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STANDON CALLING Visit Website Standon, SG11 1EE 21-24 Jul The biggest music festival in the Herts calendar! Entertainment for all ages including Dick & Dom, Mr Bloom & His Band, How To Train Your Dinosaur Live, outdoor swimming pool and dog show. Mortimer Nannies are on hand to ensure the ultimate family festival experience. Comedy, and incredible music from AnneMarie, Loyle Carner, Primal Scream, Madness, Craig David TS5, Razorlight, Sigrid, and much more. See website for tickets and further details. *Standon Calling is partnering with Hertfordshire’s Isobel Hospice again. There will be various fundraising initiatives taking place and further funds will be raised at the Isabel Hospice shop, selling a range of fun merchandise. CLASSIC IBIZA Visit Website Hatfield House, AL9 5NB 20 Aug An open-air celebration of White Isle-inspired house music, reinvented by the Urban Soul Orchestra, live vocalists and headline DJs. Starts with a chillout set where you can enjoy your picnics, or dance along as the sun fades. One classic dance track will follow another in a magical, alfresco celebration, with accompanying lasers. Cost: £45.00. Child £20. TICK TOCK MUSIC St Albans Summer Sessions Tick Tock, one of the country’s longest established pre-school music groups performs several lively educational entertainment shows a week for children aged six months to five years. The
Tick Tock programme facilitates the development of musicality, imagination, vocabulary, confidence, number, letter and theme recognition and an appreciation of the pleasures and disciplines of performance, while providing you and your child with a warm and lively social environment. Summer party style sessions are each based on different fun themes and delivered brilliantly by Tick Tock’s Abi. Dates: 28 July, 4 August, 25 August. Venue: St Michaels Church Hall, St Michaels Street, St Albans, AL3 4SL. Cost: from £3.50. To book a class for summer or September call 07933 153054 or email abiticktock@yahoo.co.uk ELEVENPLUSEXAMS Visit Website ElevenPlusExams is the UK’s largest free advisory website for the 11+ and has been tutoring students for almost two decades. Since its inception, its goal has been to revolutionise preparation for selective school entrance exams by demystifying the processes of admission and by shedding light on how best to revise, practise and learn for these types of tests. Services include in-person and online 11+ tuition, practice books for exam preparation, a comprehensive Virtual Learning Environment for revision, in-person and online mock exams sat by thousands, and a lively online forum. For more information call 020 8204 5060, email 11plus@elevenplusexams. co.uk, and socials @ ElevenPlusExams. CAMP BEAUMONT Visit Website Holiday camp fun for 3-16 year olds Camp Beaumont has been bringing joy to lots of children and young people since 1980.
Children have the time of their lives at the camps, which have a choice of over 30 activities per age group, from tennis to rocket building! The camps take place in St Albans and other school sites in Herts, London, and surrounding counties. For more information, visit campbeaumont.co.uk IMAGINATION DANCE Hitchin, Hertford Sensory and creative dance classes specifically for those with suspected or diagnosed additional needs. Imagine and Move: suitable for children who need to improve their social skills and awareness of self and others (age guidance 3-6, £4). Magic Movers: Perfect for those who love to dance and express themselves! (age guidance 7+, £6.50). Call 07394 934911 for more information, or email info. imaginationarts@yahoo.com. KMDT SELF DEFENCE CLASSES St Albans, Hatfield KMDT is an all-inclusive, friendly club, encouraging families, juniors and adults to train together. Learn and train in the skills to keep you safe, including techniques to deter bullies. Call 07824883853 or email info@ kmdt.co.uk for more information or to book a free trial. PAULINE QUIRKE ACADEMY Visit Website Act, dance, sing and make films! The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts provides outstanding performing arts tuition every weekend for children and young people aged 4-18 years old. Book a free taster session by visiting pqacademy.com.
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