Our Messy Monday session is from 9.30 am to 10.30 am and  is suitable for children over 2 years of age (please note that younger siblings are also welcome during this session)

Our Tiddler Time session is from 11.15 am to 12.15 pm and is suitable for babies/children under two years of age

Our play & learn sessions are a great opportunity for you to join in with your baby/child’s play and have fun together exploring the resources and activities available including:- craft activity (paint, gloop, glue etc), story and rhyme session, sensory play, reading area, sand & water play etc.  Both sessions are planned using the revised Early Years Foundation Stage Principles (learning development & care for children from birth to five)

This term we will be sharing ideas on how you can support your children with their personal, social and emotional development and more information can be found here:-https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/family-information-service/publications-for-families/being-belonging-becoming-parent-information-cards

During previous Play & Learn sessions we shared ideas and strategies for supporting your child’s communication and language skills.  If you would like more information please ask a member of staff during the session.

Leaflets to download can be found here:

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/family-information-service/publications-for-families

We hope to see you and your family at a session soon!

Every Thursday between 10.15 – 10.30 am a group of parents meet at the Children’s Centre entrance in School Lane, Bagshot to go for an hour long walk with their baby, in a push chair or in a sling.

We hope to see you for a stroll soon – remember to wrap up warm!

 Please call the Centre if you would like to join the walk –

01276 473093

A big thank you to everyone who attended our Healthy Eating (Change4Life) Pizza Making activity.  It was a great opportunity for children to try different vegetables and ingredients and create their own individual pizzas.  If you would like to attend similar sessions in the future, please telephone our Centre on 01276 473093.

If you would like to find out more about the latest Change4Life campaign – Sugar Swaps, please click on the link below:

Change4Life/Sugar Swaps

Our Health Visitor Drop-In Baby Weighing Clinics
during  March and April will be held on the following dates:

Bagshot Clinics (held at the Bagshot Sure Start Children’s Centre, School Lane, GU19 5BP) are from 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm and will be held on:

Monday 1st April and Monday 15th April

(Bagshot Clinics are held the first and third Monday of each month)    

Lightwater Clinics (held at the All Saint’s Community Hall, Broadway Road, GU18 5SJ) are from 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm  and will be held on:

Tuesday 26th March and Tuesday 23rd April

(Lightwater Clinics are held the fourth Tuesday of each month)

We regularly hold a Welcome Workshop
for our new parents

The workshop will enable you to meet other parents in the area and chat about life with a new baby.
Also, it is an opportunity for you to find out about the services that we offer at the Centre. We can answer any questions you may have about our sessions and take bookings for any courses that you are interested in; for example Baby Massage.

Please contact us if you would like to attend our next Welcome Workshop

Please note priority will be given to families living in Bagshot, Lightwater & Windlesham, older siblings are welcome to come along too.

Starting Solid Food Workshop

Wednesday 24th April 2019

1.30 pm to 2.30 pm

If your baby is over 5 months, you are very welcome to come along to this workshop. Lois will demonstrate the principles of baby led weaning and provide information on suitable food to give your baby.

If you are interested in attending this workshop,

please contact us to book your place

Liane from Daisy First Aid will be running day time and evening Workshops at our Centre covering CPR, choking, meningitis, seizures, burns and much more.

There is a small charge of £15 per person to attend a Workshop,
which must be paid on booking to secure your place

If you are interested in attending a Workshop please email or call the Centre to book your place on the next available course

(please note that priority is given to families living in the Bagshot, Lightwater and Windlesham areas)

Free help & support from our qualified Careers Adviser available through Bagshot, Lightwater & Windlesham
Sure Start Children’s Centre

The National Careers Service can help you:-

• Identify your skills
• Build up your confidence
• Develop your CV
• Brush up on your interview skills
• Explore your career options
• Search for courses and training
  

To book your place on the next available date, please telephone us on 01276 473093
or email:  childrenscentre@bagshot.surrey.sch.uk

Did you know that your two year old could qualify for up to 15 hours of free childcare a week?

What’s stopping you

(Click on the link above for more information)

To see if you can apply for FEET please contact the Children’s Centre on 01276 473093 or go to www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet

We have been having lots of fun during the last couple of weeks with our seasonal craft activities – our reindeer pictures have been particularly popular and babies, children and adults have all joined in with the fun.