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News & Views Highfield and Brookham School Launches ‘Larks and Owls’ Care Highfield and Brookham are now offering parents of children in Nursery to Year 5 longer before and after school care to better support working parents.

Care can start at 7.30am and see the children through until 6.30pm and includes a hearty breakfast and a homemade dinner. Starting at 7.30am eases the pressure of balancing the school run with commuting, and ensures the children start the day well fed and relaxed. In the evening, as the children will have already eaten, the focus can be on what is important – curling up in bed with a story! For more information, book a visit at highfieldschool.org.uk or call 01428 722005.

Ripley Court School Merges into Reed’s School Ripley Court School in Ripley have announced that Ripley Court School will merge into Reed’s School.

Ripley Court and Reed’s have worked together for many years and share a philosophy of education which focusses on developing the whole child within a nurturing environment. The Board of Governors of both schools believe that this proposed merger is a natural extension of this strong relationship. It will allow both schools to benefit from a combination of outstanding staff and facilities whilst retaining the heritage and current structure of each school.

The intention is for Ripley Court to merge into the existing Reed’s School charitable framework, but the two schools will maintain their names, identity, location, structure and admissions process. Ripley Court will remain co-educational for children from 3-13 and will continue to fully support all their pupils, both girls and boys, for a wide variety of senior school choices by preparing them for their entrance exams.

Barrow Hills School Announces New Head Barrow Hills School, Witley, announces the appointment of Philip Oldroyd as its next Head.

Mr Oldroyd will take over the reins at the 230-pupil Surrey prep school in September 2019. He succeeds Sean Skehan, who is stepping down for personal reasons after three years at the helm.

Currently Interim Head at Leehurst Swan School in Salisbury, Mr Oldroyd brings with him extensive experience of leading schools from nursery through to Sixth Form as both Head and Deputy. He says: “My philosophy is that each child is an individual according to their different maturity levels, talents and views. By promoting mutual respect, curiosity of mind and independence of spirit we can prepare each to take their place in an ever-changing world.

This resonates well with the Barrow Hills motto “we are prepared for greater things”.

Barrow Hills School is an IAPS co-educational 2-13 years day preparatory school and nursery in Witley.

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The Coerver® Coaching Method Founded in 1984, the mission of Coerver® Coaching is to professionally deliver the World’s most exciting and effective soccer skills teaching programme; developing confident, creative players on the field and good citizens off it. The aims are: Make The Game Fun To Practice And Play A combination of positive training environment and challenging practices; generating internal motivation and resulting in effective learning.

Teach Good Sportsmanship And Respect For All Training that develops character, both on and off the pitch.

Value Winning But Not More Than Skill, Effort, and Development Particularly in the formative ages (6-12), focus on long term development and not short term results.

Find out more about the Coerver® Coaching method at the weekly Performance Academy all year round at Surrey Sports Park, Guildford.

Boys and girls, aged 7-14 years old are welcome to try a free taster session. Contact them at: westlondon@coerver.co.uk, 020 3544 2284, www.coerver.co.uk/westlondon.

New Owners For Stagecoach Schools Stagecoach provide quality part-time training in the performing arts for children aged 4-18 years. Their aim is to nurture and develop young potential through singing, acting and dance classes, stretching young imaginations and helping to develop confidence, physical awareness, communication and articulation - as well as being educational and fun.

Nikky Watts is the new owner of Stagecoach Farnborough. Her love of performing arts began at an early age and since then it has been a very large part of her life. After performing professionally and teaching it became evident that Nikky’s real passion lies with helping children reach their potential and building self-confidence through the arts. Nikky says “Stagecoach is a safe place for all children where they can come and truly be themselves. We teach them valuable life lessons and it will be a place of acceptance where everyone feels comfortable.”

Georgia Briggs is taking over the reigns at Stagecoach Frimley. She has performed in Musical Theatre for the past 8 years and has just finished performing in Wicked The Musical. Georiga says “it has always been a life-long ambition of mine to have a Stagecoach school. I attended Stagecoach as a child myself and can honestly say it gave me a love of performing, whilst at the same time it built my inner confidence which I have carried through to the rest of my life and career. Over the past 10 years, I have taught at several Stagecoach schools so I know exactly what is required as a teacher and a performer.”

Stagecoach also run classes in Camberley, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Liphook and Woking. https://www.stagecoach.co.uk.

Free One Week Trial with Kumon Kumon offer English and Maths programmes, which help children of any age and ability to become confident, independent learners with a positive attitude to study. Currently they are offering a one-week free trial from 1 -30 September! There are local study centres in Farnham, Frimley, Guildford East, Guildford North and Haslemere.

Rather than offering conventional maths and English tuition, their Instructors set themselves apart by guiding their students through work that is set at just the right level for them, keeping them engaged and making progress. They support and encourage students to work out answers by themselves, helping them to become selfsufficient, successful learners for the future.

By studying little and often through daily worksheets and twice weekly study centre visits, their students steadily increase ability and fluency, building their skills in small, manageable steps.

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News & Views Kids Activities Galore at G Live Guildford

Improving your Child’s Concentration

Surrey’s flagship arts and events venue, G Live might be best-known for presenting the biggest and best comedy, live music and smashhit family shows; but following the appointment of Fiona Moon, as Creative Learning Manager, it is increasingly being recognised for its inclusive, engaging activities for young people to enjoy.

Perform and parenting expert and child psychologist, Dr Claire Halsey offer their tips.

Concentration is a vital life skill which develops from birth. Linked closely to brain development, it improves alongside a child’s memory and ability to organise their thoughts.

Based in the heart of Guildford, G Live will once again present a bumper programme of half term activities including Micro:Bit game creation, Combat-skills and Theatrical Make-up workshops plus lots more from 29 Oct – 2 Nov, finishing with a SENSE-ATIONAL Family Fun Day and balloon-tastic kids show, Rise and Fall (pictured) in its Bellerby Studio.

Set Up for Success Reduce big distractions: television, music and screen time make it difficult to listen and concentrate, so limit these to set times.

The venue has also announced its plans to celebrate National Space Week, with Space Day on 5 October seeing a programme of sensory play activities for under 4’s taking place across the venue, in collaboration with the University of Surrey.

Make it Fun Make activities fun as your child is more likely to pay attention eg tidying up toys is less of a chore when you offer a tickle to the child who finishes first!

Keep Practising Games and activities can build concentration.

Choose turn-taking games like Snap or Picture Dominoes or those with simple instructions.

For more information and to book your place, see GLive.co.uk.

Praise the Good Stuff Praise your child when they focus rather than highlighting when they don’t eg “Well done for sticking with that puzzle.”

Chobham Adventure Farm’s Magical Christmas Experience the magic of Christmas and sprinkle a little extra magic with a visit to meet Santa and his elves at Chobham Adventure Farm!

Seek Advice A small number of children have difficulty paying attention no matter how hard they try. Ask your child’s teacher for suggestions. If you’re still concerned, see your GP.

Santa’s elves have a very special job for you but first you must become an official ‘Elf Helper’! Meet the North Pole’s oldest Elf, attend elf lessons, meet Mrs Claus, help the elves with their important elfie tasks, build your very own bear, not to mention meeting the jolly old big man himself!

More from Dr Claire Halsey at www.clairehalsey.com.

Perform offers concentration-boosting drama classes in Farnham, Frimley, Godalming, Guildford, Haslemere and Woking. Try a FREE no-obligation class at www.perform.org.uk/try

Magical Christmas is running on select days between the 30th November and the 24th December 2019. Tickets include your visit to Santa AND entrance to the Farm Park to let off steam as you count down the days to Santa’s arrival. A fun filled festive day full of magic and surprises, one you will not want to miss!

New Classes For Haslemere Performing Arts

Full details and booking available on www.chobhamadventurefarm.co.uk.

Early booking advisable to avoid disappointment. Please contact 01276 919 212 or enquiries@chobhamadventurefarm.com with any queries.

Ballet for 3-5 year olds will be on Thursdays at Haslewey from 4-4.30pm, starting September 12th and Street Acro with Xavier will be on Saturdays at Haslewey 12.45-1.45pm, starting September 14th.

Please contact haparts@aol.com or 01428 652360.

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Special Offer For Schools from Synergy Dance® Synergy Dance®, as Active Surrey Engagement partners, are offering a 20% discount to schools, Schools including SEND schools, on all save 20% school clubs, in-school classes, enrichment days, dance parties and themed workshops for the Autumn & Spring term.

There is a huge range of courses to choose from including Dance Mix, Dance Club, Dance Fusion, Dance Acrobatics, Street and Breakdance, Circus Skills, Cheerleading, Dance Combat, Primary Yoga, Secondary Yoga, Family Yoga, Mindful Movement, DiscoFit, Aerobics, Junior Fitness and lots more.

To find out more, please visit synergydance.co.uk or email sue@synergydance.co.uk. Use code Active Surrey SU20 for your 20% discount.

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Haslemere Performing Arts is excited to announce they are launching several new classes in September. Street Dance will be on Wednesdays at Liphook Church Centre, starting September 18th (please email after September 14th for details.)

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A wonderfully wicked time 26th October 11am – 4pm Princes Mead Shopping are having a wonderfully wicked time this October with activities to dare and delight! The event is for under 12’s and is FREE! Come along to our Creation Station to make your very own Monsters, Slippery Slime and mystical masks – all to make and take. You can also have a wonderfully weird face paint to surprise and spook your fiends and family!

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Clubs and Classes Here’s a selection of some great local classes for children whatever their interests Art & Crafts

Music & Movement for Pre-schoolers

Watts Gallery Artists’ Village Compton, near Guildford 01483 810 235 Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village runs The Make Space - a drop in workshop every Sunday, stop by at any time between 10.30am - 4pm. From printmaking to painting and sewing to sculpture, families can discover a new activity every week. Free with admission.

Molly Moocow Godalming, Haslemere 01428 658858 www.mollymoocow.com Molly Moocow’s moosical sessions provide fun learning experiences for little people aged 0 to 4 years using a combination of music and Molly Moocow movement, action songs, rhymes and stories. Their unique programmes are grouped by age and physical ability with a themed curriculum tailored for each age group.

Trial classes available.

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Gymnastics Gymfinity Kids Farnborough Farnborough@gymfinitykids.com 01252 968445 gymfinitykids.com Gymfinity Kids Gymfinity Kids is a gymnastics and ninja club offering fun and exciting classes for babies to children aged 16 years. Their wide-range of recreational gymnastics classes are led by qualified coaches in an environment fun for all levels and abilities. Or try their Ninja Knights classes - a mixture of free running, parkour and martial arts!

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Gymnastics Factory Guildford 01483 455060 info@gymnasticsfactory.co.uk www.gymnasticsfactory.co.uk Recreational gymnastics classes for girls and boys of all ages, babies to adults. The gym is packed with colourful equipment to make gymnastics exciting for all. They offer a safe, friendly environment for children to progress through their award scheme. Plus some fun stuff too; hang upside down, trampoline into a foam pit and swing the Gymnastics Factory trapeze!

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MultiSports Guildford & Woking For Guildford please call 0844 800 9096 For Woking please call 0844 335 0450 The MultiSports Group provide 4-16 year olds with an exciting and educational sports program at weekends. Encouraging and developing young people to grow both as athletes and MultiSports individuals. Offering an extensive program of team sports and individual sports as well as weekly team building challenges.

At MultiSports your child will participate in 18 different sports a year, grow in confidence and self esteem, learn leadership and team work skills and have fun making lots of new friends.

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Wild Tots Wild tots provides a wonderful opportunity for your little ones to experience and learn from nature.

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Sayers Croft Trust Cranleigh www.sayerscrofttrust.org.uk The Really Wild Club is for 6-10 year olds and meets on the second weekend of the month from 2-4pm. An action packed club for children who love to get outside, explore, get dirty and have fun. Only £4 per session. Places are limited, to join the club or for more information email trust@ sayers-croft.org.uk. The Wild Club for ages 5 and under with an adult (siblings also welcome) is on the second Saturday of the month 10am12pm.

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Woking Leisure Centre 01483 771122 Trampolining - led by a British Gymnastics coach. There are a range of classes for ages 3-17 of all abilities.

Swimming - Woking Leisure Centre opportunities for people of all ages and abilities, from preschool to adult, to learn to swim under the guidance of friendly, qualified instructors in structured lessons based on Swim England guidelines.

External clubs and groups including Flair Gymnastics, Cirquescape, Woking Swimming Club and martial arts clubs.

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Each school runs three hours of classes per week for 6-18 year olds, split into one hour classes of dance, drama and singing. The classes help Stagecoach Theatre Arts children to grow in confidence, speak more clearly and become more self-aware - skills they learn for life. Also Early Stages classes for 4-6 year olds run for 1½ hours. Two week trial available.

Guildford Theatre School The Electric Theatre, The Trinity Centre (Off Guildford’s High Street), Beverley Hall (next to Waitrose) and G Live enquiries@guildfordtheatreschool.co.uk www.guildfordtheatreschool.co.uk Established by Anna McNamara to provide a creative learning experience that focuses on the acquisition of skills and the pursuit of excellence in Musical Theatre, Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Singing and Drama.

Through application and commitment an individual can achieve extraordinary things. Classes are held each Saturday for ages 4-18 years. They offer regular exciting performance opportunities at major regional theatres throughout the year as well as examinations with globally recognised exam boards.

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Red Shoes School of Dance Haslemere and Grayshott www.redshoesschoolofdance.co.uk With highly experienced teachers offering a nurturing and fun environment, Red Shoes School of Dance offer classes for everyone from 2 years to 70+. Weekly lessons in Ballet, Tap, Modern, and Contemporary Jazz as well as non syllabus Creative Classes on Saturday mornings focussing on free choreography. Whether dance is a serious interest or a social way to keep fit, Red Shoes will find the perfect class for you.

Red Shoes School of Dance Call Jane Lubach on 07711378536 for an informal chat or email info@redshoesschoolofdance.co.uk to book your free trial.

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always say that maths is like broccoli. You either like it or you hate it but you have to have some because it’s good for you.

Now I’ll tell you a secret. I do not like broccoli, but I do find it helps to have a bit of brown sauce on it! Similarly, maths becomes more exciting when it’s spiced up a little.

It’s important that your children are comfortable enough with simple sums that they don’t have to rely on a calculator - that’s like using arm bands for swimming! If they can develop an instinct for numbers, simple sums become much easier. The secret is to spend some time playing around with numbers and getting to know them.

Here are a few little facts, games and tricks to share with your children to help them see that numbers have quirky behaviours and make fun patterns.

Trick 1 If you write out the digits 1 2 3 4, you can turn them into 12 = 3 x 4. You can also do this with 5 6 7 8 because 56 = 7 x 8.

Trick 2 Pick any three consecutive numbers (e.g. 4, 5, 6). Multiply the smallest by the biggest, and then add one. (So here we get 4 x 6 =24, then 24 + 1 = 25). The answer is always the same as the middle number squared … i.e. times by itself. (Here we get 5 x 5 = 25 YAY!) This works with any three consecutive numbers, so let’s try 7, 8, 9. 7 x 9 = 63, then 63 + 1= 64 and that’s the same as 8 x 8!

Trick 3 The numbers in the 3 times table have a special trick, because if you add the digits together, the answer will always divide by 3. For instance 8 x 3 =24, and 2 + 4 = 6 which divides by 3. You can use this to test if any number divides by 3. Let’s test 71865.

7+1+8+6+5 = 27 which divides by 3, so 71865 also divides by 3.

The Table Attack Game Try to play this game with your children regularly in short bursts of about 10 minutes. You need two or more people and a pack of playing cards.

Remove the jacks, queens and kings from the pack and put them back in the box. Now take the aces, twos, fives and tens from the pack, and just one joker. The aces count as one and the

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joker counts as zero. Put the other cards aside for a moment. We’ll call these the power cards.

Shuffle the 17 normal cards then put the pack face down. Two players each take a card from the top without looking and then together they turn their cards faceup. Players must multiply the numbers on the cards together, and the first person to shout the right answer wins a point. Make sure you are multiplying and not adding!

(So if you see 5 and 1, the answer is five not six.)

Now make it more exciting! Without looking, pick a couple of the power cards and slip them in with the others, then play again. Once you’ve got used to the extra cards, keep adding a few more power cards until you have all the cards in play.

This is a fabulous, quick fire way to get your children to firm up on their times tables.

There – I hope some of these things help.

And just to make you feel better, while you’re practising your numbers, I’m going to go off and eat some broccoli!

Kjartan Poskitt is author of the series of books Murderous Maths, published by Scholastic. He is also the Ambassador for the National Young Mathematicians’ Awards, the only team maths competition for primary schools in the country, run by Explore Learning in collaboration with the NRICH project at the University of Cambridge.

An outstanding Catholic Prep School and Nursery in Guildford for girls aged 3-11 and boys aged 3-7

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Education & Schools Please contact the schools to find out if you need to register as many schools require you to book a place at their open day

Independent Schools Round Up

School

Open Day Date

Aldro School. Boys 7-13 yrs.

Sat 21 Sept 10am-11.30am.

Amesbury School. Mixed 2-13 yrs.

Fri 11 Oct 10am-12pm.

Barfield School. Mixed 2-13 yrs.

Fri 13 Sept.

Barrow Hills School, Witley 01428 683639 Mixed 2-13 yrs.

Fri 27 Sept, Mon 30 Sept 9.30am-11am.

Belmont Preparatory School Mixed 2-13 yrs.

Mon 23 Sept, Fri 8 Nov.

Coworth Flexlands School Boys 3-7 yrs, girls 3-11 yrs.

Wed 25 Sept, Thurs 17 Oct.

Cranleigh Prep School. Mixed 7-13 yrs.

Sat 5 Oct.

Cranmore School. Mixed 2½-13 yrs.

Sat 21 Sept.

Duke of Kent School. Mixed 3-16.

Sat 5 Oct 9.30am-1pm.

Edgeborough, Frensham Mixed 2-13 yrs.

Fri 4 Oct from 10.30am.

Frensham Heights. Mixed 3-18 yrs.

Sat 21 Sept.

Glenesk School, E Horsley Mixed 2-7 yrs.

Fri 20 Sept 9.15am, Fri 27 Sept 9.15am, Sat 5 Oct 10am.

Greenfield School. Mixed 3-11 yrs.

Fri 20 Sept 9am.

Guildford High School. Girls 4-18.

Tues 10 Sept, Thurs 26 Sept, Sat 12 Oct and Wed 20 Nov.

Halstead Prep School. registrar@halstead-school.org.uk 01483 772682. Girls 2-11 yrs.

Fri 4 Oct 9am-10.30am.

Highfield and Brookham School, Liphook 01428 728000 admissions@brookhamschool.co.uk Mixed 3-13 yrs.

Sat 11 Jan 10am-12pm.

Hoe Bridge School, Woking Mixed 3-13 yrs.

Tues 1 Oct 9.30am.

Lanesborough School. Boys 3-13.

Sat 12 Oct 9.30am-11.30am.

Longacre School, Shamley Green Mixed 2½-11 yrs.

Fri 20 Sept, Tues 8 Oct, Thurs 14 Nov.

Lyndhurst School. Mixed 3-11 yrs.

Please contact the school.

Manor House School. Girls 2-16 yrs.

Sat 5 Oct.

Moon Hall School Specialist school for dyslexic children.

Please contact the school.

Ripley Court, Ripley 01483 225217 Mixed 3-13 yrs.

Fri 20 Sept 9am-11am.

The Royal School Mixed 6 wks-18 yrs.

Junior School: Fri 15 Nov.

Rydes Hill Preparatory & Nursery Guildford 01483 563160 Girls 3-11 yrs, Boys 3-7 yrs.

Please contact the Registrar, Mrs Jacqui O’Neill, on jacqui.oneill@rydeshill.com to arrange a personal tour.

St Andrews School, Horsell 01483 760943 Mixed 3-13 yrs.

Sat 28 Sept 10am-12pm.

St Catherine’s School, Bramley 01483 899665 Girls 4-18 yrs.

Wed 25 Sept, Thurs 17 Oct. Reception taster afternoon Fri 4 Oct.

St Edmund’s School, Hindhead Mixed 2-16 yrs.

Please contact the school.

St Hilary’s School, Godalming 01483 416551 Boys 2-7 yrs, Girls 2-11 yrs (now taking boys in Year 3 in a phased plan be fully co-educational by Sept 2022).

Fri 20 Sept, Sat 21 Sept.

St Ives School Girls 2-11 yrs, boys 2-7 yrs.

Fri 20 Sept, Fri 11 Oct, Fri 15 Nov.

St Nicholas’ School, Fleet 01252 850121 Boys 3-7 yrs, Girls 3-16 yrs.

Sat 5 Oct 10am-1pm, Mon 18 Nov 9.30am-12pm.

Year 3 & Reception Taster Day Fri 8 Nov.

St Teresa’s Effingham. Girls 2-18.

Sat 28 Sept.

The only way to enjoy a sense of their magic is to visit and experience it for yourself. Therefore, you are warmly invited to their next open morning on Saturday 11th January. Do not worry if you cannot make it, personalised visits are available throughout the year.

Tormead School. Girls 4-18 yrs.

Jnr School: Tues 17 Sept, Wed 9 Oct 9.15am-11am.

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Ripley Court Ripley Court is a fully co-educational school for children aged 3 - 13 set in 20 beautiful acres and easily accessed from the A3, Cobham, Weybridge, Woking and Guildford. It benefits from small classes and specialist teachers. Its secret for success is to combine strong academic rigor with important but lessmeasurable values in life, such as kindness, respect and fun.

The school produces excellent results in exams, senior school entries and scholarships as well as success in sports, music and art. Such achievements are important but each child’s happiness and well-being is valued even more.

To arrange a visit to the school, please contact the Registrar on 01483 225217 or email registrar@ripleycourt.co.uk.

St. Andrew’s - Developing Potential For Life St. Andrew’s School, Woking, situated in the village of Horsell, is a thriving co-educational independent day school for children aged 3 - 13 years. With individual attention and specialist teachers in all areas of the curriculum, the children are able to reach their full potential in a happy, caring and supportive environment.

Educating the whole child is central to their ethos and, whilst academic standards are high, there are also real opportunities to develop skills in art, music and sport in fantastic facilities including a new theatre, food tech room and library. In their latest ISI Inspection (Jan 2016), the school was rated ‘excellent’ in all areas.

To find out more, hear it from the St. Andrew’s pupils themselves on a personal guided tour of the school at their next open morning. See their advertisement on page 16 for details or visit: www.st-andrews.woking.sch.uk. St. Andrew’s (Woking) School Trust, Church Hill House, Wilson Way, Horsell GU21 4QW Email: admin@st-andrews.woking.sch.uk.

Highfield and Brookham School Highfield and Brookham offer an exceptional all-round education for girls and boys aged 3-13. Their approach gives children an astonishing diversity of opportunities. They look beyond the curriculum to skills that children can learn through sport, music, drama and art. This broadens horizons and fosters lifelong passions.

With 175 acres of fields, sports pitches and woodlands to explore, it is a place where children can really be children.

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Halstead

Founded in 1935 St Nicholas’ School is set in beautiful surroundings covering 27 acres. Offering superb facilities in sport, music, art and drama for girls age 3-16 years and boys 3-7. With their extensive bus routes, after school care, as well as their newly appointed breakfast club and forest school, they can offer parents round the clock care in such a fantastic educational environment. They are also offering 15 hours EYE funding for their Nursery Department.

Halstead is an independent school with a Christian ethos and family atmosphere for girls from Nursery aged 2 to 11 years.

Every girl is known and taught as an individual in a stimulating environment filled with encouragement, challenge and plenty of fun. All pupils are given an excellent and thorough preparation for senior school entry (the academic results speak for themselves), but most importantly they are helped to lay the foundations for a happy, healthy and successful life.

Their most recent inspection report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) achieved the highest rating, ‘Excellent’.

Of course there is no substitute for a visit to see St Nicholas’ on an Open Morning or working day.

They look forward to seeing you soon!

In the Nursery girls may attend part-time or full-time (they recommend at least 3 of the available 10 sessions a week) as they enjoy their first stages of early education in the caring and nurturing Early Years setting. Girls may join Halstead in any year where a space becomes available. You are warmly invited to visit their happy school in action on any school day or on their next Open Morning on Friday 4th October.

Barrow Hills School

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Barrow Hills School is a preparatory school and nursery for girls and boys aged 2 to 13, committed to delivering an exceptional, all-round education with a strong family ethos. With specialist teachers from Nursery to Year 8 and dedicated facilities, set in a beautiful country house and 33 acres, the School provides a safe and stimulating environment to deliver a broad and varied curriculum.

St Hilary’s School in Godalming is a non-selective, independent preparatory day school and nursery for boys and girls. The school aims to develop pupils’ talents and allow children to achieve their best in a dynamic and vibrant environment.

Specialist teaching is introduced at an early age along with music, drama, competitive sport, Forest School and educational trips; all provided in small class sizes. Outside of lessons, there is a rich programme of extra-curricular activities and wrap around care for those who require it. The school is proud of the range of scholarships it secures annually and the competitive senior schools pupils go on to. Come and see for yourself why the school was rated `Excellent’ in its inspection result at their next open days on Friday 20th September (10.30am – 12pm and 1.30pm – 3pm) and Saturday 21st September (10am – 12.30pm) or visit www.sthilarysschool.com for more information.

Their children are nurtured to be curious, scholarly, brave and responsible in all their challenges and the world around them; compassionate, generous and joyful in their appreciation of families and friendships and to be true to themselves.

As children celebrate another 100% pass rate at Common Entrance, with over half securing a scholarship across academic, art, design and technology, drama and sport they leave Barrow Hills School as inquisitive and confident learners. They are articulate, ambitious individuals with a generosity of spirit as they go out into the world. They are prepared for greater things.

St Catherine’s Prep School St Catherine’s is situated in the village of Bramley, 3 miles south of Guildford, which has fast train connections to London. Girls in the Prep School benefit immeasurably from the world-class facilities of the Senior School, including the extensive grounds, 25m indoor pool, Sports Hall, dance studio, magnificent auditorium and 19th Century chapel. Girls from age 4 engage in a full and varied curriculum which includes music, IT, ballet, and sport delivered by dedicated specialist teachers.

The school provides outstanding pastoral care.

Naomi Bartholomew, the Headmistress, comments that ‘the relationships which are built between the girls and their teachers are key to the success, both academic and personal, of the girls’.

Their Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, said on a recent visit, ‘You are all extremely lucky to be at such a wonderful school.’

The Good Schools Guide says that, ‘Parents are universally grateful their girls are here.’ Open Mornings: - Wednesday 25th September, Thursday 17th October. www.stcatherines.info

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Rydes Hill Preparatory School and Nursery Rydes Hill is a non-selective one form entry Catholic School in Guildford educating girls from 3-11 and boys from 3-7.

Consistently awarded the top rated ‘excellent’ in all recent ISI Reports, they embrace the individual strengths and talents of each child and nurture their confidence and self-belief. Rydes Hill warmly welcome families of all faiths and beliefs and recognise that happiness and wellbeing are the cornerstone of academic success. They are also proud to be one of the top prep schools in the country for Speech and Drama.

Their outstanding Nursery offers both term-time only and all year-round places and they remain eligible for the Early Years Funding. The Nursery children enjoy a wealth of experience in the Nursery, tapping into specialist teachers to experience Forest School, Music, Drama, Dance and a number of sporting activities.

Call Jacqui O’Neill on 01483 563160 or via admissions@rydeshill.com to arrange a private tour or to attend the next Open Day.

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s a parent or carer, you want to give your child the best start in life and you play a crucial role in supporting your child’s learning before school and throughout their time in education. Research is clear that levels of parental engagement are also consistently associated with better learning outcomes.

At no point is parental engagement more important than in the early years.

They are a vital time in the life of any child and play a significant role in shaping the person they will become and the opportunities in life they will have. It is also a critical, and often difficult, time for parents, trying to balance the wellbeing and development of their child with the need to provide financial stability, and especially for first time parents, with the emotional and practical complexities that can accompany the joys of parenting.

Unfortunately, the early years are where we first see the attainment gap – the difference in educational outcomes between young

people from the least welloff backgrounds and their classmates – first take hold.

There is already a big gap in the school readiness of less well-off children and their more advantaged classmates when they start school: five year olds from economically disadvantaged homes are estimated to be over four months behind their peers.

This link between family income and attainment, even among young children, is clear-cut, long-standing, and difficult to break.

But there is nothing inevitable about this trajectory. The best research we have provides a much more hopeful message. As a parent, your occupation, education and family income matter less to your child’s intellectual and social development than what you actually do with your child. In short, parenting can trump background.

Research by charity, the Sutton Trust, has found that good parenting and a supportive home environment are more important determinants of good levels of learning at

How Parental Engagement Improves Learning By Stephen Fraser

age 5 than family income.

It also found that most children with a good level of learning at age 5 are read to every day, taken to places of interest, and given regular bed times. Evidence from our Early Years Toolkit suggests that effective parental engagement can lead to learning gains of around four months over the course of a year.

This shows what is possible.

Challenges, of course, remain. Many parents, as well as being time-poor, may lack confidence in their own reading, writing and maths skills. Some parents may have had negative experiences at school that have an impact on how well they can engage in their own child’s learning.

But there are simple, practical and evidencebased steps that parents can take to support their child’s development. And the most effective approaches are often the most obvious daily stories, teaching them songs and nursery rhymes, and playing with letters and numbers. These are all proven to help children discover the joy of learning.

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Education make improving the home learning environment one of its key priorities. This commitment is backed by a £5 million fund which will be used to find out how early years settings can best work with parents to support their children in language and reading at an early stage.

There are some practical things that schools and early years’ settings can do, too, such as monitoring parental engagement activities to get the most out of them, looking at the best ways to communicate with parents, and strategies for supporting learning at home.

By building effective practice, it will be possible to support more parents to actively engage in their children’s learning, from the early years and throughout school, radically improving their life chances.

Stephen Fraser is Deputy CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation, an independent charity established in 2011 to improve the educational attainment of the poorest pupils in English schools. For further information, visit www. educationendowmentfoundation. org.uk

Of course, part of the answer to early years education lies in giving toddlers and preschoolers access to highquality nursery provision, with well-trained and skilled staff. But parents are a crucial part of that equation.

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Open Mornings Saturday 5th October 10.00am – 1.00pm Monday 18th November 9.30am – 12.00pm

An independent day school for boys aged 3-7 and girls aged 3-16 • • • • • •

Small class sizes Inspirational teachers A caring, family ethos Purpose-built facilities Outstanding results ‘Excellent’ ISI Inspection

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Wiglet’s Great Spook-er-ree at Godstone Farm!

Brand New Attractions at AirHop Guildford!

With Halloween themed activities all week long, it’s going to be a Spooktacular half term filled with Pumpkin Carving, Trick or Treat games and their brand-new “Light Illusion Tunnel” with 3D glasses! Their amazing Halloween glasses transform any point of light into Brain Chilling Bats, Scary Skulls and Petrifying Pumpkins!

Listen for the “WOW!” every time someone tries them for the first time! There’s crafts, a spooky quiz, face painting and spooky tales too, so this really is a week not to miss!

Come and visit for a day of eerie fun on the farm, and don’t forget your best creepy costume. With over 500 animals to see and huge play areas too you’ll want to stay from dawn ‘til dusk! This event runs from 26 Oct Godstone Farm - 3 Nov, with Low Bangs Fireworks on 31 Oct and 1 Nov. Tickets to fireworks are strictly limited and only available by booking in advance. https://godstonefarm.co.uk/

Proudly presenting brand new AR Trampolines, Dodge Attack and a massively exciting new attraction at AirHop Guildford – coming soon! AirHop offers a wide range of hoptastic activities - with over 50 interconnected trampolines that run across the floor and up the walls - it’s the place to be for 100% fun. AirHop is conveniently located in Guildford and close to the A3 with free parking, AirHop Guildford a café and a viewing mezzanine to watch people defy gravity while you put your feet up! Book now at https://airhop-guildford.com/ or give them a call on 0330 223 3333. Ultimate bouncing fun for kids and big kids – guaranteed to leave you with a big smile on your face.

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Witches and Wizards Week at Bocketts Farm

Halloween Activity Week at Birdworld

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Witches and Wizards Week runs from 26 Oct - 3 Nov, 10am-5.30pm. Enjoy a full packed programme of fun and freaky activities including a Spooky Quiz Trail, Creepy Craft Corner and Reptile Roadshow, where you’ll get the chance to meet awesome creepy crawlies up close! Plus, they’ll be amazing science and slime shows from Einstein’s Entertainers as well as hundreds of pumpkins on sale! Daily activities include pony rides, tractor rides, animal handling and pig racing, and you can meet and feed all of the friendly farm animals too. With a large heated indoor play barn, trampolines, pedal go karts, young driver’s area and a jumping pillow, there’s plenty to keep the whole family amused, whatever the weather! Bocketts Farm, Young St, Fetcham, Leatherhead KT22 9BS.

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Feel your hair stand on end and a shiver down your spine as you walk through the creepy corridors of Birdworld’s unique Halloween Grotto, open from Sat 26 Oct - Sun 3 Nov. Families can also enjoy lots of creepy activities from Mon 28 Oct - Fri 1 Nov 11am-4pm. Join the Wizard as he entertains you with his impressive and daring magic tricks or follow the spooky activity trail around the park to learn gruesome facts about different species of animals. There will also be themed arts and crafts as well as face painting (separate charges apply). Finally, jump aboard the chilling Safari road train for a tour around the back of some of the larger bird paddocks. Visit www.

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Chobham Adventure Farm Chobham Adventure Farm is a great day out with lots of indoor and outdoor play, so perfect whatever the weather! There are two indoor play frames: an activity frame for 3 and under and a challenging frame for 3+ and adults. Outdoors there is a massive sandpit with slides and construction site, two bouncing pillows, and a small and large play frame with zipwires plus the NEW animal barn with lots of animals to see! There is a huge selection of fresh, wholesome, homemade food on offer. They are open seven days Chobham Adventure Farm a week from 10am-5.30pm. Please remember to bring socks as you will need them for the indoor play area. Chobham Adventure Farm, Bagshot Road, Chobham GU24 8DB 01276 919212.

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What’s On Diary FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

MON 9 SEP–THU 14 NOV

Spin A Web, Haslemere Educational Museum 10.30-11.30am. Listen to the The Very Busy Spider story and help make a giant spider’s web.

For under 5s with an adult. Child £2, adult £1. No need to book.

Exhibition: Polesden Voices Polesden Lacey Gt Bookham Daily. For the first time a new exhibition tells the stories of the men and women who lived, worked, and made their own special memories at Polesden Lacey over the last century. Voices from the past echo through the rooms; offering a new, unique insight into the history of Polesden Lacey.

SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER Turkish Ebru Marbling Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village Compton, Guildford GU3 1DQ For ages 13-17. £25. Pre-booking required. Experiment by making marbled wrapping paper, before marbling a concrete succulent planter to keep. 11am-3.30pm.

TUES 10 SEPTEMBER

15 Minutes of Fun Chertsey Museum 1.30-3pm. Free. Drop in for a free family craft activity.

Storytelling for Under 5s The Lightbox Woking 11-11.40am. Stories, rhymes and hands-on creative fun for under 5s with an adult.

First-come, first-served basis at Reception from 10.30am.

Free, suggested donation £3.

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

Huxley’s Birds of Prey Claremont Landscape Garden

Painting for Under 5s The Lightbox Woking 11-11.45am. For under 5s with an adult. £4 per child, adult free. Booking essential.

Esher KT10 9JG 10.30am-

4.30pm. A wide variety of birds of prey including eagles, hawks, falcons and owls display their beauty and majesty. Included in admission.

Ancient Adventures Nower Wood Leatherhead 11am-2.30pm. Meet people from the woodland’s history including stone-age man, Victorian gamekeepers and modern day conservationists at this family event. Learn ancient crafts from cave painting to Viking braiding and cook bread over the camp fire. Booking essential: Surreywildlifetrust.org/families.

Great Cockcrow Railway Lyne KT16 0AD Miniature train rides for 2 yrs+ from 1-4.30pm (booking office closes 15 mins earlier). Every Sunday til 27 Oct. 1940s Day, Mizens Railway Knaphill 12-5pm. Wartime themed event with civilian, emergency service and military vehicles, re-enactors and displays plus rides on the military train for ages 1+.

Hatchlands Dog Show Hatchlands Park East Clandon 10am-4pm. Bring your four-legged and enjoy show and fun classes. Normal admission + £2 per class.

MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Halstead Little Chicks Halstead Prep School Woking Free stay and play event for ages 0-3 years with an adult every Monday in term time. Stimulating range of toys, crafts and activities and free refreshments. Please contact the Registrar on 01483 722682 to book your place.

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Watts Tots: Clay Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village Compton, Guildford GU3 1DQ

For under 5s with an adult. £5 per child, accompanying adults free. Pre-booking required. Enjoy squishing, rolling, building and imprinting with air-dry clay. 10-11am.

SAT 14 SEPTEMBER Hollycombe Fairground at Night Liphook GU30 7LP Enjoy the sights, sounds, smell and atmosphere of a vintage Edwardian Fairground at night, as Hollycombe Steam in the Country stages its popular Saturday evening openings (14, 21, 28 Sept, 5, 12, 19 Oct). There are steam-driven rides such as the Razzle Dazzle (considered to be the world’s first ‘white knuckle ride’); the Gallopers and Swingboats plus the magnificent Big Wheel offering evening views over the twinkling lights of the South Downs. Normally only the Fairground will be operating on these evenings. Gates open 6pm, rides operate 7-10pm.

Hollycombe is also open during the day on Sundays until 13 October. Pay once, and return again for a year, for free on most open days.

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Heritage Open Day Dapdune Wharf Guildford 11am-5pm. Free.

Hands-on activities for children, plus interesting facts for adults as the archives and artefact collection are aired.

Rushmoor Community Food Festival Municipal Gardens Aldershot GU11 1DP 11.30am3.30pm. An international food street, music, dance and more.

Community Open Day Woking Fire Station Woking, GU21 6LE 11am.

Displays, fire demonstrations and other fun activities for the whole family. Free entry.

Wey River Festival Wey River Festival Dapdune Wharf From 11am. Free admission.

Boaters and visitors alike are welcome to celebrate everything that is great about the river.

They’ll be plenty to do such as willow weaving, children’s crafts, Surrey Wood Turners and many other foodie and activity stands. The illuminated pageant at dusk is the highlight of the day lighting up the river from the centre of Guildford.

Hollycombe Fairground at Night See listing on 14 Sept.

Open Afternoon Guildford Model Engineering Society Stoke Park, Guildford Miniature train rides from 2-5pm.

Thaumatropes Guildford House Gallery Free. Design and make your own thaumatrope, a scientific toy created in the 19th century.

For children with an adult, dropin from 11am-1pm.

Mizens Railway Knaphill Miniature train rides for ages 1+ every Sunday (2-5pm) until 29 Sept. Ticket office closes at about 4.45pm.

Recycled Milk Bottle Elephants Cranleigh Arts Centre 2-3pm. Kids craft suitable for ages 5+. £6. Please pre-book.

Heritage Open Day Hatchlands Park East Clandon 10am-5pm. Enjoy free admission to the house and parkland.

Storytelling for Under 5s The Lightbox See 10 Sept.

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Creatures of the Night Nower Wood Leatherhead 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Come and discover the nocturnal mammals, invertebrates and amphibians of Nower Wood. For ages 7+. Booking essential: Surreywildlifetrust.org/families.

Mem £7.50, non-mem £10.

Sea Shells On A Seashore Haslemere Educational Museum 10.30-11.30am. Marvel at the beauty of the shells in the handling collection and make a shell picture. For under 5s with an adult. Child £2, adult £1.

No need to book.

Museum Monkeys Chertsey Museum 9.30-11am. Singing, stories and crafts for under 5s with an adult. Booking essential.

SAT 21 SEPTEMBER Haslemere Food Festival Lion Green, Haslemere 10am4pm. Free entry. Enjoy a fun day of demonstrations, music and an interactive children’s zone with lots of different food themed arts and crafts.

Super Saturday Rural Life Centre Farnham Activities vary, but may include mini talks and tours, demonstrations and usually you may be able to have a go!

TUES 24 SEPTEMBER

Autumn Leaf Rubbing Surrey Heath Museum Camberley Free drop in session for under 5s with an adult.

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER Farm Day, Highfield and Brookham School Liphook 10am-12pm.

A fabulous morning meeting, stroking and grooming all the animals from Mill Farm. For ages 2-4 years. Please register to attend at highfieldandbrookham.co.uk/ farm-visit.

SAT 28 SEPTEMBER Hollycombe Fairground at Night See 14 September.

SAT 28 - SUN 29 SEPT Birds of Prey Displays RHS Garden Wisley Woking When not flying, see them close-up on their perches.

Agility displays at 11am and 2pm. Included in admission.

Harvest Fest: Apple Weekend, Morden Hall Park Morden Hall Rd SM4 5JD 11am4pm. Juices, tastings, stalls and crafts. Plus the child-friendly hay bale maze (£3). The maze is available on weekends from 28 Sep-27 Oct 11am-3pm.

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Farnham Food Festival Castle St, Farnham 10am-4pm.

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SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER Surrey Hills Wood Fair Fish Pond Copse

Bookhurst Road, Cranleigh GU6 7DW 10am-5pm. A great

family day out with lots to see and do in beautiful woodland and meadows. An exciting day for all the family, full of traditional rural charm, there are woodland walks, demonstrations, beautiful crafted woodland products and delicious local food and drink, all within the stunning landscape of the Surrey Hills. Children can enjoy zip wires, tree climbing, horse & cart rides, crafts, archery, woodland games and a flying Hawk display. Book ahead to save on tickets: £7.50 in advance, £10 on the day, children under 12 go free. Free Parking. www.surreyhills.org.

Tickets also available from Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334. www.tickets.visitguildford. com. Discover the best of the Surrey Hills and find out more about family events, local produce and tastings, crafts, courses and activities: www. surreyhills.org - sign up for their e-newsletter and book on-line for Surrey Hills events.

Hollycombe Fairground at Night See listing on 14 Sept.

Cranleigh Arts Centre Please pre-book these events: Kids’ Craft: Paint a Spooky Tree For ages 5+. Child £6.

Community Drum Circle Family event. No experience necessary, all drums provided. There are no wrong notes – it is all about having fun. £5pp.

Take A Line For A Walk!

Haslemere Educational Museum 10.30am-12pm. Make pictures based on using continuous lines. Mem £5, non-mem £7.

Booking advisable. For 5-11s.

15 Minutes of Fun Chertsey Museum 1.30-3pm. Free. Drop in for a free family craft activity.

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER Try Geocaching Shalford Mill Nr Guildford 11am-4pm. Drop in and borrow a GPS device, with a pre-set 2 mile circular walk to find clues to the hidden cache at the mill. £2 for trail.

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Harvest Home Dapdune Wharf Guildford 11am-4pm. Celebrate harvest with autumnal crafts, Morris dancing and apple pressing. Warm up around the bonfire with a jacket potato (£2) and toasted marshmallows from 12pm. Admission + £2.50 for children’s activities.

Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway, Frimley Lodge Park Miniature train rides 11am-5pm.

TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER Storytelling for Under 5s The Lightbox See 10 Sept.

FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER Painting for Under 5s The Lightbox See 13 Sept.

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

Spooky halloween grotto Open from Saturday 26th October Sunday 3rd November

Ditch the Plastic - Printed Tote Bags, Watts Gallery Artists’ Village Compton GU3 1DQ For ages 1317. £25. Pre-booking required.

Create your own reusable personalised tote bag. Paint and collage your design using special inks and papers before transferring it onto your bag using a heat press. 11am-4pm.

Hollycombe Fairground at Night See listing on 14 Sept.

Apple Day, Sayers Croft Trust Ewhurst For the whole family.

Bring along some apples, or use some of theirs to make your own apple juice!

Design your label, and bottle your own juice to take away with you. You can also enjoy some apple themed activities!

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER Watts Tots: Print, Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village Compton GU3 1DQ 10-11am. For under 5s with an adult. £5 per child, accompanying adults free.

Pre-booking required. Explore textures, patterns and shapes through printing with leaves, feathers and bubble wrap.

Museum Monkeys, Chertsey Museum See 20 September.

SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER Halloween Hollycombe Fairground at Night

Iron Hill, Liphook GU30 7LP

Halloween themed fancy dress and a spooky theme! Gates open 6pm, fairground rides from 7-10pm. Hollycombe’s railway will also be running with trips to the dis-used quarry. Come dressed to scare!

Super Saturday, Rural Life Centre See listing on 21 Sept.

Halloween ACTIVITY WEEK Monday 28th – Friday 1st November Terrifying trail, fun themed activities, Halloween train ride PLUS lots more!

Visit www.birdworld.co.uk for more information.

Birdworld, Holt Pound, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LD SAT 19 OCT–SUN 3 NOV Half-term Potion Making Trail, Claremont Landscape Garden Esher KT10 9JG

10am-4pm Hubble Bubble, where to find wizard stuff for your potion?

Search the ghoulish garden for mysterious ingredients and create some natural magic! Admission + £1 per trail. On Mon 28 Oct there is Pumpkin Carving from 11am1pm. Please bring your own pumpkin. Admission + £2. Also on Tues 29 Oct, Wed 30 Oct, Fri 1 Nov 11am-1pm you can get creative with some spooky crafts in the Thatched Cottage.

Admission + £2 per craft. On Thurs 31 Oct, 4.30-6.30pm you can join the Spooky walk.

Admission + £1.50 per child.

Trail: Peculiar Pumpkins Winkworth Arboretum Godalming GU8 4AD 10am-4pm.

There are strange goings on at Winkworth this Halloween.

Pumpkins have begun to pop up across Winkworth with creepy

carved faces - can you solve the mystery? Admission + £1 per trail. Plus on Tues 29 Oct 11am-1pm there is Pumpkin carving. Please bring your own pumpkin. Admission + £2.

SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER Open Afternoon, Guildford Model Engineering Society Stoke Park, Guildford Miniature train rides from 2-5pm.

TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER Storytelling for Under 5s The Lightbox See 10 Sept.

WED 23 OCTOBER Winter Lanterns Shalford Mill GU4 8BS 11am-4pm. Design and decorate jam jar lanterns to take out on spooky evenings. Pumpkin carving too, with extra charge for a pumpkin or bring your own. £3 for children’s activities.

SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER Hallowe’en Spooky Family Fun Run, Dapdune Wharf As darkness falls, test your fitness and fears in the 2k night run around the haunted Wharf and island. Look out for a string of spooky surprises! Dressing up encouraged. From 6pm. £2.50 for soup and run. Booking essential: 01483 561389.

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What’s On Diary SAT 26 OCTOBER CONT. Halloween Fun Day Princes Mead Shopping Centre

Farnborough, GU14 6YA www.princesmead.co.uk/events/

Princes Mead Shopping are having a wonderfully wicked time this October with activities to dare and delight!

Come along to the Creation Station to make your very own Monsters, Slippery Slime and mystical masks - all to make and take.

You can also have a wonderfully weird face paint to surprise and spook your fiends and family!

Their very own centre mascot Prince Cool Cub will be about to say hello too so don’t miss out on the opportunity to take a spooky selfie with him in his gloriously ghoulish new outfit!

The event is FREE and for the under 12s. 11am-4pm.

All Hallows Eve Rural Life Centre 3pm-6.30pm. A creepy evening of stories and activities.

Halloween Great Cockcrow Railway Lyne 4.30-8pm (approx).

SAT 26-SUN 27 OCT Birds of Prey Displays Wisley See 28-29 Sept.

SAT 26 OCT – FRI 1 NOV Things That Go Bump In The Night, Dapdune Wharf 11am–4pm. Halloween half term terrors with natural night life.

Is it a badger? A hedgehog?

A bat or a ….??? Admission + £2.50 for children’s activities.

SAT 26 OCT-SUN 3 NOV Halloween Trail Polesden Lacey Gt Bookham 10am-3pm. A fun, spooky trail for children aged 4+. A strange creature has been prowling around Polesden Lacey at night. Can you follow the clues to work out what it is?

Admission + £3 for trail.

October Half Term Trails Surrey Hills National Trust There will be self-led ‘50 things to do before your 11 3/4’ trails at Frensham Little Pond, Box Hill and Hindhead Common & the Devil’s Punch Bowl. Donation requested for trail.

Halloween Half Term Hatchlands Park East Clandon 10am-4pm. Take the trail through the parkland to discover folklore and superstitions and then claim your pumpkin prize. Admission + £3 per trail.

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Please double check event with organiser to avoid disappointment October Half Term Fun Elm Nursery Sutton Green GU4 7QD Enjoy a spooky treasure hunt on the farm. You can see the animals and find the scary clues, complete the challenge and claim your prize. Elm Kitchen cafe is open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Children’s Farm open Sun 10am3pm and Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Check Facebook for details.

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER Autumn Fungi Ranger Walk Polesden Lacey Gt Bookham 11am-1pm. Take in the seasonal colour of the 1400 acre estate on a guided walk led by one of the rangers and discover the fabulous fungi. £5.

Please book on: 01372 452048.

MONDAY 28 OCTOBER Holiday Club Sayers Croft Trust Ewhurst 8.30am-4pm for 8-12 year olds. £25. A whole day of adventure and exploration activities (may include caving, climbing, archery, ropes courses etc). Please pre-book.

TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER Creepy Craft Club Alice Holt Forest Farnham For ages 5-12 years. £20. Forest craft club with a scary theme!

There’ll be guided outdoor exploration and games around the forest plus indoor craft sessions using gathered natural materials.

Creepy crafts may include woven spider webs, hanging leaf ghosts, pinecone spiders, clay tree monsters, and 3D haunted forest collages.

Booking essential: enquiries. aliceholt@groundwork.org.uk/ 07736 132 692. 10am-3pm.

Action Stations Sayers Croft Trust 10am-2pm for 7-15 year olds.

A day of activities for children with special educational needs and their siblings. Please book.

Halloween Lantern The Lightbox Workshop from 1.30-3pm (5-7 year olds). Please pre-book.

Halloween Tic, Tac, Toe Surrey Heath Museum Camberley Free drop in sessions for under 5s with an adult.

WED 30 OCTOBER

Nower Wood Autumn Open Day

Sayers Croft Trust

Leatherhead

Half term fun exploring the habitats in the beautiful ancient woodland.

There will be lots of free activities including pond dipping, fire lighting and natural crafts. 10am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4pm. Booking essential: Surreywildlifetrust.org/families.

Limited parking, £5 per car.

TUE 29 OCT–SAT 2 NOV Half-Term Activities G Live Guildford GLive.co.uk

A fun-packed week of halfterm fun for young people of all abilities to enjoy. From learning the basics of coding in Micro:Bit Creations to getting the inside-track on Theatrical Make-up: Special Effects and learning how to create a creepy comic strip at Halloween in Creepy Comics plus lots more besides. Book early!

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Wild Club 10am-12pm for 0-6 year olds. A morning of exploration and sensory games for toddlers and young children.

Free but booking is necessary.

Wild Wednesday 2-4pm for 6-10 year olds. An afternoon of adventure and exploration activities (may include caving, climbing, archery, ropes courses, compass trail etc).

Please pre-book.

The Lightbox Spooky Spiders Drop-in craft from 1.30-4pm.

Suggested donation £3.

Upswing: Acrobalance A family circus workshop. 1.302.30pm. For 7-11 year olds and their adults. Please pre-book.

Halloween Spooktacular!

Museum of Farnham Drop in spooky arts & crafts from 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-3.30pm. For ages 3-8 with an adult. £3 per child.

Halloween Spooky Trail Hindhead Common & the Devil’s Punch Bowl 6-7.30pm. Spooky walk and treat hunt followed by a story fire circle and toasted marshmallows. Booking essential: 0344 2491895. £8pp.

Big Draw at Lakeside Fun Day, Lakeside Nature Reserve Ash Vale GU12 5AA 11am-3pm.

Fun art workshop and more.

TUE 29 OCT-SUN 3 NOV October Half Term, Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village Compton GU3 1DQ Discover an abundance of pattern and colour around the Artists’ Village. Under 18s go free.

Woven Wall Hangings 10.30am-4pm. Drop-in for all ages. Free with admission.

Weave colourful fabrics, yarns and ribbons to create a decorative wall-hanging inspired by textiles from the Middle East.

Colourful Clay Pots 10.30am-12.30pm or 2-4pm. £10. Pre-booking required.

For ages 13-17. Drawing on the ancient tradition of coil building, experiment with shape and form to make a coil pot of your own, before decorating it with slip to create colourful patterns inspired by Middle Eastern design.

Family Fun Day with The Big Draw, Guildford Cathedral 10am-12pm. Free. Arts & crafts, a trail and toys for younger ones.

THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER Halloween Spooktacular!

Museum of Farnham See listing on 30 October.

Play in a Day, Princes Hall Aldershot 10am-4pm. For ages 7-11. £20. Please pre-book.

Activity Thursday Rural Life Centre Farnham Extra activities for children which may include washing with a mangle, giant dolls’ house or rocket launching!

Included in entry.

Stop Frame Animation The Lightbox 10.30am-4pm. For 8-11 year olds. Please pre-book.

Dance In A Day, Princes Hall Aldershot 10am-4pm. For ages 6-10. £20. Please pre-book.

Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman, Camberley Theatre 2pm & 7pm.

Optical Illusions, Haslemere Educational Museum 10.30am-12pm. Discover Optical art, a style of visual art that uses optical illusions.

Booking advisable. For 5-11s.

FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER Firework Rockets The Lightbox Woking Drop-in craft from 1.30 -4pm. Suggested donation £3.

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All holiday camps need to be booked in advance DORKING HALLS Tabby McTat

Wed 2 Oct 1.30pm & 4pm, Thurs 3 Oct 11am & 2pm. All ages welcome.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

Sun 27 Oct 2.30pm. For 2+.

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Comedy Club 4 Kids

Sat 14 Sept, Sat 12 Oct, Sat 16 Nov, 3pm. The best stand-ups and sketch acts from the UK circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits! For ages 6+ and their grown-ups.

One Duck Down

Sat 28 Sept 10.30am & 2pm.

This eco-friendly, award-winning show takes us on an adventure across the high-seas in a true tale of what happened when 7000 rubber ducks were cast adrift during a mighty storm!

For ages 3+.

In the Night Garden… Live Wed 2 Oct 1pm & 4pm and Thurs 3 Oct 10am & 1pm.

Join Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends at In the Night Garden Live for a brand new show! You’ll see all your favourite characters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, enchanting music and the amazing flying Pinky Ponk.

Suitable for all ages.

Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever

Wed 30 Oct 1pm & 4pm and Thurs 31 Oct 10am & 1pm.

Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a day out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig - it’s going to be her best day ever!

Get ready for a road-trip full of adventures. From castles to caves, dragons to dinosaurs and ice-creams to muddy puddles in a brand new Peppa Pig live show packed full of songs, games and laughter! Suitable for all ages.

PRINCES HALL

Aldershot

All Star Super Slam Wrestling Mon 28 Oct 7.30pm.

Milkshake! Live

Sat 2 Nov 12pm & 3.30pm. A brand-new show.

FARNHAM MALTINGS Bring your Own Baby Comedy

Thurs 12 Sept & Thurs 10 Oct 11.30am. 15 month age limit.

Megson Family Folk Show Sun 15 Sept 2pm. Concert specially for 0-7s, but fun for all the family.

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science Sun 13 Oct 2pm. A live, interactive science show.

You’ve Got Dragons

Sat 19 Oct 11am & 2pm.

Featuring creative captioning, interwoven BSL and audio description. For ages 3-10.

Stella

Tues 29 Oct 11.30am & 2.30pm. Using projection, playful performance and aerial circus. For ages 3+.

Nick Sharratt’s Right Royal Drawalong

Thurs 31 Oct 2pm. A fun filled draw-along for ages 6+.

CAMBERLEY THEATRE The Little Mermaid

Tues 29 Oct 11am & 3pm.

With glittering sets, sparkling costumes and a funny script.

GSO Family Concert – Medieval Magic

WEST END CENTRE

Sat 21 Sept 3.30pm. A fun and relaxed introduction to classical music for young children. Please book at: www.g-s-o.org.uk.

Nick Sharratt’s Right Royal Drawalong

Guildford

THE LIGHTBOX

Once Upon a Pillow Fight

Wed 30 Oct 11-11.45am. For 3+. An inventive mix of theatre, acrobatics and storytelling.

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Guildford

The Henry VIII Show

Sat 14 Sept 11am & 2pm.

Henry VIII is played by an actor and the court are played by puppets. In the Mill Studio.

CRANLEIGH ARTS CENTRE I Believe in Unicorns Sat 28 Sept 11.30am & 2pm.

Michael Morpurgo’s story is brought to life. For ages 6+.

You’ve Got Dragons

Sat 12 Oct 2pm. For ages 3-10.

Featuring creative captioning, interwoven BSL and audio description.

What a Wonderful World

Gymfinity Kids Holiday Camp

Bramley

Woking

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE

Fri 4 Oct 10.30am, 11.30am & 2pm. A gently interactive first adventure into theatre for 0-3 year olds and their families.

Pop!

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL

Wed 30 Oct 2pm. Fun filled draw-along for ages 4+.

Sun 29 Sept 3.30pm. For ages 3-8. festival.chobham.org/

Sat 28 Sept 2pm.

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Sat 2 Nov 2pm. Physical comedy, slapstick and puppetry.

Aldershot

Goldilocks & Friends

Sat 2 Nov 2pm. This is an amazing romp through the universe for ages 2-5.

Signor Baffo’s Restaurant

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ST LAWRENCE CHURCH

Chobham

THE ELECTRIC THEATRE

Lily and The Albatross

Thurs 31 Oct 11am & 2pm (2pm is a relaxed performance). With puppets and live music for ages 5+.

OCTOBER HALF TERM HOLIDAY CAMPS The Meads Shopping Centre, Farnborough Holiday camps for

ages 5-14 for members and non-members during October half term (Mon 28 Oct - Fri 1 Nov).

Packed full of fun activities including Ninja classes and gymnastics and much more. 8.30am-4pm. £25 per day for members/£30 for nonmembers. Visit Gymfinitykids. com to book or call 01252 968445 for more information.

Limited availability.

Woking Leisure Centre and Pool in the Park Fun Attack Holiday Activities Ofsted registered holiday camps for children aged 4-13.

Action packed days full of varied activities including inflatable fun, playstore, sports, games, swimming, trampolining and arts & crafts (daily programmes may vary).

Early drop-off and late pick up options. Also on offer are children’s intensive learn to swim crash courses to help improve stroke technique and gain confidence. Call 01483 771122 or see http://bit.ly/wlcholidays.

WrestleForce presents: Halloween Havoc Tues 29 Oct 3pm. Wrestling action for the whole family!

Woking Leisure Centre

Gymnastics Factory Swing on the trapeze, bounce into a foam pit and hang upside down on the bars - challenge and excite your children with a holiday course at Gymnastics Factory. Courses for school age boys and girls all ages, exploring the equipment at their purposebuilt facility in Guildford.

Toddler and pre-school classes encourage movement in a safe, challenging environment with heaps of soft play and equipment to explore. Call 01483 455060.

See www.gymnasticsfactory. co.uk for full timetable.

Wild Learning Holiday Club At Alice Holt from Tues 29 Thurs 31 Oct for ages 5-11.

10am-4pm. Try den building, fire lighting, environmental art, forest games and more. Visit www.wild-learning.net.

NEARLY NEW SALES Baby and Children’s Market Guildford On Sunday 22nd September at Fairlands Community Centre, GU3 3NA from 2-3pm. Lots of stalls bursting with top quality like new baby and children’s items from birth to 8 years. £1 entry, kids are free. Come and grab a bargain or book a stall and be a seller. Keep 100% of what you make on the day. Contact Ellie for more information: ellie@ babyandchildrensmarket.co.uk or visit their website: www.babyandchildrensmarket. co.uk Godalming & Cranleigh NCT Nearly New Sale On Sunday 6 October 11am-12.30pm at Borough Hall, Godalming. Bag a bargain on quality, preloved items for 0 - 5 years plus maternity. Categories include clothes, equipment, books, toys and more. £1 entry for adults, bake sale and profits to the NCT charity.

Knaphill, Brookwood & Chobham NCT Nearly New Sale At St John’s Memorial Hall, St John’s Village on Sat 21 Sept.

Entry is by donation. 10.30am, with early entrance at 10.15am for NCT members. The sale includes children’s clothes, shoes, toys, books, maternity clothes and larger equipment such as prams, baby bouncers etc.

Woking NCT Nearly New Sale On Sat 2 Nov at the Salvation Army Hall in Woking. 10.30am (early admission for NCT Members from 10.15am).

Entry is by donation. Includes children’s clothes, toys, maternity clothes and larger equipment, prams and more.

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What’s On

Autumn at Nower Wood Open Day 29th Oct Plus Ancient Adventures, Creatures of the Night, Wild Tots & more!

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Activity Centre Gruffalo Sculptures Go Ape Cafe

Booking essential: surreywildlifetrust.org Find us on the B2033 nr Leatherhead

2 new play areas!

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Wiglet's Great Spook-er-ree Don't miss our Low Bangs Firework displays on 31st October & 1st November '19.

Book online to avoid disappointment!

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Join us for half-term fun this October Halloween trails, nature activities and tons of leaves to play in.

Visit Claremont Landscape Garden, Dapdune Wharf, Polesden Lacey, Hatchlands Park and Winkworth Arboretum.

SPOOKY QUIZ TRAIL

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