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FREEtake me home! IN THIS ISSUE Exclusive interview with Jacqueline Wilson The best local Christmas events Unlock with our expertly led singing, your child’s dancing and acting classes potential for 4 -18 year olds. CHEAM & EPSOM WORCESTER PARK 01737 669504 020 8773 4242 COULSDON & SUTTON CATERHAM 01372 272561 0345 078 0805 CROYDON SHIRLEY 0845 265 7083 020 8949 1116 Stagecoach Performing Arts is the trading name of Stagecoach Theatre Arts Limited. Stagecoach Theatre Arts schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals. Stagecoach and Creative Courage For Life are registered trademarks of Stagecoach Theatre Arts Limited. Creative Courage For Life Issuefamiliesonline.co.uk 83 November/December 2018 familiesonline.co.ukFamilies London Surrey Borders Prep school located in Purley and South Croydon for Girls and Boys aged 2-13 Now accepting applications for September 2019. Limited spaces available for September 2018. Contact [email protected] 020 8 645 2614 | cumnorhouse.com Build your child’s confidence and learning skills. Ages 5-16 years. Call 0779 000 4416 or visit www.firstclasslearning.co.uk/centre/south-croydon to enquire or book an assessment. OUTSTANDING 11+ RESULTS 2018 REGULAR FREE TRIALBOOK TODAY YOUR OPEN MORNINGS For dates and to register please contact [email protected] Fun play based social skill activities; speaking and listening, managing feelings and much more. Classes are for 4-11 year Part of the Reigate Grammar School family olds. Monthly parent support groups provided. Co-educational school for children aged 3-11 years GROUPS ARE SMALL SPACES ARE LIMITED CLASSES IN CROYDON Chinthurst School, Tadworth Street, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5QZ @Chintschool chinthurstschool.co.uk I 01737 812011 facebook.com/ChinthurstSchool For more details call 07591 205646 or email [email protected] [email protected] 2 Families London Surrey Borders familiesonline.co.uk News & views Wild Gifts from Surrey Wildlife Trust! London Surrey Borders Give the gift of nature this Christmas by adopting a hedgehog with Surrey Wildlife Editor Tamar Pearson Trust! Hedgehogs are in serious decline in the [email protected] UK and are disappearing as fast as the tiger is globally. SWT are working hard to restore Design Rebecca Carr habitats for hedgehogs and other wildlife Printer Print Mates species on their reserves. Their animal adoptions make the perfect 21,000 copies printed present for nature lovers and you will be 42,000 readers per issue contributing to their vital work to protect some of the county’s rarest wildlife and habitats. Adoption gift packs are just £25 and include an adorable soft toy, a personalised adoption certificate, a species factsheet, a photo and a sticker. The recipient will also receive two Next issue January/February 2019 newsletters a year showing how your support is helping their work. (Otter and goat Booking deadline 3 December 2018 adoptions are also available from £25). Cover Image Spillers Pantomines, Epsom & Or how about giving your loved ones a family membership? From only £5 a month, children Ewell Burough Council and Epsom Playhouse will receive their own regular magazine, handbook, stickers and posters. Family members Theatre present Jack and the Beanstalk can also take advantage of discounts on hundreds of events and activities, including their new holiday club, whilst enjoying access to beautiful SWT reserves all over the county. Make your Christmas gifts a little bit wilder this year and give nature on your doorstep a helping Editor’s note hand. For more information please visit: www.surreywildlifetrust.org. Wishing you a festive season filled with much merriments and contentment. Santa to your door Tamar Arrange a magical visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or any other time. He will deliver your presents and chat to your children about their favourite things. He may even xx sing a few festive songs before he says goodbye having nibbled a mince pie, or two. Call the In this issue Santa hotline 020 8959 1045 or 07969 121094, email [email protected] or visit www. adamantsparties.co.uk 3. Christmas news 5. Education news Croydon Dad Creates 6. Childcare options for Christmas TV Show to Sew Seed for 8. Exclusive interview with Jaqueline Wilson generations to come 9. Christmas days out in London Local first-time dad-to-be, Dom Williams was so 10. Christmas with the National Trust dismayed hearing friends’ complaints about the 11. What’s on at Christmas children’s programmes they were forced to endure he wrote and made his own TV series, Sunny Bank 15. What’s on in November & December Allotments. Families London Surrey Borders is part of Families Print Ltd, a franchise company. All franchised magazines in the Sunny Bank Allotments is an animated pre-school series about a little boy and girl, Pippa group are independently owned and operated under licence. and Barney and takes its name from the road in Croydon where Dom and his family live, Families is a registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham although he has subsequently found out there are actually at least three places called Sunny House, Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of Families London Surrey Borders Bank Allotments in the UK. are fully protected by copyright and none of the editorial or photographic matter may be reproduced in any form without The series consists of 12 x 11-minute episodes and 12 accompanying books. Details available prior consent of Families London Surrey Borders. Every care is taken in the preparation of this magazine, but Families London at: www.Sunnybank.TV where the episodes can also be watched or the popular Kids Surrey Borders; our distributors, the franchise company, Youtube Channel Wizz: www.youtube.com/c/wizz Families Print Ltd, and Lifecycle Marketing cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of the contents, or any consequence thereof. A unique mobile miniature pig party with a difference We provide a unique, unforgettable « Birthday parties experience where children and adults alike have an opportunity to interact « Weddings and Receptions with the pigs up close and personal, stroke, brush and feed them and « Schools and Nurseries even take them for a walk on a lead « in a secure environment! 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Golem alongside Bill Nighy, Alice Through the Looking Glass and The Huntsman: Earlier this year, Mikey and Sunny, their two Miniature Piglets, entered the programme and passed Winter’s War to name a few. with flying colours! The piglets learned to obey important commands such as “Sit”, “Stay”, “Come”, “Spin”, “Back” and be gentle when taking treats, which are essential for Therapy Work. They also The filming schedule took 14-year-old mastered climbing small stairs and ramps as well as walk on a harness and lead. Amelia to Serbia for 12 weeks, “I missed my family and friends, but I really had Becoming creative is another side of their Therapy Training – with their snouts and trotters the boys produced painting masterpieces, which are available to purchase online, as Unique Bespoke the best time filming Extinction. I love Gifts! the acting lessons at Stagecoach and I learned so much from the other actors on Most importantly, Mikey and Sunny are comfortable around children, friendly, sociable and cuddly set which I’ve already been applying to my and have visited many Piggy-Themed parties, Events and Shows and have even been filmed for performances since I’ve come home.” commercial campaigns! On Amelia’s success, Stagecoach For more information on all the services that The Pigfather offer visit www.thepigfather.co.uk Epsom School Principal, Rachel Crouch comments, “we are so proud of Amelia’s Talking to young children achievements – she works hard across all three disciplines at Stagecoach and is about war this Remembrance a great example to show other children Day what’s possible. We love seeing our talented students take to the stage and big Remembrance Day this year will be on Sunday 11 November screen…it means we’ve made a difference.” and will be especially significant as it will mark 100 years since the original agreement to end fighting during the First For more information about Stagecoach World War in 1918, also known as Armistice Day. Epsom visit: www.stagecoach.co.uk/ Accordingly, you can expect that there will be a great deal of media coverage given to this epsom significant commemoration and your child may be prompted to ask you questions. Discussing war with children can be quite difficult. Recognising this, CBeebies has produced a short animation, simply titled ‘Poppies’ to help convey the notion of remembrance in a way that resonates with a young audience. Odd Socks Day for The 2-minute film follows a bunny who starts off playing in a meadow, which then becomes a Anti-Bullying Week WW1 battlefield. The film can be viewed at www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies Anti-Bullying Week runs from 12-16 November and the theme this year is choosing respect South East in Bloom judges over bullying.