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We’ve squeezed loads of cool stuff into this issue for you - we hope you like it! There are plenty of activities for you to enjoy at home including some great (and simple) Halloween and Bonfire Night crafts. We’ve also compiled details of local firework displays and some of the best places to meet Santa, and we have invited parenting expert Sally J Hall to tell us why she believes we should be buying traditional toys for our children this Christmas. As always you’ll find hundreds of groups and classes to try out in the Daily Activity Planner - many of which offer free sessions in our Special Offers section.

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Contents What’s New?

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Halloween Crafts

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Parenting Rollercoaster

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Bonfire Night Crafts

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Firework Displays

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Toddle Models

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Christmas Shop About 15-17 Where’s Santa?

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Win a Christmas Tree

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Mums Making It

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Special Offers

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Controversy Corner

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Daily Activity Planner

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Loving life with little ones,

Directory

And Finally...

Tim and Ruth

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What’s new for bumps, babies & toddlers in the Oxfordshire area Key to each area:

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Success for Dance 10 Students

Dance 10 Theatre School (based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire) has had great success in 2014 with two students receiving places in BTDA national heats and finals in 7 dance genres.

The two students (pictured) are both 13 years old and have been with Dance 10 since they were 3 years old, taking classes in ballet, tap, modern jazz, lyrical, acrobatics and performing arts. Dance 10 Theatre School enter students for exams and competitions nationwide from the age of 3 years. www.dance10theatreschool.com P.30

New Salt Box Music Classes in East Oxford

On Tuesdays from 11th November, Salt Box Music will be launching new classes for children 0 – 4 years old at Florence rd. The classes Park Community Centre in East Oxfo uraging enco ons, are 45 minute interactive sessi m, rhyth as such skills core lop deve to children at ing runn , mics dyna and tempo, pitch, texture, for 0-18 months.

10.30am for 0-4 years and 11.30am ed – call Booking is essential as places are limit co.uk to book 01993 704207 or info@saltboxmusic. co.uk. P.36 or for more info. www.saltboxmusic.

Rugrats & Half Pints Gets a Makeover

Rugrats and Half Pints indoor play centre in Banbury has a fresh and relaxing new look! Take in the bright and exciting décor of the improved café, whilst you enjoy a coffee or unwind in the new social area with leather sofas.

Providing hours of adventure and safe play for all ages 0 – 10 years, Rugrats are now pleased to offer a disco party with funky mural and lights and an extended climbing frame, with slide and giant balls. www.rugratsandhalfpints.com. P.10

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Baby Bumpkin Baby Yoga Comes to Wallingford

Baby Bumpkin classes com bine baby yoga, baby massa ge and story-telling to create a fun and cosy env ironment to stretch, pla y, relax and bond with you r baby. Yoga with babies can help with sleep, reli eve colic/wind and help with digestion as well as providing a quiet space to bond with your baby one -to-one. Classes are also a great chance to share exp eriences/tips with other mums in a friendly, sup por tive environment.

Quote “Toddle About” for an introductory special offer. To book a place con tact Louise: 07772 966039 or seoxfordshire@tattyb umpkin.com. P.39

Dandy Does It Again!

Dandy Development, the award winning baby and toddler class, has received national acclaim again at the prestigious What’s On 4 Juniors Awards 2014. Dandy won ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Best Local Activity For the Under 5’s’ category and builds on wins at both the 2013 and 2012 WO4J Awards. Dandy’s carefully structured curriculum is a refreshing combination of baby sign, music, sensory fun and speech and language therapy techniques.

Classes are held in Warmington near Banbury.

For more info visit www.dandydevelopment.co.uk. P.27

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Boogie Beat have providing children with energetic and fun music and dance classes since 2000 and they have now opened a new franchise in The classes incorporate area. ire rdsh Oxfo the South tional fairy tales and tradi dance themes based on ets are used from pupp tiful beau es rhym ery nurs tional and new tradi both s song the ‘Toy Box’ to sing illustrations. whilst using all their own music and nursery/group They also offer party packages and 628.

7121 0778 on workshops. Contact: Vici o.uk. P.37 eat.c gieb .boo www ils deta class See

What’s On at The Mill Arts Centre this Autumn & Christmas

There’s lots on for families at The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury, a delightful canalside venue with a café serving delicious lunches: ’ on Mon 27th ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of The Dark Nov, Oct, ‘Arthur’s Dream Boat’ on Sat 1st ive Fair’ on ‘The Snow Queen’ on Sat 8th Nov, ‘Fest ’ on 10th – Wed 12th Nov and ‘The Ballad of Rudy your creative 31st Dec. Plus evening classes to get dads – they for beer t grea ’s juices flowing and there out more are in the 2014 Good Beer Guide! Find tre.co.uk P.18 01295 279002. www.themillartscen

Singing-based Musicianship Classes in Oxford

My Sound My Self offers educational and engaging singing-based musicianship classes (Kodály specialisation) in Oxford for children 3 years and older, plus mus ic therapy and mindfulness training for 11-19 year olds. The small classes facilitate learning, developm ent, discovery of the world of sounds and the expe rience of being connected to one’s own Self. Clas ses are led

by Zsuzsanna Hörcsög (MA, GCert, BA Hons, QTS, Certified Teacher, Kodály music spec ialist).

For more information or to book a place, call 07545 122 869. www.mysoundmyse lf.com. P.34

An Unforgettable Frozen Experience

This Frozen experience will transport your child into Elsa’s Frozen kingdom of Arendelle. With a full, glittery makeover and sparkly nails (for girls), face painting and tattoos (for boys), there will be creative activities, story time in Elsa’s ‘ice castle’, singing and dancing with Elsa herself - and Olaf will be available for warm hugs too!

Places must be booked and prepaid - email sweetsandtreatsparties@gmail.com.

Cost: £15 for 2 hours (2 children £27; 3 children £39).

Includes snack and drink.

Dates: Wed 29 Oct – Sat 1 Nov at 9:45, 12:15 or 16:45 Venue: Arncott Village Hall (near Bicester) For more info, visit www.facebook.com/ sweetsandtreatsparties.

The UK’s No.1 Baby Show & Family Fun Day Comes to Reading Date: Saturday 29 November Location: Rivermead Leisure Complex, Reading Don’t miss…

• Sid from CBeebies opening the show at 10.30am • Products and services from pre-conce ption to primary • Great activities in the Kidzone and fun taster classes • FREE ultrasound scans • Unique Christmas shopping oppo rtunities and Santa • Humphrey from Humphrey’s Corn er • Prizes, offers & Christmas surprises !

• JoJo Maman Bebe Goody Bags For FREE tickets go to www.babyexp obabyshow.co.uk/ visiting/tickets and use the code ‘TOD DLE’.

Baby Sensory Autumn Term and Christmas Parties

Baby Sensory’s autumn term is set to include ding Baby Pumpkin some fabulous themed classes inclu in December. in October and Winter Wonderland some special ing runn also ’re they r, mbe During Dece h are open whic ire rdsh Christmas Parties across Oxfo , dad and baby mum for £10 just is Entry . yone to ever nts and a gift for an hour of sensory fun, refreshme ). for the little one (siblings also welcome iling ema by y part or class est Find your near (Banbury), warwickshire@babysensory.co.uk tage), wantage@babysensory.co.uk (Wan gdon) (Abin uk y.co. nsor byse readingnorth@ba (Oxford). or oxfordnorth@babysensory.co.uk www.babysensory.co.uk class. P.41 Quote ‘Toddle About’ for a free trial

Opportunity To Run Your Own Dance School

Following huge success in Milton Keynes over the last two years, Sadie O’Boyle has made it possible for mums across the country to start their own dance school under her catch y brand Disco Babies. Heralded as ‘the hippest class in town’, Sadie carved a niche for Disco Babies as the alternative to what she refers to as the ‘nursery rhym e circuit’.

If you love dance and children and you would like to find out more, request a franchise infor mation pack by emailing franchise@discobabies.co .uk. P.21

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Pregnancy Yoga and Baby Massage in South Oxfordshire

Little People Make a Big Impression at Stagecoach!

The juniors at Stagecoach Oxford’s summer show, ’The Princess and the Pirates’ received a standing ovation at Headington. for their performance at The Theatre in ‘Looking Your young performer can be on stage tacular’ at Spec ity Char ch ecoa Stag The ’ For Elvis .

2015 h the New Theatre in Marc ining Call Principal Maya Sprigg for rema see Oxford places on 01869 278600 or www.stagecoach.co.uk/oxford. P.24

If you are pregnant, or are enjoying your newborn already, then Parents Loving Touch have a class for you. With small classes in Didcot and Cholsey, they offer Pregnancy Yoga and Baby Massage classes in 6-we ek courses.

Their Pregnancy Yoga course prepares both your body and mind for the impending birth, whilst Baby Massage is a lovely bonding expe rience for both baby and parent, helping to build your little one’s body systems. Each session lasts 90 minutes.

Contact Jo on scentbytheangels@hotm ail.co.uk or 07970367739. P.24

Fun Times at Claydon Christmas Tree Farm

Claydon Christmas Tree Farm is a magical Christmas experience for the whole family.

Meet the family’s team of reindeer amongst the beautiful fresh cut British Christmas trees, hunt for hidden chocolate and discover an exciting array of festive delights in the log cabin shop. Children love listening for the ‘gobble, gobble’ of the turkeys while they have fun in the pedal tractor and digging area. Santa’s Grotto is on 6th, 7th & 14th Dec 2014, 12pm – 3pm plus free fun activities for the whole family each weekend. www.claydonchristmastreefarm.co.uk. P.19

The Original Baby Signing Classes

Baby Signing for all babies from 6 weeks to 3 years Help your baby to 'talk' BEFORE speech Lots of Fun, Songs, Music, Props & Puppets Classes available Monday to Saturday in Aylesbury, Banbury, Bicester, Abingdon, Kidlington, Oxford and Witney Oxford and surrounding areas

Contact Helen Foster For classes in Banbury and Bicester Telephone: 01993 851246 Contact Helen Brawn email: oxfordsingandsign@gmail.com Telephone: 07906 055591 email: helenbrawn@singandsign.co.uk www.singandsign.co.uk

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Take an A4 sheet of paper and cut into a square. Fold in half twice into a smaller square, then in half again, but this time corner to corner to make a triangle, keeping the centre of the paper on the fold. Draw a Christmas tree shape (see picture), with the top of the ‘tree’ at the centre of the paper. Cut out, open up and voila!

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THE PARENTING ROLLERCOASTER 4 TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU MANAGE

As a parent it is sometimes a challenge to keep as positive as we would like. In one day we can go through so many ups and downs it can feel like an emotional rollercoaster.

Here are some powerful techniques I use with my clients that will help you feel calmer and more positive throughout the day:

1 CULTIVATE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

This is about building a strong foundation. I call it Panning for Gold. At night before going to sleep, think back on your day and reminisce about three things that made you feel good. It doesn’t have to be big – e.g. a hug with your child or something that made you laugh.

The most important thing is how it makes you feel.

Bringing those positive feelings to the forefront and actively engaging with feelings of gratitude is how you will tap into your subconscious mind and get happy hormones flowing. Practising this daily is a powerful way to help see life through a more positive lens.

2 PRAISE YOURSELF

Give yourself a pat on the back for the things you do for your family. I often hear mums say that they don’t feel they’ve achieved anything by the end of the day, when the opposite is true! Find something to feel proud about each day and bring your attention more often to what you do well. Mothers easily list what they consider as their failings e.g. losing patience, snapping, etc. then ignore the wonderful things they do for their children. This can have a negative impact on confidence and self-esteem.

Self praise is an effective way to turn that around and promote a more balanced view. It’s not about showing off - rather it’s an important part of developing a more positive internal dialogue. And you might be surprised to notice that the more positive you are towards yourself, the better you handle things at home with your children.

3 CONSIDER YOUR OWN NEEDS

Mothers often struggle with the concept of putting themselves first. Parents have to give a lot of time, attention and energy to their families every day, all of which demands a huge amount of emotional resources.

One mother in my monthly Life in Focus group shared early on how wrong it felt to consider her own needs first, but then realised how much more she has to give to her family now that she looks after her own wellbeing. “I don’t feel guilty any more because I know my whole family benefits”.

It’s not selfish to take your own needs and aspirations into account and to make them a priority. Write down what makes you feel good and calm and replenishes you and find ways to incorporate those activities into your day and week.

4 AVOID THE TRAP!

Often people practise these exercises when they need them and then when they feel better they stop. Don’t fall into that trap. This is like brushing your teeth; maintaining a positive mindset and wellbeing is an everyday thing.

I would love to hear your thoughts and hear how you get on so join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/blossomhousehypnotherapy

Written by Svetlina O’Regan, coach and therapist, who specialises in working with mothers and is on the Toddle About Panel of Experts, writing regularly for the Toddle About blog. She offers one-to-one sessions, classes and groups such as Life in Focus. Svetlina@blossomhousehypnotherapy.co.uk, www.blossomhousehypnotherapy.co.uk

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Enjoy the Bodicote fireworks and bonfire from the comfortable atmosphere at Banbury Cricket Club. Tickets include soup and bread: £5 for Adults, £3 for Under 16s. www.banburycricketclub.co.uk

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Huge bonfire and spectacular fireworks, raising money for local charities. Under 8s free. www.oxfordfireworks.co.uk Event details can change - please check before attending.

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Melissa & Doug Christmas Cookie Play Set - £16 What could be more festive than a bit of home baking?

This cookie baking set comes with baking tray, knife, spatula and storage packet – everything you need for some home-made yumminess. The wooden cookies have Velcro tops so you can slice and decorate them as you want. www.bundlebear.co.uk

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Ella Artworks - from £25 An original, personalised piece of art makes an extra special gift. Using oil or acrylic on canvas, Ella creates beautiful paintings that are perfect for a little one’s bedroom. All designs are bespoke and painted to your requirements - vouchers and free gift-wrap service are also available.

Monster Repellent - £4.99 If you need to get rid of monsters fast, then this No More Monsters spray is for you. A room fragrance spray using natural scents that are designed to calm an upset child (inc. cedarwood, patchouli and amyris), the spray is allergen free.

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Handmade Luxury Tutus - from £40 These beautiful Tutus are all handmade to order – the dream item for any little princess, flower girl or bridesmaid. Perfect for a special occasion, or for simply twirling at the bottom of the garden! 30 colours to choose from, custom commissions welcomed.

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Embroidered Stockings and Sacks - from £22

Villa Carton Rocking Chair - £15.34

Win Green’s 100% cotton Christmas Stockings and Sacks are beautifully hand-embroidered with festive appliqués. Trimmed with blue or pink gingham, you can also personalise them with your child’s name; a wonderful gift and an heirloom that will last for years.

A great gift for Christmas, this big cardboard rocking chair will entertain your child as they colour and build it – and will become their very own throne. With a solid build, the chair can easily take a child of up to 20 kg.

Size: 77cm H x 36cm W x 68cm D.

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Personalised Bunny - £23.50 This adorable cuddly bunny comes complete with a luxury gift box. High quality, with super-soft fur and carefully stitched facial features, he is suitable from birth and is machine washable (very handy).

His jumper comes in a choice of 5 colours and can be personalised with a name and a date.

Babyprem Funky Babywear - from £3.99 If you’re looking for trendy baby clothing for premature babies to 2 years that is both fun and functional, look no further! High quality and comfortable, this range of clothes is made in the UK and features distinctive, cute and funky slogans of all kinds.

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CLAYDON CHRISTMAS TREE FARM SANTA’S GROTTO

6, 7 & 14 DEC, 12 – 3PM.

Stone Court Barn, West St, Steeple Claydo n, Bucks, MK18 2LJ

Meet Santa and receive a present. Santa ’s real reindeer will be next to the Grotto at all times.

Buy Christmas trees and beautiful decor ations, enjoy the children’s pedal tractor area and refreshments. £4.00 per child. www.claydonchristmastreefarm.co.uk

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27 NOV, 15:30 – 21:00 Broadway and Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7JN

Local stalls, crafts, food, entertainment, fun fair, shopping and Santa, who will receive visitors in his grotto in the Methodist Hall. Free event.

Beautiful, candle-lit event with craft stalls, mulled wine, wine and chocolate raffles and Father Christm as in his grotto for the children to rece ive a gift.

Free entry, small charge for Santa.

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Visit Father Christmas, enjoy children’ s activities and stalls with unique christmas gifts and more.

Adults £2.50, Children free.

A REAL CHRISTMAS TREE Claydon Christmas Tree Farm are giving away a real Christmas Tree worth up to £50 to one lucky winner!

To enter, complete the form at www.toddleabout.co.uk/ articles/competitions by 31st Nov ‘14. The winner will be chosen at random.

Claydon Christmas Tree Farm, Stone Court Barn, West Street, Steeple Claydon, Bucks, MK18 2LJ

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Mums

Just 2 years old, Disco Babies is already a success story. Sadie O’Boyle shares how it happened.

Why did you decide to work for yourself?

How do you juggle work and being mum?

Even when I was young I dreamed of having my own dance school. When my eldest son, Spencer, was born I was working in a corporate company and I found myself doing the nursery run at 6.30pm every night.

I knew I had to make a change. A dance school was my first choice – Spencer seemed to adore bopping to pop music and this inspired my whole business theme for Disco Babies.

Juggling being a mum and a business owner can sometimes be tricky and it has taken some trial and error to get the right balance!

How did you decide what to do?

I have taught myself to be organised and not try to do too many things at once - making lists is my saviour! If it’s not written down it doesn’t happen. I try and make separate time for my kids and I work in the evenings when they are in bed.

Dance has been my life and when I realised how much my son loved dancing at such a young age, it just fuelled my passion to start dance classes. From my own experience as a mum, I saw a gap in the market to create a dance class for toddlers which was completely different to the usual nursery rhyme circuit.

The boys sometimes come along to my dance classes and they love it! I have a great support network with my husband, mum and family who all help me out and are very supportive.

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What do you like about self-employed?

I love being self-employed.

The best thing is choosing the times I work - I’m able to be at the school gate at pick up time and can fit my work around my children. I feel very lucky. I love the brand that I have created and I love seeing the fun that children have in my classes - it is hugely rewarding!

What are the worst bits about it?

I suppose the worst bits about being self-employed are that sometimes I work late in the evening and I do find it really hard to turn my phone off!

What advice would you give to parents starting out in business?

If you have a dream - go for it. Make sure that you are passionate about your product or service. Be prepared to make mistakes – and learn from them when they happen. Give yourself time to build your business, be flexible and don’t give up when it gets tough!

What are your plans for Disco Babies?

After the huge success we’ve had in Milton Keynes, I have put together a franchise programme to allow Disco Babies to grow to other areas. It’s designed to work for mums (as it did for me) so they can run a successful business and still be there for their kids.

It essentially gives a step by step guide to setting up the business, with full support and training from me. We already have franchisees in Bristol and Preston so it’s all very exciting!

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Controversy Corner

How Slow Are Your Toys?

By Sally J. Hall ith Christmas just round the corner, parents around the world are starting to buy toys for their children. We invited parenting author and judge of the Slow Toy Awards, Sally J. Hall, to share with us why she believes we should be buying traditional, low-tech toys for our children this year.

These days, it’s all about speed. Faster Broadband, quicker access to the motorway, London to Birmingham in under an hour. That’s all well and good if speed is important to you – which it sometimes is, especially in business and if you need to be in a different place quickly. But somewhere in this faster, bigger, better world, it’s easy to feel somehow that we are losing something.

When I travel, for example, I like to feel that I have actually gone somewhere. Last year my family and I travelled by train to the southern tip of Italy. It took us the best part of three days but we experienced far more than we would have done with a two hour flight and the stress of the departures lounge: watching the landscape change as we crossed France from plains to rolling hills; the chocolate box chalets and stunning mountain passes of Switzerland; and the villages and towns of Italy changing in colour and character as we chugged south were things we all savoured.

This is one of the reasons I was delighted to be asked to judge the Slow Toy Awards this year, because this movement is one that fits with my own parenting and environmental ethos and also celebrates – almost inadvertently - some of the best and most traditional toys that have been found in the toy boxes of Europe for many generations.

How many of us were fascinated as children by Grandma’s china doll, by an old fashioned bear with moveable legs and shiny black eyes, by a knitted toy or a set of wooden blocks with letters and pictures on them? Toys in the past were few and far between because most families could not afford many. They were played with only on special occasions and were treasured and passed on from one family member to another.

With the advent of cheap metal during the pre-war years and of plastics and electronics after, parents were now able to afford to buy many more toys. Most houses will have boxes of plastic figures and electronic games - we are even given toys free with cereals and fast food meals. Does this proliferation breed contempt?

I have noticed that my son, now in his teens and moving on to big boys’ toys, used to covet those action figures from film and TV series. He would nag for them or save his pocket money but as each craze passed, the toys would be forgotten and left in a box, to be taken to the charity shop or passed to another child who would value them as little as it seemed he did.

My children were lucky enough to have toys they inherited. When I was small, my father spent evenings and weekends creating a farm for the four of us to play with. Small wooden animals including cows, sheep and horses could be arranged around the pond on the farmyard, created from plaster of Paris, and we could put the farmer and his family inside the small plywood farmhouse. It had all been painted and thought through with care – and it is still there at my parents’ house, waiting for the next generation to play with it.

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Controversy Corner

A bout The Slow To y Movement The Slow Toy Movement was launched in 2011 by Thierry Bourret, marking the beginning of an exciting cultural movement for the toy industry. Much like Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food Movement that defended good food and the enjoyment of eating, this campaign aims to promote traditional toys that inspire the child’s mind and encourage real play – over toys that are run by batteries and have flashing lights. The disappearance of the educational abacus, the beautifully crafted wooden toy and the much loved dolls house is very much the issue at the heart of this campaign.

The movement believes that children should never be in a race to talk or walk first, that development is not a competition and should be left to follow its own pace. www.slowtoymovement.com Toys that do not rely on lights, sounds and batteries are sometimes thought of as ‘boring’ or ‘simple.’ It’s a cliché but how many times have you seen a small child have as much fun with a box as with the present it had contained? We have all marveled at the imagination going on in that tiny brain to turn simple cardboard into a plane, a boat or a car – and this is the point.

There’s a bit of a backlash against toys made from good old-fashioned materials like wood and fabric and are given the disparaging epithet of ‘worthy’ but they don’t have to be made from free range hemp to be ethical – nor to engage a child’s imagination.

Choosing toys that do not rely on bangs and beeps and whistles is not a ‘second best’ choice, nor something you should feel ashamed of, even though the big, shiny plastic item that plays 15 nursery rhymes and flashes lights might at first glance look more appealing.

If you buy a set of wooden bricks for your kids, or those of a friend, you are giving them something that is far more than the sum of its parts. Any set of blocks can be built up and bashed down in a hundred ways.

They create a fort, a road, a garden wall and a child can learn about colours, patterns, what pictures and letters mean and how gravity and energy works.

A simple doll will become a playmate and a child can imbue it with a huge range of emotions, likes and dislikes. Dominoes can be built up and knocked down and arranged in shapes and patterns. A playset that turns a child into a doctor, vet, fireman or builder will create a world full of active imagination and role-play and help them make sense of that strange world adults inhabit when they go out to work.

So if all this is true, why do so many parents turn to electronic devices, game machines and mobile apps that keep their child amused for seemingly much

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longer than these old fashioned toys? It’s true that they capture the imagination and a child will become engrossed. But this engagement is to the exclusion of the world around them, rather than helping them live in it. How often have you played an online game, only to find out that suddenly an hour has passed?

But that hour has been spent engaging with your computer, not your family, and though many of us feel the need to switch ‘real life’ off sometimes, I don’t think any of us would agree that this was worth more or was more fulfilling than, say, a night out with friends, a family barbecue or a Sunday lunch spent around the table with loved ones.

That’s not to say, in an Orwellian way, that all technology is bad. Kids can learn a lot from playing with smartphones and tablets and sometimes – on long journeys as I know all too well – it can be the only way to placate them. But if that is at the expense of being able to interact with other children and adults, it’s a high price to pay. So use technology wisely and not too often, be resigned to the fact that children need stimulation and get bored easily (though sometimes they will amaze you at how long they can continue to do a single activity, over and over) and embrace fewer, better made toys that will last – and perhaps your children will pass them on to theirs.

Sally J. Hall is one of the judges of the Slow Toy Awards, which champions toys and games that rely on enduring play value, not lights, sounds and batteries. She is Editor of B Baby Magazine (www.bbabymagazine.co.uk) and author of Eco Baby, A Guide To Green Parenting. She is also Editor of The Bounty Product Guide.

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DAILY ACTIVITY Planner

Your local ‘What’s On Guide’ for families with bumps - 5s in Oxfordshire

The Daily Activity Planner is your one stop shop for finding virtually any and all of the bump, baby & toddler groups and classes.

Visit the Toddle About website at www.toddleabout.co.uk/directory simply enter your postcode and the groups will be listed in order of distance from your home.

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Kidlington

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

Ambrosden

9:30-11:30T at Kidlington Baptist Church, High Street OX5 2DS. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Bumps & Babies

13:00-15:00TH at Ambrosden Children’s Centre, Blackthorn Road OX25 2LN. 01869 327587; For bump - 1s, (drop in). For ages 0-18 mths, including Baby Cafe.

Kidlington Toddler Group

Banbury

13:15-15:00T at Various Locations for Forest Walks. 0778 0786593; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Contact Christine on 0778 0786593.

Parent and Toddler Group

9:00-11:30T at North Banbury Children’s Centre at, Hanwell Fields Community Centre OX16 1ER. 01295 271841; For 0 - 4s, £1.25 per session (drop in).

Dance 10 Limbering & Flexibility

North Banbury Children’s Centre

Mad Academy Music & Dance Classes

First Steps 1 - 21/2 Year Olds: 9:30-11:30TH; For 0 - 2s, £1 per family (donation). A group for parents/carers with 1-2½ yr olds.

Drop in Health Clinic: 13:00-14:00TH; For 0 1s, FREE (drop in). Runs fortnightly.

Mums to Be: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0s, (drop in). Visits from various health professionals.

Babies Birth - 1 year: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0 - 1s, £1 (donation). at The Cabin, Hardwick C.P. School OX16 1XE. 01295 271841.

9:30-12:00T at Bicester Methodist Church, Bell Lane OX26 6JQ. Sophie: 01869 369502; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, funky & physical music & dance classes.

Shutford Baby and Toddler Group

10:00-11:45T at Bicester Methodist Church, Bell Lane OX26 6JQ. Leena: 01296 738 652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book).

Classes at 10.00am and 11.00am.

10:00-12:00T at The village hall, Banbury road OX15 6JD. 01295 788747; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). We are a small and friendly group.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

9:30-12:30TH at Sing & Sign, Salvation Army Building OX26 4FR. 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

Musical Minis

10:00-12:00TH at Lucy Plackett Activity Centre, Round Close Road OX17 3EP. Lucy: 01295 816779; For 0 - 4s, £2 per session (drop in). Refreshments provided for children & carers.

12:30-14:30T at Glory Farm Children’s Centre OX26 4YJ. 07412 580853; For 0s, £7.50 per session (book by 6-week term).

Baby yoga, baby massage & bonding classes.

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Young and Lone Parents

Bloxham

13:30-15:00TH at The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road OX16 0PJ. 01295 276769; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). For parents or parentsto-be under 20.

9:30-11:00TH at Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre at, Bloxham Children’s Centre Hub OX15 4HP. 01295 722240; For 0 - 4s, £1 per session (drop in). Under 25’s & lone parents, light brunch.

Bicester

Cropredy

9:00-11:00TH at Brookside Children’s Centre, Queens Avenue (behind the leisure centre) OX26 2NR. 01869 249604; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). In Holidays please call centre for times.

10:00-12:00TH at Church Rooms, Church Lane. Deborah: 01295 750618; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Runs year round but not bank holidays.

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Milcombe

Playbus Drop In

13:00-14:30TH at New Road OX15 4RJ. 01295 722240; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (donation). For under fives & their parents/ carers.

Warmington

Dandy Development Class

10:00-12:00T at Warmington Village Hall, Church Hill OX17 1BX. Nikki - 07890 241301; For 0 - 2s, £5 per session (please book).

Combines baby sign, music and sensory fun!

Daisy Baby Yoga, Massage & Postnatal Classes

Adderbury Toddler Group

Stay and Play

16:00-17:45T at Edward Feild School, Bicester Rd OX5 2LG. 07707 797711; For 0 5s, (please book). 4-5pm Limbering & 5pm Junior Funky Modern.

Cropredy Baby & Toddler Group

In the Water

Music & Singing

Tuesday Ambrosden Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Arncott Village Hall, Murcott Road OX25 1PL. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Aynho

Musical Minis

9:45-11:30T at Aynho Village Hall, Croughton Road (opposite Cartwright Hotel) OX17 3AP. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). Classes at 9.45am and 10.45am.

Physical Fun

Arts & Crafts

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Banbury

Summertown

Stay & Play: 9:15-11:15TH; For 0 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Health Visitor Clinic: 10:0011:00TH; For 0 - 2s, FREE per family (drop in). Baby weighing & advice. at The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road OX16 0PJ. 01295 276769.

14:15-15:15T at Barefoot Books, 294 Banbury Road OX2 7ED. 01865 436920; For 0s, (please book). The award-winning MamaBabyBliss® programme.

The Sunshine Centre

Baby College Baby Massage Classes

Upper Heyford

Crawlers and Explorers Toddler Group

Stay and Play Drop in

9:30-11:30TH at Heyford/ Caversfield Children’s Centre, The Community Centre OX25 5TE. 01869 233151; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

9:30-11:00T at Grimsbury Community Hall, Burchester Place OX16 3WT. Kate: 07825 630524; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Lone Parents Group

Wednesday

9:30-11:30TH at North Banbury Children’s Centre, The Cabin, Hardwick C.P. School OX16 1XE. 01295 271841; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation).

Banbury

Britannia Road Children’s Centre

Sing & Sign Baby Signing

Family Stay and Play: 9:3011:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). 11.30am lunch available. £2 adult, £1 child.

Locality Baby Clinic: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

Topsy Turvey Group: 13:3015:00TH; For 1 - 4s, (drop in).

1-4 yrs. at Britannia Road Children’s Centre, Grove Street OX16 5DN. 01295 264068.

10:00-12:00T at Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Rotary Way OX16 1ER. Helen: 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

Banbury Library Rhymetime

10:00-10:30TH at Banbury Library, Marlborough Road OX16 5DB. 01295 262282; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Sibford Tots and Babes

Banburytwinsormore

10:00-12:00TH at Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Rotary Way OX16 1ER. Simone: 07921460086; For 0 - 5s, £4 per family (drop in). Monthly group - check for dates on website.

Daisy Birthing Classes

Daisy Baby Massage and Yoga Classes: 10:30-12:30T; For 0 - 1s, £6.50 per class (book by 6-week term). Classes: 10.30 & 11.30. see website.

Daisy Birthing Classes: 19:30-21:00TH; For bump, £9 per class (book by 6-week term).

Natal yoga, active birthing, birth hypnosis. at 25 South Bar Street OX16 9AF. 07976 977782.

Britannia Bumps and Babies group

13:30-15:00TH at Britannia Road Children’s Centre, Grove Street OX16 5DN. 01295 264068; For bump - 1s, £1 per family (drop in). advice & help on b/feeding if req’d.

Under 1’s.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

16:00-17:30T at Frank Wise School, Hornbeam Close OX16 9RL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £13.75 per class (book by 10week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Bicester

Stay and Play

9:00-11:00TH at Glory Farm Children’s Centre, Glory Farm School OX26 4JY. 01869 320553; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in).

Call centre for Holiday Stay & Play times.

Musikids Music Classes

9:30-10:15T at Launton Parish Hall, Bicester Road OX26 5DP. Amanda: 01869 249943; For 0 - 4s, £4 per class (please book). Fun & funky music & movement session, 9m-4yrs.

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Baby Group and Well Baby Clinic

9:30-11:00TH at Brookside Children’s Centre, Queens Avenue (behind the leisure centre) OX26 2NR. 01869 249604; For 0s, £1 per family (drop in). Check session times in the Holidays.

Musical Minis

10:00-11:45T at Langford Village Hall, Peregrine Way OX26 6XX. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Acorn Toddlers

10:30-12:00T at Bicester Methodist Church, Sheep Street OX26 6JQ. 07599 941706; For 0 - 4s, £0.50 per family (please book). Phone to check before attending.

Bloxham

Twins Group

13:00-14:30TH at Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre at, Bloxham Children’s Centre Hub OX15 4HP. 01295 722240; For 0 - 5s, £1 (drop in). Twins grp, 1st Tuesday of month.

Kings Sutton

Kings Sutton Toddlers

10:00-11:30T at Millenium hall, Astrop Road OX17 3PG. 07825 999105; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). Arts,crafts,play,singing & refreshments.

Middleton Cheney Funky Munkys

13:45-15:00TH at Middleton Cheney Sports & Social Club, Astrop Road OX17 2PG. For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per child (drop in). Runs every other Tues.

9:30-11:30T at Sibford Village Hall, Sibford Gower OX15 5RW. 01295 788711; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Toys, crafts & activities. 50p extra children.

Bodicote Toddler Group

9:45-11:30T at Bodicote Village Hall, White Post Road OX15 4BN. janetate@supanet. com; For 0 - 4s, £1 (drop in). Reading cnr, toys & crafts. 50p/extra sibling.

Adderbury Babies and Toddler Group

10:00-12:00TH at Lucy Plackett Activity Centre, Round Close Road OX17 3EP. Lucy: 01295 816779; For 0 - 4s, £2 per session (drop in). Refreshments provided for children & carers.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

10:00-13:30T at Sibford School, Sibford Ferris OX15 5QL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £13.75 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

St Francis Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at St. Francis Church (Tots Group), Highlands OX16 1FA. 07402 447655; For 0 - 4s, £0.50 per person (drop in).

Baby Sensory Classes

10:00-10:45T at Bodicote Church Hall, Church Street OX15 4DW. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by term). Award-winning class for 0-13mths.

Free trials.

Begbroke

Begbroke Toddler Group

10:00-12:00T at Begbroke Playgroup, Begbroke Village Hall OX5 1RN. 07594 652291; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). large selection of toys to enjoy.

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Bicester

Stay and Play

9:00-11:00TH at Brookside Children’s Centre, Queens Avenue (behind the leisure centre) OX26 2NR. 01869 249604; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). In Holidays please call centre for times.

Baby Group and Well Baby Clinic

9:30-11:00TH at Glory Farm Children’s Centre, Glory Farm School OX26 4JY. 01869 320553; For 0s, £1 per family (drop in). Call centre for holiday session times.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:00-12:00T at Emmanuel Church, Lucerne Avenue OX26 3BP. Helen: 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

Musikids Music Classes

10:00-11:15T at Launton Parish Hall, Bicester Road OX26 5DP. Amanda: 01869 249943; For 0 - 4s, £4 per class (please book). Fun & funky music & movement session, 9m-4yrs.

Bloxham

Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre

Stay ‘n’ Play: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (donation). Voluntary contribution of £1 per family.

Well Baby Clinic: 13:00-14:15TH; For 0 1s. Well baby clinic with H/V. at Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre at, Bloxham Children’s Centre Hub OX15 4HP. 01295 722240.

Join Thomas & Friends™ as you experience a ride on a real steam engine, take part in Thomas-themed activities and meet Father Christmas at

Hook Norton

DIDCOT RAILWAY CENTRE

Community Toddler Group

Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ. Telephone: 01235 817200 29th & 30th November 2014, 6th & 7th, 13th &14th, 20th & 21st December 2014

9:15-11:15T at Hook Norton C of E Primary School, Hook Norton OX15 5JS. 01608 730 697; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Thursday

www.dayoutwiththomas.co.uk/didcot

Ambrosden

Stay and Play Drop in

13:00-15:00TH at Ambrosden Children’s Centre, Blackthorn Road OX25 2LN. 01869 327587; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Health Visitor 1.00pm.

Mollington Parents and Tots Group

Musical Minis

13:30-14:15T at Arncott Village Hall, Murcott Road OX25 1PL. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Banbury

Stay and Play

9:30-11:30TH at Britannia Road Children’s Centre at, Bodicote Church House OX16 0TB. 01295 264068; For 0 - 5s, £1 per session (drop in).

Sibford Tots and Babes

9:30-11:30T at Sibford Village Hall, Sibford Gower OX15 5RW. 01295 788711; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Toys, crafts & activities. 50p extra children.

Family Stay and Play

9:30-11:30TH at Britannia Road Children’s Centre, Grove Street OX16 5DN. 01295 264068; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in).

11.30 lunch available. £2 adult, £1 child.

KEY: T :Term Time H :Holidays

10:00-12:00TH at Mollington village hall, Chestnut road OX17 1BG. £1.50 per session (drop in). Toys, craft activities & snack.

Babies Together

10:00-11:30TH at The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road OX16 0PJ. 01295 276769; For 0s, £1 per family (drop in). Weaning info & advice on 1st Thursday of mth.

North Banbury Children’s Centre

Music & Sign for Babies: 13:00-13:45TH; For 0s, £1 (donation).

Open Garden Session: 13:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). at North Banbury Children’s Centre, The Cabin, Hardwick C.P. School OX16 1XE. 01295 271841.

Baby Sensory Classes

14:00-14:45H at Superdrug- Health & Wellbeing Room, Castle Quay Shopping Centre OX16 5UN. Gemma: 07989 502712; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 (book by term). Awardwinning class for 0-13mths.Free trials.

In the Water

Music & Singing

Bicester

Stay and Play

9:00-11:00TH at Glory Farm Children’s Centre, Glory Farm School OX26 4JY. 01869 320553; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in).

Call centre for Holiday Stay & Play times.

Little Kickers Football Classes

9:15-11:00T at Langford Village Community Centre, 8 Nightingale Place OX26 6XX. Helen: 01869 323186; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from 18mths-5 yrs.

Catholic Church Baby and Toddler Group

9:15-10:45T at The Presentation Convent, Kings End OX26 6DT. Katrina: 07875 603008; For 0 - 5s, £1 (drop in). Toys,books,arts & crafts.

Mad Academy Music & Dance Classes

9:45-11:30T at Bicester Methodist Church, Bell Lane OX26 6JQ. Sophie: 01869 369502; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, funky & physical music & dance classes.

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Saturday

Bumps & Babies Group

10:00-11:30T at Emmanuel Church, Bure Park OX26 3HA. For bump - 1s, £1.50 (donation). Breastfeeding support,speakers,free tasters.

Banbury

Water Babies Swimming Classes

8:45-12:15T at Frank Wise School, Hornbeam Close OX16 9RL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £13.75 per class (book by 10week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Daisy Birthing Classes

18:15-21:00T at Bicester Children’s Centre, Queens Avenue OX26 2NR. Donna: 07412 580853; For bump, £9 per class (please book). Class times 6:15pm & 7:45pm.

Little Kickers Football Classes

Kidlington

9:15-11:45TH at North Oxfordshire Academy, Drayton Road OX16 0UD. Helen: 01869 323186; For 2 - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from 2-6 yrs.

Dance 10 Ballet, Tap & Modern

16:00-17:45T at Edward Feild School, Bicester Road OX5 2LG. 07707 797711; For 3 - 5s.

Stagecoach Theatre School

Upper Heyford

9:30-12:45T at Blessed George Napier School, Springfield Avenue, OX16 9DQ. Melissa: 01908 969467; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term). Dance, theatre and singing classes.

Bumps & Babies

10:00-11:30T at Heyford/Caversfield Children’s Centre, The Community Centre OX25 5TE. 01869 233151; For bump - 1s, (drop in). Bumps to 18 months.

Friday Adderbury

Musical Minis

13:45-14:30T at Lucy Plackett Activity Centre, Round Close Road OX17 3EP. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Banbury

Stay & Play for under 2s

9:15-11:15T at The Sunshine Centre, Edmunds Road OX16 0PJ. 01295 276769; For 0 - 2s, £1 per family (drop in). For under 2s.

Saturday Morning Family Time

Musical Minis

11:00-11:45T at Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Rotary Way OX16 1ER. Leena: 01296 738 652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Bicester

13:00-14:30T at Sibford School, Sibford Ferris OX15 5QL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £13.75 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

13:15-15:45T at Sibford School, Sibford Ferris OX15 5QL. 01295 709221; For 0 - 4s, £13.75 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Musikids Music Classes

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

North Banbury Children’s Centre

10:00-11:45T at Bicester Methodist Church, Bell Lane OX26 6JQ. Leena: 01296 738 652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book).

Classes at 10.00am and 11.00am.

Play with Numbers: 9:30-12:00TH; For 0 - 4s, £1 (donation). A group with number based activities.

Childminders Group: 10:00-12:00TH; For 0 4s, £1 (donation). Drop-in group. at North Banbury Children’s Centre, The Cabin, Hardwick C.P. School OX16 1XE. 01295 271841.

Little Kickers Football Classes

9:30-11:30T at Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Rotary Way OX16 1ER. Helen: 01869 323186; For 2 - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from 2-5 yrs.

Southam Road Toddlers

10:00-11:30T at Southam Road Evangelical Church, (Corner of Cope Road) OX16 2EJ. 01295 273120; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (donation). Fun activities for babies and toddlers.

Wiggles & Giggles

10:00-12:00T at Carrdus School, Overthorpe Hall OX17 2BS. 01295 263733; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in).

Toddle Time

10:00-11:30T at St. Pauls Church, Warwick Road OX16 2AN. 01295 251092; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). Fun activities for babies and toddlers.

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Dad’s Play

10:00-12:00TH at Britannia Road Children’s Centre, Grove Street OX16 5DN. 01295 264068; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

3rd Sat of each mth.

9:15-11:00T at Launton Parish Hall, Bicester Road OX26 5DP. Amanda: 01869 249943; For 0 - 4s, £4 per class (please book). Fun & funky music & movement session, 9m-4yrs.

9:30-15:00T at Grimsbury Community Hall, Burchester Place OX16 3JT. 07906 055591; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by term). Help your baby to ‘talk’ BEFORE speech!

10:00-12:00TH at North Banbury Children’s Centre, The Cabin, Hardwick C.P. School OX16 1XE. 01295 271841; For 0 - 5s, £1 (donation). 2nd & 4th Sat of the month.

Musical Minis

Bloxham

Bumps to 1s

13:00-14:30TH at Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre at, Bloxham Children’s Centre Hub OX15 4HP. 01295 722240; For bump - 1s, £1 per family (donation).

Voluntary contribution of £1 per family.

Hook Norton

Friday Toddler Group

9:00-11:30T at Hook Norton Baptist Church Hall (opp. Library), Netting Street OX15 5NJ. 01608 730719; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Kirtlington

Kirtlington Baby and Toddler Group

9:00-11:00T at Village Hall, South Green.

07740 984129; For 0 - 3s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Lots of toys for all ages.

Middleton Cheney

Ma Mites Mums & Tots Group

9:15-11:30T at Middleton Cheney Village Hall, Main Road OX17 2LT. For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per child (drop in). 50p per extra child.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Bicester

Little Kickers Football Classes

9:15-12:00TH at The Cooper School, Churchill Road OX26 4RS. Helen: 01869 323186; For 2 - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from 2-7 yrs.

Little Kickers Football Classes

9:15-12:00TH at St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School, Queen’s Avenue OX26 2NX. Helen: 01869 323186; For 2 - 5s, (book by term).

Fun football classes from 2-7 yrs.

Bicester Children’s Centre

Saturdads: 10:00-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Call Centre for dates.3rd Saturday.

Family Stay and Play: 10:00-11:30T; For 0 5s, (drop in). 1st Saturday of each month. at Brookside Children’s Centre, Queens Avenue OX26 2NR. 01869 249604.

Bloxham

Saturdads

10:00-11:30TH at Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre at, Bloxham Children’s Centre Hub OX15 4HP. 01295 722240; For 0 4s, £1 per family (donation). 1st Sat of mth.

Kidlington

Performing Arts with Dance 10 Theatre School

9:00-11:00T at Park Hall, Benmead Road OX5. 07707 797711; For 4 - 5s.

Little Kickers Football Classes

10:15-12:30T at Kidlington Scout Centre, Blenheim Rd OX5 2JS. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 18m - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from.

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Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for bumps - 5s and parents

Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for bumps, babies, toddlers and their parents

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Monday

Burford

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

Bampton (Nr Witney)

Let’s Play

9:30-11:00T at Willow Tree Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Close OX18 2NJ. 01993 851799; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). Activities for you and your child.

FREE taster session

Come on in, the water’s lovely!

Carterton

Join our family of Puddle Ducks and enjoy baby and pre-school swimming with the most caring and highly-trained teachers around. We love teaching little ones to swim in our carefully structured, fun lessons, where every activity is adapted to each child.

Toddler Stay and Play

9:15-11:15T at Edith Moorhouse School, Lawton Avenue OX18 3HP. 01993 840318; For 1 - 4s, £1 (donation). Sibling babies welcome.

Live life swimmingly

puddleducks.com

Baby Sensory (Oxfordshire)

Salt Box Music Classes

Baby Sensory Classes: 9:45-12:15T; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by term).

7-13mths:9.45am, 0-6mths:11.15am.

Toddler Sense Classes: 14:00-15:00T; For 1 - 4s, £6.75 per session (please book). Awardwinning class for 13mths +,Free trials. at Carterton Community Centre, Marigold Square OX18 1AX. Beccy; 07800 568040.

Charlbury

Charlbury Drop in

12:00-14:30T with ACE Children’s Centre at Charlbury Methodist Church. 01608 644440; For 0 - 4s, (drop in).

Chipping Norton

ACE Children’s Centre

Family Centre Drop in with Singing: 9:3011:45TH; For 0 - 5s.

Lone Parents Group: 12:45-13:45T; For 0 - 5s Twins Group: 13:00-14:00TH; For 0 - 5s, Teatime Group: 16:30-18:00T; For 2 - 5s.

Hot meal provided. at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440. (drop in).

Musical Minis

9:45-10:30T at Glyme Hall, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Ascott-Under-Wychwood-Toddlers 9:45-11:45T at Cricket Pavilion, High Street OX7 6AY. 07968 006451; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in).

9:30-11:00T at The Masonic Hall, Church Green OX28 4AW. Michelle: 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Music classes for 0-4 years.

Little Treasures Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at Burwell Hall OX28 5NP. 01993 702979; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Play,craft activities & song time.

Salt Box Music Classes

9:45-14:15T at Madley Park Hall, Northfield Farm Lane OX28 1UE. Michelle: 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Music classes for 0-4 years.

Noah’s Ark

10:00-11:30T at Congregational Church, 4 Welch Way OX28 6JF. 01993 709992; For 0 4s, £1 per child (drop in).

Under 1’s group

13:30-15:00TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, West Witney School site OX28 5FZ. 01993 771 298; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

Twilight Dad’s Group

16:00-17:30TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, Witney Methodist Church, Radford Room OX28 6HG. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Woodstock

9:45-11:30T at St. Hughes of Lincoln Roman Catholic Church, Hensington Road OX20 1JH. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). Classes at 9.45am and 10.45am.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:30-10:30T at Lincoln Farm Park, High Street OX29 7RH. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Witney

9:30-11:30T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

KEY: T :Term Time H :Holidays

Tuesday Bampton (Nr Witney)

Feeding Support: 9:00-10:00TH; For 0s, (drop in). Feeding Support Group.

Bumps and Babies: 10:00-11:00; For bump 0s, (drop in). For babies up to 8 weeks. at Willow Tree Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Close OX18 2NJ. 01993 851799.

Music & Singing

Rainbow Toddlers

9:30-11:00T at Carterton Children’s Centre at, Methodist Church OX18 3AA. 01993 840318; For 1 - 3s, £1 (donation).

Chipping Norton

Kingham Baby and Toddler Group 9:30-11:30T at Kingham Village Hall, Orchard Way OX7 6YT. 07780 001239; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in).

Refreshments,toys,music,art & craft’s.

Noah’s Ark

10:00-11:30TH with ACE Children’s Centre at Chipping Norton Town Hall OX7 5NA. 01608 644440; For 0 - 4s, (drop in).

ACE Children’s Centre

Space group: 13:30-14:30T; For 1 - 5s, (drop in).

First Friends including Baby Massage: 14:00-16:00TH; For 0s, (drop in). at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440.

Eynsham

Eynsham Library Rhymetime

14:00-14:30TH at Eynsham Library, 30 Mill Street OX29 4JS. 01865 880525; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Tackley

Tackley Toddler Group

10:00-12:00TH at Tackley Village Hall OX5 3AH. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per child (drop in).

Open all year apart from Christmas.

Witney

Grandparents Group: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE. Young Parents Group: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). For parents aged under 25 years. at Witney Children’s Centre at, Witney Methodist Church, Radford Room OX28 6HG. 01993 771 298.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Willow Tree Children’s Centre

In the Water

Carterton

Witney Children’s Centre

Musical Minis

Standlake

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Contact our friendly team today on oxfordshire@puddleducks.com or 01666 577377 .

10:30-11:30T at Bradwell Village Hall, Bradwell Village OX18 4XF. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

10:00-12:30T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Cogges St Mary Toddler Group

13:30-15:00T at Cogges Church, Church Lane OX28 3LA. 01993 779613; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (donation). Term Time only.

Physical Fun

Arts & Crafts

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Wednesday Bampton (Nr Witney)

Willow Tree Children’s Centre

Health Visitors Clinic: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0s, (drop in). Runs 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month.

Little Wrigglers: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). This Session is for 0’s to crawling.

Walkers and Talkers: 13:15-14:45T; For 0 2s, (drop in). For little ones who are walking. at Willow Tree Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Close OX18 2NJ. 01993 851799.

Bladon

Bladon Baby and Toddler Group

9:45-11:30T at Church Room (Nxt to Bladon Church), Church Street. 01993 812651; For 0 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in). Activities for children, toys & singing.

Carterton

Carterton Children’s Centre

Childminders’ Group: 9:00-11:00T; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). Parents looking for a childminder welcome.

Tea Time Club: 15:15-17:45T; For bump - 5s, £1 (donation). For lone parents (short or long term). at Carterton Children’s Centre, Edith Moor School OX18 3HP. 01993 840318.

Chipping Norton

ACE Children’s Centre

Health Visitor Clinic: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 2s. Inc breastfeeding support - drop in.

Postnatal Group: 10:00-11:00TH; For 0s, Teenage Parents Group: 12:00-14:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). includes hot lunch. at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440. (drop in).

Daisy Baby Classes

12:15-14:15T at Glyme Hall, Burford Road OX7 5DY. 07976977782; For 0s, £6.60 per class (book by 6-week term). Natal yoga, active birthing, birth hypnosis.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

9:30-12:30T at The High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

14:00-15:30T at Eynsham Hall, North Leigh OX29 6PN. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Life in Focus Group Coaching for Mums

19:30-21:00TH at Blossom House Therapy, Madley Park. Svetlina: 07939 598 779; £20 per session (please book). Helps you put your life into focus.

Woodstock

Woodstock Library Rhymetime

10:00-10:30TH at Woodstock Library, Hensington Road OX20 1JQ. 01993 812832; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in).

Thursday

Carterton

Salt Box Music Classes

9:45-12:00T at Carterton Community Centre, Marigold Square OX18 1AX. Michelle: 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (book by term). Music classes for 0-4 years.

Carterton Children’s Centre

Witney

10:30-11:00TH at Carterton Library, 6 Alvescot Road OX18 3JH. 01993 841492; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Songs, Stories and Sticking!

Messy play

9:00-11:30TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, West Witney School site OX28 5FZ. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Sessions: 9.00am & 10.30am.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:00-11:00T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Family Stay and Play

9:15-10:45TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, Witney Methodist Church, Radford Room OX28 6HG. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Baby College Development Classes

9:30-12:30T at Madley Park Hall, Northfield Farm Lane OX28 1UE. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

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10:00-11:30TH at Stonesfield Village Hall, Field Close OX29 8EF. 01993 898212; For bump - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Toys,crafts & singing.Older siblings welcome.

Witney

Mini Multiples

9:30-11:00TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, West Witney School site OX28 5FZ. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). For families with twins, triplets and more!

Witney Children’s Centre

Baby Stay and Play: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). For babies under 18 months.

Lunch Stop Breastfeeding Group: 11:3013:00TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in). at Witney Children’s Centre at, Witney Methodist Church, Radford Room OX28 6HG. 01993 771 298.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:30-12:30T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Friday

Bampton Baby and Toddler Group

9:15-11:15T at Willow Tree Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Close OX18 2NJ. 01993 851799; For 0 - 3s, per child (drop in).

Run by local mums for local families.

Little Tiddlers (Pram Service)

10:30-11:30TH at Alice Marshall Hall, North Street OX7 7BH. 01869 340510; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Runs on 1st and 3rd Wed of month.

Stonesfield Mother, Baby and Toddler Group

Bampton (Nr Witney)

Baby Movers: 10:00-11:30T; For 0s, £1 (donation). For babies aged 4 months +.

Toddler Stay and Play: 12:30-14:30T; For 1 4s, £1 (donation). Sibling babies welcome. at Carterton Children’s Centre, Edith Moor School OX18 3HP. 01993 840318.

Middle Barton

Stonesfield

Carterton Library Rhymetime

RAF Brize Norton Parent and Toddler Group

13:00-14:30TH at Millenium Building, Stanmore Crescent OX18 3UG. For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Everyone is welcome not just RAF families.

Chipping Norton

ACE Children’s Centre

Family Centre Drop In with Soft Play: 9:3011:45TH; For 0 - 3s.

Asian Ladies Group: 13:00-14:30T; For 0 - 5s, Childminders Group: 13:30-15:30H; For 0 - 5s. at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440. (drop in).

Standlake

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:30-11:00T at Lincoln Farm Park, High Street OX29 7RH. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Burford

Burford Library Rhymetime

10:30-11:00T at Burford Library, 86A High Street OX18 4QF. 01993 823377; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Carterton

RAF Brize Norton Parent and Toddler Group

10:00-11:30TH at Millenium Building, Stanmore Crescent OX18 3UG. For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). Everyone is welcome not just RAF families.

Carterton Children’s Centre

Post Natal Baby Movers: 11:00-12:00T; For 0s, £1 (donation). up to 4 months old.

Breastfeeding Support (Carterton): 12:0014:45T; For 0 - 1s, £1 (donation).

Stay & Play Baby Session: 12:45-14:45T; For 0s, £1 (donation). at Carterton Children’s Centre, Edith Moor School OX18 3HP. 01993 840318.

Chipping Norton

ACE Children’s Centre

Being Two: 10:00-11:15TH; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). ages: 18 months - 30 months.

Family Centre Drop in: 11:30-14:30TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440.

Community Play Session

11:30-13:30TH at ACE Children’s Centre at, Waterbush Road Football Club OX7 5DQ. 01608 644440; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Eynsham

Eynsham Library Storytime & Craft

15:30-16:00TH at Eynsham Library, 30 Mill Street OX29 4JS. 01865 880525; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). For up to 7 years old.

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Small World Stay and Play

9:15-10:45TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, Witney Methodist Church, Radford Room OX28 6HG. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Families with English as additional language.

Childminders

9:30-12:00T at Witney Children’s Centre at, West Witney School site OX28 5FZ. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Funky Fridays

9:30-11:30T at Madley Park Hall, Northfield Farm Lane OX28 1UE. 07792 926421; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Toys, craft, songtime, drink and snack.

Salt Box Music Classes

9:30-10:00T at The Masonic Hall, Church Green OX28 4AW. Michelle: 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Music classes for 0-4 years.

10:00-11:30T at The village hall, Brize norton road OX29 0SP. For bump - 4s, £2 per session (drop in). Great range of ages,toys and activities.

North Leigh Baby & Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Methodist Church, Chapel Lane,(Off Park Road) OX29 6SD. Julie: 07980 750133; For 0 - 5s, £2. All parents welcome,fun weekly activities.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

13:30-14:30T at Eynsham Hall, North Leigh OX29 6PN. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Saturday Bampton (Nr Witney)

Saturdads

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

9:30-12:00T at Minster Lovell OX29 0RN. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Premier Tennis Tots

9:30-11:15T at Windrush Leisure Centre, Nexus OX28 4YA. Amy: 0845 475 1147; For 3 - 5s, £6.50 per session (please book). 9:30 & 10:30. Physical activity & tennis fun.

Saturdads Group

9:30-11:30TH at Witney Children’s Centre at, West Witney School site OX28 5FZ. 01993 771 298; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month.

10:30-15:00T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

9:30-12:30T at The High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Witney

10:00-12:00T at Willow Tree Children’s Centre, Bowling Green Close OX18 2NJ. 01993 851799; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Runs monthly,call centre for dates.

Chipping Norton Dads Group

10:30-12:30T at ACE Children’s Centre, Burford Road OX7 5DZ. 01608 644440; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Sunday Chipping Norton

Daisy Birthing Classes

10:00-11:30TH at Cotswold Maternity Unit, Russell Way OX7 5FA. 07976977782; For bump, £9 per class (book by 6-week term).

Natal yoga, active birthing, birth hypnosis.

Witney

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:00-12:00T at Witney Primary School, Hailey Road OX28 1HL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

13:00-15:00T at Four Pillars Hotel Witney, Ducklington Lane OX28 4EX. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (please book).

Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

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Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for bumps - 5s and parents

Your local ‘What’s on Guide’ for bumps, babies, toddlers and their parents

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Monday

Littlemore

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Stay and Play

14:00-17:00T at DW Sports, Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road OX4 4XP. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Cowley

Young Parents Group

Blackbird Leys

9:00-11:00T at The Leys Children Centre, c/o Windale CP School OX4 6JD. 01865 777796; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:00-12:00T at St James Church Centre, Beauchamp Lane OX4 3LF. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Headington

The Slade and Headington Children’s Centre

First Friends: 9:30-11:30TH; For bump - 0s, (drop in). For expectant Mums & Under 1’s.

Childminders Group: 9:30-11:30TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). at The Slade and Headington Children’s Centre, Titup Hall Drive, Wood Farm OX3 8QQ. 01865 750670.

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Marston

13:00-14:30T at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, Copse Lane OX3 0AY. 01865 559742; For 0 - 3s, (drop in).

Oxford

Marston Northway Children’s Centre

Stay and Play: 9:30-12:45TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Lunch for a small fee.

Health Visitor Drop in: 10:30-11:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Mobile Library: 11:30-12:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Fortnightly.

The Baby Cafe: 12:00-14:00TH; For 0s, FREE at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, New Marston Primary School OX3 0AY. 01865 767460. (drop in).

Toddle-In at St Aldates Church

Baby College Development Classes

10:00-11:30T at Toddle-In at St Aldates Church, St Aldates Church OX1 1BP. 01865 254 800; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family. Toys, crafts, singing & stories.

PEEP for 1s

10:30-12:00T at North Oxford Children’s Centre at, Jericho Health Centre, New Radcliffe House OX2 6NW. 01865 559742; For 0 - 3s. With books, singing, circle time.

9:30-12:30T at St. Alban’s Church Hall, Charles Street OX4 3AH. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

9:30-10:30T at The Leys Children Centre, c/o Dovecote Centre OX4 7BU. 01865 395145; For 1s, FREE (drop in).

In the Water

Music & Singing

Peep Group

Stay and Play

10:30-12:30TH at North Oxford Children’s Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742; (drop in). Stay and Play with Music & Lunch.

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Oxford Area continued - to add your class email: info@toddleabout.co.uk Musical Minis

13:30-14:15T at The Jericho Community Centre, 33A Canal Street OX2 6BQ. Leena: 01296 738652; For 0 - 4s, £4.50 per session (please book). 45 minutes of structured music sessions.

Stay & Play

14:00-16:00TH at East Oxford Children’s Centre, Union Street OX41JP. 01865 248729; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Rose Hill

Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre

My Sound My Self

We offer educational and structured Kodály musicianship classes and music Rose Hill therapy sessions for children in Oxford. Rose Hill-Littlemore Termly musicianship classes | Music therapy by contract For information please call 07545 122 869.

Zsuzsanna Hörcsög MA, GCert, BA Hons, QTS Kodály music specialist, HCPC Registered Music Therapist Certified .b Mindfulness in Schools Teacher

www.mysoundmyself.com

Stay and Play: 9:00-12:00T; 0 - 5s.

Health Visitor Clinic: 10:0011:00TH; For 0s.

Baby Singing: 11:00-12:00T; For 0 - 1s, at Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre, The Oval OX4 4UY. 01865 716739. (drop in).

Tuesday Blackbird Leys

The Leys Children Centre

Lone Parent Advisor: 9:30-15:30T; FREE (drop in). Last Tues of the mth.

PEEP for Babies: 9:30-10:30T; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Stay and Play with Lunch: 11:00-13:30T; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Small Cost for lunch. at The Leys Children Centre, Cuddesdon Corner OX4 6SB. 01865 773263.

Botley

Oxford

Midwife Clinic

9:00-11:30TH at North Oxford Children’s Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742; For bump - 0s, (drop in). Antenatal - 6 weeks.

Marston Northway Children’s Centre

Childminders Group: 9:00-11:00T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Weekly 9.15-10.30 & last Tues 9.00-11.00.

Stay and Play with lunch: 10:30-12:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Lunch provided by the Oxford Foodbank.

Polish Tuesdays: 15:30-17:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 2nd Tues of the mth. at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, New Marston Primary School OX3 0AY. 01870 767460.

Stay & Play

Baby College Development Classes

9:30-11:30TH at East Oxford Children’s Centre, Union Street OX41JP. 01865 248729; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Headington

10:00-12:00T at Jam and Juice, St. Matthews Church Centre OX1 4LW. 01865 726102; For 0 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in). A fun group for parents,carers & childminders.

9:30-12:00TH at The Slade and Headington Children’s Centre, Titup Hall Drive, Wood Farm OX3 8QQ. 01865 750670; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

10:00-12:00T at Hill End Centre, Eynsham Road OX2 9NJ. 01865 861954; For 0 - 5s, £3 per child (drop in). Outdoor drop-in toddler group.

9:30-12:30T at West Oxford Community Centre, Botley Road OX2 0BT. 01865 421879; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

Woodfarm Stay and Play

Horspath

Baby Sensory Classes

10:00-12:30TH at Horspath Village Hall, Oxford Road OX33 1RT. Marisa: 07979 800361; For 0 - 1s, £6.70 per class (book by term). Award-winning class for 0-13mths.

Free trials.

Littlemore

Water Babies Swimming Classes

10:00-12:00T at DW Sports, Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road OX4 4XP. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Lower Wolvercote

Dandelions Baby and Toddler Group

10:00-12:00T at Baptist Church Hall, Godstow Road OX2 8NY. For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (donation). Toys, Singing, Baby corner and refreshments.

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Salt Box Music Classes

10:30-12:30T at Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road OX4 3NH. 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Music classes for 0-4 yrs. Starts 11/11/14.

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Jam and Juice

Forest Tots Oxfordshire

Sunflowers Baby and Toddler Drop-in

10:00-12:00T at Magdalen Road church Hall, 41a Magdalen Road OX4 1RB. 07837 128873; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Toys, refreshments & friendly people.

Family Fun

10:00-12:00T at The Kings Centre, Osney Mead OX2 0ES. For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (drop in). A fun group for the under 5s.

Childminders Group

10:00-11:30T at North Oxford Children’s Centre at, Baptist Chapel Hall. 01865 559742; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). 2nd Tuesday of the month.

NCT Bumps and Babies

10:30-12:00TH at Wesley Memorial Church, John Wesley Room OX1 2DH. For bump - 0s, FREE (drop in). All welcome - you don’t have to be an member.

Children’s Centre

Health Visitor Clinic: 10:0011:00TH; For 0s, (drop in).

Baby Cafe: 12:30-14:30TH; For 0s, (drop in).

Time for Twos with Rhymetime: 13:15-14:30T; For 0 - 2s, (drop in). at Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre, Ashhurst Way OX4 4UY .

01865 716739.

Summertown

Mad Academy Music & Dance Classes

9:45-12:15T at North Oxford Association Community Centre, Diamond Place OX2 7DP. Sophie: 01869 369502; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Fun, funky & physical music & dance classes.

St Michael’s Baby & Toddler Group

10:00-12:00TH at St Michael & All Angels Church, Lonsdale Road OX2 7ES. For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Lively, friendly, fun, spacious, refreshments.

Wednesday Blackbird Leys

The Leys Children Centre

Breastfeeding Cafe: 12:30-14:00T; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in).

Midwife Clinic: 12:30-14:30T; For 0 - 2s, (drop in).

New Babies Group: 13:00-14:30T; For 0s, FREE (drop in). For children birth to 12 mths. at The Leys Children Centre, Cuddesdon Corner OX4 6SB. 01865 773263.

Botley

Salt Box Music Classes

9:45-11:30T at The Seacourt Hall, Chapel Way OX2 9LS. Michelle: 01993 704207; For 0 - 4s, (please book). Music classes for 0-4 years.

Cowley

Cowley Library Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Cowley Library, Temple Road OX4 2EZ. 01865 777494; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Headington

Splat

10:00-12:00T at St Ebbes, Lime Walk OX3 7AE. 01865 453226; For 0 - 5s, £2 per session (drop in). 18 Mths free, £2 Child, £1 Adult.

Baby College Baby Massage

14:15-15:15T at St. Anthony of Padua Church Hall, 115 Headley Way OX3 7SS. 01865 436920; For 0s, (please book).

The award-winning MamaBabyBliss® programme.

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Stay and Play

9:00-12:00TH at North Oxford Children’s Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Bring a packed lunch!

PEEP for 2s

9:30-10:30T at The Leys Children Centre, c/o Dovecote Centre OX4 7BU. 01865 395145; For 2s, FREE (drop in).

Baby Group

10:00-11:00TH at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, New Marston Primary School OX3 0AY. 01872 767460; For 0s, FREE (drop in). Group for parents with babies under 1yrs old.

For classes of pure MADness, FREE join MAD Academy Trial Class!

Classes in Oxford and Bicester Call Sophie on 01869 369502 or email: sophie.hill@madacademy.com High energy music and dance classes for 0–4 year olds

madacademy.com

Ante-Natal Drop-In

11:00-12:00T at The Leys Children Centre, Cuddesdon Corner OX4 6SB. 01865 773263; For bump, FREE (drop in).

10:00-12:30TH at Cutteslowe Community Centre, 31 Wren Road OX2 7SX. Marisa: 07979 800361; For 1 - 2s, £6.70 per class (book by term). Session Times: 10.00am & 11.30am.

Botley

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Oxford Central Library Rhymetime

11:00-11:30TH at Oxford Central Library, Westgate OX1 1DJ. 01865 815509 or 01865 815549; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Baby College Development Classes

Rose Hill

9:30-12:00T at Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre, The Oval OX4 4UY. 01865 716739; For 0 - 2s, (drop in). Toddler Drop in.

Summertown

9:30-12:30T at St. Anthony of Padua Church Hall, 115 Headley Way OX3 7SS. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

13:30-14:30T at The Leys Children Centre, c/o The Leys Health Centre OX4 7EX. 01865 395145; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in).

Risinghurst

Japanese Toddler Group

10:30-12:30T at Risinghurst Community Centre, Kiln Lane OX3 8EZ. 07884 063930; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per family (drop in).

Everyone Welcome.

Rose Hill

Stay and Play

9:00-12:00T at Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre, The Oval OX4 4UY. 01865 716739; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Monday has Health Visitor 10-11am.

Summertown

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:00-12:00T at The NOA Community Centre, Diamond Place OX2 7DP. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Friday

Oxford

Baby College Development Classes

St Clements Toddler Group

9:30-12:30T at North Oxford Association, Diamond Place OX2 7DP. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

Toddler Time

10:30-12:00T at Summertown URC, 294A Banbury Road OX2 7HN. 07711 511178; For 0 - 3s, FREE (drop in). Sometimes on in hols informally - please ask.

Wolvercote

Water Babies Swimming Classes

12:00-16:00T at The Oxford Hotel, Godstow Road OX2 8AL. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Thursday

9:30-11:30T at St Clements Family Centre, Cross Street OX4 1DA. 01865 246674; For 0 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in). Play, Singing, refreshments and lots of fun.

Marston Northway Children’s Centre

Hearing Impairment Group: 9:30-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 2nd & 4th Thurs of month.

Hippos: 9:30-11:30T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 1st Thur of month.

Gems: 9:30-11:00T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 3rd Thursday of every month.

Stay and Play with Singing: 11:00-13:30TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Lunch provided by the Oxford Foodbank. at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, New Marston Primary School OX3 0AY. 01875 767460.

Buttercup Music

Blackbird Leys

Time for Toddlers: 9:30-11:00T; For 0 - 2s, FREE (drop in). Call Catherine or Paula 01865 773263.

Stay and Play: 13:00-15:00T; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). at The Leys Children Centre, c/o Windale CP School OX4 6JD. Catherine/Paula: 01865 773263.

KEY: T :Term Time H :Holidays

Headington

9:15-11:30T at Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School, Quarry School Place OX3 8LH. 01865 762345; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Walkers and Talkers

The Leys Children Centre

9:00-12:00T at Westminster Sport, Harcourt Hill OX2 9AT. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Headington Quarry Baby & Toddler Group

Baby Cafe

12:00-14:00TH at North Oxford Children’s Centre at, Jericho Health Centre, New Radcliffe House OX2 6NW. 01865 559742; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). Support for breastfeeding mums.

Rhymetime

11:00-11:30TH at Oxford Central Library, Westgate OX1 1DJ. 01865 815509 or 01865 815549; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Baby PEEP

Music And Dance and a whole lot of fun!

Baby Sensory Classes

Stay and Play: 10:30-12:30TH; (drop in). Stay and Play with Music & Lunch.

Health Visitor Team: 10:3011:30TH; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). at North Oxford Children’s Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742.

9:45-11:45T at Magdalen Road church Hall, 41a Magdalen Road OX4 1RB. 07837 128873; For 0 - 4s, £3 per family (drop in).

Thurs:9.45am or 10.45am.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

10:30-12:00T at LA Fitness, Littlegate House OX1 1PT. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

In the Water

Music & Singing

Blackbird Leys

The Leys Children Centre

Oxford Family Mediation: 9:30-11:30T; FREE (drop in).

Stay and Play with Lunch: 11:00-14:00T; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Small Cost for lunch. at The Leys Children Centre, Cuddesdon Corner OX4 6SB. 01865 773263.

Cowley

Cowley Library Rhymetime

10:30-11:00TH at Cowley Library, Temple Road OX4 2EZ. 01865 777494; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Cutteslowe

Little Kickers Football Classes

10:30-12:00TH at Cutteslowe Community Centre, 31 Wren Road OX2 7SX. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 1 - 3s, (please book). Fun football classes from 18m-7 yrs.

Marston

Mad Academy Music & Dance Classes

9:30-11:15T at OXSRAD, Court Place Farm OX3 0NQ. Sophie: 01869 369502; For 1 - 5s, (please book). Fun, funky & physical music & dance classes.

Physical Fun

Arts & Crafts

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Sunday

Oxford

Stay & Play

9:00-14:30TH at East Oxford Children’s Centre, Union Street OX41JP. 01865 248729; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Littlemore

Water Babies Swimming Classes

12:00-16:30T at DW Sports, Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road OX4 4XP. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

North Oxford Children’s Centre

Midwife Clinic: 9:00-13:30TH; For bump - 6wks, (drop in).

Baby Group: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0s, (drop in). For babies under 1 year.

Baby Cafe: 10:30-12:30TH; (drop in). Support for breastfeeding.

Gems: 13:15-14:45T; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Runs last Friday of month. at North Oxford Children’s Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742.

Marston

Little Kickers Football Classes

Group Music Sessions for 0–4 years

Friday Drop in

9:00-10:30T at Marston Northway Children’s Centre at, St Nicholas School OX3 0PJ. 01877 767460; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Rose Hill

Young parents group

11:00-13:00T at Rose HillLittlemore Children?s Centre, The Oval OX4 4UY. 01865 716739; For 0 - 2s, (drop in).

Summertown

fair-trade instruments from around the Globe

Percussion Puppets Musical games & stories Check website for your nearest class – Booking esssential

01993 704207

www.saltboxmusic.co.uk

9:15-11:00T at Oxsrad Ltd Leisure Centre, Court Place Farm, Marsh Lane OX3 0NQ. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 1 - 5s, (book by term).

Fun football classes from 18m-7 yrs.

Oxford

Stagecoach Theatre School

9:30-15:30T at Cherwell School South Site, Marston Ferry Rd OX2 7EE. Maya: 01869 278600; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term).

Dance, theatre and singing classes.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

9:30-12:00T at LA Fitness, North Oxford Little Bears Littlegate House OX1 1PT. 01666 EARLY YEARS SPECIALISTS FOR THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF MUSIC 10:00-12:00T at Woodstock 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class Road Baptist Church, 198 (book by term). Baby, toddler and Woodstock Road OX2 7NQ. Saturdads pre-school swimming lessons.

07825543325 ; For 0 - 4s, £1.50 per session 10:00-12:00TH at North Oxford Children’s (drop in). A friendly and informal drop in.

Summertown Centre, Wren Road OX2 7SX. 01865 559742;

Saturday Littlemore

Water Babies Swimming Classes

10:00-12:00T at DW Sports, Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road OX4 4XP. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Marston

Little Kickers Football Classes

9:00-12:00T at Oxsrad Ltd Leisure Centre, Court Place Farm, Marsh Lane OX3 0NQ. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 1 - 5s, (book by term). Fun football classes from 18m-7 yrs.

Oxford

Stagecoach Theatre School

9:30-17:15TH at Headington Prep School, Headington Rd OX3 7TD. Maya: 01869 278600; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term). Dance, theatre and singing classes.

Marston Northway Children’s Centre

Ante-Natal Parent Craft Class: 9:3012:30TH; For bump, FREE (drop in). 2nd Sat of the month.

Dynamic Dads: 10:00-12:00TH; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). 2nd Sat of the month. at Marston Northway Children’s Centre, New Marston Primary School OX3 0AY. 01876 767460.

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For 0 - 5s, (please book). 3rd Saturday every month.

1st Saturday 10:00-12:00T at Magdalen Road church Hall, 41a Magdalen Road OX4 1RB. 07837 128873; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). 1st Saturday of every month.

Saturday Stay and Play 10:30-14:30TH at East Oxford Children’s Centre, Union Street OX41JP. 01865 248729;

Toddler World

10:00-11:30TH at Ferry Leisure Centre, Diamond Place OX2 7DP. 01865 467065; For 1 - 5s, £3.50 per session (drop in). Inflatable activity centre,soft play,balls.

SEARCH ONLINE

For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Group runs on 3rd Saturday of the month.

Rose Hill Saturdads 10:00-13:30TH at Rose Hill-Littlemore Children’s Centre, The Oval OX4 4UY. 01865 716739; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Fathers, male carers & their families.

Summertown Premier Tennis Tots 10:15-12:15T at Ferry Leisure Centre, Ferry Pool Road OX2 7DP. Amy: 0845 475 1147; For 3 - 5s, £7.50 per class (please book).

10:10, 11:10. Physical & tennis fun!

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SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE AREA

Monday

Next Steps

9:30-11:00TH at South Didcot Children’s Centre, 2 Hillary Drive OX11 8PS. 01235 511444; For 1 - 2s, (drop in). Fun learning and play opportunities.

Berinsfield

Berinsfield Children’s Centre

Health Visitor & Stay and Play: 10:00-12:00TH; FREE (drop in).

Health Visitors available for advice.

Baby Lunchbox: 13:00-14:30TH; For bump - 0s, FREE (drop in).

Support & advice on baby feeding. at Berinsfield Children’s Centre, Wimblestraw Road OX10 7LZ. 01865 341310.

Chalgrove

Tea and Tots

10:00-11:30T at Didcot Community Church, Barnes Road OX11 8JL. 01235 797334; For 0 - 5s, £1 per child (drop in). Playtime, craft, snacks & singing!

The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School

Vici

15:30-16:00T at Wallingford Library, High Street OX10 0DB. 01491 837395; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Storytime weekly with holiday activities.

Storytime

Bouncing Bumps and Babies: 12:3014:30T; For bump - 0s, (drop in). A meeting place for prospective & new parents.

Baby Clinic: 13:00-14:30T; For 0s, (drop in).

Weigh in and Advice/Support. at The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School, Freeman Road OX11 7BZ. 01235 812969.

Little Kickers Classes

Goring Heath

on: 07787 121628 or vici@boogiebeat.co.uk

Messy Monday

10:15-11:15T at Chalgrove Children’s Centre, Chalgrove Primary School OX44 7ST. 01491 614179; For 1 - 5s.

Didcot

South Didcot Children’s Centre

Pop in and play: 9:30-11:00TH; For 0 - 4s, (drop in).

Young Parents Group: 13:00-15:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). at South Didcot Children’s Centre, 2 Hillary Drive OX11 8PS. 01235 511444.

15:45-17:15TH at Wallingford Sports Park, Hithercroft Rd OX10 9RB. 01865 522 295; For 2 - 5s, per class (please book). 3.45 Junior Kickers & 4.30 Mighty Kickers.

Henley-on-Thames

Maple Tree Children’s Centre

Wheatley

Baby Cafe: 13:30-15:30TH; For 0 - 1s, FREE (drop in).

Bumps to Babies: 13:30-15:30TH; For bump - 0s, (donation). Babies-1yr.Health Vistor available. at Maple Tree Children’s Centre, Littleworth Road OX33 1PH. 01865 873916.

Messy Play

10:00-14:45TH at Rainbow Children’s Centre, 55-57 Market Place RG9 2AA. 01491 577414; For 0 - 5s. Sessions: 10.00am,11.00am & 13.00pm.

Horspath

Horspath Toddler Group

9:15-11:30TH at Horspath Village Hall, Oxford Road OX33 1RT. Michelle: 07906 717008; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 (drop in). Please check before coming in holidays.

Tuesday Benson

Sonning Common

Benson Tots

Sonning Common Library Rhymetime

10:00-10:30TH at Sonning Common Library, Grove Road RG4 9RH. 01189 722448; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month.

Wallingford

Pop in and Play

9:30-11:00T at Wallingford Children’s Centre, Wigod Centre OX10 8AJ. 01491 835179; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Call CC & chk venue details before attending.

Baby Sensory Classes

10:00-14:00T at Wallingford Sports Park, Hithercroft Road OX10 9RB. Leigh: 01980 849354; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per class (book by 10-week term). Award-winning class for 0-13mths.Free taster.

Mini Movers

10:00-11:30T at Centre 70, Kinecroft OX10 0DT. Rhonda: 07932 038836; For 1 - 4s, £3.50 per session (please book).

10am:(18mths-3yrs) & 10.45am:(3-4yrs).

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9:30-11:00TH at Wallingford Children’s Centre at, Parish Hall OX10 6LZ. 01491 835179; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). 1st,3rd,4th & 5th Tues of the month.

Berinsfield

Family Support Drop In

13:00-14:30TH at Berinsfield Children’s Centre, Wimblestraw Road OX10 7LZ. 01865 341310; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Parents Support Group.

Cholsey Meadows

Cholsey Hall Pop in and Play

13:30-15:00TH at Wallingford Children’s Centre, Cholsey Great Hall. 01491 835179; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Sing rhymes & play instruments.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

11:00-12:15T at Oratory Preparatory School, Goring Heath RG8 7SF. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Henley-on-Thames

Henley Library Rhymetime

9:30-10:00T at Henley Library, Ravenscroft Road RG9 2DH. 01491 575278; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in).

Rainbow Children’s Centre

Baby Clinic & Breastfeeding Support: 9:3011:45TH; For 0 - 2s, (drop in). Health Visiting Team & Breastfeeding Support.

Stay and Play: 13:00-14:45TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Thurs Stay & Play 9.30 & 11.00am.

Single Parents Support Group: 15:0016:30TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). at Rainbow Children’s Centre, 55-57 Market Place RG9 2AA. 01491 577414.

Tetsworth

Tetsworth Little Kites Toddler Group

10:30-12:00T at Tetsworth school Hall, 15 High street OX9 7AB. 07936 708792; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in). All welcome to pop in.

Watlington 9:15-11:30T at Watlington Children’s Centre, Watlington Primary School OX49 5RB. 01491 614179; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). 9.15-10.15 2yrs+ 10.30-11.30 under 2s.

Didcot

Stepping Stones Toddler Group

9:30-11:15T at Didcot Baptist Church, Wantage Road OX11 OBS. Joan: 01235 817409; For 0 - 3s, £2 per family (please book).

In the Water

Music & Singing

Musical Fun

Physical Fun

Wheatley

Maple Tree Children’s Centre

Baby Peep: 10:00-11:00T; For 0s, £1 per family (drop in).

Forest Fun: 13:15-14:45T; For 1 - 5s, (drop in). Outdoor forest school learning. at Maple Tree Children’s Centre, Littleworth Road OX33 1PH. 01865 873916.

Arts & Crafts

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Woodcote

Stay and Play

10:00-11:30TH at Rainbow Children’s Centre at, Woodcote Village Hall RG8 0QY. 01189 724024; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Wednesday

Mini Movers

Monday mornings

Fun, creative and sociable dance class for children 18 months - 3 years & 3 - 4 years in Wallingford.

To book contact Rhonda Sparrey on 07932 038 836 or email: rhonds77@hotmail.com (term time sessions)

Berinsfield

Story Time

15:45-16:15TH at Berinsfield Library, Green Furlong OX10 7NR. 01865 340771; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Runs fortnightly - call for dates.

Chinnor

Little Kickers Football Classes

15:00-16:30T at Chinnor Village Hall, Church Road OX39 4PQ. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 18m - 7s, (book by term). Fun football classes.

Didcot

Stepping Stones Toddlers

9:30-11:15T at Didcot Baptist Church, Wantage Road OX11 OBS. Joan: 01235 817409; For 0 - 3s, £2 per family (please book).

Learning Through Play

12:30-14:00T at The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School, Freeman Road OX11 7BZ. 01235 812969; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Themed play sessions for 0-5’s.

Bumps & Babies

12:30-14:30TH at South Didcot Children’s Centre, 2 Hillary Drive OX11 8PS. 01235 511444; For 0s, (drop in). Lunch available £1.

Parents Loving Touch Pregnancy Yoga

19:30-21:00T at Didcot Leisure Centre, Mereland Road OX11 8AY. Jo : 07970 367739; For bump, (book by 6-week term). £50.00/6 week course. From 14 weeks.

Finstock

Finstock Toddler Group

10:00-11:30T at Finstock Village Hall, Well Hill OX7 3. For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in). £2.00 Per Adult.Refreshments/snacks inc.

Garsington

Garsington Baby & Toddler Group

9:15-11:30T at Garsington Sports & Social Club, Denton lane OX44 9EL. 07930 957654; For 0 - 5s, £1.50 per family (drop in). Price includes juice & snack / tea & coffee.

Henley-on-Thames

Rainbow Children’s Centre

Bumps and Babies: 10:45-12:15TH; For 0s, (drop in). For first time parents.

Sea Horses: 13:00-15:00H; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). For children with additional needs. at Rainbow Children’s Centre, 55-57 Market Place RG9 2AA. 01491 577414.

Warborough

Tatty Bumpkin

Tatty Bumpkin: 10:00-10:30T; For 2 - 5s, £6.67 per session (book by 6-week term).

Go on a magical yoga-inspired adventure!

Baby Bumpkin Yoga Classes: 10:45-11:15T; For 0s, £6.67 per session (book by 6-week term). Multi-sensory classes for 6weeks crawling. at St Laurence Hall, 135 Thame Road OX10 7HA. 07772 966039.

Wheatley Stay & Play

9:15-11:45TH at Maple Tree Children’s Centre, Littleworth Road OX33 1PH. 01865 873916; For 0 - 4s, (donation).

Thursday Berinsfield

Berinsfield Children’s Centre

Outdoor Play: 10:00-11:30TH; For 1 - 5s, FREE (drop in).

Bumps and Bundles: 13:30-15:00TH; For bump - 0s, FREE (drop in). For mums to be & parents with babies under 1. at Berinsfield Children’s Centre, Wimblestraw Road OX10 7LZ. 01865 341310.

Chalgrove

9:30-11:45T at Chalgrove Children’s Centre, Chalgrove Primary School OX44 7ST. 01491 614179; For 0 - 3s, (drop in). 9:30-10:30 18 mths+ & 10.30-11.45 0-18 mths.

Cholsey

Parents Loving Touch Pregnancy Yoga

20:00-21:30T at Cholsey Scout Hall (behind the Red Lion pub), Wallingford Road OX11 9LG. Jo : 07970 367739; For bump, (book by 6-week term). £50.00/6 week course. From 14 weeks.

Didcot

Stepping Stones Toddler Group

9:30-11:15T at Didcot Baptist Church, Wantage Road OX11 OBS. Joan: 01235 817409; For 0 - 3s, £2 per family (please book).

Henley-on-Thames

Stay and Play

9:30-12:00TH at Rainbow Children’s Centre, 55-57 Market Place RG9 2AA. 01491 577414; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Thurs Stay & Play 9.30 & 11.00am.

Oakley

10:00-11:30TH at In a member’s home in Thame, Check Facebook page for more details. 01296 326060; For bump - 1s, £1 per family (donation).1st Wed of month.

10:00-11:30T at Oakley Village Hal, Oxford Road HP18 9RD. oakleytoddlergroup@ gmail.com; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). £1.50 for babies under 12mths.

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Baby Clinic with Breastfeeding Support

13:00-14:30TH at Rainbow Children’s Centre, Reades Lane RG4 9LN. 01189 724 024; For 0s, FREE (drop in).

Thame

Baby College Development Classes

9:30-12:30T at Christ Church, Upper High Street OX9 2DH. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

Grace Notes & Semi-Quavers

10:00-11:00T at Thame Barns Centre, Church Road OX9 3AJ. Kate Paver: 01844 261546; For 0 - 4s, £2 (drop in). Rhymes with actions & songs and free play.

Little Kickers Football Classes

15:45-17:30T at John Hampden Primary School, Park St OX9 3HU. Kieran: 07412 480804; For 3 - 5s, (book by term). Fun 45-minute football classes for 18m-7 yrs.

Wallingford

Bumps and Bundles

10:30-12:00TH at Wallingford Children’s Centre, Wigod Centre OX10 8AJ. 01491 835179; For bump - 0s, (drop in). Call CC & chk venue details before attending.

Wallingford Baby Cafe

12:00-14:00TH at Ridgeway Community Church, 21b & 22 St. Mary’s Street OX10 0EW. For 0 - 1s, (drop in). A breastfeeding support drop-in group.

Wonderful Words

Thame

Bumps and Babies (NCTeenies)

Sonning Common

Oakley Baby and Toddler Group

Friday Chalgrove

Sticky Fingers and Busy Feet

10:00-11:00T at Chalgrove Children’s Centre, Chalgrove Primary School OX44 7ST. 01491 614179; For 0 - 1s.

Didcot

Chilton Baby & Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at Chilton Village Hall OX11 0RU. 07948 311300; For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in).

Didcot Library Rhymetime

9:30-11:00T at Didcot Library, 197 Broadway OX11 8RU. 01235 813103; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Fortnightly sessions at 9:30 & 10:30am.

Little Cooks

9:30-11:00TH at South Didcot Children’s Centre, 2 Hillary Drive OX11 8PS. 01235 511444; For 0 - 4s, per family (please book).

Fun cooking.Contact C/C for a place.

Toddle Time For Under 2s

9:30-11:30T at The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School, Freeman Rd OX11 7BZ. 01235 812969; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). Fun play & music session. closed 14/11/14.

Henley-on-Thames

Babes in the Wood

9:30-11:00T at Stoke Row Pavilion, Newlands Lane. 01491 681837; For 0 - 4s, £3.50 (drop in).

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16:30-18:30T at Marlow CofE Primary School, Sandygate Road, SL7 3AZ. Clare: 01494 533203; For 6 - 8s, (book by term). Fantastic dance, sing & drama!

Thame

Bouncing Bunnies

9:30-11:15T at Thame Youth Centre, Towersey Road OX9 3NW. 07812 480439; For 0 - 4s, £2 per family (drop in).

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Sonning Common Storytime

10:00-10:30TH at Sonning Common Library, Grove Road RG4 9RH. 01189 722448; For 0 - 5s, FREE (drop in). Storytime and colouring for under 8s.

Thame

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9:30-15:30T at The Phoenix stro ng bodies and cle Performing Arts Centre, Lord Williams’s Lower School OX9 3NW. Nicky: 01865 763767; For 4 - 5s, £13.50 per session (please book). encourage movement, Dance, theatre and singing classes.

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Yoga inspired classes/parties Fun classes to enhance development and inspire confidence in your child

Wallingford Inspirations

10:00-12:00TH at Wallingford Children’s Centre, Wigod Centre OX10 8AJ. 01491 835179; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Call CC & chk venue details before attending.

Wheatley Saturdad’s

10:00-12:00T at Maple Tree Children’s Centre, Littleworth Road OX33 1PH. 01865 873916; For 0 - 4s, (donation). Last Saturday of the month.

Enhance Creativity Improve Concentration Develop Communication Increase Strength

Rhymetime

10:00-10:30T at Wallingford Library, High Street OX10 0DB. 01491 837395; For 0 - 5s, FREE. Rhymetime last Friday of month.

Wheatley

Sunday

0845 6803476

Stay & Play

9:30-11:30TH at Maple Tree Children’s Centre, Littleworth Road OX33 1PH. 01865 873916; For 0 - 4s, (donation).

Cholsey

07772 966039

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Saturday

Dad’s Group

Didcot

10:00-11:30TH at Rainbow Children’s Centre, 55-57 Market Place RG9 2AA. 01491 577414; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Runs Fortnightly - call centre for dates.

Little Kickers

9:15-12:00TH at Didcot Leisure Centre, Mereland Road OX11 8AY. 01865 522 295; For 1 - 5s, (please book). 9.15 Little Kicks,10.10 Junior,11.05 Mighty.

High Wycombe

Stagecoach Theatre School

Henley on Thames

Stagecoach Theatre School

9:30-12:45T at Valley Road Primary School, Valley Road RG9 1RR. Clare: 01494 533203; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term).

Fantastic dance, sing & drama!

9:30-12:45T at Wycombe High School, Marlow Hill HP11 1TB. 01494 533203; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term). Fantastic dance, sing & drama!

Parents Loving Touch Baby Massage

10:30-12:00T at Cholsey Scout Hall (behind the Red Lion pub), Wallingford Road OX11 9LG. Jo : 07970 367739; For 0s, (book by 6-week term). £50.00/6 week course.Birth to Pre-crawlers.

High Wycombe

Stagecoach Theatre School

14:00-15:30T at Wycombe High School, Marlow Hill HP11 1TB. 01494 533203; For 4 - 5s, per session (book by term). Fantastic dance, sing & drama!

Sandford-on-Thames

Puddle Ducks Aquanatal Classes

20:00-21:00TH at The Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel, Henley Rd OX4 4GX. 01666 577377; For bump, £9 per class (book by 6-week term). Classes for mums to be.

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VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE

Monday

St Helen’s Baby and Toddler Group

Abingdon

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

9:00-11:00T at Radley College Sports Centre, Radley College OX14 2HR. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term).

Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Long Furlong Buggy Club

9:15-11:30T at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive OX14 1XP. For 0 - 5s, £2 per family (drop in). Friendly group - toys, craft & music.

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9:30-12:15T at St Helen’s Church Centre, off West St Helen’s St OX14 5BS. Rachel: 01235 521039; For 0 - 4s, £1 per family (please book). Two sessions: 9.30-10.45 & 11am12.15pm.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:30-11:00T at Radley College , Radley OX14 2HR. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

In the Water

Music & Singing

Abingdon Twins & Multiples Club 10:00-11:30T at Abingdon Baptist Church Hall, 35 Ock Street OX14 5AG. 07763 638171; For bump - 5s, £2.50 per family (drop in). meet every 2nd & 4th Monday.

Abbey Toddlers

10:00-12:00T at 10 Checker Walk OX14 2JB. 07773 211729; For 0 - 5s, £0.50 (drop in).

Different craft each week and singing.

South Abingdon Children’s Centre

Fun to be One: 13:30-15:00H; For 1s, (drop in). Messy play and fun activities.

Baby Bundle: 13:30-15:00TH; For 0s, (drop in). at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, Caldecott Chase OX14 5GZ. 01235 555524.

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Botley

Stay and Play

13:00-15:30TH at Elms Road Children’s Centre, Elms Road OX2 9JZ. 01865 243955; For 0 - 4s, £1 (donation). stay & play session for under 5 yrs.

Didcot

Childminder Stay & Play

9:30-11:30T at The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School, Freeman Road OX11 7BZ. 01235 812969; For 0s, (drop in).

Faringdon

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:30-11:30T at The Old Town Hall, Market Place SN7 7HL. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term).

Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Play and Learn

13:00-14:30TH at Stanford in the Vale Village Hall, Huntersfield SN7 8LX. 01865 820751; For 0 - 5s.

Southmoor Sensory Play

10:00-11:30TH at Southmoor Children’s Centre, Laurel Drive OX13 5DJ. 01865 820751; For 0 - 2s, (drop in). Breastfeeding support also available.

Wantage

Boogie Beat Music & Movement

9:30-11:30T at Grove Village Hall, Main Street OX12 7JY. Vici: 07787 121628; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per session (book by 6-week term). Fun music & dance classes.9.30am & 10.45am.

St John’s Toddlers

9:15-11:15T at Grove Parish Church, Main Street OX12 7LQ. 01235 771479 (weekday mornings; For 0 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in).

Informal play session, with story & snack.

Tuesday Abingdon Little Stars

9:00-10:30T at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, St Blaise Primary School OX14 4DR. 01235 555524; FREE (drop in). Fun and creative activities with your child.

Forest School for Childminders

9:00-11:00TH at South Abingdon Children’s Centre at, Thameside Primary School OX14 5NL. 01235 555524; For 1 - 5s, (drop in). 1st Tues of the month.

Baby College Development Classes

9:30-12:30T at The Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road OX14 1PL. 01865 436920; For 0 - 3s, (please book). Sensory, physical fun, music & language games.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

9:30-12:30T at Radley College Sports Centre, Radley College OX14 2HR. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term).

Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

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South Abingdon Children’s Centre

Music and Movement: 9:30-11:15TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Toddler Music: 9.30 & Baby Music: 10.30.

Health Visitor Drop In: 11:00-12:30TH; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). Health Visitors available for advice.

Baby Lunchbox: 12:30-14:30TH; For bump 0s, (drop in). advice for mums & mums to be. at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, Caldecott Chase OX14 5GZ. 01235 555524.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

10:00-12:00T at Christ Church, Northcourt Road OX14 1PL. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

Boogie Beat Music & Movement

11:15-12:00T at Snakes and Ladders, Audlett Drive OX14 3NJ. Vici: 07787 121628; For 0 5s, (drop in). Inc in your entry fee to Snakes & Ladders.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

11:45-13:15T at Kingfisher School, Radley Road OX14 3RR. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Drayton

Water Babies Swimming Classes

9:30-11:00T at Radley College , Radley OX14 2HR. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term). Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Abingdon Library Rhymetime

9:30-11:30TH at Abingdon Library, The Charter OX14 3LY. 01235 520374; For 0 - 4s, FREE (drop in). Sessions at 9:30 - 10:00 & 11:00 - 11:30.

Little Sparklers

10:00-11:30TH at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, Caldecott Chase OX14 5GZ. 01235 555524; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Support group.

Baby Sensory Classes

10:00-14:00T at Radley Village Hall, Gooseacre OX14 3BL. Leigh:01980 849354; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by 10-week term). Award-winning class for 0-13mths.Free taster.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

11:00-12:00T at Radley College Sports Centre, Radley College OX14 2HR. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

Boogie Beat Music & Movement

11:45-13:15T at Kingfisher School, Radley Road OX14 3RR. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

Faringdon

Elms Road Children’s Centre

10:00-10:45T at Drayton Hall, Lockway OX14 4LG. Vici: 07787 121628; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per session (book by 6-week term). Fun music and dance classes.

Faringdon Children’s Centre

Stay & Learn: 9:30-11:15TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in).

Baby Group: 13:00-14:30TH; For 0s, (drop in). Up to 15 months. at Faringdon Children’s Centre, Faringdon Baptist Church SN7 7JF. 01367 242432.

Faringdon Baby and Toddler Group

9:30-11:00T at Faringdon United Church, Coxwell Street SN7 7HA. Megan: 07931 305109; For 0 - 4s, £2 per child (drop in).

Toys, singing & stories. Extra kids 50p.

Letcombe Regis

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14:00-15:00T at Letcombe Tennis Club, Letcombe Regis Village Hall OX12 9LJ. Amy: 0845 475 1147; For 3 - 5s, £6.50 per session (please book). Physical activity & tennis fun for tots.

Botley

Stay and Play: 9:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 4s, £1 (donation). stay & play session for under 5 yrs.

Young Parents Lunnch Club: 12:00-13:30TH; For 0 - 4s, (drop in). Under 23s. at Elms Road Children’s Centre, Elms Road OX2 9JZ. 01865 243955.

Childrey

Childrey Little Ducks Baby and Toddler Group

9:30-11:15T at Childrey Little Ducks Baby and Toddler Group, Methodist Church OX12 9UU. 0776 988 6052; For 0 - 4s, £2.20 (drop in).

Faringdon

Buddiez

13:00-14:30TH at Faringdon Children’s Centre, Faringdon Baptist Church SN7 7JF. 01367 242432; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Young Mums up to 25 years.

Wantage

Southmoor

13:45-14:45T at Wantage Civic Hall, Portway OX12 9BX. Helen: 01993 709532; For 0 - 2s, £6 per class (book by 10-week term). Help your baby communicate BEFORE speech.

10:00-11:30TH at Southmoor, Longworth and Stanford Children’s Centre, Laurel Drive OX13 5DJ. 01865 820751; For 0 - 5s.

Wednesday

9:15-11:15T at Grove Parish Church, Main Street OX12 7LQ. 01235 771479 (weekday mornings; For 0 - 3s, £1 per family (drop in).

Informal play session, with story & snack.

Sing & Sign Baby Signing Classes

Abingdon

Play and Learn Session

Wantage

St John’s Toddlers

Music & Messy Play

8:45-11:00TH at South Abingdon Children’s Centre at, Sutton Courtenay Family Centre OX14 4DA. 01235 555524; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). Messy activities & singing.H/V 10.30.

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Thursday

Faringdon

Faringdon Baby and Toddler Group

Abingdon

South Abingdon Children’s Centre

Childminder & Carers Drop in: 9:1512:00TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). All childminders & carers welcome.

Little Chefs: 9:30-12:00TH; For 1 - 5s, (drop in). Come & enjoy some simple cooking. at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, Caldecott Chase OX14 5GZ. 01235 555524.

Baby College Baby Massage Classes

14:15-15:15T at The Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road OX14 1PL. 01865 436920; For 0s, (please book). The award-winning MamaBabyBliss® programme.

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Elms Road Children’s Centre

Family Health Drop In: 10:00-11:30TH; For 0 - 2s, (drop in). HV available to help with any health issues.

Midwife Sessions for Newborns: 12:3014:30TH; For 0 - 1s, (drop in). Feeding support available.

Bump to Baby: 13:30-15:30TH; For bump - 0s, £1 (donation). Under 9 months.

Occasional Health visitor. at Elm’s Road Children’s Centre, Elms Road OX2 9JZ. 01865 243955.

Drayton, Abingdon

Drayton Baby & Toddler Group

Stay & Learn

13:00-14:30TH at Faringdon Children’s Centre at, Watchfield Village Hall SN6 8TB. 01367 242432; For 0 - 5s.

Friday

Baby Sensory Classes

10:30-13:00T at Fernham Village Hall, St John’s Church SN7 7NX. Beccy; 07800 568040; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by term). 7-13mths:10.30am, 0-6mths:12.00pm.

Southmoor

Parent Led Drop In

9:15-11:30TH at Southmoor, Longworth and Stanford Children’s Centre, Laurel Drive OX13 5DJ. 01865 820751; For 0 - 5s.

Wantage

Boogie Beat Music & Movement

9:30-11:30T at The Beacon (formerly Wantage Civic Centre), Portway OX12 9BX. Vici: 07787 121628; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per session (book by 6-week term). Fun music & dance classes.9.30am & 10.45am.

Playmates Challow Toddlers

9:45-11:15T at Challow Village Hall, Main street OX12 9SR. 0775 3428775; For 0 - 5s, £2 per session (drop in). £2 for 1 child,£2.50 for 2 or more children.

Little Kickers Classes

9:30-11:30T at Drayton Village Hall, Lockway OX14 4LG. 07927 339102; For bump - 5s, £2 (drop in). Toys, puzzles, crafts, singing. 20p extra child.

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9:30-11:00T at Faringdon United Church, Coxwell Street SN7 7HA. Megan: 07931 305109; For 0 - 4s, £2 per child (drop in).

Toys, singing & stories. Extra kids 50p.

Watchfield

15:30-17:00TH at Wantage Old Mill Hall, School Lane OX12 7LB. 01865 522 295; For 1 - 5s, per class (please book). 3.30 Little/ Junior & 4.15 Mighty.

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Music & Singing

Abindon

Tatty Bumpkin

9:30-10:00T at Hadland Road Community Centre, Hadland Road OX14 3YH. 07772 966039; For 2 - 5s, £6.67 per session (book by 6-week term). Go on a magical yogainspired adventure!

Abingdon

St. Edmund’s Baby & Toddler Group

9:30-11:30T at St. Edmund’s Parish Centre, Oxford Road OX14 3PL. Bernadette 07813 993604; For 0 - 5s, £1 per family (drop in).

Craft, play, singing and refreshments.

Boogie Beat Music & Movement

9:45-10:30T at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive OX14 1XP. Vici: 07787 121628; For 0 - 5s, £4.50 per session (book by 6-week term). Fun music and dance classes.

Water Babies Swimming Classes

10:45-13:00T at Kingfisher School, Radley Road OX14 3RR. 01869 325499; For 0 - 4s, £13.50 per class (book by 10-week term).

Fun, action packed, progressive swim classes.

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Abingdon

Tatty Bumpkin South East Oxfordshire - Yoga Inspired Classes

Baby Bumpkin Explorer: 10:15-10:45T; For 0 - 2s, £6.67 per session (book by 6-week term). Multi-sensory classes for crawlers & toddlers.

Baby Bumpkin Yoga: 11:00-11:30T; For 0s, £6.67 per session (book by 6-week term).

Multi-sensory classes for 6weeks - crawling. at Hadland Road Community Centre, Hadland Road OX14 3YH. 07772 966039.

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Saturday

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Saturday Dad’s Session

Abingdon

South Abingdon Children’s Centre

Family Fun: 10:00-12:30TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). 2nd & 4th Sat of the month.

Saturdads: 10:00-12:30TH; For 0 - 5s, (drop in). 1st, 3rd & 5th Sat of the month. at South Abingdon Children’s Centre, Caldecott Chase OX14 5GZ. 01235 555524.

Puddle Ducks Swimming Lessons

12:00-13:00T at Radley College Sports Centre, Radley College OX14 2HR. 01666 577377; For 0 - 5s, £12.50 per class (book by term). Baby, toddler and pre-school swimming lessons.

Toddler Sense Classes

13:00-16:30T at Grove Village Hall, Main Street OX12 7PL. Beccy: 07800 568040; For 1 - 4s, £6.75 per class (book by 10-week term). Award-winning class for 13mths +,Free trials.

14:30-15:00TH at Abingdon Library, The Charter OX14 3LY. 01235 520374; For 3 - 5s, FREE (drop in). For 3-7 years.

Baby Sensory Classes

9:45-12:15T at Grove Village Hall, Main Street OX12 7JY. Beccy; 07800 568040; For 0 - 1s, £6.75 per session (book by term).

Award-winning class for 0-13mths.Free trials.

10:00-12:00T at The Children’s Centre at Stephen Freeman School, Freeman Rd OX11 7BZ. 01235 812969; For 0 - 5s, per family (donation). Dates: 11 & 25 Oct & 15 & 29 Nov.

Abingdon

Little Kickers Classes

9:00-12:30TH at Manor Prep School, Faringdon Road OX14 1RF. 01865 522 295; For 1 - 5s, per class (please book). 45-minute football classes for 3-7yrs old.

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10:00-12:00TH at Elms Road Children’s Centre, Elms Road OX2 9JZ. 01865 243955; For 0 - 5s, (donation). 1st Sat of the month.

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