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May-Jun 2015 FREE MAY/JUNE 2015 ISSUE 16 Party Feature & Directory! Win some fantastic prizes What's on this May & June Call 0845 400 1315 or visit perform.org.uk to Confidence find your nearest venue. Building Fun Try a Free Drama Class For families with young children aged 0 -12 in Bedfordshire Contents 3 - 6 NEWS & INFO Editor's Welcome 7 NEWS AND COMPETITIONS Hello and welcome to our fun-filled May-June issue. 8 PARTY FEATURE We have our Party feature, 9 PARTIES DIRECTORY a must read guide on how to survive a sleepover, plus PARTY FEATURE AND NEWS our Party Directory which 10 will give you lots of ideas of where to turn to when thinking ahead to your child's 11 FAMILY MEALTIMES birthday celebrations. 12 EDUCATION NEWS With summer on the way, there's plenty to see and do, with lots of events taking place for you and your families to enjoy across Bedfordshire. Full details of these and more 13 HEALTH AND EDUCATION NEWS in our News and Info and What's On pages. Plus, there is a chance to win tickets to The Big Outdoor Show taking place 14 - 16 WHAT’S ON: MAY - JUNE at Willen Lakes in Milton Keynes! Whatever you do, have fun! Editor: Judith Dow [email protected] Judith www.familiesbedfordshire.co.uk Mob: 07889 894431 or phone: 01727 373929. P.S. Our July-August Summer issue will include lots of Part of the Families ® magazines group, established 1990. All franchised magazines in the group are holiday what's on; activities and ideas about what to do with independently owned & operated under license. the kids over the summer and holiday camps guide. Copy Design: CBF - www.cbfnet.co.uk deadline: Friday 12 June. Photo credits Competition winners: Front cover: © Juno Photography www.junophotography.uk pg 2 www.catherinefenton.com; pg 4 © illustration Kerr-Kneale Productions; pg 6 © ZSL; © Nigel Blake The winners of family tickets to Mead Open Farm were C (rspb-images.com); pg 7 © Christin Lola – Fotolia.coml; pg 8 © tcsaba – Fotolia.com; pg 11 © BlueOrange Edwards, A Jefferson, K Knox, H Furminger, T Rook, RR Studio – Fotolia.com; pg 12 © Chris Demott; pg 13 © Monkey Business – Fotolia.com. Stijelja. The winners of tickets to the Bedfordshire Baby Show were C Killen, L Hrabikova, J Cull, S Witts, N Laing, Families Bedfordshire is printed by The Manson Group (01727 848440) on paper sourced from sustainable C Ruffing. forests and the inks used are vegetable based. Distribution: we are printing 15,000 copies which will be distributed to selected points in Bedfordshire. Further distribution information please contact: [email protected] , Maths & English tuition centres For 5 to 14 year olds of all abilities • Courses mapped to the National Curriculum. • Adapts to the individual needs of your child. • Convenient for families - Open 7 days a week. • Ofsted registered - we accept Childcare Vouchers. Free trial session - book today! “Explore Learning members’ improvement in maths was 30% higher than that of the comparison group after controlling for gender, Bedford 01234 365905 age, year group and special educational needs.” Luton 01582 742979 Independent Ecacy Study by the Institute of Education at Reading University (2013). See www.explorelearning.co.uk/ecacy. www.explorelearning.co.uk Childcare Vouchersaccepted! 2 May/June 2015 www.familiesbedfordshire.co.uk News and info Caitlin's a Flitwick Carnival competition winner! Look up, The photo shows the look down, winning entry of the The Collection is home to historic aircraft,look vintage around! vehicles and Flitwick Carnival motorcycles, and a period Swiss Garden Programme design competition. Caitlin Cliff-Reid (aged 8) was Airshows & presented with the award Collection events by Karen Gleave, business owner at Art Adventurers, who sponsored the competition. As well as seeing her winning design on the front cover, Caitlin received an arty prize, an enlarged laminate copy of her design, certificate and keepsake copy of her programme. The Flitwick Carnival will be held on Saturday 13 June at Plant Fair, Plays & Music events Millennium Park, Dunstable Road, Flitwick, from 12 noon-7pm and is set to be a fun-filled day for all the family! Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire, SG18 9EP May-June events at Shuttleworth for all the family! All Flitwick Carnival updates can be found at 3 May - 70 years of VE Day Airshow z 10 May - Plant Fair z 23 May www.facebook.com/Flitwickcarnival. - Classic Evening Airshow z 13 June - Open Garden (NGS) z 7 June - Airshow featuring LAA z 20 June - Edwardian Picnic & Airshow z 21 June - Midsummer Eve in the Swiss Garden (music). www.shuttleworth.org/events Reg Charity No 307534 Families Beds QP May-June 2015.indd 1 30/03/2015 11:21:20 Summer Reading Challenge 2015 Libraries across the UK are getting ready to encourage young readers, aged 4-11 years and their families, to explore some of the astonishing real-life achievements and world records as featured in the Guinness World Records Books as part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2015 which starts on Saturday 11 July. This year the Summer Reading Challenge has teamed up a Grov! with Guinness World Records - the global authority in record-breaking achievements and publisher of the annual Tree Fu Tom takes to the Grove Theatre's stage in Guinness World Records ™book – to establish a “Record Dunstable on Saturday 23 May at 1pm & 3.30pm as part of Breakers” themed Challenge. Record Breakers brings his first nationwide 'live' tour! together fact and fiction, challenging young readers to explore astonishing real-life achievements and world You can follow Tom, Twigs, Ariela and friends on an action records. packed adventure through the magical world of Treetopolis! After finding a dusty old map, Tom decides to follow where Children are encouraged to read six or more library books it leads and see if it will take them to any mysterious hidden of their choice during the summer holidays with collectable treasure - but it’s not an easy route to follow. Tom and his incentives and rewards, plus a certificate, or medal for friends must travel through wild weather and catch the every child who completes the Challenge. This year, mischievous Mushas who are making trouble along the participants will be asked to make a pledge to help set a way! new Guinness World Records™ title for the Most Pledges Received for a Reading Campaign! Libraries are collecting Full of fun, music and laughter, Tom will need your help to pledges across the UK between Friday 10 and Monday 13 do the Tree Fu moves that could help save the day. Be part July. of the magic! More info: Tickets: call the Box Office on 01582 60 20 80 or visit the www.readingagency.org.uk/summerreadingchallenge website: www.grovetheatre.co.uk To advertise: 01727 373929 May/June 2015 3 News and info Samb over t Luto Carniva! Keep on running... and swimming and cycling! Luton is welcoming its first Hercules Festival of Sport to the Staying in Luton, the stage is set for the Luton International Inspire Sport Village on Sunday 24 May starting at 7am. It Carnival 2015 which takes place on Sunday, 24 May from 12 builds on the successful season of Triathlon and Aquathlon noon to 7pm and everyone is invited to enjoy an incredible events staged at the Inspire Centre and Lewsey in 2014. day of free family entertainment. The Festival will play host to an incredible range of sporting events, and will offer something for all the family, including: The town will burst into life as the carnival atmosphere Novice, Sprint and Standard distance off road Triathlons sweeps over Luton. Sound sites will be situated across (swim, cycling, running) Wardown Park and the town centre hosted by local Djs who Standard and Sprint Aquathlon (swim, run events) will be getting everyone in the carnival spirit, playing the Tri Star Kids Aquathlon (300m swim and 2.5km run) sounds of Salsa, Soca, Drum n' Bass beats and much more. Standard and Sprint distances off road Duathlon (run, bike, run) Visit Wardown Park to experience the array of stalls and grab 10 km, 5 km & 1.5 km kids fun run races a bite to eat, with food from all around the world, you'll be 100 km and 100 mile cycle events spoilt for choice! Look out for the variety of entertainment on offer and visit the fairground to get yourself in a spin! Event Director, David Enright, said: “The Festival of Sport in Luton will provide a day long feast of sport and fun for the Don't miss the highlight of the entire day, the carnival city. There are events for every member of the family, as well procession which will leave from Wardown Park. Follow it as a Sports Village and entertainments for spectators and through the streets of Luton to St. George's Square, where supporters.” the carnival bands will showcase their amazing costumes and moves, before heading back to the park to continue More details about how to enter can be found on the website revelling in the celebrations. More info: www.herculesevents.com To contact the event organisers email: [email protected] or tel: 01582 437100. call 0798 446 5923 or email [email protected] Have tea with a life-size Tiger! Traffic-free cycling guide book launched Tiger, Mog and Pink Rabbit: A Judith Kerr Retrospective at A new guidebook to traffic-free cycling in the UK which the Jewish Museum in London includes three routes in Bedfordshire, has been released by (29 June- 4 October 2015) Sustrans, the charity which coordinates the National Cycle invites families to enjoy a Network.
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