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FREEtake me home! Surrey East IN THIS ISSUE Plastic free July Summer holiday clubs What’s on in July & August Issuefamiliesonline.co.uk 65 July/August 2018 familiesonline.co.ukFamilies Surrey East 21 July – 2 September Explore Jurassic plants, fossils and sculptures Come and enjoy a summer of fun family activities Buy garden tickets online and save 10% at rhs.org.uk/wisley RHS members go free RHS Registered Charity No. 222879/SC038262 2 Families Surrey East familiesonline.co.uk News & Reviews Dunottar School pupils Surrey East fund a Child’s Education and buy four Goats…and Tel: 01923 239 664 a Donkey! Editor Tamar Pearson Pupils at Dunottar School in Reigate have raised £310 in support of Kids for Kids, an [email protected] organisation that aims to help malnourished Design Rebecca Carr children in Darfur, Sudan, by loaning family’s goats and providing an integrated package of Printer Print Mates sustainable projects suitable to the region. Last term, members of the school’s charity committee researched Kids for Kids and elected to 22,500 copies printed support the charity for the first half of the summer term. 45,000 readers per issue Kids for Kids has ‘adopted’ 87 villages across North Darfur and helped to improve the lives of Next issue September/October 2018 over 370,000 people living in remote and inaccessible regions where violence is still a daily hazard on the walk to water. Booking deadline 8 August 2018 Dunottar pupils embarked upon a range of fundraising initiatives, which included an own-clothes day and a staff versus pupil’s lunchtime rounders match. The cash raised is enough to educate a Editor’s note child for a year, buy four goats and one donkey. After running neighbouring Families LSB for a Please visit www.dunottarschool.com for more information about Dunottar School number of years, it is with great excitements that I am taking over Families Surrey East as I feel the two magazines can only enrich one another. I look forward to sharing loads exiting Local girl makes things for you to do with your families. bonding squares to help Summer is here, and what wonderful sunshine premature babies bond we have been having. This issue we discuss holiday care options and have some fantastic with their parents days out for all the family. It is also Plastic Free As part of learning a new skill for her Bronze July – we dare you to take the challenge and Duke of Edinburgh award, Hannah Rowley, a go Plastic Free. 14-year-old girl from Oxted presented babies Enjoy the new look and feel. in the neonatal unit at East Surrey Hospital Tamar with bonding squares. xx Families Surrey East is part of Families Print Ltd, a franchise Bonding squares are used in neo-natal units to help premature babies bond with their parents. company. All franchised magazines in the group are The square is usually placed against their skin, down their top, to pick up the parent’s scent and independently owned and operated under licence. Families is a then placed under the baby’s head whilst in an incubator and are swapped over every 12 hours. registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of Families Surrey East are fully protected by copyright and They are also a great help to mothers as having their baby’s scent nearby will help to trigger the none of the editorial or photographic matter may be reproduced in any form without prior consent of Families Surrey East. Every hormones which will help with milk supply and expressing.” care is taken in the preparation of this magazine, but Families Surrey East; our distributors, the franchise company, Families Hannah said: “This was a fantastic opportunity for me to learn a new skill. I have previously done Print Ltd, and Lifecycle Marketing cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of the a little bit of sewing at school but was not very good at it. contents, or any consequence thereof. www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk on Festival the farm WALTON ON THE HILL, DORKING, BOCKETTS FARM, ASHTEAD, OXSHOTT & EPSOM E: [email protected] T: 020 8432 0811 24th July to 3rd September 2018 Group discounts for NCT members when 3+ people join together at the same time. godstonefarm.co.uk 01883 742546 familiesonline.co.uk Families Surrey East 3 Surprise baby at ZSL London Zoo Last autumn ZSL London Zoo welcomed Tobi, a male tamandua as a partner for their resident female, Ria. They were overjoyed when just five months later they spotted a tiny baby clinging to Ria’s back, making newcomer Tobi a very fast mover - when keepers did the maths they discovered that Ria must have fallen pregnant the same week they met. “We were confident Ria was pregnant as she’d just started to put on some weight, but we weren’t expecting to welcome a new member of the family quite so soon. They must have got together pretty much on their very first date – Tobi clearly pulled out all the stops!”, said ZSL keeper Steve Goodwin Mischief Makers – the See if you can spot baby Poco at your next visit to the ZSL London Zoo. To book tickets or find out 2018 Summer Reading more visit www.zsl.org Challenge Eat2Treat lunchboxes are now Children’s reading can ‘dip’ during the summer ready for pre-order – just in holidays if they don’t have regular access to books and encouragement to read for pleasure. time for the Autumn term The annual Summer Reading Challenge helps Eat2Treat founder, and local Mum, Rachel Slinger is get three quarters of a million children into seeing the reward to all her effort come into a reality, as her new and exciting, incentivised libraries each year to maintain their reading lunch box design is now ready to pre-order – just in time to make sure children will have a skills and confidence. 2018 will be the 20th heathy packed lunch to take to school as they return to school in September. challenge. It’s open primary school children of every ability. The lunchboxes are sectioned for variety and portion control, with a ‘secret’ bottom layer containing the ‘treats’ which is only revealed once the first layer in finished. The treat can also This year the challenge will focus on the theme be a non-food related reward, with our incentives packs. When a child eats the healthy food of mischief and pranks, as inspired by the tray they collect stars and place these on the lid of the lunchbox, which doubles up as a reward much-loved Beano comic, which celebrates its chart. There are reward magnets, so the child knows what reward they are working towards. 80th anniversary next year. Children are challenged to read at least six Now ready to pre-order at www.eat2treat.co.uk library books over the school holidays and collect incentives, such as stickers, to earn their final challenge certificate and medal. #SpotTheBox Children can choose, recommend and review books at the Book Sorter on the Challenge Reigate & Banstead Borough Council have taken a great approach to get website. This is the largest database of families and children off the digital devices and looking up into the fauna children’s peer-peer reading recommendations. and flora of Earlswood Common, by installing a new and fascinating bird box trail. More information visit www. summerreadingchallenge.org.uk The bird box trail comprises of 23 eye-catching nest boxes, all created by local artists. Some of which have already been claimed by Great Tits, Blue Tits and Robins. Even some cheeky members of the local bat population have already taken advantage of the new homes as roosts. Nesting season runs until August, so take a moment to put those devices down and explore the natural landscapes around you. How many can you spot? Share your favourite pictures on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook using hashtags #LookUp and #SpotTheBox. Join Pioneer Engage Café Voices in the middle Church for their Picnic in Sadly, 1 in 3 children in UK will see their the Park meet ups over the parents split up before they reach their 16th birthday. Summer Voices in the Middle is a charity that is Whilst having been around for a while, Pioneer Engage raising awareness of the impact of divorce Church is in fact one of Leatherhead’s newest churches. and separation on young people in the UK. This includes providing a place for young “Our group is a group with great friendships and care. people to find help and ways to share their Our music is informal but professional, occasionally voice, without being put in the middle of any singing some of the great hymns. The talks and stories arguments. are helpful and children are taught and cared for with “Amazing creativity.”, explains author, speaker and broadcaster Gerald Coates. At the centre of this support, a new digital platform has been launched, www. The small but growing group meet in the Halls opposite the CofE in Church Road KT22 8BD, which voicesinthemiddle.com, a dedicated place has ample free parking at rear and on alternate Sundays regulars meet in homes. where young people can find help and support, voice their views and share their Anona explained “We often help with Foodbank, hearing many sad stories. People are very happy experiences, read helpful content and to be prayed for. connect with discussion boards, helplines and local services.