children

Earworms – live music for all the family

Event Date: 
16/02/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Hosted by Mervyn Bedford (Musikgarten)

njoy, discover and experience music in a family-friendly atmosphere, featuring a wide range of musicians and music.

www.earwormsexeter.blogspot.co.uk

Tickets: £4.50, £3 children over two.

Age: families with children aged 0 - 11

Running Time: 1 hour

Box office: 01392 493493 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Splosh!

Event Date: 
16/02/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Pull up a bath mat and join Little Lost Duck, Syd the Sponge and the rest of the Bathtub Gang for the bubbliest birthday party anyone has ever thrown, ever! It’s Mr Bath’s birthday and you are invited to his Splishy, Splashy, Sploshy party. But first, his friends are treating him to a very special bath of his own to make him look spick and span and as shiny as a rainbow fish!

This enchanting production for very young children uses dance, music and puppetry to help children and families explore communicative play at bath time.

www.sixthsensetyp.co.uk/splosh-national-tour...

Family Activities at RAMM: Little Explorer Classes

Event Date: 
23/01/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

RAMM Meeting Room A Collections inspired art and craft sessions for under fives with Creation Station. A chance for under fives to take a journey of discovery and make collections inspired creations. Parents, grandparents and carers can enjoy quality time with their little ones in a friendly, social environment.

Contact Erin Blake in advance: Tel 0844 824 4534, mobile:07925 653942 or email erinblake@thecreationstation.co.uk

10.30am-11.30am

Child £5, sibilings £2.50

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Could Christmas hold the secret to our (un)happiness?

It is our ultimate escape. For one day we forget our worries, how much we’ve spent, the stresses of work, and take great pleasure in indulging in the fantasy and magic of Christmas for our children, and seeing the delight on our family’s faces when they open a gift that they love. Why? Because Christmas is more than just giving. It is the sentiment. The message that says – you have held me in mind long enough to get me a gift that I really wanted / needed. It’s the only time of the year when we come together as part of a wider family to all say the same thing to one another.: “I love you,...

Pre-Christmas Indoor Athletics Fun at Riverside

Event Date: 
07/12/2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Riverside Leisure Centre

Two hours of pre Christmas fun is on the cards for children at the Riverside Leisure Centre this Saturday 7th December between 2 and 4pm. Award winning Exeter based South West Athletics Academy run monthly Sportshall sessions at the Riverside which are hugely popular with children between the ages of 4 and 14.

Sessions are lead by qualified coaches and are designed to be fun and inclusive, with eye catching, specialised equipment. During each event children try to better their own personal records in as many of the activities as they like and then compete in teams during mini...

A festive day of family activities

Event Date: 
07/12/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill, Exeter Quay

Christmas is just around the corner but as the shops start to get busier, Devon Wildlife Trust is offering a day away from the crowds.

The annual Christmas celebration at the historic Cricklepit Mill may only be a few minute’s walk from the High Street, but to the tired Christmas shopper it will feel like a world away.

Christmas at Cricklepit is being held on Saturday 7 December from 10.30am to 3.30pm and is a day of free family activities.

Visitors will have the chance to make their own willow star Christmas decorations ready to hang up on their tree at home. There...

Pupils get a taste of council work in Sam ’n Ella’s kitchen

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 11/26/2013 - 11:50am

Forty pupils from local primary schools "took over" East Devon District Council for a day and had a go at running things.

They even got a ‘taste’ of the work done by EDDC’s Environmental Health inspectors when they visited Sam ’n Ella’s kitchen at Knowle in Sidmouth for a food hygiene check.

On Friday 22 November pupils from the following five schools visited the Council’s HQ to learn more about its services and meet Staff and Councillors:

• St Martin’s in Cranbrook • All Saints’ in Axminster • Bassetts Farm in Exmouth • Branscombe Primary School • Broadhembury...

Christmas Crafts for under fives

Event Date: 
17/12/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral Education Centre

Christmas Crafts for under fives

Tuesday 17 December 10.30am - 12.15pm or Friday 20 December 10.30am - 12.15pm

Keep your little ones entertained as Christmas approaches with some fun decoration and card making!

This is a drop-in workshop. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

New research on heart disease in children

The University of Exeter’s Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre has announced its involvement in a three-year project to investigate the effects of exercise on children with congenital heart disease - one of the most common types of birth defects that affects up to nine in every 1,000 children born in the UK today.

The project is the first research study of its kind in the UK and involves a partnership between Toshiba Medical Systems Ltd, the University of Bristol, the University Hospital Bristols NHS Foundation Trust‘s Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol)...

Radio Exe and Princesshay to spread Christmas cheer

Princesshay is collaborating with Radio Exe this festive season to support its Operation Christmas campaign. Operation Christmas encourages shoppers to buy an extra gift which will be donated to Princesshay’s local charity of the year, WESC Foundation.

There will be dedicated Operation Christmas drop off points throughout Princesshay and at the WESC charity shops in Exmouth and Honiton for shoppers to drop off their chosen gifts. On Christmas Eve all donated gifts will be presented to WESC Foundation.

Caroline Burkie, Fundraising and PR Manager, WESC Foundation, says, “We...

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