Creative and sporting activities for those aged under 18
Music, Dance and Theatre
✰ DANCING, DRAMA & SINGING
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with Big Act Theatre School SUMMER SCHOOL ○○○○○○○ Fun, dancing, drama, singing and storytelling. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ AGE: 0-3 years, 4-7 years, 8-12 years, 12-18 years with Edustage WHERE: Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Guildford London based Edustage offers a creative week of Road, Surrey KT22 9BL rehearsals and performances for young people. WHEN: 10.30-11.30am for 0-3 years, Acting, singing and dancing with the chance to 11.45am-12.45pm for 4-7 years, perform on stage. 10am-1pm for 8-18 years AGE: 8-16 years COST: £5 per session, pay as you go. WHERE: Myers Studio, Epsom Playhouse, CONTACT: 07726 945444 or to book email Ashley Avenue, Epsom KT18 5AL [email protected] WHEN: Mon 31 July-Fri 4 August, www.bigacttheatre.co.uk 10am-4pm for 8-12 years Mon 14-Fri 18 August, ✰ GRADE 5 MUSIC & THEORY 10am-4pm for 12-16 years
CRASH COURSE COST: £150/£135 (Sibling rate) ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○ CONTACT: 01372 742555 with Fitznells Music and Drama Centre www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk Four intensive sessions explaining all you need for ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory. Students will need to bring Grade 4 and 5 workbooks and 2016 Grade 5 past papers. AGE: Any WHERE: Ewell Castle School, Church Street, We believe all the information, which Ewell, Surrey KT17 2AW has been provided by clubs and WHEN: Mon 24-Thur 27 July and organisations, to be correct at the Mon 21-Thur 24 August, 10.30am-12.30pm each day time of publication but inclusion is COST: £85 not an endorsement of any CONTACT: 07956 284172 products or services. www.fitznells.co.uk
Music, ✰ STUDIO GATHERINGS
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ with echo7 Recording Studio Dance and Grab some friends and sing and dance your hearts out in our professional studio. Microphones, disco lights and latest Theatre songs to sing along to. Amazing fun and really cool! AGE: 6-17 years WHERE: echo7 Recording Studio, 7 Rosebery Parade, Kingston Road, Ewell KT17 2EJ WHEN: Mon-Fri, 8 July-1 September 9am-6pm ✰ SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP COST: £10 per child for 2 hours (min 5 friends, max 16) & STAGE: JULIUS CAESAR CONTACT: 02034 411688 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ www.echo7.co.uk with Pull The Other Theatre Education Experience Shakespeare’s iconic poitical tragedy,
✰ SUMMER WORKSHOP
○○○○ which is sure to be a thrilling five days. Meet new ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ friends, learn about making a play, discover with Dandelion Theatre Arts Shakespeare’s language and create a work-in- Dandelion have a West End performer running its week progress performance for your friends and family. long summer drama and dance workshop. You will spend the AGE: 10-16 years week learning words, songs and dances from Matilda and WHERE: Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, performing a short show at the end of the week. Epsom KT18 5AL AGE: 4-11 years WHEN: Mon 21-Fri 25 August, Mon-Thur 10am-3pm, WHERE: Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom KT18 5AL Fri 10.30am, performance 5.45pm WHEN: Mon 7-Fri 11 August or Thur 10 & Fri 11 August only COST: £157, 10% discount if you sign up with a friend COST: £180/£70 for two day attendees CONTACT: 07525 116764 CONTACT: 01372 742555 www.ptotheatre.org.uk www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk
❑ POLAR EXPLORERS HOLIDAY CLUB
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ with Epsom Methodist Church Games, crafts, dramatic bible stories, action songs, dance, Clubs magic, junk modelling and much more. Evening events for those aged over 11 years. ❑ ANIMAL AGENTS SUMMER READING AGE: 5-15 years CHALLENGE 2017 WHERE: Epsom Methodist Church KT18 5AQ
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AGE: 4-11 years ❑ HOLIDAY CLUB ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ WHERE: All Surrey libraries ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ WHEN: Sat 15 July-Sat 16 September with Rainbow Leisure Centre COST: Free Our Holiday Club runs Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm with www.surreycc.gov.uk/libraries the option to extend this by an hour at the start and end of the day. Children take part in a range of activities including ❑ DROP IN SUMMER swimming, Nerf Gun sessions, tennis, judo, badminton, team HOLIDAY CLUB games, craft and Junior Gym*.
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ AGE: 5-11 years *Junior Gym sessions are for 11-15yr olds with The Focus Youth Centre only with parental consent and a completed Health Offering a variety of activities - pool, Questionnaire table tennis, boxing, cooking, creative WHERE: Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street, arts and dance. With support from Epsom KT17 1BN youth workers. WHEN: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Early drop off from AGE: 11-19 years 8am and late pick up until 6pm availaible WHERE: The Focus Youth Centre, COST: From £7 per day and £68.45 per week. Depot Road, Epsom KT17 4RJ Early drop off or late pick up £3.05. WHEN: Mondays 31 July, 7, 14 and 21 Swimming (for Under 8yrs and non-swimmers) £2.60 August 5.30-7.30pm, Wednesdays 2, 16, CONTACT: To book please call 01372 727277 or visit the 23 and 30 August 4-6pm, Thursdays 3, 10, Rainbow Leisure Centre 17, 24 and 31 August 3.30-5.30pm www.better.org.uk SportSport
● GYMNASTICS & TRAMPOLINING ○○○○○○○○○○○○○
● FOOTBALL COACHING CAMPS ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○
○○○○○○○ with Epsom Gymnastics and Trampoline Club with Alexandra United Football Club Gymnastics and trampolining summer classes available Football coaching camp with skill development, for members and non-members. small sided games and lots of fun. AGE: 3+ years AGE: 7-11 years - Leatherhead/7-13 years - Epsom WHERE: Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street, WHERE: Leatherhead KT22 9AS Epsom KT17 1BN and Epsom KT17 4BU WHEN: 1 & 2 August, 8 & 9 August & WHEN: Mon 31 July-Fri 4 August 15 & 16 August 12.30-2.30pm & 9am-3pm in Leatherhead 2.30-4.30pm Tue 29 August-Fri 1 September COST: £15 per class or £25 for both classes 10am-3.30pm in Epsom CONTACT: 07958 751673 or email [email protected] COST: £75 Leatherhead course £50 Epsom course www.egtc.org.uk CONTACT: Please email or visit the website
to register. To book the Leatherhead course ● JUNIOR GOLF SUMMER CAMPS ○○○○○○○ email [email protected] or for the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Epsom course email [email protected] with Horton Park Golf School www.alexutd.com/camps Each day will include fun competitions, long and short game skills, and other aspects of the game as well as providing
● FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL TENNIS all important playing lessons on the course. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○ AGE: 4-16 years with Downswood LTC WHERE: Horton Park Golf Club, Hook Road, Epsom Junior social tennis held on Friday nights throughout the year KT19 8QG (excluding Christmas school holiday). Children must wear s WHEN: Mon-Fri every week from 24 July-1 September ports clothing and tennis shoes. 10am-3pm AGE: 7-18 years COST: £39 per day includes lunch/£20 per half day WHERE: Downswood LTC, Downswood,Epsom Downs KT18 5UJ Multi day and sibling discount available WHEN: Fridays 5-6pm 7-9yrs, 6-7pm 10+yrs CONTACT: 0208 393 8400 COST: £5 per session or approx £55 per year www.hortonparkgolf.com/junior-holiday-golf-camps CONTACT: 0208 394 1389 or 07769 202459 www.downswoodtennis.co.uk
● JUNIOR GYM
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● GREAT BRITISH TENNIS WEEKEND with Rainbow Leisure Centre ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ with Rainbow Leisure Centre Our Junior Gym will be open Monday to Sunday 10am-3pm Try tennis for free this summer at the Rainbow Great British throughout the school holidays. Tennis Weekend event! Rackets and balls will be provided, so AGE: 11-15 year olds with parental consent and a completed whether you’ve never picked up a racket before or you’re a Health Questionnaire seasoned regular – there is fun to be had. WHERE: Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street, AGE: All ages Epsom KT17 1BN WHERE: Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street KT17 1BN WHEN: Mon-Sun throughout the school holidays, starting WHEN: Sunday 23 July 12-3pm Mon 24 July 10am-3pm COST: Free COST: Non-member prices from £5.50 (included within the CONTACT: To book please call 01372 727277 Junior Health & Fitness membership) or visit the Rainbow Leisure Centre CONTACT: To book please call 01372 727277 or LEARN TO PLAY TENNIS visit the Rainbow Leisure Centre Drop in sessions are available for children aged 3-9 years www.better.org.uk/rainbow Dates and times to be confirmed.
www.better.org.uk/rainbow ● HEADSTART SPORTS CAMPS
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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ OFSTED registered courses offering a choice of mulit-sport, with Cheam Gymnastics Club art and drama. Coaches are DBS checked. For those wishing to learn or improve their gymnastics and AGE: 5-12 years trampoline skills. Our qualified coaches will teach you on WHERE: Stamford Green, Christ Church Mount, Epsom gymnastics and trampoline equipment in a fun, friendly and KT19 8LU and St Martins Infants, Worple Road, safe environment. Epsom KT18 7AA AGE: 4+ years for boys and girls of all abilities WHEN: Mon-Fri, 24 July-25 August, WHERE: Cheam High School, Chatsworth Road, SM3 8PW 8.30am-5.30pm or 10am-4pm WHEN: Tue 1, Wed 2 and Thur 3 August COST: £20-£30 per day 10-11am and 11.15am-12.15pm CONTACT: 07950 711866 COST: £22.50 per course www.headstartsportscamps.com CONTACT: 0208 394 2101 www.cheamgymnastics.co.uk Sport
● SWIMMING LESSON SHORT COURSES
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● HOLIDAY SPORTS COURSES with Rainbow Leisure Centre ○○○○○○○
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Our short course lessons run at the same time Monday - Friday with Epsom College mornings for one week, (excl. Bank Holidays). The courses have been running for over 40 years and cover a WHERE: Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street, range of popular sports offering specialist coaching and Epsom KT17 1BN games in outstanding facilities. WHEN: Mon-Fri 24-28 July, 7-11 August and 21-25 August AGE: 8-14 years 8:30am - Pre School 1 & 2 – For children aged 3-5 years who WHERE: Epsom College, College Road, Epsom KT17 4JQ may not yet be confident in the water. WHEN: Mon 31 July-Thur 3 August, Mon 7-Thur 10 August 9:00am - Stage 1 & 2 – For children 5 years and older looking and Mon 14-Thur 17 August 10am-4pm to develop confidence in the water and improve basic COST: £152 per week includes a hot meal at lunch time and swimming skills. refreshments throughout the day. Extended day option 8:30am - Stage 3 (Main Pool) – For children who have passed available 8.30am-5.30pm £7 per day Stage 2 or are able to travel 5 metres on both front and back CONTACT: 01372 821262 without the use of buoyancy aids, able to regain standing and www.epsomcollege.org.uk/sports-courses blow bubbles in the water. 9:00am - Stage 4 & 5 – For children who have passed Stage 3
● MATT & OLI’S MASH UP
○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ or are able to travel 10 metres on their front and back unaided with Horton Park Golf School with a basic technique and are confident to jump in and Sporty fun and games for all ages, includes a free round on submerge underwater. Jungle Island, sessions last 30 minutes with access to the COST: 4 day course £23/5 day course £29 special “mash-up course“ from 2pm. CONTACT: For more information and to book call AGE: 4-16 years 01372 727277 or visit the website WHERE: Horton Park Golf Club, Hook Road, www.betterlessons.org.uk Epsom KT19 8QG
WHEN: Tue 25 July, Tue 1, 8, 15, & 22 August 10.30am, ● TENNIS CAMPS ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 11.30am & 12.30pm ○○○○○○○○○○ with Absolute Tennis Ltd COST: £5 if booked in advance, £10 if booked on the day. Fun tennis skills, games, challenges and competition for all Accompanying adults free standards throughout the summer. Children will need to bring CONTACT: 0208 393 8400 a packed lunch (no nuts please), appropriate sports clothing www.hortonparkgolf.com/tuesdays (no casual wear) and sun protection. Racquets are available to
● RUGBY SUMMER CAMP borrow. ○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ AGE: 5-14 years with Sutton & Epsom RFC WHERE: Epsom LTC KT18 7QN and Ebbisham Sports Club, The biggest rugby camp in the South East! Eastway, Epsom KT19 8SG AGE: For boys and girls aged 4-16 years WHEN: From 25 July-25 August, each week Tue-Fri 10am-3pm WHERE: Sutton & Epsom RFC, Cuddington Court, Rugby COST: Non-members £25 per day/£90 for all days Lane, Cheam, Surrey SM2 7NF CONTACT: 07734 602063 WHEN: Mon 14-Fri 18 August and Mon 21-Fri 25 August www.absolutetennis.org.uk 9.30am-3.30pm. Breakfast club and late pick up available 7.30am-6pm ● TRY SPORT JUNIOR
COST: Full week members £135/Siblings £125 SUMMER CAMP ○○○○○ Non-members £150 Day rates also available ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Only £260 for two weeks! with Ebbisham Sports Club CONTACT: email [email protected] or call Juniors aged 7-14 years learn and play 07769 345407. Online booking also accepted seven different racket sports each day: www.suttonrugby.co.uk squash, racketball, badminton, tennis, touchtennis, table tennis and pickleball,
● SUMMER CRICKET CAMPS plus other activities. Run by professional
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ with Twenty20 Community Cricket Ltd coches in a fun and sociable way. AGE: 7-14 years Fun activities for all abilities - softball and hardball. WHERE: Ebbisham Sports Club, AGE: 5-15 years Eastway, Epsom KT19 8SG WHERE: Epsom Cricket Club, Francis Schnadhorst Memorial WHEN: Mons 24 & 31 July, Ground, Woodcote Road, Epsom KT18 7QN 7,14 & 21 August 9am-3.30pm WHEN: Mon 24-Fri 28 July and Mon 7-Fri 11 August, Mon COST: Non-members £28 per day 21-Fri 25 August 9.30am-4.30pm (extended day option or £25 per day for 2+ days/ available 8.30am-5.30pm) Members £23 per day or £20 per day COST: £35 per day/£150 per week for 2+ days Extended day £39/£170 per week CONTACT: 01372 720647 CONTACT: Online bookings only see website below www.ebbisham.com www.twenty20cricketcompany.com/book Bourne Hall Museum Kids Club
CAVE PAINTING
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11am-12pm & 2-3pm WW1 – THE HOME FRONT ○○○○○○○ In the deep time of prehistory early men ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Wednesday 23 August 2-3.30pm crawled down into the darkest Find out what life was like at home in WW1 – how one day in caves and used light from August Epsom was invaded by 4000 soldiers! Discover how primitive candles to paint hard life was with shortages of food and coal. Would you like pictures of themselves and the to go on to the Common to try and find extra food to eat? If animals they hunted. They your father was home on leave you need not go to school as left behind a vivid record of he could return to the front and you may never see him their way of life and again. At the end of the session you will get the chance to some clues of what they believed in. make your own Victoria Cross! Discover how and why these paintings were COST: £5 per child. Limited to 15 children created. Then by flickering light try to create your own cave painting in our very own ‘caves’.
WW2 - A CHILDREN’S WAR
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DISCOVER ARCHAEOLOGY were dropped on Epsom at a time when there were only ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○ three fire engines. Learn to play fag cards like wartime Wednesday 9 August 2-3.30pm children, discover the size of your sweet ration, try a paper Discover how archaeologists draw back puzzle and write a postcard home after being evacuated. the curtain of time and discover the past. COST: £5 per child. Limited to 15 children We take a look at a recent dig and see how archaeologists work, what they find
THE WORST JOBS IN TUDOR TIMES
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THE ROMANS AT HOME executioner! Come along and see if you fancy a change of ○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ job and a short life! Wednesday 16 August 2-3.30pm COST: £5 per child Discover what Roman Ewell was like with its sacred spring and secret shafts where gifts for the gods were left guarded
GOOD KING, BAD KING AND SAD KING
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To book any of the Museum activities please contact David Brooks at [email protected] or phone 020 8394 1734 or visit www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/BourneHallMuseumClub Bourne Hall Museum SummerSummer WalksWalks
Thursday 20 July 7.30-9pm Wednesday 2 and Saturday 5 August 2-3.30pm
❂ HIDDEN EWELL Tuesday 29 August 11am-12.30pm ○○○○○○○
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❂ CHALK LANE TO WORLD’S END Thursday 3 August 7.30-9pm and ○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Tuesday 22 August 2-3.30pm
Saturday 29 July 2-3.30pm ❂ HORTON MANOR & PARK ○○○○○○○
❂ ASHLEY CEMETERY WALK ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Thursday 10 August 7.30-9pm This is the orignal walk.
❂ HORRIBLE EPSOM ○○○○○○○ Tuesday 25 July 7.30-9pm and ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Tuesday 8 August 2-3.30pm Tuesday 15 August 2-4pm
❂ EPSOM COMMON AND SPA ❂ NONSUCH PARK
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Tuesday 1 August 7.30-9pm and Thursday 17 August 7.30-9pm
Saturday 26 August 2-3.30pm ❂ HORRIBLE EWELL ○○○○○○○
❂ EPSOM’S OLDEST ROAD ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○
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COST: £5 per person and places are limited to 25 people per walk. Places must be booked with David Brooks at [email protected] or phone 020 8394 1734
Need more information? Visit www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk email: [email protected] or call: 01372 732000