall, Bearley Road CV37 0JH. Hilary: 01789 731246; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per child (drop in). 50p per each extra child.

Southam

Napton Playgroup

9:30-11:00T at Napton Village Hall, The Crescent CV47 8LS. 01926 812139; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). Playgroup for babies up to pre-school.

Baby Ballet Class

9:30-10:15T at Love Ballet Studios, Welsh Road East CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 1 - 4s, (please book). For 18m+, creative, imaginative ballet class.

In the Water

Music & Singing

Physical Fun

10:00-11:00T at Clopton and District Children’s Centre, Clopton Road CV37 6TE. 01789 414016; £1.50 per family (donation). For babies aged 6-9 mths. Call Centre for dates & further info.

Everyone Active Stratford

Swimming lessons: 9:00-18:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book. Active Antz: 10:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £3.85 per session (drop in). Mini Gymnastics: 16:00-17:00T; For 3 - 5s, £6.50 per child (please book). at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826.

Meet & Play

10:00-11:30TH at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (donation). Fun play for under 5 years.

Alderminster Tots

10:00-11:30T at Alderminster Village Hall, New Road CV37 8PE. For 0 - 4s, £2.50 per child (drop in). New activity each week. Toys, crafts, story time & stickers!

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Children’s Dance Classes

19:00-21:00T at Bump2baby Reality, 23 Bridgetown Road CV37 7JH. Helen: 01926 732143; For bump, FREE (please book). More at www.bump2babyreality.co.uk.

Held weekly in Bubbenhall, Dunchurch, Wellesbourne and Long Buckby!

Studley

Studley Children’s Centre

Introduction to Solid Foods: 10:00-11:30T; For 0s, FREE (drop in). Save a Baby’s Life: 10:00-12:15T; For 0 - 1s, FREE (please book). at Studley Children’s Centre, High Street B80 7HJ. 01527 850136.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons 15:00-18:00T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available, holiday times vary.

Tuesday Alcester

Talk and Play

10:00-11:00T at Alcester Children’s Centre, St. Nicholas’ CofE Primary School B49 6AG. 01789 764093; For 0 - 4s, FREE (please book).

• Pre-School Ballet and Movement class from age 2 • Ballet classes for all ages • Tap classes for all ages • Disco/Street dance classes

10:00-11:45T at Barford Memorial Hall, Church Street CV35 8EN. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Bishops Itchington Bump Info Evening

19:30-21:30T at The Greaves Club, Fisher Road CV47 2RE. Bronwyn: 07817 456 379; For bump. Runs monthly - please call for the next date.

Ettington

Cheeky Chimps Toddler Group

10:00-12:00T at Ettington Community Centre, Rogers Lane CV37 7SX. 07794 312783; For 0 - 4s, £2 per child (drop in).

Harbury

10:30-12:00TH at Tom Hauley Room, Harbury Church CV33 9EY. 01926 611914; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in). Group for mumsto-be, mums & dads to meet.

Baby Chatter Matters

10:00-11:00T at Lighthorne Heath Children’s’ Centre, Stratford Road CV33 9TW. 01926 691105; For 4 - 8mths. £10 per course, call centre to book.

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Toddler Chatter Matter

13:30-14:30TH at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624; For 0 - 1s, £10 (book by 6-week term). Call to book.

Everyone Active Stratford

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Dandy Development Class

Lighthorne Heath

9:30-11:30T at Croft House Pool, Banbury Road CV37 7NF. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

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Barford

Bumps and Bundles

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

To enrol please contact Sarah Cooke on

10:30-12:00TH at Alcester Children’s Centre at Bidford Church Rooms, Church Street B50 4DA. 01789 764093; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Baby Play term time only.

Shipston-on-Stour

Badger Valley Children’s Centre

Toy Library: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Come & borrow some toys. Health Visitor Clinic: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday. Stay and Play: 13:30-15:00T; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 donation (drop in). at Badger Valley Children’s Centre, Tilemans Lane CV36 4HP. 01608 664259.

Shipston Library Rhyme Time

10:45-11:15TH at Shipston Library, Church Street CV36 4AP. 0300 5558171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Pre-school Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times, call for more info & to book.

Southam

Health Visitor Clinic with Baby Play

9:30-11:30TH at Southam & District Children’s Centre, Arundel House CV47 0EP. 01926 810028; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month.

Rhyme Time

11:00-11:30T at Unit 9, Brewster’s Corner CV47 1PN. 01926 812 523; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

Prima Ballerinas Dance Classes: 16:00-16:30TH; For 3 - 4s, (book by term). Fun introduction to ballet. Free trials. Pre-Syllabus Ballet Classes: 16:30-17:15TH; For 5s, (book by term). Free trial available. at Love Ballet Studios, Insight Park CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773.

Stratford-upon-Avon

A well established dance school which has been offering classes for children and teenagers for over 13 years in Warwickshire.

Health Visitors Clinic with Baby Play

Love Ballet Dance Company

Swimming lessons: 9:0018:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book. Active Antz: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £3.85 per session (drop in). at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826.

Baby and Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Stratford-upon-Avon Methodist Church, Family Room CV37 6BG. For 0 - 2s. Check group on before attending.

Baby Play

10:30-11:30TH at Clopton and District Children’s Centre, Clopton Road CV37 6TE. 01789 414016; For 0s, £1.50 per family (donation). Sensory activities & singing.

The Croft Toddler Group

13:30-15:15T at The Croft Preparatory School, Alveston Hill CV37 7RL. 01789 293 795; For 1 - 3s, £2 per child. Fantastic facilities in a rural setting.

Health Visitors Clinic (0-5yr)

13:30-15:00TH at Clopton and District Children’s Centre, Stratford Healthcare Centre CV37 6NQ. 01789 414016; For 0 5s, FREE (drop in). 1st Tues of the month.

Studley

Child Health Clinic with Stay & Play

13:00-14:30TH at Studley Children’s Centre, High Street B80 7HJ. 01527 850136; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Stay & Play is term time only.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

16:00-18:00T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available, holiday times vary.

13:30-18:00TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

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Monkey Music

Trial Class

9:30-12:10T at Wellesbourne Sport & Community Gym, Loxley Close CV37 8QR. Claire:01789 415526; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

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Wednesday Alcester

GO4GOALS football sessions cover the following age groups; Age 2-11, Boys & Girls • 9.00am - 9.40am Leamington Spa Nursery & Pre School • 10.00am - 11.00am Leamington Spa Primary School • 10.30am - 11.30am Stratford Upon Avon Primary School • 11.40am - 12.20pm Stratford Upon Avon Nursery & Pre School Age 5-11, Boys & Girls (After school clubs, private sessions, birthday parties and school holiday camps)

Alcester Library Rhyme Time 10:30-11:00TH at Alcester Library, Priory Road B49 5DZ. 0300 5558171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Alcester Children’s Centre

Health Visitors Clinic with Baby Play: 13:30-15:00TH; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). 1st & 3rd Weds. Splat!: 13:30-15:00T; For 0 - 2s, £1.50 per family (drop in). 2nd & 4th Weds. at Alcester Children’s Centre, St. Nicholas’ CofE Primary School B49 6AG. 01789 764093.

Bishops Itchington

Health Visitor Clinic with Baby Play

For more information please contact Jason Davies on 07747 562 469 Email: jason@go4goals.co.uk www.go4goals.co.uk

13:00-14:45TH at Run by Southam CC at Early Years Centre, Poplar Road CV47 2RT. 01926 810028; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). 1st Wed of month.

Fenny Compton

Fenny Compton Tots Group

9:45-11:45T at Fenny Compton Village Hall, Memorial Road. 01295 770587; For 0 - 5s, £2 per session (drop in). £2 adult & child, 50p additional child. First time free.

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Studley Children’s Centre

Introduction to Solid Foods: 10:00-11:30T; For 0s, FREE (drop in). Child Health Clinic with Stay & Play: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Stay & Play is term time only. at Studley Children’s Centre @, Henley Hub B95 6AF. 01527 850136.

Baby Massage

10:00-11:30T at Lighthorne Heath Children’s’ Centre, Stratford Road CV33 9TW. 01926 691105; For 0s, For 8 weekscrawling. £10 per course, call centre to book.

9:30-18:00T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times,call for more info & to book.

Stratford-upon-Avon Swimming lessons

9:30-12:10T at The Soft Play Barn, Studley Garden Centre, Henley Road CV37 6BG. Claire:01789 415526; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Monkey Music

9:30-12:10T at Rosebird Community Hall, Shipston Road CV37 8LU. 01789 720289; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Stratford Children’s Centre

Baby Weigh & Play & Breastfeeding Support: 9:3011:00TH; For 0s, £1.50 per family (donation). Runs 1st & 3rd Weds of month. Introduction to Solid Foods: 11:15-12:30TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (please book). Runs 1st Weds. at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624.

BilinguaSing Spanish Class

10:00-11:45T at Stratford Garden Centre, Campden Road CV37 8LW. Mel: 07815 149877; For 1 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge.

BilinguaSing Spanish Class

Messy Explorers

16:00-18:00TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

Mappleborough Green

9:30-11:30T at New Room, Stratford Methodist Church CV37 6BG. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per session (drop in).

9:30-10:30TH at Love Ballet Studios, Welsh Road East CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 0 - 5s, (please book). A really fun, lively musical dance class.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

9:30-11:00T at Long Itchington Primary School, Stockton Road CV47 9QP. Amy: 07854 542015; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (donation). Tea/coffee, crafts, healthy snacks & songs.

Wesley Baby and Toddler Group

Baby Sensory

Mini Movers

9:30-11:00TH at Southam & District Children’s Centre, Arundel House CV47 0EP. 01926 810028; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Toys, crafts & singing.

Long Itchington Baby & Toddler Group

Baby Play: 10:00-11:00TH; For 0 - 1s, £1.50 per family (donation). Runs 2nd & 4th Weds, call for dates. Cook Together: 13:30-15:00T; For 1 - 5s, £10 (please book). £10 per course, call to check dates & book. at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624.

Southam

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Pre-school Swimming Lessons

9:30-11:00TH at The Link, Lindsay Walk CV47 2UH. 01926 691105; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Pls call to check running.

Lighthorne Heath

Monkey Music

Shipston-on-Stour

Stratford Children’s Centre

13:30-15:45TH at Rosebird Community Hall (nr Waitrose), Shipston Road CV37 8LU. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.50 per class (book by 10-week term). 14:45-15:30T at Rosebird Community Hall, Shipston Road CV37 8LU. Mel: 07815 149877; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge.

Studley

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

15:00-18:00T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available, call centre for info. Holiday times vary.

Wellesbourne Story Stomp

11:00-11:30TH at Wellesbourne Library, Kineton Road CV35 9NF. 01789 840528; For 2 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

9:00-18:30TH at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book.

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Thursday Alcester

Open Doors Toddler Group

9:45-11:30T at Alcester Methodist Church, Priory Rd B49 5DX. Elizabeth: 07837 216691; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). With toys, soft play and crafts. 1st session free.

Bop Tots

10:00-11:00T at Alcester Children’s Centre, St. Nicholas’ Church House B49 5AL. 01789 764093; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Alveston

Monkey Music

9:30-14:10T at Alveston Malt House, Alveston Village CV37 7QP. 01789 720289; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Barford

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

13:00-15:00T at Glebe Hotel, Church Street CV35 8BS. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

Bishops Itchington

Bishops Itchington Baby and Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Memorial Hall, Fisher Road CV47 2RE. For bump - 5s, £1.50 (drop in). Friendly Group with toys, crafty table, song time, refreshments.

Evesham

Salford Priors Group

10:00-11:30T at Alcester Children’s Centre at The Other Place, Topps Building, School Avenue WR11 8XB. 01789 764093; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Health visitors and play acitivities.

Lighthorne Heath Messy Explorers

9:30-11:00TH at Lighthorne Heath Children’s’ Centre, Stratford Road CV33 9TW. 01926 691105; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Please call to check running.

Shipston-on-Stour

Badger Valley Children’s Centre

Toy Library: 9:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Come & borrow some toys. Chatter Matters: 10:00-11:00TH; For 6 12mths, (please book). Baby Play: 14:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). For under 2s. at Badger Valley Children’s Centre, Tilemans Lane CV36 4HP. 01608 664259.

Pre-school Swimming Lessons

9:30-18:00T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times,call for more info & to book.

Shipston Library Story Stomp

10:45-11:15TH at Shipston Library, Church Street CV36 4AP. 0300 5558171; For 2 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

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Southam

Baby Chatter Matters

10:00-11:00T at Southam & District Children’s Centre, Arundel House CV47 0EP. 01926 810028; For under 1 years. £10 per course, call centre to book.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

10:00-18:30T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available, call centre, holiday times vary.

Southam Congregational Church Parent & Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Graham Adams Centre, St. James Road CV47 0QB. Marian: 01926 814483; For 0 - 3s, £0.80 per person (drop in).

Friday Harbury

Dandy Development Class

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

11:00-11:50T at Harbury Village Hall, South Parade CV33 9JE. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 1 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Love Ballet Dance Company

Lighthorne Heath

13:30-18:00TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings. Funky Dance Classes: 16:00-16:30TH; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). A lively, fun and energetic class. Gymnastics Classes: 16:30-17:00TH; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Learn handstands, rolls, splits & more. Boys Street Dance: 17:45-18:30TH; For 3 - 5s, per class (book by term). Lively, fun and energetic class. £34 a term. at Love Ballet Studios, Insight Park CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773.

Stratford-upon-Avon Baby Chatter Matters

10:00-11:00H at Stratford Children’s Centre, Drayton Avenue CV37 9PB. 01789 266624; For 0 - 1s, £10 (please book). Under 18mths. £10 per course, call for dates & to book.

Everyone Active Stratford

Swimming lessons: 9:00-11:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book. Active Antz: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £3.85 per session (drop in). at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826.

Stay and Play

10:00-11:30T at Clopton and District Children’s Centre, Tyler House CV37 6TY. 01789 414016; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (donation). Fun activities,snacks & singing.

NCT Bumps & Babies

10:30-12:00TH at Lifeways Centre, 30 Albany Road CV37 6PG. For bump - 1s, £2 per session (drop in). All welcome.

Trinity Tots

13:30-15:00T at Holy Trinity Parish Center, Old Town CV37 6BG. 01789 266316; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Free play, storytelling, rhyme time, crafts & snacks.

Aqua Beans Aquanatal Classes

18:00-19:30T at Croft House Pool, Banbury Road CV37 7NF. Claire: 07984 620246; For bump. From 14 weeks pregnant onwards.

Studley

Studley Children’s Centre

Baby Play: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Under 1’s. Messy Play: 13:30-15:00TH; For 1½ - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). at Studley Children’s Centre, High Street B80 7HJ. 01527 850136.

Baby Play

9:30-11:30T at Lighthorne Heath Children’s’ Centre, Stratford Road CV33 9TW. 01926 691105; For bump - 1s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Expectant parents & parents of babies birth to 1.Call centre to ensure running before attending.

Shipston-on-Stour

Pre-school Swimming Lessons

9:30-18:00T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times, call for more info & to book.

Southam

Love Ballet Dance Company

Mini Movers: 10:00-11:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (please book). A really fun, lively musical dance class. Little Tappers Dance Classes: 16:0016:30T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Fun introduction to tap dancing. at Love Ballet Studios, Welsh Road East CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773.

NCT Mother and Baby Yoga

10:00-11:00T at The Graham Adams Centre, St James Road CV47 0LY. 07855 817860; For 0 - 1s, £6 per session (please book).

Rhyme Time & Story Stomp

11:00-11:30T at Unit 9, Brewster’s Corner CV47 1PN. 01926 812 523; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Rhyme Time: Tues & Story Stomp: Fri.

NCT Southam Bumps & Babies

11:00-12:00TH at NCT Southam, Graham Adams Centre CV47 0LY. For bump - 0s, FREE. All welcome inc non NCT members.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

11:30-18:00TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

Stockton

Stockton Toddlersaurs

10:00-11:30TH at Stockton Village Hall, Napton Road CV47 8JX. Emma: 01926 814687; For 0 - 4s, £2 per child (drop in). 50p per extra person.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Swimming lessons

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

8:00-13:00TH at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book.

13:30-15:30T at Croft House Pool, Banbury Road CV37 7NF. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

Go 4 Goals Football Classes

Swimming lessons

9:00-18:00TH at Stratford Leisure & Visitor Centre, Bridgefoot CV37 6YY. 01789 268826; For 0 - 4s, £5 per child (please book). Various lessons available,please call to book.

8:50-11:00TH at Stratford High School, Alcester Road CV37 7RL. Jason: 07747 562469; For 2 - 5s, £4 per child (book by term). 8.509.30am: 2-4yrs and 10-11am: Reception - Year 6. Football coaching class for little & big ones.

Tiny Trotters - Art and Play

Studley

9:30-11:00T at The Old Slaughterhouse, The Yard CV37 6EE. 07462477577; For 0 - 5s, £4 per session (please book). £4 per child, £2 additional sibling.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

9:00-12:30T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available, call centre, holiday times vary.

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

9:30-12:10TH at St Peter’s Mission, Manor Rd CV37 7EA. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per class (please book). 9.30 Toddler, 10.10 Preschool, 10.50 Toddler & 11.40 Baby, Contact for holiday dates & times.

Wellesbourne

Pre-School Ballet Classes

9:00-9:45T at Sarah Cooke School of Dance, Wellesbourne Village Hall CV35 9NH. 02476511387; For 2 - 4s, £3.75 per class (book by term).

Wesley Baby and Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at New Room, Stratford Methodist Church CV37 6BG. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per session (drop in).

Studley

Studley Children’s Centre

Baby Chatter Matters: 10:00-11:00TH; For 0s, £10 (please book). Call centre to check times & book.£10.00 per course. Baby Yoga: 11:30-12:30T; For 0s, (please book). Baby Massage: 13:30-14:30T; For 0s, £10 (drop in). £10.00 per course. at Studley Children’s Centre, High Street B80 7HJ. 01527 850136.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

15:00-17:30T at Studley Leisure Centre, Poole Road B80 7QU. 01527 857161; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Various times available,call centre,holiday times vary.

Wellesbourne

Rhyme Time - Wellesbourne Library

10:00-10:30TH at Wellesbourne Library, Kineton Road CV35 9NF. 0300 555 8171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Pre-School Ballet

Sunday

Saturday Barford

Priors Marston

11:00-13:00T at Glebe Hotel, Church Street CV35 8BS. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

9:00-10:00T at St Leonard’s Church CV47 7RR. Shirley: 01327 260915; For 3 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Shipston-on-Stour

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

9 o’clock Club

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

Southam

8:00-12:30TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

Pre-school Swimming Lessons

8:30-12:30T at Shipston Leisure Centre, Darlingscote Road CV36 4DY. 01608 662354; For 2 - 5s, (please book). Various times, call for more info & to book.

Stratford-upon-Avon Rugbytots

Southam

8:30-12:30TH at Meon Vale Leisure Centre, Bailey Avenue CV37 8QR. Jim: 0845 313 6715; For 2 - 6s, £6.50 per session (please book).

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

8:00-12:30TH at Southam Leisure Centre, Welsh Road West CV47 0JW. 01926 817788; For 3 - 4s, £4.91 per class (please book). Call for lesson times & bookings.

LWAD Pre-School Ballet & Tap Classes

14:45-15:30T at Sarah Cooke School of Dance, St Peters Church Centre CV35 9LS. 02476511387; For 2 - 4s, £3.75 per class (book by term).

9:00-10:45T at The Graham Adams Centre, St James Road CV47 0LY. 01926 887780; For 3 - 4s, £4 (book by term). Sat am ballet & tap,check for times/ages.

Musical Theatre

9:00-10:30TH at Love Ballet Studios, Insight Park CV47 1NE. Lorraine: 07921 853773; For 4 - 5s, (please book). Singing, Acting & Dancing!

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Monday Cubbington

Castle Gymnastics Club

9:30-11:45T at Cubbington Methodist Church Hall, Queen Street CV32 7NA. For 2 - 4s, £6 per class (book by term). Contact for bookings and class times.

Kenilworth

LWAD Reception Tap & Ballet Class

STEM classes for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-school children

16:00-16:30T at Lillington Community Centre, Mason Ave CV32 7QE. 01926 887780; For 4 6s, £4 (book by term). Ballet & Tap Dance Class.

Nurturing Children’s Natural Curiosity

At Inquisitive Thinkers we explore, experiment, investigate and create with Science.

Stay & Make Music

9:15-12:10T at Kenilworth Nursery School and Early Years Teaching Centre, Bertie Road CV8 1JP. 01926 853394; For 1 4s, £3.50 per family (drop in).

Save a Baby’s Life

10:00-12:00T at St Johns Children’s Centre at Kenilworth Children’s Centre CV8 1JP. 01926 856397; £1 per family (please book). 2nd Mon of month.Call to book & check dates.

Lillington Library Rhyme Time

10:30-11:00TH at Lillington Library, Valley Road CV32 7SJ. 0300 5558171; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Inquisitive Babies

4 months to 12/13 months 12/13 months to 2 years 2 to 3 years

Little Thinkers 3 to 5 years

Leamington Spa

Arty Splats

Level 6 - Our Logical Thinkers: 9:3010:15TH; For 21/2 - 4s (please book). Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 10.3011.15 & 15:00-15:45TH; For 16 - 22mths (please book). Level 5 - Our Creative Thinkers: 11:3012:15 & 12:30-13:15TH; For 22mths 21/2yrs (please book). Open Gym: 13:15-13:45 & 14:30-16:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. Level 3 - Our Little Communicators: 14:0014:45; For 10 - 16mths, (please book). at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686. *Free Trials and discounts available.

9:30-12:50T at St Mark’s Church, Rugby Rd CV32 6DL. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per class (please book). 30min age appropriate sessions.

To join us on our scientific adventures visit

9:30-10:00TH at Warwick Library, Shire Hall CV34 4UB. 03005 558171; For 2 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

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Yogabellies Warwickshire Central

Yogabellies for Mum and Toddler: 9:30-10:30TH; For 0 - 3s, (please book). YogaBellies Yoga for Mum and Baby: 10:30-11:30TH; For 0s, (please book). at Hatton Park Village Hall, Barcheston Drive CV35 7TR. 07397 754329.

Contact Jayne Doggett Tel: 07730 437695 Email: enquiries@inquisitivethinkers.co.uk

Monkey Music

Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa

Warwick Library Story Stomp

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Inquisitive Toddlers Advanced Inquisitive Toddlers

11:15-12:15T at Kenilworth Nursery School and Early Years Teaching Centre, Bertie Road CV8 1JP. 01926 853394; For 0s, £3 per family (drop in). For babies & non-movers.

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Baby Music

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

19:00-21:00T at Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street CV32 4RN. 01926 731621; For bump, FREE (please book). More at www.birthandbabyreality.co.uk.

Lillington

Water Babies

9:45-11:45T at Water Babies, The Swim Space CV8 7LG. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Early Pregnancy Antenatal Classes

10:10-12:10T at The Octagon, St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Vicarage Road CV32 7RH. 01789 720289; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info. 10:15-12:00TH at St Margaret’s Centre, Whitnash Road CV31 2HB. Jen: 07814 192436; For 0 - 5s, £6 per session (please book). Classes: 10.15-11am / 11.15am12pm.

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

GymStars

9:30-11:45T at Warwick Gates Community Centre CV34 6DZ. Abby: 07795 516 367; For 1 - 4s, (please book). 9.30am crawling3yrs,10.15am 3-4yrs,11am 3-4yrs.

Child Health Clinic (Newburgh)

9:30-11:30TH at Newburgh Children’s Centre, Kipling Avenue CV34 6LD. 01926 490629; For 0s, FREE (drop in). 1st Mon of month. Bring your red bk.

12:45-15:15T at Oddfellows, Warwick Street CV32 5LD. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

Little Saints

BilinguaSing Spanish Class

Tiddlers Mother and Baby Group

13:00-16:45T at Dale Street Church Centre CV32 5HL. Mel: 07815 149877; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge.

LWAD Pre-School Ballet & Tap Classes

13:30-14:45T at Polish Centre, High Street CV31 3AW. 01926 887780; For 2 - 5s, £4 (book by term). Ballet & Tap classes from 2yrs +.

9:45-10:45T at All Saints Church, Vicarage Green CV34 5NJ. For 0 - 3s, FREE (donation). Activities & sing-song session. Donations welcome. 10:00-12:00T at Castle Hill Baptist Church, Castle Hill CV34 4EX. Liz: 01926 400368; For bump - 1s, £0.50 (drop in). Join us for tea, coffee, chat & play. B/feeding Counsellor: Mon 10.30-11.30am.

Arty Tots get Messy With their Grandparents!

10:00-12:00TH at Market Hall Museum, Market Place CV34 4SA. 01926 412500; For 0 - 5s, £3 per session (drop in).

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10:00-11:30T at Saltisford Church, Albert Street CV34 4JX. For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Email: littlefishes@saltisfordchurch.org.uk.

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Little Fishes Baby and Toddler Group

Most babies learn best when they see, hear, feel, touch, taste and smell.

NCT Breastfeeding Drop In

10:30-11:30T at Castle Hill Baptist Church, Castle Hill CV32 4EX. 07946 375911; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Water Babies

12:30-13:00T at Water Babies, Freedom Fitness CV34 5PZ. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Tiny Treasures

12:30-14:30TH at Westgate Children’s Centre, Bowling Green St CV34 4DD. 01926 490629; For bump - 1s, FREE (drop in). Antenatal - 18 months.

LWAD Stay & Dance Classes

14:00-14:45T at Chase Meadow Community Centre, Chase Meadow CV34 6BT. 01926 887780; For 2 - 4s, £4 (book by term).

Pre-School Swimming Lessons 16:00-17:00TH at St Nicholas Leisure Centre, St Nicholas Park CV34 4QY. 01926 495353; For 0 - 4s, £24.79 (please book). Call centre for more info & to book.

Sneak a peek, it’s all amazing! Our multi-award winning classes will introduce you and your baby (or babies) to a world of sensory delights, where you can relax, spend quality time with each other and enjoy meeting other new parents.

Whitnash

Story Stomp

11:15-11:45TH at Whitnash Library & Information Centre, Franklin Road CV31 2JH. For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

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13:30-14:30TH at Whitnash Children’s Centre, Nursery Lane CV31 2PW. 01926 315586; For 0 - 1s, FREE. Up to 1 year.

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Baginton

Castle Gymnastics Club

9:30-11:45T at Kenilworth Methodist Church Hall, Priory Road CV8 1LQ. For 2 4s, £6 per class (book by term). Contact for BS_A6_Advert_Image-1_Phone_Update_1.indd 1 10:00-11:30T at Baginton Village Hall, bookings and class times. Frances Road CV8 3AB. Steph: 07919

Baginton Parent and Toddler Group

Movers and Shakers

263226; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per child (drop in). 50p for babies, £1 for siblings over 12mths.

10:00-11:15TH at Held at Kenilworth Children’s Centre, Bertie Road CV8 1JP. 01926 856397; For 0 - 1s, £1 per family. Parents with Babies 8 - 20months.

Cubbington

BilinguaSing French Class

10:30-13:15T at Cubbington Village Hall, Broadway CV32 7JS. Mel: 07815 149877; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge.

Kenilworth

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

9:30-11:30T at The Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End Car Park CV8 1QJ. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 3s, £4.90 per class (please book). Classes: 9.30am Toddler, 10.10am & 11am Baby. Contact for holiday dates & times.

KEY: T: Term Time H: Holidays

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Water Babies

10:00-12:00T at Water Babies, Thorns Infant School CV8 2DS. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Cradle Club

10:00-11:30TH at St Johns Children’s Centre, Mortimer Road CV8 1FS. 01926 856397; For bump - 0s, £1 per family (drop in).

In the Water

Music & Singing

Physical Fun

Leamington Spa

Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa

Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 9:30-19/01/2015 10:15TH; For 16 - 22mths, (please book). Level 3 - Our Little Communicators: 10:3011:15; For 10 - 16mths, (please book). Level 5/6 - Our Logical and Creative Thinkers: 11:30-12:15TH; For 22mths 4yrs, (please book). Open Gym: 12:30-13:30 & 14:30-16:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. Gymboree Music I: 13:45-14:30TH; For 4 - 12mths, £6.50 per class (book by 7-week term). Fun and playful music classes. at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686. *Free Trials and discounts available.

Dandy Development Class

10:00-11:45T at Radford Road Church, CV31 1NF. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

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Baby Sensory

10:15-15:00TH at Dale Street Methodist Church (Main Hall), Dale Street CV32 5HL. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Award-winning class for 0-13mths. Free trials.

Jumping, climbing, rolling - your children are already natural born gymnasts. Help them gain confidence in these skills at Castle Gymnastics Club.

PARENT & TODDLER CLASS, 2-3yrs

Story Stomp

INDEPENDENT

Little Splashers Swimming Classes

Email us to book a TRIAL castlegymnastics@outlook.com

10:30-11:00TH at Leamington Spa Library, Royal Pump Rooms CV32 4AA. 0300 555 8171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

CLASS, 3-4yrs Mon & Thurs: Cubbington Tues: Kenilworth.

12:30-15:30T at Oddfellows, Warwick St CV32 5LD. 01788 568503; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Kingsway Sure Start Children’s Centre

Speech and Language Drop-In: 13:00-14:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE. 1st Tues of month: 24/10, 14/11 & 19/12. Toddler Time: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). at Kingsway Children’s Centre, Baker Ave CV31 3HB. 01926 336793.

Toddler Time

13:30-15:00TH at The Dale Street Children’s Centre, Dale Street CV32 5HL. 01926 336793; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

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Learning Mandarin and music through singing, chanting and moving to nursery rhymes in Mandarin. Suitable from 3 months to 5 years old. Classes are now taking place in Kenilworth and Warwick. Tel: 07870 1651 55 Email: edith1120@gmail.com

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Twins Baby and Toddler Group

10:00-11:30TH at Leek Wootton Village Hall, Memorial Recreation Ground CV35 7RB. For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). Members £2, Non-members £3, Bumps £1.

Wednesday

Emscote Toddler Group

Dandy Development Class

Little Crackers Stay ‘n’ Play

10:00-11:30TH at Crackley Hall School, Coventry Road CV8 2FT. 01926 514444; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). A friendly toddler group with a difference!

Baby and Child Health drop in

Aqua Beans Swimming Classes

10:30-11:30TH at Kenilworth Children’s Centre, Bertie Road CV8 1JP. Louise: 07946 375911; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). Runs alternate Weds, please call to check.

Warwick

16:00-17:00T at Ridgeway School, Deansway CV34 5DF. Claire: 07984 620246; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Themed swimming lessons to capture active imaginations.

9:30-12:10T at Warwick Gates Community Centre, Cressida Close CV34 6DZ. 01789 720289; For 1 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Burton Green

Tiddlers Mother and Baby Group

10:00-12:00T at Castle Hill Baptist Church, Castle Hill CV34 4EX. Liz: 01926 400368; For bump - 1s, £0.50 (drop in). Join us for tea, coffee, chat & play.

9:15-11:15TH at Warwick Children’s Centre, Coventry Rd CV34 4LJ. 01926 492701; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). 4th Tues of month.

14:15-15:00T at Sarah Cooke School of Dance, Bubbenhall Village Hall CV8 3BW. 02476511387; For 2 - 4s, £3.75 per class (book by term).

10:00-11:30TH at St Johns Children’s Centre at Bertie Road CV8 1JP. 01926 856397; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Venue does change please call centre before attending.

9:30-11:30T at Radford Semele Baptist Church, Lewis Road CV31 1UQ. 01926 833243; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). New members always welcome! www.rsbc.info.

Child Well-Being Clinic

Pre-School Ballet Classes

Kenilworth

Radford Semele

Radford Rascals Baby and Toddler Stay & Play Group

Bubbenhall

Play Together at Newburgh Primary School

9:30-11:00T at All Saints Contact Centre, Vicarage Field CV34 5NL. For 0 - 4s, £1 per child (drop in). Range of toys, weekly crafts, refreshments.

14:00-14:30TH at Lillington Library, Valley Road CV32 7SJ. 0300 5558171; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

15:40-16:25TH at Balsall Common Primary School, Balsall Street East CV7 7FS. Jim: 0845 313 6715; For 2 - 5s, £6.50 (please book). Rugby classes for 2-7 years.

10:00-12:00T at Burton Green Hall, Hodgetts Lane CV8 1PH. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 5s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

9:30-11:30T at Hampton Magna Community Centre, Field Barn Road CV35 8RT. 07506 713277; For 0 - 5s, £2 per child (drop in). 50p per extra child over 6mths.

Lillington Library Story Stomp

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Rugbytots

Hampton Magna Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at Newburgh Children’s Centre at Newburgh Primary School CV34 6LD. 01926 490629; For 0 - 4s, FREE. Lots of activities inc singing /story time.

Whitnash

Toddler Time

9:30-11:00TH at Whitnash Children’s Centre, Nursery Lane CV31 2PW. 01926 315586; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Little Windmills Toddler Group

10:00-12:00TH at Leamington Football Club, Harbury Lane CV33 9QB. 01926 311474; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Meet new friends - all welcome!

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Inquisitive Toddlers: 9:30-10:10T; For 1 - 2s, £60 (book by term). Advanced Inquisitive Toddlers: 10:20-11:05T; For 2 - 3s, £62 (book by term). Little Thinkers: 11:20-12:10T; For 3 - 5s, £65 (book by term). Inquisitive Babies: 12:25-13:00T; For 0 - 1s, £58 (book by term). at St Margaret’s Centre, Whitnash CV31 2HB. 07730 437695. Explore, experiment, investigate & create with science.

Balsall Common

Leek Wootton

Monkey Music

Inquisitive Thinkers

NCT Breastfeeding Drop In

Kenilworth Library Rhyme Time 11:00-11:30TH at Kenilworth Library & Information Centre, Smalley Place, CV8 1QG. 0300 5558171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Leamington Spa

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

9:30-12:50T at St Mark’s Church, Rugby Rd CV32 6DL. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per class (please book). 30min age appropriate sessions.

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Arty Tots

9:30-11:30TH at Lillington Free Church Hall (side entrance), Cubbington Road CV32 7AL. Joanne: 07920 569112; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in).

Level 2 - Our Little Doers: 9:30-10:15TH; For 6 - 10mths, (please book). Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 10:3011:15TH; For 16 - 22mths, (please book). Level 5 - Our Creative Thinkers: 11:3012:15TH; For 22mths - 21/2yrs, (please book). Open Gym: 12:30-13:30 & 16:00-16:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. Level 1 - Sensory Baby Play: 14:0014:45TH; For 0 - 6mths, (please book). Level 3 - Our Little Communicators: 15:0015:45; For 10 - 16mths, (please book). at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686. *Free Trials & discounts available.

Baby Clinic including Baby Time 9:30-11:30TH at Kingsway Children’s Centre, Baker Avenue CV31 3HB. 01926 336793; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in). Leamington Reach Area Only.2nd & 4th Wed of month.

Cubbington Parent and Toddler Group

9:30-11:15T at Cubbington Methodist Church, Queen Street CV32 7NA. For 0 4s, £1 per session (drop in). Friendly group Weekly crafts,refreshments.

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10:30-12:00TH at The Cotton Nappy Company Shop, 41 Russell Street CV32 5QB. Anna: 01926 430000; For bump - 2s, FREE (drop in). Offering a range of cloth nappies, slings, carriers & more. 11:00-12:00TH at Arty Tots, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum CV32 4AA. Gallery Desk: 01926 742700; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). 1st Wednesday of the month.

Tiny Stars Toddler Group

13:30-15:00T at Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street CV32 4RN. 01926 477597; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

LWAD Pre-School Ballet & Tap Classes

13:30-16:30T at Polish Centre, High Street CV31 3AW. 01926 887780; For 2 - 5s, £4 (book by term). Ballet & Tap classes from 2yrs +.

Child Well-Being Clinic

9:30-11:30TH at Westgate Children’s Centre, Bowling Green St CV34 4DD. 01926 490629; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). 2nd Weds of mth.

Jack in the Box Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at Warwick Gates Community Centre, Cressida Close CV34 6DZ. 01926 335228; For 0 - 4s, £2 per child (drop in). Crafts, sensory/role play, books & singing.

Mini Meadows Baby and Toddler group 10:00-11:30T at Chase Meadow Community Centre, Chase Meadow CV34 6BT. 07807 906261; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family. Call to be added to waiting list.

St Nicholas Parent & Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church Street CV34 4JD. 01926 312593; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Static play upstairs & run around toys down.

LWAD Reception Tap & Ballet Class

Tiny Tots Baby & Toddler Group

15:45-16:30T at Lillington Community Centre, Mason Ave CV32 7QE. 01926 887780; For 4 - 5s, £4 (book by term). Ballet & Tap Dance Class 4-6yrs.

10:00-11:30T at St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Wathen Road CV34 5BG. Chrissie: 07941 843711; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Toys, crafts, refreshments.

Warwick

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

Stay & Play

9:30-11:00TH at Westgate Children’s Centre at The Gap CV34 5TD. 01926 490629; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

In the Water

Music & Singing

Physical Fun

12:00-12:30TH at St Nicholas Leisure Centre, St Nicholas Park CV34 4QY. 01926 495353; For 0 - 4s, £24.79 (please book). Call centre for more info & to book.

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Little Stars Christian Preschool ………where every child matters

Burton Green

Burton Green Parent and Toddler Group 10:00-12:00T at Burton Green Village Hall, Hodgetts Lane CV8 1PJ. Sonal: 07779 682771; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Friendly, welcoming group with lots of toys.

 Qualified, caring, experienced staff  Friendly, welcoming atmosphere

 Open to children of all faiths & backgrounds  Morning, lunch & afternoon sessions

 Free entitlement for 2,3,& 4 year olds

Chase Meadow

Reception Dance (Tap & Ballet)

15:45-16:15T at Chase Meadow Community Centre, Chase Meadow CV34 6BT. 01926 887780; For 4 5s, £4 per session (please book). Reception Dance (Tap & Ballet) age 4-5.

Cubbington

Castle Gymnastics Club

9:30-11:45T at Cubbington Methodist Church Hall, Queen Street CV32 7NA. For 2 - 4s, £6 per class (book by term). Contact for bookings and class times.

Kenilworth

St John’s Children’s Centre

Buggy Breakfast: 9:00-10:00T; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Childminders Stay & Play: 10:00-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Registered Childminders. at St Johns Children’s Centre, Mortimer Road CV8 1FS. 01926 856397.

Monkey Music

9:30-13:50T at Kenilworth Youth Centre, Abbey End Car Park CV8 1QJ. 01789 720289; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Water Babies

9:45-11:45T at Water Babies, The Swim Space CV8 7LG. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

St John’s Toddlers

10:00-11:30T at St. John’s Church Hall, Warwick Road CV8 1HY. 01926 855344; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). All welcome.

Leamington Spa

Baby Clinic including Baby Time

9:15-10:45TH at The Dale Street Children’s Centre, Dale Street CV32 5HL. 01926 336793; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in). Leamington Reach Area Only.1st & 3rd Thursday of month.

Call us: 01926 477597 E-mail: littlestars.preschool@hotmail.com Oxford St, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RN

Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa

Level 5 - Our Creative Thinkers: 9:3010:15TH; For 22mths - 21/2yrs, (please book). Gymboree Music I: 10:00-10:45TH; For 4 - 12mths, £6.50 per class (book by 7-week term). Fun and playful music classes. Level 3 - Our Little Communicators: 10:3011:15; For 10 - 16mths, (please book). Level 6 - Our Logical Thinkers: 11:3012:15TH; For 21/2 - 4s (please book). Level 2 - Our Little Doers: 14:00-14:45TH; For 6 - 10mths, (please book). Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 15:0015:45TH; For 16 - 22mths, (please book). Open Gym: 16:00-16:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686.

Tachbrook Tinies

9:30-11:00T at St Chads Centre, Mallory Road CV33 9QX. Emma: 07792 067936; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). £1.50 per adult, 50p per child.

Dandy Development Class

10:00-12:00T at Whitnash Community Centre, Acre Close CV31 2ND. Nikki 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Octotots Toddler Group

10:30-12:00T at Lillington Parish Church (St Mary Magdalene’s), Vicarage Road CV32 7RH. 01926 470449; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Mix of chat bible stories, songs & toys.

Stay and Play

13:30-15:00T at St Mark’s Church, Rugby Rd CV32 6DL. 01926 432348; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). £1 per family inc refreshments,families asked to bring piece of fruit to share.

10:15-12:00TH at Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow CV34 6DR. Jen: 07814 192436; For 1 - 5s, £6 per session (please book). Classes: 10.1511am / 11.15am-12pm.

Baby Sensory Classes

10:15-12:30TH at Hatton Park Village Hall, Barcheston Drive CV35 7TR. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Award-winning class for 0 - 13m. Free trials.

Water Babies

12:30-13:30T at Water Babies, Freedom Fitness CV34 5PZ. 01926 940727; For 0 - 4s, £15.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun-filled progressive swimming lessons with highly qualified teachers.

Tiny Twins

12:45-14:30TH at Westgate Children’s Centre, Bowling Green St CV34 4DD. 01926 490629; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Yogabellies Warwickshire Central

Pregnancy Yoga & Birth Preparation Classes: 19:00-20:15TH; For bump, (please book). Yogabelles: 20:30-21:30TH; For mumss, (please book). Yoga for ALL women. at Hatton Park Village Hall, Barcheston Drive CV35 7TR. 07397 754329.

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BilinguaSing

BilinguaSing French Class: 10:30-11:15T; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge. BilinguaSing Spanish Class: 11:30-12:15T; For 0 - 4s, (please book). First class is free of charge. at St Barbara’s Church, 22 Rochester Road CV5 6AG. Mel: 07815 149877.

Kenilworth Stay & Play

10:00-11:30TH at St Johns Children’s Centre, Mortimer Road CV8 1FS. 01926 856397; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

10:00-11:30T at The Village Hall, Warwick Road CV35 7RB. Janet: 01926 258264; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). All welcome. Outdoor play,snack & singing.

Arty Splats

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

Warwick

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Arty Splats

Kenilworth Methodist Church Mother and Toddler Group

Leek Wootton Toddlers

9:30-12:10T at St Mark’s Church, Rugby Rd CV32 6DL. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per class (please book). 30min age appropriate sessions.

9:30-11:30TH at Warwick Library, Shire Hall CV34 4UB. 03005 558171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). 2 sessions: 9.30am & 11.00am.

Leek Wootton

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:30-14:30T at Oddfellows, Warwick St CV32 5LD. 01788 568503; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Warwick Library Rhyme Time

Stay & Play - Woodies

9:00-11:00TH at Westgate Children’s Centre at The Woodloes Community Centre CV34 5DF. 01926 490629; For 0 5s, FREE (drop in).

10:00-11:20T at Kenilworth Methodist Church, Priory Rd CV8 1LQ. 01926 712652; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Inc. drink & biscuit for carer & child. 10:15-12:00TH at Abbey Hill United Reformed Church Hall, Abbey Hill CV8 1LW. Jen: 07814 192436; For 0 - 5s, £6 per session (please book). Classes: 10.1511am / 11.15am-12pm.

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Play Together (St Paul’s)

9:30-11:00TH at Westgate Children’s Centre at St Pauls Church Hall CV34 6HA. 01926 490629; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa

Level 5/6 - Our Logical and Creative Thinkers: 9:30-10:15TH; For 22mths - 4yrs, (please book). Level 3 - Our Little Communicators: 10:30-11:15; For 10 - 16mths, (please book). Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 11:30-12:15TH; For 16 - 22mths, (please book). Level 2 - Our Little Doers: 12:30-13:15TH; For 6 - 10mths, (please book). Level 6 - Our Logical Thinkers: 14:00-14:45TH; For 21/2 - 4yrs, (please book). Level 7 - Our Self Motivators: 15:00-15:45TH; For 3 - 5s, (please book). Open Gym: 16:00-16:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686. *Free Trials and discounts available.

Toy Library

10:00-14:00TH at Warwick Children’s Centre, Coventry Rd CV34 4LJ. 01926 492701; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Hola Amigos Spanish Rhymetime

10:00-11:00T at Westgate Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Street CV34 4DD. For 2 - 4s, FREE (please book).

Mini Mandarin Musicians

10:00-10:45TH at The Gap Community Centre, 39 Oakwood Grove CV34 5TD. 07870 165155; For 18m - 3s, £5 per child (please book).

Stay and Play

13:00-14:30T at Warwick Nursery School, Coventry Road CV34 4LJ. 01926 492701; For 0 - 4s, £0.50 per session (drop in). A friendly drop in session all welcome.

Pre-School Swimming Lessons

Mummy & Me Dance Class

16:00-16:30TH at St Nicholas Leisure Centre, St Nicholas Park CV34 4QY. 01926 495353; For 0 - 4s, £24.79 (please book). Call centre for more info & to book.

9:30-10:15T at Jaykays Dance Company, St Joseph’s Centre, Whitnash CV31 2JJ. 07738 954258; For 18mths - 3s, £6 per child (drop in).

Rhythm Time - Quality Music Classes

9:30-12:10T at St Mark’s Church, Rugby Rd CV32 6DL. Rachel: 07469 186042; For 0 - 5s, £4.90 per class (please book). 30min age appropriate sessions.

Weston-under-Wetherley Toddler Group

Whitnash

Baby Sensory

10:30-12:45TH at Dale Street Methodist Church (Main Hall), Dale Street CV32 5HL. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Awardwinning class for 0-13mths.Free trials.

Rhymetime and Story Stomp

9:30-11:15TH at Weston Under Wetherley Village Hall, Weston-under-Wetherley CV33 9BW. For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). Arts & crafts, Refreshments. H V once a month.

10:30-11:00TH at Leamington Spa Library, Royal Pump Rooms CV32 4AA. 0300 555 8171; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). Story Stomp: Tues & Rhyme Time: Fri.

Les Rainettes (French Speaking Group)

12:00-14:00T at Venue in Leamington Spa. Nicola: 07814 929306; For 0 - 5s. Monthly group for children with Down syndrome.

10:00-11:30T at 37 Rosewood Crescent CV32 7UN. Marie: 07918 110656; For bump - 5s, FREE. Practise your french over a cup of coffee.

Dandy Development Class

10:00-13:05T at Radford Road Church, CV31 1NF. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5.50 per session (please book). Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Emmanuel Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Emmanuel Evangelical Church, Heath Terrace CV32 5LY. Hannah: 01926 424584; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Play,crafts,singing,story time & refreshments.

Love Ballet Mini Movers Class

10:00-11:00T at LoveBallet Dance Company, St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Rd CV31 1JW. Claire: 07774 518949; For 0 - 5s, £5 per session (drop in). Pay as You Go class - really fun & lively.

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The Ups of Downs Group

Little Rascals Dance & Movement Classes 13:15-14:45T at Jaykays Dance Company, Milverton Primary School CV32 6ES. 07738 954258; For 2 - 4s, (book by term). Dance & Movement.Friday Classes 1.15 & 2.00pm.

Warwick

9:00-10:00TH at Westgate Children’s Centre at:, Packmore Community Centre CV34 5EP. 01926 490629; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Monkey Music

9:30-13:10T at Chase Meadow Community Hall CV34 6BT. 01789 720289; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Various classes, call for more info.

Music & Singing

11:15-11:45TH at Whitnash Library & Information Centre, Franklin Road CV31 2JH. For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Story Stomp: Mon & Rhyme Time: Fri.

Saturday Barford

Love Ballet Dance Company

Prima Ballerinas & Little Tappers: 9:009:45T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Fun introduction to ballet & tap. Intro to Ballet & Little Tappers: 9:4510:30T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Gymnastics Classes: 10:30-11:00T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Learn handstands, rolls, splits & more. Funky Dance Classes: 11:00-11:30T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Lively & fun class with dance routines. at Barford Memorial Hall, Church Street CV35 8EN. Claire: 07774 518949.

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ScrumKids Classes

10:15-12:30T at Sidney Stringer Academy, 2 Primrose Hill Street CV1 5LY. 0845 094 9071; For 2 - 7s, £5 per class (please book). Rugby based sports sessions for 2-7 yrs.

Kenilworth

Mini Mandarin Musicians

10:00-11:45TH at Class held at instructors home studio in CV8 2HY. 07870 165155; For 0 - 5s, £5 per child (please book). 6m-2yr: 10-10.45am / 3-5yrs: 11-11.45am.

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Saturdads

10:00-11:30TH at St Johns Children’s Centre, Mortimer Road CV8 1FS. 01926 856397; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (please book). 2nd Sat of month, call for dates.

Leamington Spa

Kids Run Free Race Event & Fun Days

8:45-10:30TH at Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre near the clubhouse CV32 4EW. 07711 349 592; For 0 - 5s, FREE (please book). Enter at kidsrunfree.co.uk. Runs 2nd & 4th Sat.

Jaykays Dance Company

Preparatory Ballet, Tap & Freestyle: 9:0010:30T; For 4 - 5s, (book by term). IDTA Syllabus Work. Little Rascals Pre-School Dance & Movement Classes: 9:00-11:15T; For 2 4s, (book by term). Saturday Classes: 9.00, 9.45 & 10.30am. Baby Freestyle & Acrobatics: 10:3012:00T; For 4 - 5s, (book by term). Ages 4-7yrs. at Jaykays Dance Company, St. Marks Church Hall CV32 6DD. 07738 954258.

Little Rascals Dance & Movement Classes 9:00-9:45T at Jaykays Dance Company, Milverton Primary School CV32 6ES. 07738 954258; For 2 - 4s, (book by term). Dance & Movement.Friday Classes 1.15 & 2.00pm.

Go 4 Goals Football Classes

9:00-11:00TH at North Leamington School, Sandy Lane CV32 6RD. Jason: 07747 562469; For 2 - 5s, £4 per child (book by term). Football coaching class for little & big ones.

Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa

Level 5/6 - Our Logical and Creative Thinkers: 9:30-10:15TH; For 22mths - 4yrs, (please book). Level 4 - Our Problem Solvers: 10:3011:15TH; For 16 - 22mths, (please book). Level 2/3 - Our little Communicators and Doers: 11:30-12:15TH; For 6 - 16mths, (please book). Open Gym: 12:30-13:15TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Members only. at Gymboree Warwick & Leamington Spa, 1st Floor, 14 Kenilworth Street CV32 4QS. 07881 892686. *Free Trials and discounts available.

Dad’s and Tots Club

9:30-11:30TH at 46/Community Room, Dale Street Methodist Church CV32 5HL. 01926 612832 / 07742 764851; For 1 - 5s, £2 per session (donation). Donations are invited to cover the costs.

Baby Freestyle & Acrobatics

9:45-11:15T at Jaykays Dance Company, The Brunswick Healthy Living Centre CV31 3BD. 07738 954258; For 4 - 7s, (book by term).

Art Cart Family Fun Sessions

13:00-15:00T at Art Cart Family Fun Sessions, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum CV32 4AA. 01926 742700; For 0 12s, FREE (drop in). Last Sat of the month. For up to 12 year-olds.

Warwick

Make and Create

10:00-12:00T at Market Hall Museum, Market Place CV34 4SA. 01926 412500; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). 1st Sat of month.

Dad’s Aloud Warwick (Westgate)

10:00-12:00TH at Westgate Children’s Centre, Bowling Green St CV34 4DD. 01926 490629; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). A group for Dads/Grandads/Male Carers. Call for dates.

Whitnash

LWAD Pre-School Tap & Ballet Classes

9:00-9:30T at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Whitnash Rd CV31 2HB. 01926 887780; For 1 - 4s, £4 (book by term). Check website for class times.

Sunday

Kids Run Free Race & Fun Days

8:45-10:30TH at St Nicholas Park, Banbury Road CV34 4QY. For 0 - 5s, FREE per session (please book). 1st & 3rd Sat. Enter at kidsrunfree.co.uk. .

LWAD Pre-School Ballet Classes

Kenilworth

ScrumKids Classes

9:00-10:00T at Warwick Gates Community Centre, Cressida Close CV34 6DZ. 01926 887780; For 3 - 5s, £4 (book by term). Ballet class for 3 years +.

9:00-12:30T at Meadow Community Sports Centre, Kenilworth School CV8 2DA. 0845 094 9071; For 2 - 7s, £5 per class (please book). Rugby based sports sessions.

LWAD Fusion Dance Classes

Shrewley

9:00-10:00T at Chase Meadow Community Centre, Chase Meadow CV34 6BT. 01926 887780; For 2 - 5s, £4 (book by term). Pre-school Fusion: 9am, Reception: 9:30.

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:00-14:30T at Ridgeway School, Deansway CV34 5DF. 01788 568503; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

BilinguaSing

BilinguaSing Spanish Class: 9:45-10:30T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). 4-7 years. BilinguaSing French Class: 10:45-11:30T; For 4 - 5s, (please book). 4-7 years. at The Gap Community Centre, 39 Oakwood Grove CV34 5TD. Mel: 07815 149877.

St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre

Pre-School Swimming Lessons: 10:0010:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £24.79 (please book). Call centre for more info & to book. Parents & Child Swim Session: 11:3012:00T; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). at St Nicholas Leisure Centre, St Nicholas Park CV34 4QY. 01926 495353.

Love Ballet Dance Company

Prima Ballerinas: 9:30-10:00TH; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). First ballet lesson free as a trial. Gymnastics Classes: 10:00-10:30T; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Learn handstands, rolls, splits & more. Intro to Ballet Classes: 10:30-11:00T; For 5s, (book by term). Free trial available.£28 per term. at Shrewley Village Hall CV35 7AN. Claire: 07774518949.

Warwick

Little Splashers Swimming Classes 9:00-12:00T at Ridgeway School, Deansway CV34 5DF. 01788 568503; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, progressive baby swimming lessons.

Rugbytots

9:00-12:00TH at Warwick School, Myton Road CV34 6PP. Jim: 0845 313 6715; For 2 - 6s, £6.50 per session (please book). Rugby classes for 2 - 6 years.

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