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2 Families Surrey East familiesonline.co.uk Welcome to issue 70

This issue is packed with great ideas for you to have hours of family fun. In support of drowning prevention week 2019, we have a top tis water safety feature, keeping children safe in the water this Summer, and our What’s On has 100’s of ideas for things to do across May Surrey East and June. Remember to like our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/familiessurreyeast/, where we keep you posted on all the fun things happening around you and a week by week basis. Editor Tamar Pearson Happy reading. [email protected] Tamar Design Rebecca Carr xx Printer Print Mates

21,000 copies printed It’s Official! Our Readers Prefer 42,000 readers per issue Families Magazine to the Internet! Next issue July/August Booking deadline 3 June Last year, we conducted a survey across the UK asking readers to tell us what they find useful about our magazine Cover Image Depositphotos and how likely they would be to respond to advertising in it.

We were delighted to receive almost 500 responses! From the wonderful feedback you gave us, more than 70% of our readers said they were highly likely to respond to advertising in our magazine or had already done so. That’s fabulous news for our advertisers and for our readers, because it means we can carry on making the magazine better and better!

A whopping 79% of readers told us that they use the magazine to research ideas for local family activities or classes and clubs for children and an equally impressive 74% said they use it to plan family life.

Many of you also told us that you find easier to plan family activities and entertainment using In this issue Families Magazine than using the internet! You told us that using the internet to research and plan can be time consuming and confusing, involving lots of trawling online for useful information. 4. News & views A common complaint seems to be the “endless trawling” that digital research involves.

6. Education news A typical response came from a reader in Kenley who says ,‘’I find Families magazine useful as 7. School open day directory it gives me lots of information on events and services that help me to entertain my children. It is quite hard to find information like this on the web that specifically tailors events to your area and 8. Stay safe in the water categorises them this well. It also is an interesting read with topics I can relate to. I’d be very likely to respond to ads in the magazine’’ 9. Swimming clubs & classes directory 10. How to help children make friends Readers also told us that they really value having a physical magazine in their hands in which all the information relevant to family life has already been collated and is presented to them in an 11. What’ on in May & June easy-to-digest format.

Families Surrey East is part of Families Print Ltd, a A typical response came from a reader in Manchester who says: “In this time of social media it is franchise company. All franchised magazines in the great to have a magazine you can pick up and physically flick through rather than having to fight group are independently owned and operated under through hundreds of e-mails and pop up adverts for individual offers.” licence. Families is a registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta Place, Marlow Another reader says: “With the Families® magazine, all the information is right there, in a simple Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of Families Surrey East are fully protected by copyright to understand, calendar format, which is perfect! I can then successfully plan our summer break.” and none of the editorial or photographic matter may We were also really happy that large numbers of you reported that Families Magazine makes your be reproduced in any form without prior consent lives easier and less stressful and saves you time. of Families Surrey East. Every care is taken in the preparation of this magazine, but Families Surrey East; our distributors, the franchise company, Thank you to everyone that volunteered their comments. Families Print Ltd, and Lifecycle Marketing cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor If you are interested in taking part in one of our Reader Forums, please email for the accuracy of the contents, or any consequence [email protected] with your name, phone number and post code. thereof. *Readers names have not been quoted for privacy reasons.

familiesonline.co.uk Families Surrey East 3 News & Views Busylizzy classes have arrived in Caterham and there is a lot to get excited about Busylizzy provide fitness classes for mums before and after having baby, and what’s more, you can bring your baby along with the comfort that there is a dedicated class assistant to keep an extra pair of eyes on your little one(s) – yes siblings are welcome too! Wrapped up in the monthly membership is access to baby classes, Go Wild this June with fitness classes, coffee mornings, and discounted events. Everything is booked via an app and minimum membership is only 3 months so no annual tie in. Surrey Wildlife Trust Try it for two weeks and if you don’t like it just cancel and pay for any classes used. Your first class The Wildlife Trusts’ annual nature challenge is is free so give it a try and head to the website www.busylizzycaterham.co.uk and click on Try a back for its 5th year and it’s wilder than ever! Class.

Surrey Wildlife Trust is inviting everyone in Ready to sign up? Use code FAMILIES70 for 70% off the joining fee! Surrey to join in and pledge to experience nature every day during June. From a Sunday walk in a beautiful nature reserve, to building a Explore Badger’s Basecamp, a bug hotel or simply relaxing in gardens, there are hundreds of ways to get involved. brand new den building area at

If people start looking out for nature regularly, Claremont Landscape Garden they are more likely to care about and protect it. Whatever their age, wherever they live, Taking inspiration from a badger’s den, this hidden woodland area everyone can make nature part of their life. features tunnels and hidey holes built from sustainable wood, creating a wonderful play area that is especially designed for older Charlotte Magowan, SWT’s marketing children. There are tunnels to explore, a wooden badger to meet and a large open area for manager, said: “We love seeing so many den building. Children will love interacting with this new structure, using it to inspire their play people making a space for nature in their and fuel their imagination. Bringing children to play at Claremont will encourage them to get everyday lives. Whether it’s cloud spotting in moving, running, jumping and climbing their way around. Moving regularly has been shown to your garden or feeding the birds, it’s easy to have both emotional and physical benefits, all the more reason for people of all ages to join in join in. with the play. More info at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesden-lacey

You’ll also feel happier and healthier, because it’s proven that time spent outdoors is great for mind and body. So, go on – help wildlife and Hever Castle and Gardens help yourself by joining thousands of others on this amazing 30 Days Wild adventure!” has done it again, this time claiming the Best Family Day For a FREE 30 Days Wild pack, visit www. wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWild. Out award Hever Castle & Gardens was described as one of the “finest More Protection for gardens in the UK” by South East in Bloom judges in 2018. Mums Returning to Shortly after winning the best castle in the East, they were also awarded Best Family Day Out at the UK Heritage Awards.’ Work Young visitors to Hever Castle can explore the Tudor Towers adventure playground with its own New parents returning to work could moat, drawbridge and three turrets, or the under 7s can enjoy the natural play area, Acorn Dell receive greater protection from with its 2 metre high living willow structure, a giant sandpit, a mound with tunnels to clamber in redundancy under new government and a climbing frame. Along with the traditional Yew Maze, unique to Hever Castle is the Water proposals. The government is proposing Maze where families try and avoid getting wet while attempting to get to the middle. that mothers returning to work from maternity leave will be protected from More info at www.hevercastle.co.uk redundancy for a minimum of six months.

The announcement followed research which found that one in nine women had been fired or made redundant when they returned to work after having a child, or were treated so badly they felt forced out of their job. It is also considering giving the same protection to parents returning from adoption or shared parental leave.

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4 Families Surrey East familiesonline.co.uk News & Views Perform weekly drama, dance and singing classes for 4-12s Perform is a unique children’s drama school which has an emphasis on child development. Perform uses a mix of drama, dance and singing to bring out every child’s potential. Run by energetic and inspiring actor- teachers, Perform classes focus on developing the 4 Cs: Confidence, Communication, Coordination, and Concentration.

The curriculum ensures plenty of fun, using a mix of energetic games, catchy songs and funky Families are in for a dances. All class materials are written by Perform, with apps, music downloads and videos treat as Leonardslee allowing the magic to continue at home. Lakes & Gardens opens Perform offer no-obligation FREE trial sessions. Visit www.perform.org.uk/try to book a FREE class today. Venues across East Surrey. to the public Described as ‘the finest woodland gardens in England’, Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens in Family Fun with National Horsham, has opened their door to the public once again. Closed to the public since 2010, Children’s Gardening Week the 240 acre estate has attracted major public interest to see the outstanding displays of This summer, why not get involved in National Children’s rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, magnolias Gardening week? Happening from 25 May to 2 June, this week- and bluebells, collected from all over the world long event sees garden centres around the country providing from the early 1800s. activities and resources that offer parents a great opportunity to get children outside enjoying nature, plants and wildlife. Set in a steep-sided valley, the estate offers visitors a rare combination of lakes, woodlands Gardening can play a huge part in a child’s health and wellbeing with over 1.5 million children and parkland walks to enjoy. For a perfect day gardening at school in the UK. As well as simply good outdoor fun, school gardening has been out, you can also visit the Pulham rock garden shown to have many benefits to health and wellbeing. These include being more physically built in 1890, see the rare colony of wallabies active and feeling happier and more connected with the natural world. and catch sight of the deer roaming free, and visit the Dolls House Museum museum which There are many ways to get involved with National Children’s Gardening Week from DIY features the local village and its community in activities at home to attending an event at a garden centre. Visit www.childrensgardeningweek. the Edwardian era, to 1/12 scale. co.uk for DIY project ideas and details of local events. More info at www.leonardsleegardens.co.uk.

Get Your Garden Buzzing this Summer Join Hozelock’s Plant a Pot campaign. By pledging to plant a bee- friendly plant you can be part of a mission to help save Britain’s bees. Bees are disappearing at an alarming rate and having no bees would mean virtually no flowers, no gardens and very little food. By planting a container with bee-friendly plants, bulbs or seeds, and keeping it watered and healthy throughout the foraging season, you can have a huge impact on the availability of bee food throughout the year.

What’s more, if you visit www.plantapot.info and pledge to plant a pot you can be in the running to win £5,000 of prizes as well as monthly gift Help your child vouchers. overcome maths anxiety

The Gift of Music Brain scans show that a quarter of the Participation in musical activities is a great way to help boost population suffer from Maths anxiety, a wide range of skills in children.Traditional nursery rhymes responding to sums in the same way that are important when singing with a young child as they use arachnaphobes respond to spiders. repetition and actions to inspire coordination, balance and speech development. If your child panics over Maths lessons and homework, helping them now will prevent Wherever possible ensure that exposure to music is also problems in the future. There are lots of accompanied with movement. Children can express themselves ways to include Maths learning in every through movement long before they can verbalise. Movement to day tasks without it becoming a big issue. music has also been shown to help a child express feelings and Find gentle ways to practise Maths. Start moods as they learn to interpret the music that they hear. Some with things that are easy for your child until people believe that exposing a child to music will increase their they have developed more resilience. Try intelligence. What musical activities and singing can do is to help Maths Club by Post for some fun puzzles develop language, self-confidence, creativity and social skills. and games, selected for your child’s ability and confidence level. Last, but most Jo Jingles is the UK’s largest provider of music, singing and movement classes for babies and importantly – don’t look for mistakes – young children. Classes are age specific and free trials available. that’s the teacher’s job, just give them lots and lots of praise. For details on Jo Jingles classes in the Epsom & Leatherhead areas: Call Viv on 07751 438943, Email: [email protected]. www.jojingles.com/epsom2leatherhead. Jo Jingles Classes in Sutton Try Maths Club by Post for free at & Banstead areas: Call Lorraine on 07376 381617, Email: [email protected] mathsclubbypost.co.uk

familiesonline.co.uk Families Surrey East 5 Education news Walk to School Week Five Tips for De-Stressing 2019 Getting to School Thousands of children across the UK will celebrate the benefits of walking during Children don’t understand time in the same way as adults. This can national Walk to School Week from 20 to make school mornings a stressful time of day for parents. 24 May.

Here are five tips to that may help make things a little easier. Families will be encouraged to walk to school for the whole week to see the big differences that come from small steps: from healthier and Tip One: The Crucial 10 Minutes happier children, to fewer cars outside the school gates. Walking to Why not get up 10 minutes earlier? This will give you a chance to school is an easy way for children to fit more activity into their day whilst grab a cup of tea or coffee, have a shower and get dressed in less of also helping them to develop vital road safety skills. a rush than usual. As awareness grows of the dangers of air pollution on our health, Being up 10 minutes earlier also gives you a fair chance of making walking to school is a positive action people can take to help clean up sure both you and your children are ready 10 minutes before you our air. Special Walk to School Week classroom packs are available for have to leave. This will give you time to gather your thoughts and school pupils containing wallcharts, stickers, diaries and fun walking make sure you have everything. No more rushing out of the door and journey activities. For more about Walk to School Week, visit www. rushing back to pick up forgotten items! livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw

Tip Two: The Night Before The night before, do everything that can be done to prepare for the morning. Lay out the school uniform, make pack lunches, sort Parent school snacks, check all homework and sports kit are where they should be. holiday fines at Make showers/baths and hair washes part of the night time routine, record level rather than obstacles to overcome in the morning. The number of fines issued to parents in England for taking children on term Tip Three: Have a Checklist time holidays has risen to record levels, Either write an actual checklist for your child’s school morning according to figures from the Department of Education (DfE). routine, or just verbally repeat the jobs they are expected to do until they remember them. A checklist could include: eating breakfast, Penalty notices for unauthorised absences rose to 260,000 in 2017-18, getting dressed, brushing teeth and hair, packing lunch and water an increase of 110,000 compared with the previous year. Unauthorised bottle, putting on shoes and coat. family holiday absence was the most common reason for attendance fines, the DfE said. It’s good to have a plan of their weekly school routine somewhere handy too so that you know when school library books are due back, In September 2013 the government changed the law so head which day is swimming or games and so on. teachers could only grant a leave of absence to pupils during term time in exceptional circumstances such as funerals. Councils can Tip Four: Provide a Pay Off require parents to pay £60 each per child taken out of school without Give kids an incentive so that if they finish their school morning permission. This rises to £120 if not paid within 21 days, and after 28 routine early they are rewarded with some time for television, days parents can be prosecuted. reading or something they would like to do before school.

Tip Five: Use Devices Set reminders on your phone for special tasks such as remembering Cars should not to give your child signed permission slips or leaving early for a school club. be allowed to idle with engines on Think about an alarm for children who struggle to wake up. Set a timer for tasks such as 15 minutes to eat breakfast or 5 minutes for when parked near showering, so that you can keep your children on schedule. schools, a report has proposed Stephen Fry lends Public Health England has recommended local authorities “consider a his voice to a new range of interventions” to protect children from the harmful impacts of air pollution. The report says air pollution was the biggest environmental Edtech app series threat to health in the UK. Air pollution is linked to up to 36,000 where young learners premature deaths in the UK each year and more than 2,000 schools and play with history’s nurseries are near to roads with damaging levels of motor emissions. This report has been followed by a survey of teachers by YouGov which greatest minds found that nearly two-thirds would support a ban on cars outside school gates during school drop off and pick up times. ‘Einstein on Time’ is the first in a children’s educational app series – “Human Heroes” - centred on history’s greatest minds. From the More than half (59%) of the teachers surveyed want the Government to philosophers of ancient Greece, to the giants of science, renowned take urgent action to improve air quality near schools. artists, composers, mathematicians, authors and architects – these inspirational characters are brought back to life in a futuristic theatrical setting to perform a captivating live-show experience covering their life Like Families Surrey East on and their famous discoveries. Facebook and keep up to date In addition to the educational value of the subjects covered in each individual app, the series aims to develop a deep-lasting bond between with all the latest news and events the user and these intellectual champions so that they become life-long happening in the local area. role models for children.

Created by edtech startup KalamTech and in collaboration with education experts, the app blends computer generated animations, latest gamification techniques and interactive storytelling to bring a fresh kind of learning experience to the next generation. www.facebook.com/familiessurreyeast More info at www.humanheroes.co.uk

6 Families Surrey East familiesonline.co.uk Education news Independent Schools Open First Climate Change Day Directory Teachers to be Open events require advance booking, please call the taught in the UK school to check. Teachers across the country have the Aberdour School opportunity to become the first climate Burgh Heath, KT20 6AJ Lingfield College change teachers accredited by the UN. www.aberdourschool.co.uk Lingfield RH7 6PH Open Day - Friday 10 May, www.lingfieldcollege.co.uk This one of a kind climate change education programme will use 9.30am-12 noon Open Day - Saturday 16 March, innovative learning technology so teachers can learn at home or on the 10am-1pm go. The aim is to make sure teachers can help protect the climate by Banstead Prep educating their students with the latest data and information on climate Banstead, SM7 3RA Lingfield College change, sustainability, and the green economy. www.bansteadprep.com Lingfield RH7 6PH Open Day - Friday 7 June, www.lingfieldcollege.co.uk Education provider YPO sponsors this FREE, global education 9.15am, 10am Nursery & Reception Working programme. All you have to do is sign up to Harwood Education’s UN Open Morning Thur 23 May CC: Learn Teacher Academy. The course, which takes just 8 hours to Caterham School Year 5 Lingfield Experience Day complete explores the science that supports the existence Friday 14 June Caterham CR3 6YA and effects of Climate Change on children, cities, human health, and www.caterhamschool.co.uk Year 7 Lingfield Experience Day gender. Open Day – Wednesday 19 June, Monday 24 June 9.30am Open Day – Wednesday 26 Manor House School and If you work in a school or want to get your child’s school involved go to June, 9.30am Nursery www.unccteacheracademy.com to find out more. Bookham, KT23 4EN Chinthurst School www.manorhouseschool.org Tadworth KT20 5AP Open Day – Thursday 9 May, www.chinthurstschool.co.uk 9.30am Learning Life-Saving Open Day – Thursday 9 May, Skills to Become 10.30am Moor House Hurst Green, Oxted, RH8 9AQ Compulsory City of London Freeman’s www.moorhouseschool.co.uk Ashstead Park KT21 1ET Open Day - Wednesday 22 May, Beginning in 2020, all state schools in www.freemens.org/openevents 9.45am-12.45pm England will be required to teach “life- Whole school Open Evening saving skills” under new plans for health – Wednesday 8 May, 6.45pm Oakhyrst Grange education announced by the Government. -8.45pm Caterham CR3 6AF www.oakhyrstgrangeschool.co.uk According to draft guidelines released by the Department of Education, Croydon High School Open Morning – Friday 7 June, primary school children are set to learn basic first aid, as well as steps Croydon, CR2 8YB 10am-12noon they can take to protect and support the health and wellbeing of others, www.croydonhigh.gdst.net Senior School Open Evening – Reigate St Mary’s including calling emergency services. Children age 5 years will learn Wednesday 15 May Chart Lane, Reigate RH2 7RN basic first aid and children as young as 11 years will be shown CPR at Senior School Year 5 Taster – www.reigatestmarys.org school. Wednesday 12 June Open Day - Wednesday 22 May, 10.30am-12 noon ‘’Learning the basic skills of first aid and techniques like CPR will give Downsend School (Pre/Preps), young people the confidence to know that they can step in to help Leatherhead, Ashtead and Epsom Royal Alexandra and Albert someone else in need and in the most extreme cases - it could www.downsend.co.uk School potentially save a life” announced Education Secretary, Damian Hinds. Prep School Open Morning – Reigate RH2 0TD Saturday 11 May, 9.15am-12 noon www.raa-school.co.uk More info visit: www.gov.uk/government/news Pre-Prep Schools Open After- Open Day - Saturday 18 May, noon Saturday 11 May, 2pm-4pm 9am-10.30am

Dunottar School St John’s Wondering about Reigate RH2 7EL Leatherhead, KT22 8SP www.dunottarschool.com www.stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk robots? These kids Open Day – Thursday 27 June, Open Day - Wednesday 12 June are building them 10.15am Warlingham Park School The Hawthorns School Warlingham CR6 9PB. In the world-class Imperial College London, Bletchingley, RH1 4QJ www.warlinghamparkschool.com Cory, a 13-year-old boy, is on his third www.hawthorns.com Open Day - Friday 10 May, Python course at Fire Tech. He says “I used to think coding was bland Open Day – Friday 3 May, 9am 9.30am and boring, but one-day robots will control the stock market and I want Open Day – Friday 7 June, 9am to learn how to code them now.”

They’re at Fire Tech, a tech camp for 9-17-year-olds, led by Jill Hodges Book early and and her team. Fire Tech has now delivered over 12,000 tech learning experiences to young people in the UK, Australia, and the Middle East. don’t miss a week of But what are they doing to solve the gender gap in STEM careers?

summer holiday fun Their founder and CEO, Jill Hodges, said: “As the head of Fire Tech, Stagecoach Performing Arts offers I see how much girls enjoy tech and coding when they come to our summer holiday theatre workshops which classes. We have one of the highest girl participation rates around. But are an amazing opportunity to put on a I also know that we get a lot of calls from girls or their mums who are show in a week! Students age 4 - 18 will sing, dance and act their way concerned about being the sole girl in a class. through fun-filled classes, and work towards a big stage production at the end of the workshop. We don’t think tech needs to go “pink” to attract girls, but we do think that more girls will feel excited about coming to a course where they There are no hidden costs, and costumes will be provided. The know they’ll meet women studying STEAM subjects, and build their performance is FREE to all friends and family. projects alongside like-minded young women. That’s why this year we launched some All-Girls classes that allow young women to work Places are limited so don’t delay - enrol with the deposit only today. together to problem solve, create, communicate, and build a community Check your local Stagecoach school location using your postcode at: of tech-enabled young women.” www.stagecoach.co.uk. More info at www.firetechcamp.com familiesonline.co.uk Families Surrey East 7 Save lives and support Drowning Prevention Week

With the weather getting warmer, and summer holiday’s fast approaching, Families would like to bring awareness to the annual Drowning Prevention Week Campaign, will take place between the 14-24 June 2019.

Created by the Royal Life Saving Society UK, (RLSS UK) the campaign aims to reduce the number of drowning and non-fatal drowning incidences that occur in the UK every year, by showing people how to be safe and have fun near water. The campaign encourages schools, clubs, leisure centres and communities, to promote water safety education through events, lessons, games and activities, in a bid to make people more aware of the dangers of water.

Supporting Drowning Prevention Week will help scores of children to learn about water safety. It could even save a child’s life. To help raise funds to raise awareness of Drowning Prevention Ween please visit: www.rlss.org.uk/donate/support-our-drowning- prevention-efforts/5/credit-card Stay safe in and around water

According to the Royal Life Saving Society • Never drink alcohol before entering the UK, on average more than 400 people water drown in the UK each year, of which nearly 60 of these are children and young people. It is believed, however, that the majority of On holiday: drownings are preventable and here are More UK children drown in pools abroad some important water safety tips to keep than in the UK. you and your loved ones safe. • Check the safety arrangements when At home: researching your holiday Did you know that it is possible to drown in • Check if the local pool or beach is as little as 2cm of water? lifeguarded

• Always use fences, self-closing gates Inland water sites: • Check the safest places to swim and and locks to prevent access to pools of More people drown in rivers, canals, read the signs water reservoirs, lakes and ponds than in the sea. • Find out what local warning flags and • Securely cover all water storage tanks signs mean • Swim at lifeguarded inland water sites and drains • Swim with the children in your care • When around water, stay away from • Empty padding pools and buckets after unless you are certain they can swim the edge – at least 22% of people who use and turn paddling pools upside on their own drown fall in by accident down once empty • Lakes and rivers remain cold all year • Always supervise bathtime and empty Check out your local Freedom Leisure’s – don’t be misled by warmer shallow the bath as soon as possible after use Swim School programme, including Learn to water at the edge Swim, Personal Survival and Rescue Skills at • Always wear a buoyancy aid or www.freedom-leisure.co.uk.

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Linda Blair’s Top Tips for Parents 55% of parents say they are anxious about making new adult friends and it’s therefore not surprising that some children are also not sure how to go about this. It’s useful to help them understand that the easiest way to make a friend is to BE a friend. Psychologist Linda Blair has some useful tips for children and parents.

Tips for Children

Offer to Help If you think another child isn’t sure about whether to join in with what you’re doing, invite them to do just that. Everyone likes to feel included.

Sharing is Caring When you’re with your friends, offer to share your toys, so you can all play together.

Taking Turns Make sure everyone you’re with gets to have a turn at whatever you’re all doing. They’ll know that you are a kind person.

Let’s Pretend Knowing how other people are feeling will help you understand what makes them tick. If your school has a drama club, join it, and ask to be in the school play too, so you to start a conversation. Working with your whenever your child, your partner or other can learn how different characters feel and child to think of a few things they can say key people around you want to tell you behave. At home, ask your family to play like “I like your lunch box’ or “What games something. Show you’re concerned about ‘let’s pretend’ games with you. do you like?” can help your child feel more how other people are feeling and thank comfortable about starting to talk to a others when they do things you appreciate. Linda Blair says: “To make friends children potential new friend. must be able to consider life from other Read Stories about Sharing and Making people’s points of view so they can Joining In Friends appreciate and react to what others want Encourage your child to watch what other Talk about them afterwards. Start reading to do and enjoy. children are playing and think about what these stories as early as possible, even they can do to fit in. Suggest they try before you think your child can understand “Although young children show they’re joining the game by doing something that’s them! Whenever you see an opportunity, capable of appreciating other viewpoints, relevant to it Eg if children are playing at ask your child how a character could be they don’t normally apply this skill until running a library, volunteer to be somebody feeling - and ask how they know. they’re about 5 years old. who wants to borrow a book. Stress that it’s important not to be negative about the Make a Head Start “This is why it’s important to start game or try to change it and if the others Before your child starts a new school year, introducing them to this skill at a young don’t want them to join in right then, to try find out if you can who else will be in their age. Once they can understand empathy again another day. class. Then invite one of those children it will feel like second nature to them to over to play with your child during the behave in those adaptive ways.” Linda Blair’s tips for parents are: summer holidays. That way, once school starts, your child already has a friend from As a parent, you can help your child to Do as I Do the start of term. This in turn will reduce make new friends. Families® Magazine During the early years, parents are their their anxiety when they go into class on suggests: child’s best role models. Try to show your that first day. children how to make friends by setting a Starting a Conversation good example - giving the people around Visit www.lindablair.co.uk For more from Some children may want a parent’s help you your full attention and listening fully Linda Blair.

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Olivia Armstrong, as she brings the Sun 9 June park to life with seasonal folktales! £5 Sat 1 June, 8.30pm-10pm Every Sun in Jun, Jul & Aug Surrey S.M.E Open Day Child -£2.50 Adult. Book online. BioBlitz Late - Bats and moths Lazy Jazz Sundays SAT NAV enter Mill Lane, Morden Hall Park, Morden SM4 5JD Polesden Lacey, Dorking RH5 6BB Leatherhead Thu 30 May www.nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk www.ssme.co.uk Holiday to Space How many moths and bats will you see Grab a deckchair and soak up the Join Surrey S.M.E and enjoy rides on Royal Observatory Greenwich to add to our BioBlitz species total? summer sun to the sound of live jazz our steam & electric trains. www.rmg.co.uk Free. BE. from the South Terrace. NAA. Travel across the Solar System and Sun 9 June help Space Ted plan for a holiday on Sat 1 June, 6pm - 7pm Thu 6 June - 18 July, 10.30am NCT Teddy Bears Picnic - The another planet. Age 4-7, £6. The Great British Dog Walk Teddy Bears’ Picnics Circus Ightham Mote Sevenoaks TN15 0NT Polesden Lacey, Dorking RH5 6BB Nonsuch Park, Cheam (Dog Free 30 May www.nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk Area, Ewell Road entrance) Living History Day Enjoy a fun-filled sponsored walk with Pre-school toddlers: Bring your www.nct.org.uk/events/sutton-epsom- Arundel Castle, BN18 9AB your furry friend. All money raised will favourite teddy to enjoy a story and nct-branch-teddy-bears-picnic-0 www.arundelcastle.org help train hearing dogs. (pretend) picnic. Booking essential: Stalls, games, fairground, music, races, Set on the Lower Lawn. Meet historical call 01372 452048. Normal admission Bezerkaz Circus skills workshop and characters, who will bring the past to Sat 1 June, 9am-5pm applies. more. Bring your picnic and teddies. life. The Super Car Event Suitable for all ages. 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(4-7yrs). proceeds from the day raising money settle down amongst the trees for an this beautiful flower in the gardens, for The Children’s Trust charity, helping evening of film under the stars. £15.50 throughout the house, café and gift Thu 30 May, 2pm - 3.30pm children with brain injury. Adult - £10.50 Child. BE. shop. Prepare to be tickled pink, white Phoenix of Persia and yellow by the gorgeous blooms on British Library Sat 1 Jun, 11.30am – 1pm Sat 8 June, 12noon-4pm show. NAA. www.bl.uk/learning Meet Polesden’s Rangers 30th Anniversary Celebration Celebrate the launch of stunning new Polesden Lacey, Dorking RH5 6BB Garden Party From 12 June picture book The Phoenix of Persia with www.nationaltrust.org.uk Sutton Ecology Centre, Carshalton Zip Now London a spellbinding family storytelling event Our rangers are the superheroes of the SM5 3NY Archbishops Park, SE1 7LE from author Sally Pomme Clayton. Age woodland. 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DENBIES CHILDRENS SUMMER HALF TERM EVENTS 27-31 MAY 2019 Monday 27 May Teddy Bear’s Train Ride & Storytelling!* 10am, 11am & 12noon Bring your favourite Teddy for a vineyard train ride and storytelling £7.50 per child which includes a chocolate treat £3.50 per adult which includes a hot drink *Taking place on the outdoor Vineyard Train, warm clothing recommended Tuesday 28 May Tropical Creepy Crawly Roadshow 11:30am & 2:30pm Meet Snakes, Lizards, Mini-Beasts, Frogs for an inspiring Animal Encounter. £7.50 per child | Accompanying adults free of charge Wednesday 29 May Henfold Birds of Prey Thursday 30 May See birds of prey y and Cat’s Grin Children’s Theatre presents perform amazing overhead ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ tricks! 11am-3pm 11am & 2pm Free of charge Watch an incredible live performance of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland £7.50 per child Accompanying adults free of charge

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Dads in the café. and shop opens from June to mid- returns in 2019 with live entertainment, September, 7 days per week from 9am extensive bus displays, including Sun 30 June, 10am – 5pm THEATRE to 6 pm (this may vary at the start or rarely-seen early examples, and smaller The Brooklands Motorcycle Show end of the season). displays of taxis, commercials & Brooklands Museum, Weybridge Harlequin Theatre, Redhill RH1 1NN emergency vehicles. KT13 0QN www.harlequintheatre.co.uk Sat 15 June, 11am-3.30pm www.brooklandsmuseum.com Bay Pond Open Day Sun 23 June, 2pm – 4pm Join us as we celebrate a staggering Thu 23 May Bay Pond, Godstone Dragonflies and Butterflies legacy of motorcycling at Brooklands Reigate & Redhill Music and www.surreywildlifetrust.org/wildat60 Epsom Common Local Nature matched with the best of today’s bikes Drama Festival Concert Celebrate Surrey Wildlife Trusts’ 60th Reserve, Stew Pond Car Park, and super-machines. The Festival Concert is the culmination Birthday wlth great family activites at www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk of two weeks of professionally their open day.. Take part in minibeast A beginners guide to identifying FATHERS DAY EVENTS adjudicated festival classes for children hunts, pond dipping, wild crafts, face butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. and adults who enjoy learning and painting and more! Meet at Stew Ponds car park off Fri 14 - Sat 15 June, 4pm-6pm (Fri) performing music and drama. Christchurch Road (B280). No booking 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm (Sat) Sat 15 June, 10am–4pm required. £5 per adult, £2.50 per child Father & child woodland campfire Fri 31 May Magna Carta 804 Anniversary (16 yrs or under). Morden Hall Park, Morden SM4 5JD Exciting Science! Celebration www.nationaltrust.org.uk This brand new, exciting & educational Runneymede, Windsor TW20 0YU Sun 23 June Celebrate father’s day with woodland show will amaze & astound all ages. 4+ www.nationaltrust.org.uk On the Buses – The LBM Collection crafts and cooking on an open fire. £15 Celebrate the anniversary of this London Bus Museum, Weybridge, Adult - £10 Child (8+). BE. Dorking Halls, RH5 1SG symbolic event with tours and a SatNav KT13 0SL www.dorkinghalls.co.uk children’s activity stall. www.londonbusmuseum.com Sat 15 June - Sun 16 June The museum holds the largest Father’s Day at the Castle Tue 14 May Sat 15 –Sun 16 June, 10am – 5pm collection of working historic London Hever Caste and Gardens, TN8 7NG In The Night Garden The Brooklands Double Twelve buses in the world and this unique www.hevercastle.co.uk Join Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Motorsport Festival event brings almost all of the museum’s Say thank you to dad this Father’s Day Pakka and friends at In the Night Brooklands Museum, Weybridge vehicles together in one place. and spoil him with a memorable day Garden Live for a brand new show on KT13 0QN out and supercar display. their first ever UK theatre tour in 2019! www.brooklandsmuseum.com Tue 25 – Sun 30 June Organised in association with the Hever in Bloom Sat 15 – Sun 16 June, 11am - 5pm Sat 18 May VSCC we invite you to come and enjoy Hever Caste and Gardens, TN8 7NG A Weekend for Dad The Sooty Show two-day extravaganza that features www.hevercastle.co.uk Penshurst Place & Gardens, A spectacular treat for the whole family Motoring Competitions, the Test Hill Experience the quintessential English Tonbridge TN11 8DG including a chance to meet Richard Challenge, great food, music and Rose Garden at the height of its www.penshurstplace.com and Sooty after the show! entertainment for the whole family. summer beauty with guided tours of Enjoy card making and crafts on the the award-winning Gardens. 15th June. On the 16th we’ll be opening The Hawth, Crawley, RH10 6YZ Sat 16 & 23 Jun, from 2pm up our BBQ for an extravaganza to be www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk Pop-up Shakespeare Sat 29 –Sun 30 June & Sat 6 – Sun enjoyed in the early summer sun! Polesden Lacey, Dorking RH5 6BB 7 July, 2.30pm Wed 15 - Sat 18 May www.nationaltrust.org.uk Open air theatre: Love’s Labour’s Sun 16 June Shrek the Musical Enjoy scenes from beloved Lost Dad’s Bacon Butty Brunch Based on the Oscar-winning animation, Shakespeare plays enacted throughout Polesden Lacey, Dorking RH5 6BB The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award- the gardens.NAA. www.nationaltrust.org.uk departs from the wharf beside on the winning fairy tale adventure that brings What could be better than a love B2133, RH14 0RD all of the beloved characters you know Sat 22 – Sun 23 June, 11am- 5pm story? Well, how about 5 love stories? www.weyarun.org.uk from the film to life on stage. Carshalton Artists Open Studios Bring your deckchairs and join us for On Father’s Day, treat your Dad to a All over Carshalton an afternoon of Edwardian fun with canal trip whilst enjoying a tasty bacon Sun 9 June www.carshaltonartists.com/caos18trail this Shakespeare favourite. B - 01306 butty washed down with tea or coffee. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show An easy to follow trail that showcases 881717, Adults £12, under 16s free. The 90 minute trips depart at 9.45am Eric’s well-known books captivated local arts, heritage and businesses. and 12noon. readers with his iconic colourful Free inclusive demonstrations and Sat 29 - Sun 30 June hand-painted tissue paper collage workshops for children and adults. Games with your Grandparents Sun 16 June, 10am -3pm illustrations and distinctively simple Whitehall Historic House, Cheam Father’s Day at the Mote stories, introducing generations of Sat 22 -Sun 23 June SM3 8QD Ightham Mote Sevenoaks TN15 0NT children to a brighter world of reading. Mustering for War www.sutton.gov.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk Arundel Castle, BN18 9AB A weekend of traditional board games A fun day for all the family including Tue 2 - Wed 3 July www.arundelcastle.org and jigsaws for all the family. Come and games, beer tasting and fishing in the Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom The Knights, Men-at-Arms and Archers rediscover some favourite games and moat. Join Ben and Holly, and their friends of Raven Tor Living History Group will have fun together. Free. on this exciting, enchanting and meet in a 12th Century Tournament. Sun 16 June, 10am-4pm magical musical adventure packed Sat 29 June, from 11am Father’s Day full of games, songs and laughter. This Sun 23 June, 12 noon–4pm Citizen Science Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 beautiful story of elves, princesses and Claremont’s Summer Garden Party Queen Elizabeth’s Walk, Barnes 7RT childhood innocence will delight all the Claremont Landscape Garden, SW13 9WT www.nationaltrust.org.uk family! 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