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IN THIS ISSUE WIN! See page 3 for our Winter Fun Competitions! Parenting Education Where’s Santa Pantos and Seasonal Shows... We’ve got Winter all Wrapped UP! Issue 132 November/December 2019 familiesonline.co.uk Welcome to the November/December issue! CONTACT US: Families North West London Magazine WATFORD BUSHEY Editors: Heather Waddington andRI CKJanineMANSWO RTMerglerH M1 P.O. Box 2378, Watford WD18 1RF STANMORE M25 HATCH END NORTHWOOD T: 01923 237 004 E: [email protected] EDGWARE HARROW WEALD HAREFIELD PINNER KINGSBURY Listings and Features Editor: HARROW WEST RUISLIP HENDON Anna Blackshaw E: [email protected] ICKENHAM DOLLIS HILL SUDBURY PARK www.FamiliesNWLondon.co.uk NORTHOLT BRONDESBURY PARK WEMBLEY UXBRIDGE A40 QUEENS PARK WILLESDEN www.facebook.com/FamiliesNWLondon KILBURN @FamiliesNWLon Readership of over 60,000 local parents, carers and teachers every issue. Published seven times a year. For families from birth to twelve. 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You can collect a copy FREE from scores of outlets: schools, nurseries, play groups, clubs and classes, sports centres, children’s libraries, family doctors and baby clinics, theatres, your local council offices and children’s shops. If you would like to stock copies to give to parents, please let us know. 2 Families North West London familiesonline.co.uk NEWS Gift idea for the New Street Dance classes little cooks in in Croxley your life Stimulate your child’s imagination through creative movement - expressing themselves Little Cooks Co is a monthly subscription through dance and music! Street Dance based recipe kit that’s posted through Academy are launching their latest club the letterbox, direct to kids, in a neat in Malvern Way Primary School, Croxley 100% recyclable box with compostable Green starting on January 11th 2020. packaging. Hour-long classes will be held every The box Saturday morning during school term is packed time. with all the Sign up before 31st December and receive natural and a FREE club T shirt! healthy dry ingredients Classes are split into 3 age groups 5-8yrs, of that 9-11yrs and 12-16yrs . month’s Street Dance coaches are all DBS checked, and delicious classes are taught in a fun and safe environment. and nutritious recipe for kids to bake in the For a full list of class times, fees and/or to apply online - www.streetdanceacademy. home. Kits come complete with all of the co.uk or call 0800 0236 236 dry, organic ingredients perfectly measured to make each recipe and also include a small activity or craft for children to enjoy while making their yummy bake. Each recipe is fun and easy to make and has Take a walk this winter been designed by a registered nutritionist, Ramblers groups across the UK will offer a warm so is free from all refined sugar and welcome on hundreds of free festive walks. No matter processed ingredients. where you live, and whether or not you’ve walked before, Subscriptions start from £8.99/month they’ll offer the chance to enjoy the wonderful winter www.littlecooksco.co.uk landscape in good company; to relax, unwind and stress- bust, and to make new friends at a time of year when many people can feel anxious, stressed or isolated. Last year, the Ramblers encouraged over 88,000 people to start walking or discover its many health benefits. So why not give yourself, or someone you love, the ‘uplift gift’ of joining in one of our Festival Of Winter Walks across the UK?” There will be fun winter-themed walks that the little ones will love; leisurely strolls under five miles for people new to walking; and longer walks for those that want more of a challenge. For those of you who may be short on time or want a gentler stroll, there will be Ramblers’ health walks. Where to get more info: FOWW 2019 web page link: ramblers.org.uk/foww Or search online for Festival Of Winter Walks 2019 Paediatric First Aid Courses Sun 17 Nov, Sat 7 Dec, Sat 18 Jan - Harrow on the Hill Suitable for Ofsted Registration. Includes some home study. Certificate valid for 3 years Cost = £85 Contact Margaret at [email protected] or on 07814 191 395 for bookings Other dates available 4 Families North West London familiesonline.co.uk NEWS Will you make a Harrow #PlasticPromise? school Almost half a million Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and volunteers across the wins good UK are coming together to tackle plastic pollution – and they’re calling on the nation diabetes to make a #PlasticPromise GirlGuiding UK members from across the care award UK are joining forces and asking their friends, family, politicians and the public to join them and make a #PlasticPromise, committing to a simple but Headmaster Simon Ford, meaningful lifestyle change to help reduce single-use plastic. Welfare Officer Angela Shaw and children from Quainton Hall Anyone can make a #PlasticPromise by visiting plasticpromises.co.uk School. Quainton Hall School in Hindes Award winning Road has been chosen for the Diabetes UK ‘Good Diabetes Northwood author Care in School Award’ because of the support it provides to students with the condition, the releases the help it offers to manage their diabetes safely, and the care it takes to include them in all school activities. second book in The recognition scheme aims to raise awareness of the vital role good care in school plays in keeping students safe, supporting them to achieve his young readers’ academically and promotes their personal development. Headmaster Simon Ford said: “We are delighted to receive this award - it’s Butterfly Bee Lady not only recognition of how seriously we take Type 1 diabetes in our school, but also of our commitment to ensure all children have access to the same trilogy opportunities, no matter if they have a long-term health condition or not. Every child and young person with diabetes deserves to have the same This newest offering from local author opportunities as their friends. And their parents should be confident they’re ig Oliver shares an amazing journey of looked after properly in school.” adventure, love and family but with the continuing knowledge that evil and malice are not far behind for Bee, the For more information on the Good Diabetes Care in School Award Butterfly Bee Lady’s daughter. visit: www.diabetes.org.uk/care-award Her journey now takes her to where the very first magic was created, and to find the answers to what happened to her mother and how she became who she was. The very first Butterfly! Beautiful illustrations drawn by the author ig Oliver, lighten the readers way through this fantastic story three years in the making. Available from Waterstones, WHSmith and Amazon. Follow ig Oliver on Twitter twitter.com/originalYowza www.facebook.com/pg/YAOWZAuk/posts/ familiesonline.co.uk Families North West London 5 Education How to teach your kids their times tables…easily ands up who got their iPhone then go down that route. If, on the other out the last time they had to add hand, listening and chanting helps them anything up? You’re not the only learn, then explore the different types of apps Hone. Relying on a calculator is easy available on the iPad or computer and try and convenient but getting to grips with downloading some of them. maths and, in particular, times tables, is vital for children if they are to succeed at school. Pick out the patterns Helping your little ones at home and Come on, admit it; everyone has a favourite doing some extra work to ensure they feel times table. It’s probably your favourite confident in their learning can almost be as because you find it the easiest to remember important as what they do in the classroom. or you like the pattern. Picking up on things like this will make it easier for your little The thing that can really turn children off ones to learn. The 9 times table has one of learning their times tables is the practise it the easiest patterns to remember because, Apply it to real life will take.