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ARE YOU IN OR OUT? WHY YOU SHOULD LIVE IN LONDON

WHAT’S ON BOOKS EDUCATION STYLE ACTIVITIES

re you in or out? I’m not talking Brexit, Remain or the EU referendum WELCOME but rather whether you are fully committed to a life in London. Sure, any A time spent on Rightmove will convince you into thinking you could have a better life in the countryside, living in a manor house, surrounded by acres of land and waited on by staff. But are we forgetting what it means to live in the city? Sophie Clowes thinks city life rocks and tells us why the capital is the best place to raise our kids.

In a neat segue, we’re shining the spotlight on things to do in the big smoke with the kids in the holidays – from the best STEAM venues in London, to secret gardens in Surrey. And children’s entertainment experts Sharky & George share their ideas for alleviating boredom in the airport, on the beach and in the car.

Beverley Turner reminds us why Dads rock, and Jo Pratt has some easy summer PHOTOGRAPHY & STYLING food to enjoy at home or abroad. The Little Revolution Productions [email protected] Happy Holidays! Victoria Evans SHOOT CO-ORDINATION Sarah Lancaster [email protected] citykidsmagazine.co.uk 07770 370 353 MODEL Olivia citykidswest @citykidswest To receive our newsletters, please sign up via our website at www.citykidsmagazine.co.uk INDEX 04 WE LOVE 07 WHAT’S ON 11 BEVERLEY TURNER 12 FEATURE CITY VS COUNTRY 15 FASHION 18 STYLE 19 SHARKY & GEORGE 22 FOOD JO PRATT 24 EDUCATION 33 GIVEAWAYS 34 BOOKS 37 DIRECTORY BABIES & PRE-SCHOOLERS / LITTLE KIDS / BIG KIDS 48 DIRECTORY HOLIDAY CLUBS 49 DIRECTORY PARTIES 50 SUMMER ESSENTIALS

CITY KIDS editor Victoria Evans designer Caroline Haye education Christen Jamar features Sophie Clowes contributors Beverley Turner, Jo Pratt, Sharon Fried-Jones, Sharky & George, Ahrani Logan, Lianne Kolirin, Romaine Coonghe, Shirley Khan This publication may not be reproduced in whole or part by any means without prior consent of the publisher. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the content at the time of publication, the publishers shall not be held responsible in any way for any inaccuracies or omissions. The opinions of those expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher or CITY KIDS LTD. © 2016 CITY KIDS LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. T 07770 370 353 WE

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K WHAT’S ON June From 9 11 & 12 12 ROBIN HOOD GREENDAYS FESTIVAL CELEBRATE WWT London Wetland Centre Acton Green Common, Chiswick THE QUEEN’S www.wwt.org.uk www.bedfordparkfestival.org 90TH Two days of fun at the traditional fete and craft fair. BIRTHDAY WITH BRICKS Legoland, Windsor www.legoland.co.uk

See Robin Hood and his men, the cruel Sheriff of The party will be set up on Miniland’s own Nottingham, and the hopeful people of Loxley in Mall, in front of a 35,000 brick recreation of this open air, promenade production. Buckingham Palace. Lego Movie © & Lego Group & Warner Bros. Entertainment IInc. Entertainment Bros. Warner & Group © & Lego Movie Lego Richard Davenport Richard 15 to 19 18 18 SUMMER SESSIONS EXPLORE THE KEW MIDSUMMER FAMILY DAY ZOOLOGY FETE Chiswick House Grant Museum of Kew Green www.chgt.org.uk Zoology www.kewfete.org

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One of several days of music and entertainment Ever wondered how heavy an elephant tusk Local good causes benefit from a traditional at Chiswick House, but aimed at the younger is? Bring along budding young zoologists for an family day out with dog show, Victorian generation. Great festival atmosphere. afternoon of hands-on family activities. fairground and food stalls. RBG Kew - Some of the produced with Theobroma cacao

19 30 From 30 EDWARDIAN JURASSIC PARK GIFFORDS CIRCUS GARDEN PARTY Morden Hall Park Chiswick House & Gardens www.thelunacinema.com www.giffordscircus.com Fulham Palace www.fulhampalace.org Introduce the kids to Spielberg’s classic flick in this stunning location. Bring a picnic and make a night of it.

This vintage village green circus goes Wild A traditional family day in the palace garden. The West. Expect a whip-crackin’, horse-wranglin,’ fun will include swing boats, face painting, ragtime hell-raisin’ show including aerialists, dancing music and games. horses and more. Runs until 18th July. ©

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Always wanted to glimpse a lion prowling its English National Ballet and English National Roald Dahl’s scariest book is brought to life in a territory at twilight? Make your dream come Ballet School present My First Ballet: Sleeping tremendously terrifying treat for the whole family. true on a Sunset Safari. Beauty, an enchanting ballet for the over-threes. Recommended for over-5s and brave adults. Colin Hutton © Hartswood Films ASH From 10 16 19 BRER RABBIT SUPER SATURDAY OF ACADEMY TOTS VISITS AFRICA SPORT Royal Academy of Music www.ram.ac.uk Puppet Barge, Richmond Turnham Green, Chiswick www.puppetbarge.com www.supersaturdayofsport.co.uk

Super Saturday of Sport is back! More than 40 Inquisitive tots can discover exciting instruments As usual, Brer Rabbit gets himself into trouble different sports and activities to try and it’s all at the Royal Academy of Music. Set in the Piano and all the animals of Africa gather to help. completely free. Gallery at the Academy’s Museum. © Theatre Alibi

From 23 From 25 From 30 FIRE! FIRE! URBAN AMBUSH HARRY POTTER Museum of London Watermans Brentford AND THE CURSED CHILD www.museumoflondon.org.uk www.watermans.org.uk Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue www.harrypottertheplay.com

Discover London before, during and after the Urban Ambush Creative Summer Camps start on 25 Harry’s huge stage debut. Over two nights, watch Great Fire in an interactive exhibition marking the July for four weeks. Harry grapple with the past as his son struggles 350th anniversary of the disaster. Quote CITYKIDSUA for a 10% discount with the family legacy. ©

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Visitors to this new walk-through adventure get Olivier award-winning director Sean Holmes’ Travel down the UK’s tallest public artwork to help Dr Watson find the enigmatic Sherlock critically acclaimed production of Bugsy Malone is through light and dark sections. The Slide twists in an interactive theatrical experience. back following a sell out run last year. Until 4 Sept. and turns, ending with a 50m drop. Lego Movie © & Lego Group & Warner Bros. Entertainment IInc. Entertainment Bros. Warner & Group © & Lego Movie Lego Richard Davenport Richard 1 to 31 7 & 21 13 to 28 KIDS WEEK PUNCH & JUDY JUNGLE BOOK Theatres across London and DONKEY RIDES Southbank Centre www.kidsweek.co.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk Dukes Meadows www.thefoodmarketchiswick.com

The annual ‘kids go free’ theatre promotion Enjoy a bit of British seaside culture organised Rudyard Kipling’s story is brought into the 21st returns with deals on loads of top shows, as well by the Food Market Chiswick. Events also 24 July century with street dance, circus, a beat-boxing as backstage workshops. and 4 September. Baloo and graffiti artist Bagheera. RBG Kew - Some of the produced with Theobroma cacao

16 24 28 & 29 CONSERVATION IN KEW THE MOVIES CBEEBIES PROMS BUSHY PARK STAR WARS: Royal Albert Hall www.royalalberthall.com Bushy Park THE FORCE AWAKENS www.royalparks.org.uk Kew Gardens www.kew.org

Come along to this family activity where kids An outdoor screening of one of the biggest films Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and some of can get involved with conservation and search of all times, in one of London’s loveliest and CBeebies’ best-loved presenters and characters for species which need protecting. most picturesque settings. in two proms for under-5s and families. ©

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If you believe the mainstream media, all mothers can be of laundry or the unstacked dishwasher. They wouldn’t mind me categorised: Tiger Mum is pushy, competitive and basking in the revealing that they send pictures of the pint they’re enjoying in reflected glory of her twins; Feral Mum slides out of bed after the sunshine while baby snoozes in the pram or witty remarks a night of online gambling and has a cigarette for breakfast. on the lunacy of music classes. They feel no guilty conscience Gym mum arrives at the school gates in Lycra every single day, about truly enjoying and basking in their time with the baby. exercising to stave off the crushing boredom of having ... because parenting is still seen primarily as ‘women’s work’ nothing else to do and PTA mum treats pick-up as though which actually does many modern dads a huge dis-service. she was a middle-manager in retail, checking that everyone is ‘on the same page’ about the They know it’s challenging and draining and occasionally boring summer fair. We may squirm, uncomfortably recognising some but they also know this luxury of time with their child is finite. of the types, but these labels remain horribly reductive, failing to And their female partners aren’t furious about the unmade beds acknowledge the blood, sweat and gin we expend just doing our when they come home from the office – they’re grateful of having bloody best. Dads, however, get off lightly. a hubby who truly understands what it’s like to have sole charge of their little human for 12 hours. There are no equivalent tags to describe men who spend so long in the office that they only see their kids in weekend daylight When dads are involved from the start it brings couples closer. (‘Banker dad’) or those who choose golf over cheering their kid And as they grow older, they’ll make brilliant ‘Dolphin dads’ from the side-lines (‘It’s-all-about-me dad’) or dads who teach – this is the one daddy label that’s gathering momentum: a masculinity through a good slap and a crying ban (‘Bulldog dad’). concept developed by Harvard Psychologist Shawn Achor who These labels don’t exist (they do now!) because parenting is still refers to the fact that dolphins raise children by a “playful, seen primarily as ‘women’s work’, which actually does many intelligent, social” approach to communication and discipline. modern dads a huge dis-service. Because dolphins teach their young by swimming alongside and having fun, ‘dolphin dads’ are likely to be found kicking a ball Fathers have never been as with their kids, having a pillow hands-on as they are today. fight or playing a computer game It starts in ante-natal classes ‘Dolphin dads’ – this is the one with them. We mums often watch such as the ones I run, where daddy label that’s gathering these sort of activities from the they quiz midwives on the side-line while sorting out the exact composition of amniotic momentum. white wash from the colours. fluid, and continues at birth When we play our kids games, we where they’re calm, supportive and kind. They help interview tell them that we value things other than academic achievements nannies and attend each school tour, helping ease the burden of and are interested in joining their world. responsibility for their partners. More and more men are taking their full allowance of shared paternity leave. And we women can Fathers will only have fully arrived on the parenting scene once learn a lot from them. there is a whole list of offensive nicknames to sum up their inadequacies. Until then, keep it up fellas – you’re doing a great The WhatsApp messages of The Blooming Bunch dads who take job. a career break are about liberation. They don’t lament the pile

Beverley Turner runs www.thebloomingbunch.co.uk and hosts Sunday Mornings on LBC Radio at 10am. CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK 11 FEATURE CITY VS COUNTRY HOW LONDON WINS by SOPHIE CLOWES

“When are you moving out of London?” This question seems to emerge annually at the first frantic pulling on of last year’s shorts and t-shirts. The sun shines and with it an inference that country dwelling is a wholesome and therefore better choice for families. It’s not only friends and family who pose the question but many Londoners themselves. And for good reason, the quest for a perfect life, fuelled by Instagram feeds of England’s green and pleasant land, rattles even the most entrenched London family.

While there are those who fall resolutely into the rural camp advantages over a move out. This city is where the big bucks or the urban one, there are many more who mentally occupy are made and London jobs pay more (for the most part) than a middle ground, wishing they could cherry-pick the best of elsewhere. You only need one car (and die-hard urbanites not both worlds. While taking brown envelopes from neither estate seeking rural respite might argue even one is superfluous). The agent nor tourist board, here is how and why the capital is the human warmth (literal and metaphorical) of 8.6 million+ people place to raise your kids. means the capital’s ambient temperature is always higher than elsewhere, which in turn means cheaper heating bills. And the A SUCCESSION OF LITTLE VILLAGES gardens, oh our city’s glorious oases of green cost us nothing When out-of-towners discover we live in this amazing city, more (in time or money) than the taxes we are obliged to pay they think we live in the City, or, at least, at Piccadilly Circus. anyway. The outstanding State schools, world-class hospitals, Our corner of West London is, in fact, a little village and your and leading galleries and museums are ours for the taking. And corner might be another. This green and leafy metropolis is when the city calls us to part with our cash, it’s often to buy the a succession of such little villages and those in the privileged best the world can offer, be it food, theatre or yoga teachers. west are spoilt by the river, parks and square gardens that are our playgrounds. In fact, West London’s proximity to both the FITTER CHILDREN West End and the West Country makes it the perfect middle The real clincher for city living is our connection to our ground. environment and how we move within it. Paradoxical though it may seem, our children may be physically fitter and more London is a (if not the) big cheese as far as global cities go. As one engaged in their surroundings than their country counterparts. friend put it, “Ultimately, whatever anyone says, London still, They walk, scoot or bike everywhere, noticing the changing and always will, utterly rock!” The culturally rich, cosmopolitan, tolerant, each-to-their-own, prevailing London attitude means our children are racially colour-blind, linguistically flexible and wholly accepting of human life in its myriad forms. They are aware of their tiny but vital stitch in the vibrant London blanket. They are happy inhabitants of one of the most famous cities in the world, where there are important life lessons around every corner.

Property prices aside (I realise I’m sidestepping the big one here), London living has some financially favourable

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seasons and life form around them. They absorb the the ‘old’ people I meet in London are so alive and interesting.” awesomeness of their city while being in it, as opposed to Variety really is the spice of life. being driven through it, and, as such, enjoy untold freedom. They are streetwise and peoplewise, engaging with their fellow THE BEST OF ALL WORDS Londoners, who are true citizens of the world. Out-of-towners, But what of that summer need to escape the city? Nowhere on the other hand, risk being hostages to their cars, whether are there more opportunities for summer schools and courses, it’s the school run, the city commute or, worse, both. relaxation and entertainment for our children, with or without us, than in London. But sometimes swimming in the Serpentine When we start on this crazy parental journey, there is comfort before work (really, you should try it) or weekend picnicking in to be sought in pushing buggies together, in walking off the baby Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park (you haven’t been? You blues and blubber, sheltering in cafes, popping into shops and must!) don’t feed the need for a rural fix. While living in the each other’s houses and playing in the park. There is solidarity capital grants us the best of all worlds for most of the year, in numbers. As our newborns grow, we are able to grow there is always a need to duck out and enjoy a different sort of through opportunity. As our children develop independence, life, just for a while. we are able to maintain our own. Living in London doesn’t make our children pallid or unhealthy. Nor does it render them Time then to sweat your assets. If you are one of the lucky more money-oriented or spoilt. On the contrary, our leafy ones who owns your London home (let’s continue to sidestep corner of the capital enables them to live happy, well-adjusted, the monstrous property expense conundrum), there’s a high social childhoods, to become true citizens of the world. Who chance you can make money renting it out. And when the last doesn’t like a bike ride where the start, middle or end involves of the summer rosé has been drunk and day-to-day family life an ice cream? must resume, London is where it’s at. For, as Samuel Johnson said (in less gender-enlightened times), ‘Why, Sir, you find no The diversity of life is ours for the taking. Everyone can become man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, someone and normal is an expansive word that encompasses when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in food from the four corners of the world, football to free running, London all that life can afford.” There, then, is my response to fine art to flamenco shows. As another friend enthused, “all that pesky moving out question.

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1. Four seasons in one day - We all know what the weather is like in the UK so don’t pack light for a festival. You are not on holiday, you are not going abroad! Keep a bag separate for wet weather days with extra dry clothes for everyone. You can even keep it in the car so that you can make sure it stays dry.

2. Take some friends - Great for babysitting as you can take it in turns for any late night performances you want to see, plus the kids will have other little friends to play with.

3. Do not forget the do-do - Or whatever comforter your child needs to go to sleep. Many families have left their £400 weekend early because of a missing teddy.

4. Snacks - Are a godsend, hungry kids are not. Queues for food can test even the most Zen. And you’ll be saving money as you go.

5. Plan for losing your child - Sounds harsh but we’ve all lost sight of our kids at some point. A festival situation will stress you out more. Write your mobile number on their arm. Check you have mobile reception. Take photos of your child each day so that you have a ready description available should they go missing. Discuss with them a meeting point or plan if they get separated from you.

6. Make the most of activities - There is so much for kids to do, so try to have a hit list so that everyone feels they’re getting a look in. However, see tip 7.

7. Ditch the routine - Go with the flow for once or you won’t be able to chill and enjoy the shows.

8. Baby wipes are king - You’re a parent so you’ve probably worked this out already, but take a year’s supply with you. Also a small bag of plasters, antiseptic and Calpol.

9. Ear defenders - They’re available for kids and worth it if you end up near the sound system for Fat Boy Slim or Reggie n Bollie.

10. Take fairy lights - You probably won’t be thinking about decorating your tent, but it’s worth it. Bunting, fairy lights and fake flowers all work and with battery operated LED lights all the rage you won’t need electricity! © Camp Bestival

CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK 21 FOOD BY JO PRATT FIG, SERRANO AND CURD CHEESE SALAD WITH HONEY DRESSING

Assembling a sharing plate like this is such a simple and delicious way to celebrate wonderfully ripe figs, salty cured ham, full flavoured curd cheese and honey. This is the perfect recipe to serve any time of the day, whether it be for brunch, lunch or starter.

SERVES 4

12-16 figs, depending on their size 12-16 slices Serrano ham 200g sheep’s curd cheese, or ricotta if unavailable 2 sprigs fresh oregano 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil juice of ½ lemon 1 tbsp honey (try a flavoured one such as thyme, lavender or orange blossom) salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Cut the figs in quarters and sit onto plates. Lay slices of ham in between the figs. Spoon the curd cheese into the middle.

2. To make the dressing, strip the leaves off the oregano stalks and roughly chop. Place half in a bowl and mix with the olive oil, lemon juice, honey, and season with salt and pepper.

3. Drizzle the dressing over the top of the salad, scatter over the remaining oregano and serve.

PADRÓN PEPPERS These are traditionally Spanish, though widely available everywhere now, particularly during the summer months. The thing I love about (PIMIENTOS DE PADRÓN) these little green peppers is that, every so often, you come across a fiery one, making it like a game of Russian Roulette when you eat them. Cook as a tasty pre-dinner nibble or part of a tapas selection.

SERVES 4 1. Heat a frying pan or wok over a medium heat. Add the oil.

2 tbsp olive oil 2. Add the peppers and fry over a medium heat for about 1 bag of Padron 4-5 minutes, tossing and shaking the pan every once in peppers a while, until you see the skin of the peppers blister and sea salt they appear to be shrinking.

3. Sprinkle fairly generously with sea salt and serve hot. Grab them by the stalk, take a bite and see if you’ve a feisty one or not. Either way, they are simply delicious.

22 CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK STRAWBERRIES ith summer upon us and WITH VANILLA CASHEW CREAM Wtemperatures rising (well... let’s hope so), our appetite changes SERVES 4 somewhat and we tend to crave PREPARATION TIME 5 minutes + 2 hours soaking lighter foods such as fresh fruits, 400g / 14oz ripe strawberries For the vanilla cashew cream salads and healthier dishes. This is freshly ground black pepper 150g / 5.oz / ¼ cups cashew nuts the ideal time to get creative, spend a few basil leaves, finely shredded (optional) seeds from 1 vanilla pod/bean less time cooking and more time juice of ½ lime 2 tbsp maple syrup assembling simple dishes with fresh ice cubes, to serve (optional) ingredients. Preparing a sharing plate like this this fig salad is such a 1. To make the cashew cream, put the cashews in a bowl and cover with water. simple and delicious way to celebrate Leave to soak for about 2 hours to soften. wonderfully ripe figs, salty cured ham, full flavoured curd cheese and 2. Drain the softened cashews and put them in a food processor with 125ml / 4fl oz/ ½ cup cold water. Blend until completely smooth, adding up to 125ml / fragrant honey. This is the perfect 4fl oz / ½ cup more water, as necessary, until it is smooth and creamy, and recipe to serve any time of the day, you have a cream as thick or loose as you like. Add the vanilla seeds and whether it be for brunch, lunch or maple syrup and briefly blitz to combine. starter. And if you’re planning a trip out to pick your own strawberries 3. Prepare the strawberries as you like, whether you want to serve them whole or, like me, you automatically or cut up. Add a twist of pepper and scatter over the basil, if using. Serve with the vanilla cashew cream. add them to your shopping list as soon as the British season starts, then why not serve them with this amazing cashew cream. It’s lower in saturated fat than dairy cream, high in calcium and zinc, which are great for your immune system and skin. This healthier twist to the classic British dessert of strawberries and cream will go down a treat with all the family. Enjoy and have a great summer!

In the Mood for Healthy Food by Jo Pratt, published by Nourish Books

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With summer holidays around the corner, we know that parents are looking for ways to keep those days filled. Here’s a list of five STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, (Arts) and Maths) activities - all around London - that will have those budding scientists thinking and doing far beyond the excursion.

SCIENCE MUSEUM where you can come face to face with the Apollo 10 Command Module, learn about Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD Einstein’s legacy, and more. Open: 10AM – 6PM Monday - Sunday This summer the museum has an special FREE. Special exhibitions; IMAX exhibition entitled “Leonardo da Vinci – features and flight simulators are The Mechanics of Genius”, showcasing ticketed. the artist’s engineering brilliance with 39 Age: All Ages historical models of da Vinci’s inventions; large-scale reproductions of his drawings www.sciencemuseum.org.uk and sketches; and modern-day robotics and aviation inspired by his designs. Children © Tim Mitchell / Royal Institution No doubt you’re familiar with this London will enjoy 13 interactive games and 10 stalwart’s offerings for young minds. Its six multimedia installations. floors of exhibits offer a historical journey through invention, design and discovery, Until 4th September 2016. Ticketed.

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION (Ri) at the Faraday Museum, attend a summer show, or participate in the Summer Schools 21 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BS Programme. This year’s shows include one Open: 9AM – 6PM Monday - Friday on the science of everyday life,investigating FREE & Ticketed household science; and another on the Age: 6+ science of special effects used in film www.rigb.org and TV. The Ri 2016 Summer Schools programme, which runs in July and August, Renowned for its Christmas lectures, the offers children the opportunity to don a Royal Institution (Ri) aims to promote the lab coat and be a scientist for a day at the positive interaction between science and L’Oréal Young Scientist Centre. Sessions © EPPDCSI - Ph Levy / Leonardo de Vinci exhibition society, a mission that makes it a perfect range from Mathematical Origami and place for STEM/STEAM outings. Through Robotic Explorers for the younger ones to Family Fun Days, theatre events, workshops discovering Cryptography and Life on Mars and summer schools, the Ri encourages for teens. fun, hands-on science-focused education. Children can view objects used in some of the world’s most famous experiments

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Located in the grounds of St Thomas’ FAB LAB LONDON MUSEUM Hospital near Westminster, this hidden 1 Frederick’s Place, EC2R 8AE gem of a museum is on the site where the Open 10AM – 5PM Monday – Friday 2 Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 7EW “lady with the lamp” set up her first nursing Saturday Camp sessions – Duration & Open: 10AM – 5PM Monday – Sunday school. Children and parents can explore prices vary. Adult: £7.50 - Under 16: £3.80 the museum on its family trail and play Age: 9+ Family Ticket: £15.00 (up to two adults I-Spy whilst finding out about the life of www.fablablondon.org and two children under 16). Additional STEM heroine Florence Nightingale. The museum is interactive with listening points, children on Family Ticket (up to 2 video installations, and a great blackboard If 3-D printing has sparked your interest, children): £1. Under 5s Free. word game inspired by a game that Florence check out Fab Lab London. A purpose-built Age: 5+ played. Costumes, notebooks, stuffed pets digital fabrication and rapid prototyping www.florence-nightingale.co.uk and hospital artefacts transport you into workspace, it offers Saturday Camps run Florence Nightingale’s world, from her by FIRETechCamp for kids aged 9 and childhood through to the Crimean War. up. Children can work independently or together with a grown-up to design and The museum is also hosting “Take Me make using a 3-D printer; carry out coding to Neverland” in partnership with Great activities; or design and build a robot. Note: Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) through parents do have to remain on;site. Anyone the end of October 2016. The exhibition interested in looking around Fab Lab examines the true story behind J M Barrie’s London are welcome on Friday open days. Peter Pan, showcasing many pieces of memorabilia that have never been displayed FIRETechCamp also offer Summer Camp in the public before. maker sessions at Imperial College London including mobile app design.

WELLCOME COLLECTION younger children should be aware that 2016. Application deadlines in June/July some exhibits contain human remains). A with limited spaces. 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE Free Young Explorer pack for the “Medicine Open 10AM – 6PM Tuesday – Sunday; Now” exhibit is available for ages 5–10. Finally the Collection has this year launched Thursday Late to 10PM. FREE The Crunch, a year of events and activities Age: 14+ Younger visitors welcome but Summer activities include a free (first come, around the UK focused on food, health and parents need to be aware that material first serve) drop-in Saturday Studio for the planet. is PG-rated. ages 14-19 when teens can try their hand See www.thecrunch.wellcome.ac.uk at a range of creative activities, including www.wellcomecollection.org photography and digital journalism.

The Wellcome Collection explores the The RawMinds Summer project invites 14 connections between life, art and medicine to 19 year olds to collaborate in creating an in the past, present and future. The exhibition that exploring how our bodies collection’s two permanent exhibitions, and minds rest, play, work and wander. “Medicine Now” and “Medicine Man,” hold Results of their efforts will be open to lots of talking points for teens (parents of Wellcome Collection visitors late October

Ahrani Logan is a former scientist, ex-BBC Science and Education TV Producer; STEM Ambassador for STEMNET; Mentor at University of Leeds and King’s College London and Co-Founder of Peapodicity. Peapodicity is an award-winning Edtech Startup based in West London & Chicago, USA. It focuses on creating innovative, fun and educational STEM and STEAM content for 3 to 10 year olds. They will be © Wellcome Collection releasing the RFAppathon winning app "AMazing STEMM Trailblazers" in the New Year. www.peapodicity.com Follow Ahrani on Twitter @AhraniLogan and @Peapodicity

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CREATIVE AND It’s also important to seek out apps and EDUCATIONAL games that encourage community and creativity. To that end, we’re grateful GAMING to Joshua Davidson, Managing Director of the creative educational game Night (it does exist) Zookeeper, who has suggested some games that offer very real educational creative opportunities.

DIY.org by CHRISTEN JAMAR An online community where kids can learn from and teach other kids through posted videos and photographs. Highly monitored to keep the community safe and What screens and access to technology But the thing is, I know that technology can constructive, the site offers kids a place to mean for our children is perhaps one of the offer children incredible opportunities for post their work, learn new skills, and accept most challenging questions for a parent learning, for creativity, and for connectivity. new challenges. Children can earn badges today. The worry that it can incite is almost Not just in explicitly educational ways, but in dozens of different skills, including palpable - bring up the topic of screen- in the everyday. I’m immensely grateful for writing, archery, baking, app development time at a parents-get-together and you smart phones and iPads when my kids and botany, to name a few. can immediately feel the collective anxiety. spend an hour Skyping with family and When, how much, and what to do are a friends overseas. I appreciate it when they Technology Will Save Us constant negotiation; and personally, I have, ask me how high Mount Everest is, or how techwillsaveus.com: Started by a London more than once, (almost) considered binning old the Karate Kid is, or why David Bowie is mum, this site sells DIY technology kits, the screens just to head off one more important (all incredibly important points of encouraging children to learn how to argument; one more over-stimulated child enquiry), I can turn to Wikipedia, IMDB or build and understand tech. Kits include reacting hysterically to a small request. Spotify. electronic-dough, building and coding a game set, and introduction to soldering.

Erase All Kittens eraseallkittens.com: is an online platform game in which players are on a mission to save the world’s kittens by using HTML and CSS code. Kids learn real coding skills while working to move up levels in the game.

Night Zookeeper nightzookeeper.com: Davidson’s own educational game, Night Zookeeper allows kids to create and develop their own animal characters in a magical world through writing, drawing and creativity games. Integrated with the new English curriculum, the game has crossover application for teachers and parents in both the virtual and real world.

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balance is precarious at best: London Councils forecasts that schools in the capital will need to find 35,000 new secondary places and 78,000 new primary places by 2020.

Even where students have a place, it’s likely not to be the school they wanted. Nearly half of all Hammersmith & Fulham secondary applicants missed out on their preferred school last year, while approximately a third in the other three boroughs settled for less than first choice. The statistics at the primary level were slightly better with between 17 percent and 26 percent of families not getting their first choices in all but Kensington & Chelsea, where over 40 percent of families missed their preferred school.

For many of us, there is no question that is more likely to have us This adds another layer of complexity to the issue of school places. reaching for that glass of wine than that of schools. The wheres, the Some new space is created through community school expansion, but whys, the how-did-you-get-a-place-THERE? It’s a conversation much more new space is available through the creation of new free that’s both endlessly fascinating and excruciatingly boring. schools and academies, often in places where parents are unhappy with the current availability, but not necessarily where there is the At CK HQ we get it. We’re shepherding our kids through this greatest needs, according to Susan Hamlyn, director of The Good system (“it’s not a system; it’s chaos!” one expert said), and we’ve Schools Guide Educational Consultants (www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk). had more than one sleepless night wondering if we’re leading them down the best path. So, in an effort to pick our way through the Aside from funding issues, any school growth requires actual space, labyrinth, we thought we’d speak to the schools themselves. Not and there’s a dramatic shortage of available sites. “It’s all very well just any schools, either, but new schools that are just starting out for a bureaucrat to tick a box to open a new school but if there is in this West London educational landscape that often feels more no location, it’s pretty meaningless,” Hamlyn told City Kids. Schools Dali than Turner. have had to move from temporary site to temporary site as they search and/or wait for a permanent option to become available. We’ve turned to two schools from starkly opposing corners of Even for those successful new schools - the most obvious example the picture: Ealing Fields, a new free secondary that is opening being West London Free School - the starting is a hard slog. In May, in September; and Falkner House Boys’ School, a pre-prep West London Free School’s founder Toby Young told Schools Week, independent for boys, starting in Kensington in September 2017, “I was very critical of England’s public education system under the which aims to follow in the ambitious footsteps of the eponymous last Labour government, and I hadn’t grasped how difficult it is to girls’ school. These schools’ heads will write a diary entry starting do better, and to bring about system-wide improvement.” in the Autumn, providing a snapshot of what its like on the other side of the school gates. Meanwhile, we thought we’d confront According to Hamlyn, among the many challenges that schools the chaos head-on, to try to make sense of the West London face is meeting the needs of a hugely diverse population in educational picture. an environment of crippling budget cuts; recruiting teachers, particularly in maths and sciences, in an area of the country where THE STATE SECTOR AND SCHOOL PLACES the cost of living is so high; and coping, of course, with ever- growing student numbers. Still, she says, schools are, for the most The great cloud hanging over the state sector is the scarcity of part, managing “magnificently,” adding that the key to a successful school places. According to the school census, Hammersmith & new school is “making the school feel like a community in which Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Ealing and Hounslow had a small everybody has equal importance. There are disaffected children, surplus of secondary places in 2015, while, of those boroughs only but if you give them a sense of community, [make them feel] that Hounslow came up short—by about 70 places—for primary. That their school is proud of them, you see results.”

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN DEMAND FALKNER HOUSE BOYS’ SCHOOL

Despite rising fees and increased competition, demand in Falkner House Girls’ School in Kensington has established a strong the independent sector seems insatiable. “You could open reputation for academic excellence since it opened in 1954. It an independent school in a cowshed, and it would fill in a aims to replicate this when it opens Falkner House Boys’ School minute,” Hamlyn quips, adding that, in West London, demand in September 2017. Very much a family school (the expansion is particularly high for co-ed and boys schools. The challenges is exclusively family-backed), the headteacher Eleanor Dixon for a family traversing the independent sector, though perhaps is granddaughter of Falkner House founder Flavia Nunes; her less complicated than the state sector, are still daunting as the mother Anita Griggs will be principal of both schools; and her choice of school opens up questions of tutoring, facilities, and sister Flavia Rogers is head of the girls’ school. appropriateness for the child. As such, the boys’ school will follow the same educational Still, Hamlyn says that fear of a place shortage in the independent philosophy as the girls’. Chosen after an assessment, 36 boys over sector is largely unfounded. Instead, there’s often a mismatch two classes will start in Reception, with additional classes being between the parent’s desired schools; and the schools where that added in subsequent years to complete the school. The school child will do well. “There are plenty of good schools in London that focuses on small group teaching sessions - “small schools for are not called St. Paul’s, and if [parents] are realistic about their small children” - to ensure understanding of academic concepts. child, then we can always find a place,” she says. It is also anti-tutoring, aiming to meet each student’s needs during the school day. Though on separate sites, girls and boys will share special events and have shared IT lessons, a particular focus of the school. EALING FIELDS HIGH SCHOOL

In 2012, parents in South Ealing responded to the very real worry of an impending shortage of secondary school places by seeking support for a new local free school. Support came in spades— informational meetings were standing-room-only; Professor Guy Claxon, education expert of the Building Learning Power (BLP) programme, offered his input in 2013 (and is now the school’s patron). Then the Education Secretary Michael Gove praised the school’s ambitions at an Ealing Town Hall meeting in 2014.

Ealing Fields is now ready to welcome its first cohort of 120 Year 7 students this coming September, and aims to foster a sense of community and adventure, encouraging an open dialogue with students while pushing them to take risks in learning. Headteacher Lee Faith will inaugurate the school with a four-strand curriculum of Academics, Innovation, Enrichment, and Citizenship. The BLP learning philosophy, which calls for teaching students to face challenges with courage, curiosity and integrity, is foundational to the school’s approach. As the Ealing Fields motto states; “Brave enough to listen to our hearts - bold enough to sharpen our minds.”

Penywern Road site

Ealing Fields High School 3D plan

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City Kids Magazine is also online with more ideas and inspiration for classes, activities and events for all the family www.citykidsmagazine.co.uk

SATURDAY SCHOOLS for bilingual children

Chinese: Link Chinese Academy ...... www.linkchinese.co.uk Czech: The Czech School ...... www.czechschool.org.uk Danish: Den Danske Kirke ...... www.danskekirke.org Dutch: De Regenboog School ...... www.regenboogschool.org.uk Finnish: Finnish School of Kingston ...... www.fsok.org French: La Petite Ēcole d’Ealing ...... www.petiteecoledealing.com La Petite Ēcole du Samedi et Patati Patata West Kensington ...... www.etpatatipatata.com Boule de Neige école française…...... www.bouledeneigelondonfrenchschool.webs.com

German: Deutsche Samstagschule Ealing ...... www.germansaturdayschoolealing.co.uk Hindi: Culture Curry ...... www.culturecurry.co.uk Italian: via the Italian Consulate ...... www.conslondra.esteri.it Japanese: The Japanese School ...... www.thejapaneseschool.ltd.uk Polish: Polska Sobotnia Szkoła im M.Reja ...... www. www.polskaszkolachiswick.org Polska Szkoła im. Stefana kardynała ...... www.polska-szkola.org.uk Wyszyńskiego w Londynie

Russian: Cathedral of the Dormition ...... www.russianchurchlondon.org Spanish: Instituto Cervantes ...... www. londres.cervantes.es (Wednesday & Friday classes)

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ST AUGUSTINE’S PRIORY is a leading Catholic Independent Day School for girls aged 3-18. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the ISI, the Nursery & Preps Department of St Augustine’s is a key entry point for pupils joining Ealing’s top performing GCSE school (DfE 2016).

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Aimed at the pre-school age Animals Are Delicious, illustrated by Dave Ladd and Stephanie Anderson (Phaidon), is a collection of beautiful fold-out board books that focus on three animal food chains – land, sea and air. With the premise that ‘Everyone is hungry’, we learn that all creatures are somebody’s lunch somewhere down the line.

Curious children everywhere will love these books as they’re illustrated in both colour and black and white, and give easy to remember facts about the plants and animals that inhabit the Earth.

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Harold’s Hungry Eyes by Kevin Waldron Goodnight Tiger by Timothy Knapman and For those who enjoyed the hugely (Phaidon) is just a big win on so many Laura Hughes (Little Tiger) is an endearing successful Wonder by R J Palacio, The levels. It tells the humorous tale of Harold, story of a young girl called Emily who Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster (Simon & a Boston terrier (move over pugs) who cannot get to sleep. Why? Because the Schuster) is a natural choice. Joe is eleven spends his days dreaming about food and jungle animals on her wallpaper keep years old and can’t remember a time sleeping on his favourite chair. waking her up. Now, that’s an excuse I’ve when he wasn’t in hospital. He has a rare never heard before. Still, they’re making a disorder called SCID and his life is spent Except one day his world is rocked with racket because they, too, can’t get to sleep, living in a bubble. Even those who visit him the rude awakening that his chair has gone so it’s Emily job to get them all back to the carry the risk of contaminating him with missing, and when he sees it being taken by land of nod. life-threatening germs. the refuse collectors, it leads to a mission to find it. He ends up getting lost in the city, So as she encourages them to have a bath, As depressing as this book sounds, it’s an which not only makes him miss home, but hot chocolate and sings them lullabies absolutely cracking read. You’ll experience makes him hungry! Bicycle tyres become she finds her efforts are fruitless until she just about every emotion possible as we’re pretzels, doorsteps become wafers, lorries reads them a bedtime story. A fun tale that introduced to Joe’s world, which goes from look like cheese and before long Harold is reinforces the bedtime routine. A must for being lived in his dreams, to dealing with absolutely insatiable. All is not lost as he the little sleep thieves in your house. extreme loneliness. With only his sister eventually finds his way home, and there’s for family, he finds friendship in the form a lovely surprise waiting for him… of Henry, who has the same condition but they’ve only Skyped because Henry lives in This is the fourth picture book from America, and his new nurse Amir who is a Dublin-born artist Kevin Waldron who striking character. shares his studio with Oliver Jeffers and Jon Bergerman. Visually arresting with a Heart-wrenching, moving, but full of hope. zingy colour palate, this will firmly become a favourite. My only warning is I guarantee your audience will be hungry once hearing this story.

34 CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK by SHARON FRIED-JONES BOOK Sharon Fried-Jones is a west London mum, who by day is the Head of Marketing and Digital for the charity BookTrust which inspires a love of reading in children, and by night REVIEW is an aspiring children’s author with a love of clashing clothes, picture books who longs for a good night’s sleep.

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Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid will love Big Red Witch by Anna McKerrow (Quercus) Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton Nate Blasts Off! by Lincoln Pierce, and as 13+ (Faber) 12+ it’s had the seal of approval by Jeff Kinney himself that surely must mean it’s a hit. It’s 2047, and Devon and Cornwall have Amani lives in Dustwalk, a violent and Big Nate has been around since the early voluntarily split themselves off from corrupt wild west-esque desert town nineties as it started off as a comic strip. the rest of the UK to form the ecopagan she’s desperate to leave. Yet the desert Clearly Pierce has stuck true to his roots Greenworld, a peaceful and self-contained plains are full of danger, and the Sultan’s as there are illustrations on every page, counterpoint to the dystopian Redworld, enemies are on the rise. Yet when Amani meaning the jokes come thick and fast. governed by private security and at war meets the mysterious Jin, she finds a way for the last scraps of fuel left in the world. out of the oppressive and threatening When Nate gets a job on the school However, all is not as harmonious as it Dustwalk, only to find that running away newspaper it’s a chance to showcase his might be in the Greenworld, and after from trouble brings her into contact with artistic skills, that is until he makes fun of cursing a boy and girl for murdering the some terrifying opponents - and magical Randy, the toughest kid in school and then boy she loved, 17 year old witch Demelza new friends - in her search for the Rebel of course it’s no laughing matter. With Hawthorne runs away across the border to Prince. most of the action taking place in a school the Redworld in search of a new life. setting most older children will find the Rebel of the Sands is an original and various scrapes that Nate gets into funny In once-magical Glastonbury, she meets thrilling fantasy novel full of adventure, even if shamelessly American but don’t the enigmatic and criminal Bran Crowley, myth and magic. Amani is a fantastic let that put you off, it’s an easy read with who introduces her to the beauty and heroine: brave, bold and witty. It’s a joy to plenty of chuckles along the way. riches that the Redworld can offer to the immerse yourself in the fully developed right person; he’s looking for power, and world that Hamilton creates - a blend of Melz certainly has it. But will Melz be the Wild West and Arabian Nights, with comfortable making a deal with the King of some killer comebacks and sharp dialogue the Underworld? between the sharpshooting, street-smart Amani and the hero and love interest Jin. Demelza is a fabulously feisty yet sensitive The original mythology and legends woven protagonist as we see especially from her into the world building are fascinating. It journal entries. The story is packed full of gives the story depth and authenticity, rounded characters that leap off the page, and the politics of Amani’s world are both as well as the vivid portrayal of dramatic familiar and foreign. Highly recommended. Cornish scenery, and the powerful vision of a dystopian Glastonbury. This book has it all - adventure, romance and real world magic. Anna McKerrow is a rising star in the UK YA scene – an absolute must-read.

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Isleworth, TW7 5EH 16.00 Happy House (walking to 4yrs) 10.00 Under 4yrs 25 St. Mary’s Rd, W5 5RE The Foresters Pub 11.00 4-18mths QUACKERS PLAYGROUP 2 Leighton Rd, W13 9EP Drop in music class stjohnandstjames.org.uk TIPPITOES Northfields Community Centre, 71A tippitoes-ealing.co.uk | 07590 493 293 09.45 Under 4yrs Term time only Northcroft Rd, W13 09.30 Under 2yrs ANNA DAVYDOVA DANCE St James Church, 32 St James Avenue, 10.30 & 14.00 Under 4yrs SCHOOL West Ealing, W13 9D annadavydova.co.uk | 07769 680 056 GREAT AND SMALL STAY & PLAY Music, Movement, Games, Messy Play 17.15 3-5yrs Tiny Tots Ballet 10.00 Under 4yrs Lammas Park Play Centre, Elers Rd, HOOLLABALOO St. Andrews Church Centre, Mount Park St Paul’s Church, Ridley Ave, Ealing, W13 9XW W13 9QD hullabaloopuppetmusictheatre.co.uk | Road, Ealing, W5 2RS 07787 113 785 TODDLER STORY TIME 10.00 Under 4yrs HOOLLABALOO SESSIONS hullabaloopuppetmusictheatre.co.uk | SWIM EXPERT 11.00 Under 18mths swimexpert.co.uk | 0330 111 2929 ccslibraries.com | 0203 700 1052 07787 113 785 A Puppet Music Theatre Class 2yrs+ 1-2-1 swimming classes Novotel 10.00 2-4yrs 09.30 Under 4yrs & 10.30 Under 18mths The Duke of Kent, Pitshanger, London Brentford, Great West Rd, TW8 0GP Ealing Central Library, A Puppet Music Theatre Class Scotch Common, W13 8DL 103 Broadway Centre, W5 5JY) Plough Inn, Northfields, GYMBOREE 297 Northfield Ave, W5 4XB WEDNESDAYS BABY BOUNCE N RHYME gymboree-uk.com | 07534 953 116 ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1065 | GYM From 12.30 0-5yrs LONDON BABY SWIM YMCA WEST LONDON 10.30 Babies and toddlers londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 ymcawestlondon.org | 020 8832 1576 Play& Learn West Ealing Library, Melbourne Avenue, From 09.30 6wks-approx. 2yrs Baby 09.15 2-3yrs Tiptoe with Me St Andrews United Reformed Church, W13 9BT swim level; 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler 11.10 0-2yrs Baby Explorers Mount Park Road, W5 2RS Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane , 13.00 3-4yrs Tiny Tiptoes INNOVATION DANCE HARTBEEPS Isleworth, TW7 5EH 14.00 3-4yrs Gym Kids. Term time only. innovationdancestudios.co.uk | 25 St. Mary’s Rd, W5 5RE hartbeeps.com 020 8998 2283 12.45 Baby Beeps (sitting to toddling) SNIPS PLAYGROUP 10.30 9 mths-2+yrs Action Kids (Singing stjohnandstjames.org.uk 13.45 Baby Bells (newborn to sitting) HANWELL PLAYGROUP and Dancing). Drop in. 10.00 Under 4yrs. Term time only hanwellmethodist.info | 020 8991 1913 14.45 Baby Beeps (sitting to toddling) Innovation Dance Studio, St John’s Church Crypt, Mattock Lane, 09.30 Under 5yrs 15.45 Happy House (walking to 4yrs) 96 Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QX W13 9LA Methodist Church, Church Rd, W7 1DJ The Foresters Pub 2 Leighton Rd, W13 9EP BABY BUMPKIN YOGA JUMPING JELLYBEANS HOOLLABALOO innovationdancestudios.co.uk | jumpingjellybeans.co.uk | 07970 106 888 hullabaloopuppetmusictheatre.co.uk | INNOVATION DANCE 020 8998 2283 10.00 Under 4yrs 07787 11 3785 innovationdancestudios.co.uk | 11.10 6wks-1yr 11.00 4 -18mths. Drop in music class 09.30 Under 4yrs & 10.30 Under 18mths 020 8998 2283 Innovation Dance Studios, Northfields Community Centre, 71A A Puppet Music Theatre Class 14.00 2-3yrs 96 Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QX Northcroft Rd, W13 Plough Inn, 297 Northfield Ave,W5 4XB Melody Bear Tip Tap Toe & Groovy Moves (Modern and tap syllabus). Drop in BABY BOUNCE N RHYME Innovation Dance Studio, HANWELL ACTION SONGS AND LONDON BABY SWIM ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1059 londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 96 Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QX RHYMES 11.30 0-2yrs stmellitushanwell.com | 020 3067 0035 From 09.30 6wks-approx.2yrs Baby swim Southall Library, 1e Green, Southall, NOAH’S ARK PLAYGROUP 10.30 under 5yrs. Term time only level; 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler Middlesex, UB2 4BQ St Mellitus Church, 1 Church Rd, W7 3BA Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane , stmaryshanwell.org.uk | 020 8567 6185 Isleworth, TW7 5EH 14.45 Under 4yrs. Term time only. Drop in, GYMBOREE stay with your children INNOVATION DANCE gymboree-uk.com | 07534 953 116 innovationdancestudios.co.uk | St Mary’s Church Hall, 62 Greenford Ave, TIPPITOES From 14.00 0-5yrs 020 8998 2283 tippitoes-ealing.co.uk | 07590 493 293 W7 3QP Music, Singing and Signing, Art. 10.30 18mths-2yrs Melody Bear Baby 09.30 Under 4yrs St Andrews United Reformed Church, WATERBABIES Ballet (Melody Movement syllabus) 14.30 Under 2yrs Mount Park Rd, Ealing, W5 2RS Drop in Music, Movement, Games, Messy Play waterbabies.co.uk | 020 8427 4012 Innovation Dance Studio, 96 Pitshanger Lammas Park Play Centre, Elers Rd, 16.00 & 16.30 Baby swim classes BABY BOUNCE N RHYME Lane, W5 1QX Ealing, W13 9 QD St Ann’s School, Springfield Rd, Hanwell, ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1062 W7 3JP 14.30 0-2yrs Castlebar School, Hathaway Gdns, W13 0DH Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane South, UB6 9LG

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THE CREATION STATION TODDLER STORY TIME JUMPING JELLYBEANS ...WEDNESDAYS thecreationstation.co.uk | 0844 854 6964 SESSIONS jumpingjellybeans.co.uk | 07970 106 888 EALING SCHOOL OF DANCE 10.00 15mths-5yrs ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1086 10.00 Under 4yrs ealingschoolofdance.co.uk | 07885 417 542 11.00 5-14mths Arts and Crafts classes 14.30 2-4yrs 11.00 4-8mths 16.00 2½-4yrs Nursery Ballet The Grosvenor Pub, 127 Oaklands Road, Pitshanger Library, 143-145 Pitshanger Drop in music class. Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W5 2BY Hanwell, W7 2DT Lane, W5 1RH Northfields Community Centre, 71A Northcroft Rd, W13 WATERBABIES INNOVATION DANCE EALING SCHOOL OF DANCE waterbabies.co.uk | 020 8427 4012 innovationdancestudios.co.uk | ealingschoolofdance.co.uk | 07885 417 542 GYMBOREE 16.00 & 16.30 Baby swim classes 020 8998 2283 14.45 18mths-2½yrs Little Footsteps gymboree-uk.com | 07534 953 116 St Ann’s School, Springfield Rd, Hanwell, 10.00 1-2+yrs Little Shakers (Music & 15.30 2-4yrs Nursery Ballet From 10.00 0-5yrs Art, Play and Learn. W7 3JP Movement) Ealing Green Church, W5 5QT St Andrews United Reformed Church, Castlebar School, Hathaway Gardens, 10.45 2yrs+ Little Shakers (Music & Mount Park Rd, Ealing, W5 2RS W13 0DH Movement) SWIM EXPERT 14.00 18 mths-2yrs Melody Bear Baby swimexpert.co.uk | 0330 111 2929 BABY BOUNCE N RHYME SWIM EXPERT Ballet (Melody Movement syllabus) 2yrs+ 1-2-1 swimming classes ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1052 swimexpert.co.uk | 0330 111 2929 Drop in Novotel London Brentford, Great West Rd, 10.00 0-2yrs 2yrs+ 1-2-1 swimming classes Innovation Dance Studio, 96 Pitshanger TW8 0GP Ealing Central Library, 103 Broadway Novotel London Brentford, Great West Rd, Lane, Ealing, W5 1QX Centre, W5 5JY TW8 0GP BABY BOUNCE N RHYME FRIDAYS BABY BOUNCE N RHYME ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1076 YMCA WEST LONDON | GYM ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1078 10.30 Babies and toddlers 10.00 2-4yrs THURSDAYS ymcawestlondon.org | 020 8832 1576 Hanwell Library, Cherington Rd, W7 3HL Northolt Library, Church Rd, UB5 5AS YMCA WEST LONDON | GYM 09.30 2-3yrs Tumble&Stretch ymcawestlondon.org | 020 8832 1576 10.25 3-5yrs Toddler Football

09.15 1-2yrs Tinies Tumble BABY BOUNCE N RHYME 11.15 3-4yrs Gym Kids BABY BOUNCE N RHYME ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1090 ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1084 10.20 3-4yrs Tinie Tiptoes 12.10 1-2yrs Merry-go -round 10.30 Babies and toddlers 10.30 0-2yrs 11.20 2-3yrs Tumble&Stretch 14.00 3-5yrs Gym Kids (Advanced) Perivale Library, Horsenden Lane South, Wood End Library, Whitton Avenue West, 13.00 5wks-pre-crawlers Baby Massage 15.00 1-2yrs Tinies Tumble. Term time only UB6 7NT Greenford, UB6 0EE 14.10 3-4yrs Gym Kids. Term time only 25 St. Mary’s Road, Ealing, W5 5RE 25 St. Mary’s Road, Ealing, W5 5RE TODDLER STORY TIME TODDLER STORY TIME LONDON BABY SWIM

LONDON BABY SWIM SESSIONS londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 SESSIONS ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1090 ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1088 londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 From 09.30 6wks-approx. 2yrs Baby 10.30 Babies and toddlers 14.30 2-4yrs From 09.30 6wks-approx. 2yrs Baby swim level; 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler Perivale Library, Horsenden Lane South, Jubilee Gardens Library, Jubilee Gardens, swim level; 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane, UB6 7NT UB1 2TJ Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane , Isleworth, TW7 5EH Isleworth, TW7 5EH BABY BOUNCE N RHYME TIPPITOES BABY BUMPKIN YOGA ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1088 innovationdancestudios.co.uk | GYMBOREE tippitoes-ealing.co.uk | 07590 493 293 11.00 0-2yrs 020 8998 2283 gymboree-uk.com | 07534 953 116 09.30 Under 4yrs Jubilee Gardens Library, Jubilee Gardens, From 09.30 0-5yrs Music, Play and Learn, 11.00 Under 18mths Music, Movement, 16.30 2½-6yrs UB1 2TJ Art Games, Messy Play Innovation Dance Studios, 96 Pitshanger St Andrews United Reformed Church, Lammas Park Play Centre, Elers Rd, Lane, W5 1QX Mount Park Road, Ealing, W5 2RS BABY BOUNCE N RHYME Ealing, W13 9 QD ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1082 SWIM EXPERT SOUND GENERATION 11.00 0-2yrs HULLABALOO swimexpert.co.uk | 0330 111 2929 Northfields Library, Northfields Avenue, EDUCATION shbchurch.org.uk | 020 8840 3855 2yrs+ 1-2-1 swimming classes W5 4UA soundgeneration.org.uk | 020 3344 2310 09.45 Under 4yrs Toddler & Babies Novotel London Brentford, Great West Rd, 09.45 0-2yrs playgroup TW8 0GP 10.30 2-4yrs Music sessions. Drop in. FF4K MINI KICKERS South Hanwell Baptist Church, Boston Rd, footyfun4kidslondon.com | 07957360742 St Paul’s Church, Ridley Ave, Ealing, W13 9XW Hanwell, W7 2HJ 13.45 2-4yrs Football and Multi skills JUMPING JELLYBEANS Kingsdown Methodist Church, Northfield’s BRIGHT STARS Ave, W13 9PR jumpingjellybeans.co.uk | 07970 106 888 brightstarsuk.com| 10.00 Under 4yrs 09.45 & 15.00 0-2yrs Sing & Sign 11.00 4-8mths Drop in music class TODDLER STORY TIME St Saviours, Wendell Park, Church Hall, Northfields Community Centre, 71A SESSIONS Cobbold Rd, W12 9LN Northcroft Rd, W13 ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1059 14.00 2-4yrs TODDLER STORY TIME SNIPS PLAYGROUP Southall Library, 112 The Green, Southall, SESSIONS Middlesex, UB2 4BQ stjohnandstjames.org.uk ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1078 10.00 Under 4yrs. Term time only 10.00 2-4yrs St John’s Church Crypt, Mattock Lane, TODDLER STORY TIME Northolt Library, Church Rd, UB5 5AS West Ealing, W13 9LA SESSIONS ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1062 14.30 2-4yrs Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane South, UB6 9LG

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TODDLER STORY TIME SATURDAYS SESSIONS WATERBABIES ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1082 waterbabies.co.uk | 020 8427 4012 11.00 2-4yrs From 08.30 Baby swim classes Northfields Library, Northfields Avenue, Castlebar School, Hathaway Gardens, W5 4UA Ealing, W13 0DH

YOURSTAGE DRAMA ANNA DAVYDOVA DANCE yourstagedrama.com | 07580 474 638 SCHOOL annadavydova.co.uk | 07769 680 056 09.00 3-5yrs Dance & drama . 13.30 3-5yrs Tiny Tots Ballet St Augustine’s Priory, Hillcrest Rd, W5 2JL St. Andrews Church Centre, Mount Park SA DANCE Rd, Ealing, W5 2RS sa-dance.co.uk | 07863 555 817 09.00 2-4yrs Ballet; TODDLER STORY TIME 09.30 2-4yrs Dance. SESSIONS ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1086 Ealing Town Hall, Telfer Room, New 14.30 2-4yrs Broadway, Ealing, W5 2BY Pitshanger Library, 143-145 Pitshanger EALING JUNIOR MUSIC SCHOOL Lane, W5 1RH ejms.org.uk | 020 8930 0579 From 09.00 From 3yrs Musicianship – Introduction to Music SUNDAYS Twyford Church of England School, GRASSHOPPERS RUGBY Twyford Crescent, W3 9PP FOOTBALL CLUB grasshoppersrfc.com | 020 8568 0010 LITTLE KICKERS 09.30 3-6yrs Knee-highs littlekickers.co.uk | 07557 123 124 MacFarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5PN 09.05 18 mths-2yrs 3 mths Little Kicks 09.50 2yrs 3mths-3.5yrs Junior Kickers LONDON BABY SWIM 3.5yrs-5yrs Mighty Kickers londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, Queen’s From 09.30 6wks-approx. 2yrs Baby Drive, W3 0HW swim level; 2-4yrs Beginners Toddler; 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler FOOTY FUN 4 KIDS (FF4K) Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane , footyfun4kidslondon.com | 07957360742 Isleworth, TW7 5EH 09.15 2-4yrs Saturday Morning Club Drop in. Kingsdown Methodist Church, Northfield’s EALING TRAILFINDERS RUGBY Ave, W13 9PR CLUB ealingrugby.co.uk | 020 8799 0404 LONDON BABY SWIM 12.00 3-4yrs londonbabyswim.co.uk | 020 8400 9091 Castle Bar, Vallis Way, West Ealing, W13 0DD From 09.30 6wks-approx. 2yrs Baby swim level; 2-4yrs Beginners Toddler; SWIM EXPERT 2-4yrs Advanced Toddler swimexpert.co.uk | 0330 111 2929 Osterley Centre, 178 Wood Lane , 2yrs+ 1-2-1 swimming classes Isleworth, TW7 5EH Novotel London Brentford, Great West Rd, TW8 0GP TIPPITOES tippitoes-ealing.co.uk | 07590 493 293 09.30 Under 2s; 10.30 Under 5s Music, Movement, Games, Messy Play Lammas Park Play Centre, Elers Rd, Ealing, W13 9 QD

BABY BOUNCE N RHYME ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1088 11.00 0-2yrs Little Kickers Jubilee Gardens Library, Jubilee Gardens, UB1 2TJ

TODDLER STORY TIME SESSIONS ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1084 11.00 4-7yrs Wood End Library, Whitton Avenue West, Greenford, UB6 0EE

42 CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK CHISWICK LITTLE & BIG KIDS HAMMERSMITH ACTON ADVENTURE CUBS, SCOUTS, LIBRARIES SHEPHERDS BUSH BRENTFORD ARMY CADET FORCE BROWNIES ASKEW ROAD LIBRARY EALING 203brentfordacf.co.uk | 020 8568 6044 1ST CHISWICK BROWNIES lbhf.gov.uk | 020 8753 3863 Adventurous activities & military skills 8-12yrs Chatterbooks term-time only girlguiding.org.uk 203 Brentford (RLC) Cadet Centre, MON SAT QUESTORS YOUNG MUSICIANS Term-time only Windmill Rd, W5 4BT CLUB Oxford Rd North (Scout Hut) 8-12yrs Games Club once a month SUN qymc.org THUR THU Instrumental tuition and concerts Little Ealing Primary School, W5 HAMMERSMITH LIBRARY ART 6TH CHISWICK BROWNIES SAT girlguiding.org.uk lbhf.gov.uk | 020 8753 3820 BROOK GREEN ART CLASSES Term-time only Poetry Club brookgreenart.com | 07951 845 180 Chiswick Methodist Church, Sutton Court TUE 8yrs+ term - time portfolio & scholarship Rd, W4 4HH Homework Club NUMERACY preparation TUES THU KUMON THU FRI SAT kumon.co.uk Art Club every two weeks 7TH CHISWICK BROWNIES Acton Central, St Mary’s Church Hall, THU 1 The Mount, W3 9NW 020 8998 3379 IMAGINE ART CLUB girlguiding.org.uk MON WED imagineartclub.co.uk | 07534 240 509 Term-time only SHEPHERDS BUSH Art classes for 5-12yrs, guided museum St Albans Hall, South Parade, W4 5LG lbhf.gov.uk | 020 8753 3842 Acton West, West Acton Youth & visits for children. MON Homework Club term-time only Community Ctr, Churchill Grdns, W3 0JN St Gregory’s School, W5 MON TUE SAT MON 11TH CHISWICK BROWNIES Craft Club term-time only Chiswick Town Hall, W4 4JN Montpelier School, W5 girlguiding.org.uk TUE 020 8876 9954 TUE WED Term-time only MON TUE St Michael’s Church, Elmwood, W4 3DY Storytime Hanwell Community Centre, W7 Ealing Broadway, St Peters Church Hall, FRI WED SAT Mount Park Rd, W5 2RU TUE THU 6TH CHISWICK RAINBOWS KITE STUDIOS girlguiding.org.uk MUSIC Ealing South, Polygon Centre, St Mary’s kitestudios.org | 020 8576 6278 Term-time only CHISWICK SATURDAY MUSIC Road, W5 5RH 5yrs +Young Art Studio M W, Stitch & Print Oxford Rd North (Scout Hut) CENTRE TUE FRI SAT T, Nature to Numbers – Art in a story W, WED chiswicksaturdaymusic.org.uk | Ealing West, Pitshanger Methodist Create in Clay TH, Portfolio into secondary 07513 012 373 Church, W5 1QP TH, Art in Spanish F, GCSE & A-level 7TH CHISWICK RAINBOWS All ages, individual and group music lessons. TUE THU SAT Portfolio, Duke of Edinburg Chiswick School, Burlington Lane, girlguiding.org.uk 2B Bassein Park Rd, W12 9RY W4 3UN St Stephen’s Church Hall, Coverdale Rd, Term-time only MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SAT W12 8JJ 020 3002 0735 St Albans Hall, South Parade, W4 5LG TUE MON MAKERS AND SHAKERS DAVE DJEMBE DRUMMING Masbro Centre, 87 Masbro Rd, makersandshakers.co.uk | 07773 795 654 07539 323 590 W14 0LR 020 3397 8581 5-8yrs Arts & Crafts 6TH CHISWICK GUIDES African drumming 4yrs+ WED FRI Our Lady & St John’s Church, Boston Park girlguiding.org.uk CTA Chiswick, Belmont Rd Northfields, Northfields Community Rd, Brentford, TW8 9JF Term-time only Hogarth Youth Centre Centre, W13 9SS TUE Chiswick Methodist Church, Sutton Court WED FRI Rd, W4 4HH MON THU SAT St Gregory’s School, Ealing, W5 TUES THU THE BAND PROJECT 07771 456 955 NUMBERWORKSNWORDS numberworksnwords.co.uk Mount Carmel School, Little Ealing Lane, 20TH CHISWICK SCOUT GROUP 8-11yrs & 11yrs+ live performance and 86A Chiswick High Rd, W4 1SY W5 4EA 20th-chiswick-scouts.blogspot.co.uk band-based course 020 8994 9168 FRI Term time only Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Arch 196, W6 0XT MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Explorers SAT The Ranch, Chiswick, House Car Park, 19 Alexandria Road, W13 0NP CRAFT Ellesmere Rd, W4 2QN EALING JUNIOR MUSIC SCHOOL 020 8840 8404 BADGER & EARL MON WED THU ejms.org.uk | 020 8930 0579 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT badgerandearl.com 3yrs+ Term-time classes Knitting, sewing, craft Twyford C of E High School BROWNIES SAT 14A Sutton Court Rd, W4 4NG stmellitushanwell.com | 020 3067 0035 PERFORMANCE TUE SAT 7-10yrs THE MUSIC HOUSE FOR CHILDREN St Mellitus Church, 1 Church Rd, W7 3BA DANCE CERAMICS CAFÉ musichouseforchildren.co.uk |020 8932 2652 WED ceramicscafe.com | 020 8810 4422 Drop-in and instrumental tuition 0-14yrs ACTON BALLET SCHOOL 6 Argyle Rd, W13 8AB 306 Uxbridge Rd, W12 actonballetschool.co.uk | 020 8992 6891 St John’s, Lansdowne Crescent, W11 2NN Ruskin Hall, 16 Church Rd, W6 0XT LANGUAGES MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT LINK CHINESE ACADEMY PELICAN MUSIC linkchinese.co.uk | 020 3665 3942 pelican-music.co.uk | 07540 494 929 SAT Choir, instrumental tuition and performance. 8yrs+ St Stephen’s CE Primary W12

CITYKIDSMAGAZINE.CO.UK 43 CHISWICK HAMMERSMITH LITTLE & BIG KIDS ACTON SHEPHERDS BUSH EALING SCHOOL OF DANCE URBAN ACES Askew Road Church, W12 9RN TUE EALING ealingschoolofdance.co.uk | 07885 417 542 urbanacesuk.com 4yrs+ (2yrs ballet) RAD syllabus ballet 4-7yrs Dance & Drama Club. Little Aces Arch 197, 75 Prebend Gardens, W6 0XT and tap 8-12yrs Urban Movers THU Town Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W5 2BY 13-17yrs The Dance Crew; 11-17yrs The Drama Club Arts Educational Schools, 14 Bath Rd, W4 1LY PERFORMANCE Ealing Green Church, W5 5QT Askew Rd Church, Bassein Park Rd, W12 9RN SUN WED THU DANCE SAT Chiswick Town Hall, W4 4JN ANGELA GRANT SCHOOL OF DANCE FRANCES LUNDY SCHOOL OF TUE balletclasseslondon.co.uk | 07813 296 221 WEST LONDON SCHOOL OF DANCE DANCE Ark Priory Primary Academy, Acton Lane, After-school RAD Ballet westlondonschoolofdance.co.uk | franceslundyschoolofdance.co.uk | W3 8NR St Dunstan’s Hall, Friar’s Place Lane, 020 8743 3856 07956 312 662 MON 4yrs+ Ballet, tap, jazz, singing W3 7AW 4yrs+ Ballet,Tap & Modern; Gymnastics All Saints Church, Elm Grove Rd, W5 3JH WED The Hayloft, 3 Bond St. W4 1QZ 58 Bulwer Street, W12 8AP THU MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT The Park Club, W3 7HB Du Boisson Studios, 25 Bulwer St, W12 8AR Kew Community Centre, St Luke’s in the TUE MON TUE WED THU FRI FUNKY MOVES DANCE Avenue, TW9 2AJ Drink Me Eat Me, W6 0SP funkymovesdance.com | 07810 431 101 THU WED Street dance THEATRE Brentford Methodist Church, Clifden Rd, Victoria Hall, Becklow Rd, W12 9HB Itsu Butterfly Bar, 100 Notting Hill Gate, TW8 0PB THU W11 3QA CHISWICK THEATRE ARTS chiswicktheatrearts.com | 020 8742 2861 MON INNOVATION DANCE EALING Term-time musical theatre, ballet, St Barnabas Millennium Hall, Pitshangar ANNA DAVYDOVA DANCE SCHOOL innovationdancestudios.co.uk | modern, tap, street dance Lane, W5 1QG annadavydova.co.uk | 07769 680 056 020 8998 2283 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT MON TUE WED SAT 3-9yrs Ballet 4yrs+ RAD syllabus ballet, tap, jazz, St. Andrews Church Centre, St Paul’s Church Hall, W13 9XW modern and street dance Innovation CENTRE STAGE WORKSHOPS Mount Park Rd, Ealing, W5 2RS FRI Dance Studio, 96 Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QX tabardtheatre.co.uk | 020 8995 6035 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 8-11yrs ARCH 197 Tabard Theatre, Bath Rd, W4 1LW POP SCHOOL & STAGE ACADEMY pssa.co.uk | 07943 656 092 arch197.com | 020 8987 8788 NEW DANCE VENTURES Street dance, flamenco & ballet ESTA 5-6yrs Little Stage Academy; 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