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FREE July-August 2016 familiesonline.co.uk HOLIDAY SPECIAL 8 pages of summer fun 4 pages of what's on! WHAT’S ON for 0-12 year olds in July & August Covering Reigate, Redhill, Dorking, Leatherhead, Caterham, Godstone, Warlingham, Tadworth, Horley, Oxted and Lingfield Buy stick on labels for clothing! Quick & Easy 01786 473 508 EMBRACE CREATIVITY Acting, singing and dance classes for 4 - 18 year olds. Find out more and start your child’s journey today: COULSDON DORKING 0345 078 0805 0800 007 5482 [email protected] [email protected] LEATHERHEAD REDHILL REIGATE 020 8394 2244 020 8686 0141 0800 007 5482 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Families Surrey East is part of the ISSUE 53 JULY-AUG 2016 national network of Families magazines. See www.familiesonline.co.uk/local/ IN THIS ISSUE surrey-east for more features and competitions. We’ve just enjoyed a proper British street party in the Page 3 News drizzle to celebrate HRH 90th birthday, and we coped! NEXT ISSUE – Sept-Oct 2016, out 6th Here’s hoping the Summer hols will be a sunny and Page 6 Babies & Toddlers Sept. Send your news and upcoming bright – it does make life easier doesn’t it? Page 8 Education events by 12th Aug for FREE INCLUSION. This issue is packed full of Summer holiday ideas. Page 10 Holiday special PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS and reach Whether you’re thinking of braving a festival with kids, families throughout East Surrey with looking for childcare options or tackling a new sport Page 11 Festivals DISPLAY ADS or ask about our WEB ADS (inspired by the Olympics), then check out pages 10-18 Page 12 Days Out from £42. for your guide to Summer in East Surrey. Page 14 Summer Camps AD BOOKING AND COPY DEADLINE The What’s On pages are bulging with great days out FOR JULY-AUGUST 2016 is 12th Aug. and family events taking places throughout Jul-Aug, Page 16 Sports Please send ad artwork by 12th Aug. including lots of outdoor theatre performances and the Page 18 Rainy Day ideas For advertising and editorial enquiries, Edenbridge & Oxted Show, which this year has a bigger Page 19 Nature Notes call the Editor on 07769 222347 or kids area (and free entry to under 16s). email: editor@ familiessurreyeast.co.uk Finally, if your child is making the transition to Page 20 What’s On secondary school this year, there are a few tips about what to expect on page 8. I will be waving my eldest off 22,500 copies of FAMILIES SURREY EAST are distributed free of charge to schools, nurseries, playgroups, clubs & classes, NCT groups, baby to primary school this Sept, so will be at the ready with clinics, good children’s shops, libraries, theatres & sports centres. the tissues at the gates. Distributed to venues in Leatherhead and Dorking, Reigate and Redhill, Godstone, Oxted and Lingfield, Warlingham and Caterham and down to Horley and the Surrey/Sussex border in the south. To obtain copies for your venue call 07769 222347 or email editor@familiessurreyeast. Don’t forget the brand new Families website launches co.uk. Families Surrey East, 37 Springcopse Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 7HH Tel: 07769 222347 Web: familiesonline.co.uk/local/surrey-east. on July 4th, so do pop online and check it out. New Annual subscription £15. Email: [email protected] site is familiesonline.co.uk/local/surrey-east. Have a Design: Andrews Design & Marketing, The Studio, 29A Bell St, Reigate, Surrey RH2 7AD Tel: 01737 224340 Email: phil.andrews1@btinternet. com. Print: Printmates, 84 Holmethorpe Av, Redhill, Surrey RH1 2NL. Tel: 01737 773755. wonderful holiday and I look forward to seeing you for Families Surrey East is part of Families Magazines Ltd, a franchise company. All franchised magazines in the group are independently owned the Education special in September. and operated under licence. Families® is a registered trademark of Families Magazines Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of Families Surrey East are fully protected by copyright and none of the editorial or photographic Hannah Grogan, Editor matter may be reproduced in any form without prior consent of the publisher. We take every care when preparing this magazine but the pub- [email protected] lishers and distributors cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers, nor for the accuracy of the contents nor for any consequence. 2 Families Surrey East July-August 2016 News Introducing East Surrey Dance A newly formed dance school launches in East Surrey this Summer, merging the existing Woldingham Dance and JLM Academy to create East Surrey Dance. Experienced and qualified teachers will cover Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Ballet and fun ISTD Modern and Tap, plus pre school and adult groups. The Woldingham branch will introduce DDMIX to the adults in the area - a new enjoyable workout created by Darcey Bussell that takes inspiration from international dance styles. There are summer workshops and pre-school classes over the Summer, so New playground for Old check out pages 6 & 14 for more info. Coulsdon Let the Show Begin! The dedicated Friends of Grange Park have successfully raised over Now in its 19th year and run by the Society of London Theatre, £100,000 in grants and donations to build a new playground. Their Kids Week encourages young people to experience the magic ambition to renovate the 25-year-old severely dilapidated playground of live theatre for free! From 1-31st August one child aged 16 or will be realised this summer, with the new design combining ideas under can go free to a wide range of shows when accompanied from 150 school-aged children in a ‘design your dream playground’ by a full paying adult, and up to two extra children can go for competition. The new design includes local heritage and landscape half price, per transaction. Shows include MAMMA MIA!, The references like Kenley Airfield and the River Bourne. Mousetrap and Wicked. Ticket onsale now via kidsweek.co.uk Chris Wright, Chairman of the Friends said: ‘The Friends have worked tirelessly over the last two years to raise funds for a new and inclusive Redhill Town Centre Revamp playground for our community. The impact will be far-reaching, Plans have been submitted encouraging physical activity among our young people and providing for the proposed multiplex a much needed facility where disabled children can play alongside cinema, shop and their able-bodied peers’. Support for the project has come from the restaurants in Redhill town Biffa Award, the London Marathon Charitable Trust and Macquarie centre. The plans were on Group Foundation. The Children’s Trust have also been consulted to display until June 8th for make the playground accessible to all youngsters. public comment, and the review will take place with the planning committee later this Summer. The plans include a six- screen cinema and up to eleven glass-fronted shops and family-style restaurants on the ground and first floors. 153 studio, one and two bedroom homes for private rent are proposed to be built above. The scheme will link the new pedestrian route between the High Street and Marketfield Way. For more info and to view the plans, visit reigate-banstead.gov.uk JOUSTING TOURNAMENTS JULY 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 30 & 31 AUGUST 13 & 14, 20 & 21, 26 – 29 Spectacular displays of action, stunts, falls and fights in an authentic arena. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT hevercastle.co.uk/whatson Or call – 01732 865224 Families Surrey East July-August 2016 3 HEV-Jousting-130x87-v01.indd 1 16/05/2016 16:26 News Merstham regeneration project stalls Summer Reading The building contractor working on Challenge the new community hub and shops at This year's Big Friendly the end of Portland Drive has gone into Read Summer Reading administration, putting the project on hold Challenge runs across the until a new builder can be appointed. school summer holidays, The site had been due to open later this year, linking up with the global with the new development housing the new year-long Roald Dahl 100 library, community facility, youth centre, moving into the new purpose-built facilities celebrations, honouring the café and shops. It is a blow to the local in the autumn. Keep an eye on reigate- world's No.1 storyteller. The community who were looking forward to banstead.gov.uk website for updates. campaign encourages 4-11yr olds to read 6 books during the Summer break. These can be any type hygiene, matted hair, unexplained gifts, of book - joke books, picture books, audio Stop Child Abuse or a parent regularly collecting children books - just as long as they are borrowed from the library. Every time a child finishes Surrey CC has launched a new child from school when drunk. a book they get stickers and rewards and protection campaign, aimed at spotting • Behaviour - such as demanding or there's a certificate for everyone who finishes. the signs of abuse and neglect. The aggressive behaviour, frequent lateness NSPCC reports that there are over or absence from school, avoiding their The Big Friendly Read will feature some of 50,000 children in the UK identified as own family, misusing drugs or alcohol, or Roald Dahl's best-loved characters and the needing protection from abuse, with being constantly tired. amazing artwork of his principal illustrator, reports of sexual abuses against children Sir Quentin Blake. It encourages reading on • Communication – such as sexual or rising sharply. Don’t assume this couldn’t a giant scale and features themes such as aggressive language, self-harming, happen to somebody you know.