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Encouraging your child to sleep The essential local magazine for parents and carers in , , Gosport, Waterlooville, Havant, Chichester and Petersfieldwww.familiesonline.co.uk | 1 Solent East www.familiesonline.co.uk Tel: 02392 046 432

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Next issue July/August 2017 Booking deadline 12 June 2017 4 Clubs and classes Families Solent East delivered directly to parents 7 The importance of sleep and carers since 2005 8 News and views Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport, Waterlooville, Havant, Chichester, 10 Summer camps Petersfield and Midhurst 12 What's on guide to local events FFullyully O Optimisedptimised fforor aallll DDevicesevices

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www.familiesonline.co.uk | 3 Clubs and classes near you! Babies are born to love music! At the heart of Monkey Music is a high quality, progressive and We're really lucky to have some fantastic educational music curriculum that supports every aspect of children's clubs and classes in our area. a young child’s development. Our small, age specific classes Here's some of our Families favourites! (taught by specially trained teachers), will introduce music to your little one in a way that they can easily understand and Give your child Creative Courage for Life enjoy – nurturing a life time of music!

with Stagecoach Performing Arts As Monkey Music founder, Angie Coates, explains; “By captivating babies, toddlers and pre-school children Every child has all kinds of abilities and capabilities, but with a winning combination of original and traditional songs, Your baby was born to love music... unless they explore them, experiment and learn to express gentle dances, fascinating sounds, amazing instruments and Try our award winning classes for babies from 3 months colourful props, the children are so busy having fun that they themselves, they may never realise the talents within CHICHESTER & PETERSFIELD themselves. don’t notice how much they’re learning!” E: chichester.petersfi[email protected] T: 02394 000226 Petersfield on Monday mornings Chichester on Wednesday mornings Havant on Thursday mornings For classes held in Petersfield, Havant, Farlington, Fishbourne on Tuesday mornings Farlington on Wednesday mornings Stagecoach sets out to inspire children to unleash their Fishbourne and Chichester, email Emma at potential, teaching the performing arts and so much more. WINCHESTER, CHANDLER’S FORD AND FAREHAM [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 01489 565443 Football fun with Little Kickers It’s about taking on a challenge and being unafraid to express Chandler’s Ford on Tuesday mornings Fareham on Friday mornings Titchfield on Thursday mornings Little Kickers is THE home of pre-school football. Children are yourself, having the courage to be yourself and let others For classes held in Fareham, Titchfield and Chandler’s Ford, given a positive introduction to sport by teaching high quality know it, being creative and expressive and building life-long Group discounts for NCT members when 3+ people join together at the same time email Paula at [email protected] football skills in a friendly, fun and pressure-free environment. friendships. Stagecoach calls it ‘Creative Courage for Life’. There are four different classes tailored specifically to the Classes are small which means every child is given attention Perform Drama, Dance and Singing needs of children between 18 months and seven years of age. and allowed to realise their potential at their own pace. Workshops It’s the perfect way to ignite an enthusiasm for sport that will stay with them for life. Principal, Juli Richards, has a fantastic team of experienced Perform is a unique children’s drama school that has a special emphasis on child development. Perform uses a mix of drama, teachers there to lead and support youngsters as they conquer Classes are available in Havant, Portsmouth, Gosport and fears and rise to new challenges. dance and singing to bring out every child’s full potential. Run by highly experienced actor-teachers, in small groups, Fareham. Please contact Gary Darling for details on 07896 009 651 or email [email protected] To find out more about a two week trial please call Juli on Perform classes focus on developing the 4 Cs: Confidence, 0845 584854 or visit www.stagecoach.co.uk/havant Communication, Coordination, and Concentration.

Perform 4-7s - Yee-hah! From May, Perform 4-7s will be Fareham Swim School...bringing galloping off on a Wild West adventure to find The Horse with swimming lessons to the High Street the Golden Mane. On this action-packed journey, your child Fareham Swim School have a beautiful brand new private will learn the Ghost Town song, dance the Hip Hop Hoedown venue on West Street in Fareham. The pool is a beautifully BE and take off rafting down Banjo Creek. warm 34’ & we run very small classes with a maximum of 4 GOOD babies/children in the pool at a time. AT Perform 7-12s - Next terms show is a thrill-filled roller coaster ride through the universe and beyond. Captain Crusoe has Our teachers are all very experienced & are always in the BEING acidentally steered his spaceship into a meteor field and he is pool to teach. We have specially designed lessons for your stranded on Mars! Will he be able to defeat the cannibals, save babies, toddlers, preschoolers & school children. Badges and YOURSELF the kids and get back home? Certificates are worked towards and awarded. Our wonderful private pool is on West Street in Fareham. NEW YEAR MADNESS READER OFFER For more information please call or email one of the team Enjoy a 40% discount if signing up to a block of 10 sessions. Unlock your child’s potential with who will be happy to help on [email protected], Stagecoach Performing Arts Simply quote code WILD250517 (4-7s) or ROBS2550517 (7-12s) or call 01329 802208. You can also visit the website at Expires 25 May 17. Call 0207 2559120 or email enquiries@ www.farehamswimschool.com Singing, dancing and acting perform.org.uk classes for 4 - 18 year olds, where students learn to embrace life with creativity and courage Perform offer no-obligation FREE 20% off sessions for newcomers. Visit Fareham your first Find out more today: www.perform.org.uk/try lesson in May quote to book a FREE class today. Swim School stagecoach.co.uk/havant Families20 Dates: Summer term runs until 21st July Bringing swimming lessons to the High Street [email protected] and starts up again 2nd September 2017 0845 584 854 Classes in Chichester (St Michael’s Church Hall, Summersdale To book your lessons or to find Rd) Drama 4-7’s - Mondays at 4pm - 5pm. out more, please get in touch Drama 7-12's Monday 5pm - 6pm. Small class sizes max 4:1 | Beautifully warm pools Teacher in the water | After school swim club ™ farehamswimschool.com Classes in Fareham Parent & baby/toddler sessions | Confidence Creative Courage For Life ® (Titchfield Community Centre, Mill St) building sessions | Specialist Pre school Tel: 01329 802208 Drama 4-7’s - Tuesdays at 4pm and 5pm, Stagecoach Performing Arts Schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals. operated under franchise and are Stagecoach Performing Arts Schools are Arts Ltd. trademark of Stagecoach Theatre Stagecoach is a registered Independent classes New private pool at 153 West Street, Fareham and Drama 7-12’s - Tuesdays at 6pm.

4 | Tel: 02392 046 432 www.familiesonline.co.uk | 5 The importance of sleep

Clubs and classes to chat about their day and Rusalka Swim School also allow the brain some continued.... Teaching local babies all-important decompression time. Discourage children to swim since 2005 from having TV or gadgets in A great start to swimming for your the bedroom at all, as these baby and toddler can be used as a distraction.

Rusalka offers a great start in The importance of light swimming tuition for your baby and Whether it's through blackout toddler. They first opened their swim curtains or nightlights, school in 2005 and it now operates, six days a week, with free adjacent achieving the correct balance on site parking. Both pools are of light in your child's room is equipped with state of the art auto- key to ensuring consistency matic heating systems which main- in their sleep pattern. Invest tain the water temperature at 31C www.rusalkaswim.com - 02392 594449 in some heavy duty curtains and the air temperature at 32C at all so that whether winter or times. In the past eleven years they As adults, we are more than aware of how important a good night's sleep summer, their room is dark, have taught thousands of babies and Encourage and nurture their potential with Stagecoach Chichester and use a little nightlight children to swim, picking up several is - and anyone who has children will concur that getting a child to have Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester has been nurturing and for a subtle glow that helps national awards along the way, in- a full night's sleep is essential to combat temper tantrums and tiredness. orientate them if they do cluding Best UK Swimming Teacher developing young people’s potential for 20 years. We delight in seeing and ASA Centre of Excellence status. our Early Stages students- aged 4 to 6 – and Main School students – Ensuring children get around nine hours of solid slumber nightly can also wake up in the night. Rusalka takes babies from 3 months aged 6 to 18 – grow in self-esteem, become more creative and develop help improve their learning. old and there are never more than 5 great social skills that will stay with them forever. Our fun and friendly children in a class at any one time. classes operate on Saturdays and are held at Bishop Luffa School, Children need a requisite amount of sleep, particularly when they are Children can achieve various ASA Chichester. Many of Stagecoach's experienced teachers have worked young, to boost information retention and help embed knowledge from in the performing arts and all are police checked to the highest level. level Duckling badges and certifi- throughout the day. Ultimately, our brains need rest overnight to allow us to Top tip from the cates as they progress. If our classes are of interest to you, please contact Stephanie on absorb information better, and this is even more important for young minds. Twilight Nanny! Find out more by calling Rusalka on 01243 587885 or for more information please visit our website 02392 594449 or visiting the website www.stagecoach.co.uk/chichester. We would love to see your child at Help babies to settle in their at www.rusalkaswim.com our school! So how much sleep So, how can you Limit the technology should they be getting? encourage them to Techology and gadgets act cots from awake so that they as a stimuli, which makes the know where they are on The NHS guidelines are: sleep? going to bed routine harder settling to sleep. If already HOLIDAY Between the ages of 4 and 16, asleep on going to bed then WORKSHOP Essentially, fostering a good to implement. children should be sleeping sleeping habit is much easier it's quite likely they may through the night for 11 hours, with young children than struggle with resettling upon After dinner, try enjoying which gradually goes down to teenagers, who know how some conversation or a board waking. Click here to about 9 at 14, with 15-minute to fight back! Laying the game to encourage them decrements over the time right foundations when they choose your image space. are young, and encouraging them to see sleep as a part Why is sleep so of healthy living should make important? maintaining it much more straightforward. We only need to look at Stagecoach some of the poor decisions Routine, routine, routine or small mistakes we have Chichester Children thrive on routine, so made ourselves when we are try as best as you can to instil Fun for all the family at Flip Out! tired, and we can begin to PUT ON A SHOW a routine of preparing for and understand the importance Make friends and build confidence Flip Out Chichester is open from 9am – 9pm, seven days a going to bed at the same time at our theatre workshops of sleep. When coupled with week. Prices for use of the main arena are £11 for one hour every night will help your the vital rest time for busy,

and £16 for two hours when booking in advance online. child, no matter what age 31st July - 4th August sponge-like brains, getting they are. Age: 4 - 6 year olds Age: 6 - 18 year olds For the little ones, the Mini Flippers offer allows one child adequate sleep makes a lot of Time: Mon - Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm Time: Mon - Fri 10:00am - 4.00pm aged 5 and under, plus one adult a bouncing session for sense. Whether it's through This includes brushing teeth Performance: Friday at 11.30am Performance: Friday at 3.00pm and getting pyjamas on at a Cost: £100 (£75 for siblings) Cost: £135 (£100 for siblings) one hour between 9am and 2pm, Monday to Friday during using sleep aids or planning certain time, which starts to term time, and 9am until 10am during school holidays. a meticulous routine, there Venue: Bishop Luffa School, Bishop Luffa Close, Chichester PO19 surreptitiously prepare the 3LT are several ways to ensure The soft play area is open to children aged 8 and under, your children are reaching the brain for sleepy time. Getting Monday to Friday (9am-3pm) for up to 2 hours. More them settled into a routine stagecoach.co.uk/chichester requisite sleep hours for their information is available at the website age group. means preparing the brain for its rest period. 01243 587885 www.flipout.co.uk/chichester or through Stagecoach Theatre Arts Schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals. operated under franchise and are Arts Schools are Stagecoach Theatre Arts Ltd. trademark of Stagecoach Theatre Stagecoach is a registered Facebook: @flipoutchichester

6 | Tel: 02392 046 432 | [email protected] www.familiesonline.co.uk | 7 Tops Day Nurseries Wear Yellow Day for Cystic Fibrosis Tops Day Nurseries is a family of 19 day nurseries Please support fellow young families, by wearing yel- across the South Coast. As well as the outstanding low on June 23! Cystic Fibrosis is one of nine rare but News level of care provided, parents are able to benefit from serious health conditions identified by the ‘heel prick Tops Day Nurseries flexible booking system, namely test’ offered to all new born babies. It’s a devastating Twilight Nanny-Sleep Support Specialist and Mum of two Jo Ryder talks about supporting being able to book to the nearest 15 minutes. Tops bolt from the blue, for parents of one child in 2500, and Havant, Tops Portsmouth and Tops Lakeside cater for a hidden, demanding, and sometimes isolating illness. your babies sleep. children aged 3 months to school age and are open Please have some fun, raising awareness of the condi- Sleep deprivation is expected when having a family, from 6am-8pm (subject to demand.) tion, medical advances, and real hope for ‘a life unlimit- those with young children can relate to the sleepless All Tops settings accept 2, 3 and 4 year old funding, ed’. There are nearly 300 families in and over nights and how it can effect family life. and some settings are early implementers of 30 funded 10000 in the UK coping with Cystic Fibrosis daily. "Why does my baby struggle to sleep for long when hours, contact us to find out more! Visit www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk to find out more, and Summer fun at Graylingwell Park I know she's tired? "why does she wake after just 40 www.facebook.com/CFPortsmouth. minutes of being in bed?" - These are questions I hear The Summer Garden Party at Graylingwell Park is daily in my work. Professional Tuition Centre, I Love to Learn, guaranteed to make you smile. Free entry and lots give us some top-tips for learning times of free activities. The Entertainment Arena is jam- Often sleep struggles are based around a little ones tables…. packed with music, including a set from Dawn Gracie, sleep and settling associations. A Top Tip is to help dance and activities such as KTroo! The Kids’ Village them to settle in their cots from awake so that they Learn times tables as a sequence e.g. 2,4,6,8,10 etc. includes bouncy castle and slide, free tractor rides, know where they are on settling to sleep. If already using the fingers of both hands (plus two more) sumo suit wrestling, face painting, crafts, Monkey Music asleep on going to bed then it's quite likely they may to help you. Time your children reciting them this and more. Kids sorted! The Market hosts 50+ stalls: struggle with resettling upon waking. way and encourage them to get faster. Fill in a grid. Children like to make patterns, so a times table grid browse homewares, gifts, wine tasting and watercolour Sadly any changes aren't easy for anyone but as a with numbers along the top and side will be fun to painting. Plus you’ll find classics such as the crockery Sleep Support Specialist I guide families in helping complete. smash and runaway train in The Arcade. Dog owners them achieve a more rested night and for their babies will love the agility course and dog show. to know how to settle and sleep well until morning or If your child struggles with any aspect of Maths www.chichestercdt.org.uk between feeds. (Depending on their age & stage of or English call us to arrange a free assessment on 02393 968626. development)

I admit that I'm NOT a fan of CC methods but to support and reassure our babies with comfort and reassurance so that they feel just as safe and secure in their beds as they do in our arms. Children are like sponges they learn from us, so why would you expect them to figure it out by themselves! Spaces available. The Garden Show, Stansted Park T:07851917175 E:[email protected] Why choose Tops: 9 - 11 June 2017 10am – 5pm Daily www.twilightnanny.co.uk All nurseries rated good or outstanding by Ofsted Life is good in the garden! Browse over 350 handpicked www.facebook.com/TwilightNanny Open from 6am-8pm*, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks of the year Flexible booking to the nearest 15 minutes, so you only book stalls with affordable and unique wares: a stunning the hours you need variety of plants, garden furniture and accessories, NHS and staff discounts available^ art, design, sculpture, home wares and fashion. Treat

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Tops Lakeside Tops Portsmouth shows, the maze, archery, the funfair and the model Tops Havant railway. Wander the lovely parklands, tour Stansted House, admire the flower filled Chapel and watch the Huxley Birds of Prey soar through the skies. Adults: £9 / Seniors £7 / Child £3 (4yrs & under free) / Maths and English tutoRing FoR studEnts agEd 6-16 Call now for a FREE assessment on 023 93 968626 Family £22 (2A + 4C) www.ilovetolearn.co.uk www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk www.thegardenshowonline.com

8 | Tel: 02392 046 432 | [email protected] www.familiesonline.co.uk | 9 Ultimate Activity Camps come to West Sussex! Children will have the most fun during the summer holidays as Ultimate Activity Camps are running their outstanding holiday childcare programmes near Chichester and Hayward’s Heath for children aged 4-14 years! Ultimate Activity Camps offer the opportunity for children to have fun, meet friends and try a brilliant array of exciting activities during the school Summer holidays. From swimming, zorbing Keep your child busy this and tennis to archery, art and fencing, summer with one of these there are over 40 games, sports or fantastic local summer camps. creative activities giving children a new camps! experience every day. Rocksteady Music They are running at Great Ballard School School Super Camps near Chichester, plus Handcross Park and Cumnor House near Hayward’s If you are looking for childcare or some- Rock out this summer with Heath, which offer first-class facilities thing for our children to do this summer, Rocksteady Music School! including swimming pools, sports then Super Camps daily activity camps pitches, sports halls and indoor space, are the perfect way to put the magic This summer Rocksteady Music back in to the school holidays. the perfect setting for holiday fun School will be bringing their unique whether for a day or several weeks – the teaching methods to Summer Camps The programme is jam-packed with fun choice is yours (or your child’s!). in Portsmouth. Their Summer Camps activities that will keep your children en- make music fun giving budding Ultimate Activity Camps are Ofsted- tertained for hours, and their 'Outstand- rockstars aged 5-11 years the chance registered and have been rated ‘Good’ ing' Ofsted rating gives you the peace of to play in a band, rehearse together or ‘Outstanding’. Their DBS checked mind that your children are in the best and perform songs they love. Rock staff are trained to offer high levels of possible care. Camps include a variety out all week long from 9am – 3pm care to ensure children are safe and of sports, games, and arts and crafts. No Have you got a family issue which with optional extended hours two days are the same. engaged. They also offer adventurous available. Plus star in a HD music story-led Ultimate Survival programmes requires legal advice? video, take part in a photo shoot and Weekly camps during the summer – bookable by the day or week and record an MP3. holidays at West Hill Park School, offering an optional Camp Out each Perhaps you have recently separated and need to Taking place 31st July – 4th August Titchfield PO14 4BS and Kingscourt week. know where you stand, or maybe you need to take and 7th August – 11th August, call School, Catherington, PO8 9NJ. Call www.ultimateactivity.co.uk or advice on the arrangements for your children. today for venue details or to book 01235 467300 or email call 0330 111 7077 (local rate) for 0845 094 1259 [email protected] for details. details. Andrew & Andrew Solicitors Ltd are based in North End, Portsmouth, and offer a personalised service local to you. Offering a friendly ear, they can advise you on all issues relating to divorce and separation, child arrangements and financial agreements.

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10 | Tel: 02392 046 432 | [email protected] www.familiesonline.co.uk | 11 13 May 20 May and 30 May Beginner Mountain Bike Club Buds and Blossoms with Pedal to Pedal Children's Gardening Club Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Horndean, PO8 0QE. Hampshire, PO9 6DX, 02392 For cyclists who are only just 413090 finding their feet! 5-7 year olds Enjoy some gardening fun at 8.30am until 9.30am and 8-10 Buds and Blossoms at Stansted year olds, 9.35am until 10.35am. Park Garden Centre. £10 per session, call 07984 Buds and Blossoms is a free of 367888 for more details. charge children's gardening club! It runs on Saturdays from 10am to Spot the 13 May 10.45am. Booking is essential and dot for FREE Advanced Mountain Bike children must be accompanied events! Club with Pedal 2 Pedal by an adult. Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean, PO8 0QE. 20 May and 10 June We’ve scoured the area for local family events this 7 May 8 May For more experienced riders. Saturday Cycling Club with May and June! We take great care in compiling our Storrington Village Duck Tuppenny Barn Explorers 10.45am until 12.45pm. £25 per Pedal 2 Pedal Race Club session, call 07984 367888 for , Cranford more details. events guide, but please contact venues before you Riverside Walk & Library Car Tuppenny Barn, Main Road, Road, Petersfield, GU32 3LU. leave home as things can change. Park, Ryecroft Lane, Storrington, Southbourne, PO10 8EZ. Local cyclist and Level Two RH20 4PA 01243 377 780 13 May British Cycling Coach Hannah 4 May 6 - 7 May From 12 noon to 2:30pm. You Children can enjoy a nature Beastly Books Attenburrow runs a Saturday would be Quackers to miss it! If themed after school workshop Cycling Club for children at Pallant House Art Gallery, Milton Locks Wildlife Tots A Strange New Space you are looking for a fun-filled exploring the weather and how The Petersfield School which Chichester, PO19 1TJ. 01243 Milton Locks Nature Reserve, The Spring Arts and Heritage family day out this May, then the this affects all the things growing is suitable for children from 7 74557. Locksway Road, Milton, PO4 8LT. Centre, 56 East Street, Havant, annual Storrington Village Duck at Tuppenny Barn. Suitable for 5-10 years old. Email Hannah at Practical activities designed to Visit Milton Locks Nature Reserve PO9 1BS. 02392 472700 Race promises thrills and spills as children aged 4 to 11 years of age. [email protected] or call be fun, develop creativity and for a session of outdoor, wildlife Join the life-changing adventure the duck’s race to glory alongside Children will get the opportunity 07984 367888, or you can visit help our younger audiences stories and activities for pre- of space-obsessed Amira as she a great range of entertainment for to make their very own pesto! www.pedal2pedal.co.uk. Session explore the Gallery. Children in school children. All children must searches for a safe new space all. All proceeds from the Duck 3.45pm to 4.45pm. starts at 8.30am and finishes at the 5–8 years workshops must be accompanied by an adult in this captivating one-woman Race will go to Storrington First 9.30am. be accompanied by a parent/ (who will have just as much fun), show. Leaving her home, Amira's School to provide and maintain 12 May carer. Draw, paint and bind your and please wear outdoor clothing imagination catapults her facilities and equipment for the own ‘misfits’ book, filled with 20 – 21 May and wellies. Suggested donation into space on an intergalactic children. Portsmouth Beer Festival 20 May 25 – 27 May curious body-swapping creatures Pirate Weekend £4. 10.30am – 12.30pm. voyage, matching her real-life Portsmouth Guildhall Box Office, inspired by Laura Ford’s Togi’s Team – Building Blocks Festival of Food & Racing journey as a refugee. A Strange Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Blue Reef Aquarium - 7 May courtyard installation ‘Beauty in Roman Way, Fishbourne, Goodwood Racecourse, New Space blends puppetry, PO1 2AB. 08448472362 Portsmouth, Clarence 6-7 May and 3-4 June The South Downs Green Fair the Beast. 10.15am to 12.15pm. £10 Esplanade, Southsea, PO5 3PB. PO19 3QR. 01243 785859 Goodwood, Chichester, West music and physical theatre to The ever-popular Portsmouth per child. Booking is essential. 023 92875222 Explore the different materials Sussex, PO18 0PS. 01243 755055 Love Southsea Market create an experience perfect The Petersfield Sustainability Beer Festival returns to the city used nearly 2,000 years ago to A fabulous combination of award- Palmerston Road, Southsea, for both children and adults. Centre, The Sustainability Centre, on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th Discover all things piratey at this construct a home. Togi’s Team winning food and thrilling racing. Hampshire, PO5 3QQ Recommended for age 4+. East Meon, GU32 1HR. May, hosted in Portsmouth’s 17 May and 21 June fun activity weekend. Arrrghhhh is a club for budding young The Food Festival includes 11.30am 01730 823166 Guildhall. Along with a wide shiver me timbers! An event Pick up some amazing gifts, food Storytime Sessions at archaeologists aged 6-12 years. organic produce from Goodwood They'll be lots of family activities range of ales and ciders, there not to be missed by any pirate and crafts from local producers Fort Nelson Sessions need to be booked Home Farm and award-winning to enjoy at the South Downs will also be a selection of food wannabes. Join the motley crew and suppliers at Love Southsea 6 May Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson, and paid for in advance. Please fare from local artisan suppliers. Green Fair such as circus skills, traders and entertainment at the aquarium for a weekend of Market. Love Southsea's street Portsdown Hill Road, Fareham, contact us at least 7 days before Visit goodwood.com for tickets. Disney Forever campcraft, live music, food, provided by local talent, making treasure finding, map making and market in Palmerston Road. Every PO17 6AN. 01329848507 the session on 01243 785859 to 11.30-18.00. first weekend of the month, from Kings Theatre, Albert Road, demonstrations and lots more! it a festival to remember. Kicks off sifting for gold. 10am / Normal Join the Fort Nelson Team, every book a place. The cost is £15 per 9am to 5pm on Saturday and Southsea, PO5 2QJ. It will be a fantastic day out for the at 6.00pm and ends at 11:00pm admission applies. third Wednesday of the month, child, per session. 10am until 4pm on Sunday. 02392 828282. whole family with plenty to do and 27 May – 4 June for a new free Storytime session Performance by students of see, whatever the weather. A wide 13 May for under 5’s in the galleries Gems Dance School. Sing-a-long variety of free children's activities 21 May May Half Term Quiz Trail featuring popular children’s 6 May 2017 to all your Disney Favourites throughout the day will keep all Beers, Bricks & Buses @ Uppark House and Garden - tales. With a different theme Alice in Wonderland Opening Saturday at this special performance by ages busy and amused. 10am. Bursledon Brickworks... National Trust, South Harting, each month, children are invited Groundlings Theatre, 42 Kent students of Gem's Dance School. all the "Bs"! Petersfield, GU31 5QR. Goodwood Racecourse, to gather around for a fun and Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Tickets available from the Box Bursledon Brickworks Industrial 01730 825 415 Goodwood, Chichester, PO18 8 and 22 May, 5, 12 , 19 June interactive storytelling experience PO1 3BS. 02392 737 370 Office - call 02392 828282. Museum, Swanwick Lane, 0PS. 01243 755055 where they can look, listen, Look for all things miniature this 2.30pm Mountain Biking Club with Swanwick, SO31 7HB. 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We will be running 18.00 / Tickets start from just £10 off-road riding very often and a heritage bus service from would like to build on their bike Swanwick Station (good trains to skills. Suitable for ages 6+, starts Portsmouth and ) to at 6pm. Call 07984 367888. the Brickworks. Noon to 6pm.

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