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FSW Nov Dec 2018 FREE TAKE ME HOME South West Pick up your mine of information now! IN THIS ISSUE Christmas shows, Pantos, Where is Santa, Carol services, Free Activities and more... Issue 281 November/December 2018 familiesonline.co.uk Forestry Commission Crown Copyright contents November/December 2018 Issue 281 Try the new Forestry Commission activity trails in a wood this winter, which are based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s magical children’s picture book. Trails and free downloadable activity sheets are available from www.forestryengland.uk/zog 8-9 Local news 28-29 Our Gift Guide 31 Buy your Christmas tree 10 Families Top Five activities this month 34-36 Parties Feature 15 Ten free activities to do in • The best Indoor birthday November and December parties • Classic party games are still South West 17 What’s going on at Puppet winning Planet in Wandsworth 38-39 Talking to your child about 18 School Open days the loss of a loved one • Families London South West is part of Families Print Ltd, a franchise company. All franchised magazines in the group are 20-21 Where is Santa? 40-46 What’s On independently owned and operated under licence. Families® is a • Diary dates registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta 22-23 Local Christmas shows and Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. • Ice rinks pantomimes • Christmas Carols • The contents of Families London South West are fully protected by copyright and none of the editorial or 25-27 December holiday activities • Christmas fairs photographic matter may be reproduced in any form without Swimming, tennis, balls skills, • Competitions prior consent of Families London South West. touch typing, arts, music, • Drama • Designed and Printed by Ridgeway Press, Wilts. dance, drama, languages etc • Museums and galleries • Babies and toddlers • Every care is taken in the preparation of this magazine, but Families SW, our distributors, the franchise company, 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. • Paper used to print Families is from fully-managed sustainable sources. Connect with us on social media Tel: 020 8696 9680 Facebook, Twitter & Instagram FamiliesSWLon editorial: [email protected] News: [email protected] Adverts/Artwork: [email protected] events/Diary Dates/What’s on: [email protected] Next issue: January/February 2019 ISSN 1354-9553. All contents ©Families SW 2018. Advertise in our next issue. Contact us on 020 8696 9680 familiesonline.co.uk November/December 2018 • Families South West 7 News “God hungers for our songs.” Marius Schneider, Dept. of Music Univ. Cologne, Germany What world do we want our children to live in? What world are we creating? By taking one step at a time, we can implement sustainable, harmonious principles in our daily lives: when we are mindful and caring, when we create beauty, write poetry, make art or when we sing. You’ll find so many people in this issue who do just that, you are all wonderful. A very harmonious Christmas everyone! Could you fulfil a young person’s Christmas wish? Christmas is a time where families across the the UK who are looking for foster families to Dinner on demand UK take time away from their busy schedule to provide loving and supportive homes. Are you If you are familiar with the concept of appreciate the value of family. For many, that person they need? A career as a foster receiving recipe and ingredients boxes but family is the pillar of strength that gets us carer is incredibly rewarding for so many wished for something simpler, with fewer through life’s toughest moments. reasons, it’s an amazing career that involves fiddly steps and—yes you read it right—that Unfortunately for others, there is no such changing lives for a living. Could you become you can order by 4pm for a same day comfort, because there is no such family. a foster carer and join the community of delivery, then give Indy Market a go. Fostering Support Group exists to give children individuals and families who change lives for a and young people supportive families to guide living? Launched locally only recently, and support them through their toughest • For more information on how to get started, unsurprisingly orders are flying out to meet moments, so that they too, can thrive in life. call 020 8778 9669 for an informal chat or visit the needs of busy families wanting to There are many children and young people in www.fosteringsupportgroup.com prepare fresh meals without the hassle of shopping or too much prep. Our order arrived barely a few hours after we ordered Should you Green the Grid in your community? it, ingredients were super fresh and it took The Green the Grid project is run by local Thanks to a grant from Wandsworth Borough next to no time to get dinner on the table, residents and is part of the Southfields Grid Council’s Grant Fund, residents were offered enabling us to put our feet up after the Residents Association. They organise free planting bundles to plant around tree bases inevitable rushed deadline! Sure to community planting days, provide practical in the street. The project gained considerable become a great success. gardening advice and raise awareness of the support from local residents in the planting days www.indymarket.co benefits of a greener environment. Through held in June and October, as well as tending to increasing planting in their area Green the Grid their front gardens. aims to encourage wildlife, improve air quality What about taking a leaf from this group and and reduce flooding risk, as well as increase start your own? people’s wellbeing and sense of community. www.frontgardenfriendly.uk Isabelle J Photography 8 Families South West • November/December 2018 familiesonline.co.uk Coding super popular with children Well done to MAMA.codes who have launched their award-winning code clubs for 3-8 year olds in Streatham along with Clapham, Balham, Tooting and with classes launching soon in Barnes, Surbiton and Kingston. MAMA.codes believes in teaching coding as a language, through storytelling, rhyme and song, putting fun and creativity at the heart. “We teach children at the age they are most receptive to learning language patterns and parents are often amazed by the swift progress they can make at our code clubs and holiday workshops!” [email protected] No one should go hungry this Christmas Please remember to make donations to your local Foodbank. Drop non-perishable items in participating supermarkets or go online to find the nearest drop points like churches and halls. Encourage children to go without, in order to give to another local child? Big or small, every gift you give helps transform lives. www.trusselltrust.org Music therapy In-Deep is a registered charity that offers free music therapy sessions once a month to children with special needs and disabilities. The sessions are run by a qualified, experienced music therapist with trained, checked volunteers to support children. These are held at Millbank Academy, Erasmus St, SW1 every second Saturday in the month with group 1 age 3-10 at 11.30-12.20 and group 2 age 11-16 at 1pm-2pm. Children have a fun time singing fun songs, playing games etc. Well done Work and Play Scrapstore This has been shown to Work And Play Scrapstore is a re- makeover and enjoyed a improve use charity, which promotes artful fantastically successful year. communication, re-use of donated surplus/waste Congratulations. interaction and materials. For nearly thirty years social skills. All are they have operated as a broker • Open Tuesday 11.30am-8pm and welcome. supplying clean and re-useable Thursdays 11am-5pm. You need to emma.chapman@in- materials otherwise destined for be a member to join and you must deep.org.uk incineration, landfill or long-term make an appointment to come by www.in-deep.org.uk storage to a wide range of groups phoning 020 8682 4216. Based at such as schools, charities, 13 Blackshaw Road, London community groups, arts SW17 0DA organisations, students and http://workandplayscrapstore.org.u families. They recently had a k/home familiesonline.co.uk November/December 2018• Families South West 9 Families Top five activities in November and December Here is our pick of the best five things to Sail with Santa from the moment you set off from 020 77 400 400 Tower Pier, and leave the do for the whole family this Christmas… www.citycruises.com impressive Tower of London Sail with Santa cruises run on behind you, heading off on a great Saturday & Sunday 1,2, 8, 9, 15,16 adventure. peter pan swashbuckling family adventure December and daily from 19–23 Santa will welcome children and Richmond Theatre Peter Pan. Join their high-flying December. grown ups with festive treats and TW9 1QJ hero as he transports the Darlings What about this for something a tell a Christmas story (or two). www.atgtickets.com/venues/rich on an adventure they will never little unusual: This year why don’t Children can get into colouring, mond-theatre forget, filled with evil pirates, a you book a cruise on the Thames while the adults take in spectacular 8 December – 6 January very hungry crocodile and the and meet Santa as he swaps his riverside views. Take a fairy tale flight to meanest man in Neverland, sleigh for a boat? The fun starts Neverland this Christmas in the Captain Hook. Aladdin Snow White New Wimbledon Theatre London Palladium SW19 1QG W1F 7LA atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon- www.snowwhitepalladium.com theatre 8 December – 13 January 8 December – 6 January Dawn French stars alongside returning London Palladium pantomime royalty Julian Clary, Paul Paul Merton leads the cast in this year’s high- Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Gary Wilmot, joined flying pantomime as Widow Twankey, joined by by Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent and Flavia Magician Pete Firman who will be on hand to in Snow White, London’s must-see panto.
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