Chingford

Children

s Centre
Activities Programme
1
st
October to 31
st
December 2014
82 Peel Close, Chingford, London E4 6XQ
Telephone: 0208 496 1551
www.chingfordchildrencentre.org
Child Health Clinic
Breast Feeding Support
Midwife
Community Dietician
Adult and Parenting classes
Health Visitor
Library Services
Outreach Support
Speech and Language Therapist
Stop Smoking Advice
Training and Employment
Volunteering
Esol classes and family learning
Back to work courses
Fathers group
Baby massage
Chingford Childrens Centre supports families of children from birth to ve years
as well as pregnant parents in the Chingford area.
Our universal groups like Stay and Play are for all families and are free.
The groups are planned around the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
and support children to learn and develop through play.
Please contact us if you would like to know more about our services or the
partners we work with or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer.
Safeguarding Children
All staff regularly receive child protection training so that they know what to
do if they believe that a child or vulnerable adult is at risk of harm or neglect.
If you have any concerns about a child or adult Raymond Wood is the lead
safeguarding ofcer and can be contacted on 0208 496 1551.
Chingford
Childrens Centre
Our Services
Monday
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Stay and Play 9.3011.00 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which will support your childs
learning for life.
Children
under ve
years
Stay and Play 9.0011.00 Larkswood
Primary School
Term Time Only
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which will support your childs
learning for life.
Children
under ve
years
Dare to Design 9.3011.00 Parkside Centre Come along to this adult workshop
and learn how to design crafts
and gifts.
Children
under ve
years are
welcome
continued overleaf
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Toddler Time
No session on
the 27
th
October
1.303.00 Yardley Early
Years Centre
Term Time Only
Lots of fun and learning
through play.
1835
months
Stay and Play
Messy Play
1.303.00 Parkside Centre Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which will support your childs
learning for life.
6 months
5 years
Speech and
Language
Drop-in
10.0011.30
20
th
October
17
th
November
Parkside Centre Come along for an informal chat
if you have any concerns over your
childs speech.
18 months
5 years
Speech and
Language
Drop-in
1.303.00
15
th
December
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come along for an informal chat
if you have any concerns over your
childs speech.
18 months
5 years
Monday Continued Tuesday
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
TOPs 9.3011.00
Invitation Only
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
A play session which supports
children and parents.
05 years
Tiny Tots
No session on
the 28
th
October
9.1011.00 Yardley Early
Years Centre
Term Time Only
Babies and parent/carers can enjoy
meeting friends and exploring toys
which extend learning.
018
months
Stay and Play 9.3011.00 Handsworth Ave
Health Centre
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which with support your childs
learning for life.
05 years
Rhyme Time
No session on
the 28
th
October
2.003.00 Yardley Early
Years Centre
Term Time Only
Sing familiar songs and action
rhymes and learn some new ones.
23 years
Dosti and Cha 1.303.00 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come to our Asian womens group
meet friends, learn new skills
and share ideas on parenting and
much more.
Children
under ve
welcome
Food Van 12.152.00 Larkswood
Primary School
car park
Low cost, high quality fresh fruit
and veg. Get your ve a day and
eat healthy.
All welcome
Speech and
Language
Drop-in
9.3011.00
28
th
October
4
th
November
2
nd
December
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come along for an informal chat
if you have any concerns over your
childs speech.
18 months
5 years
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Painters and
Decorators
No session on
the 29
th
October
9.3011.00 Yardley Early
Years Centre
Term Time Only
Get messy! Many tactile materials
to experience including paint glue
and play dough.
1835
months
Stay and Play 9.3011.00 Selwyn
Primary School
Term Time Only
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which with support your childs
learning for life.
05 years
Child Safety 9.3011.00
22
th
October
19
th
November
10
th
December
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Learn some practical tips on
how to keep your child safe in
the home and in the community.
05 years
(crche
available)
First Aid 9.003.00
12
th
November
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come and learn important skills
that will help your child and family
in emergency situations and may
save life.
05 years
(crche
available)
Parents and
Volunteers
Forum
Wednesday
1.303.00
29
th
October
17
th
December
Call for venue
details
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Have your say and help us shape
the Chingford Childrens Centre
services and become the best
we can for all under-ves in our
community.
05 years
(Crche
available)
Rhyme and
Story Time
1.302.30 Cafe at Parkside
Centre
Enjoy a world of imagination
through stories and rhymes to
promote creativity and language
development.
6 months
5 years old
Wednesday
Improves relaxation,
encouraging longer sleep
duration for infants
Helps to relieve the
effects of colic, teething,
constipation and wind
Stimulates all a babys major
systems: co-ordination,
respiration, digestion,
learning ability and language
development
Helps strengthen the bond
between parents and child
Relaxes both parent and
child
If you would like to attend
a ve week baby massage
course come along to the
centre or phone us on
020 8496 1551.
Baby Massage
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Child Health
Clinic
9.3011.30
2
nd
October
16
th
October
30
th
October
13
th
November
27
th
November
11
th
December
Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come to get your child weighed with
a Health Visitor, receive health and
feeding advice and much more.
05 years
Stay and Play 9.0010.30 Parkside Centre Be creative with your child and learn
all about the rst curriculum which
with support your childs learning
for life.
05 years
New Parents
Group
9.3011.30 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come and meet other new
parents while your baby makes
friends of their own whilst playing,
singing and exploring their
environment.
Babies
under 6
months
Rollers and
Crawlers
1.303.00 Parkside Centre Babies and parent/carers can enjoy
meeting friends and exploring toys
which extend learning.
018
months
Family Time
No session on
the 30
th
October
1.303.00 Yardley Early
Years Centre
Term Time Only
This session is open to all families
with children under the age of 5
years. There will be lots of activities
for the children and plenty of
opportunities for them (and you) to
make new friends.
05 years
Breast Feeding
Support
1.303.00 Silverthorne Clinic A friendly group which offers one to
one support and advice about breast
feeding your baby.
Under
2 years
Information
Drop-in
1.303.00 South Chingford
Community Library
Parents/carers of children under
5 years can pop in for condential
advice on behaviour, parenting
benets, child development, and
any issues you have with family life.
Parents of
children
under the
age of 5
years
Thursday
Want to gain employment?
Need to improve your interview style?
Want to update your CV?
Well the Waltham Forest Employment Bus will be visiting a place
near you soon. So with job opportunities coming to Waltham
Forest make sure youre in a position to take advantage of them.
Look out for information on our website chingfordchildren
centre.org to nd out where it will be visiting and take advantage
of all the help and support from the expert advisors who will be
on the bus to do just that.
If you are interested in gaining employment or volunteering then
please contact us, ll in the form on our website and someone
will be in touch.
Can you afford to miss such an opportunity?
Looking for Employment?
Friday
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Stay and Play 9.3011.00 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which with support your childs
learning for life.
05 years
Stay and Play 9.3011.00 Coney Burrows
Community Centre
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which with support your childs
learning for life.
05 years
Theatre Bugs 1.001.40 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come on an imaginative journey
with puppet friends, songs and
rhymes.
02 years
Theatre Bugs 2.003.00 Chingford Hall
Childrens Centre
Come on an imaginative journey
with puppet friends, songs and
rhymes.
25 years
Activity/
Event
Time Venue Description Age of
Child
Fathers Group
Last Saturday of
the Month
10.001.30
25
th
October
29
th
November
Parkside Centre
Cafe
Be creative with your child and
learn all about the rst curriculum
which will support your childs
learning for life.
05 years
As more and more of us receive
benets and with the ever changing
rules and procedures it is more
important than ever that we make
sure that we are on top of it. This you
may say is easier said than done as
the rules are always changing how
am I expected to know what the
latest is, how am I to know if I am
receiving too much or not enough.
Well the answer is simple you can
download all the benets information
from the web and read it all and
then understand all the legal jargon
and how it relates to you and then
complete the necessary paperwork
and submit it.
Benet
Saturday
Or you can book an appointment
with our advice worker who will
be able to give you information to
make informed choices. Book an
appointment what have you got
to lose?
It is advisable to check benets
periodically or when there has been
a change in your circumstances.
If you have been overpaid the sooner
you nd out the less you have to
repay. If you have been underpaid
then you want to get your entitlement
as soon as possible.
We can also give information on what
work, paid or voluntary can be done
without affecting your benet also
what training and courses you could
benets from.
DADS + FATHERS + MALE CARERS +
UNCLES + GRANDFATHERS
FATHERS GROUP
So what are you waiting for,
come along and bring a friend.
25
th
October 2014
29
th
November 2014
Parkside Centre Cafe
82 Peel Close E4 6XQ
See you there
In a world of change there are few things
that remain the same and one thing that
has stayed the same is that children want
their fathers. What we have found is that
week days are okay for some fathers to
attend groups with their children however
some still nd it difcult to attend during
the week so we have decided to put on a
group on Saturday.
The group will run once a month, the last
Saturday of the month. So come along with
your child stay and play in a welcoming
and child friendly environment. We have an
experienced facilitator who will be able to
support and give advice when needed; you
will also be able to meet male carers just
like you.
Taking care of your general health
as well as your teeth is the key to
making the most of your smile.
Brushing your teeth twice a day
with toothpaste, ossing them daily
and having regular check-ups with
a dentist can help keep your teeth
healthy. But diet, smoking and
drinking alcohol also have an effect
on dental health.
Limiting the amount of sugar you and
your family eat and drink is important
to prevent tooth decay. Have sugary
food and drink only at mealtimes and
dont eat sugary snacks between
meals. This is especially important in
young children and babies.
It is also important you brush your
teeth in the right way. See the NHS
choice website for more details.
We have a food van which is situated
in Larkswood School on Tuesday
between where low cost fruit and veg
can be bought.
If you want any information on speech
and language, dietician or anything
else for your children under 5 years
please contact us on 020 8496 1551
and we will do our best to help.
Healthy Teeth Happy Smile
Sing to the tune of Im a little tea pot and change
morning for bedtime for second verse.
Im a tube of tooth paste on the shelf,
Sad and lonely by myself,
When it comes to morning hear me shout,
Lift my lid and squeeze me out.
Im sure you know how
good breast milk is for your
baby. The rst weeks milk
is vital for supporting their
immune systems, making
their digestive system work
smoothly. It works as the
primary mum-child bonding
attachment factor which
helps baby to feel safe
and secure.
Did you know how breast
feeding is good for you? First of
all it helps to restore your body
back to pre-pregnancy as the
body is able to recover quickly.
Secondly, the researchers
discovered breastfeedings
positive impact in preventing
the breast and ovarian cancers.
Thirdly, helps to overcome
post birth/natal depression
and builds self-condence.
Breastfeeding can be very
challenging at rst for most,
but I urge you to not give up
at the rst hurdle and you and
your family will benet.
And nally, did you know that
men can breastfeed? Especially
these days as there are
numerous ways to express milk
so that the feeding experience
can be shared by both parents.
Its your choice as a parent and
we are here to support you. We
have a breastfeeding worker to
help you through those rst few
days and weeks so you are not
on your own.
Call us on 020 8496 1551 for
more information or contact
us through the website
chingfordchildrencentre.org
Breastfeeding
Activity Addresses
Chingford Hall Childrens Centre 4 Burnside Avenue E4 8YJ 020 8527 7310
Coney Burrows Community Centre 31 Coney Burrows, Chingford E4 6EB
Hale End Library Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD
Handsworth Avenue Health Centre Handsworth Avenue E4 9PD
Larkswood Primary School New Road E4 8ET
North Chingford Library North Chingford Library, The Green E4 7EN
Parkside 82 Peel Close E4 6XQ 020 8257 6236
Silverthorne Clinic 2 Friars Close, Larkshall Road E4 6UN
Selwyn Primary School Cavendish Road, Highams Park E4 9NG
South Chingford Community Library 265 Chingford Mount Road E4 8LP
Yardley Early Years Centre Hawkwood Crescent E4 7PH
We have some new services
coming to the Chingford
Children Centre in the very
near future.
We have not been able to detail
them in his brochure but when
they have been organised
we will publicise them on the
website and throughout our
buildings so keep an eye out.
Physical fun in the park
First Aid
Get Cooking
And more
If you want any information
on speech and language,
dietician or anything else to
do with under 5s contact us
on 020 8496 1551 and we
will do our best to help.
New Services
82 Peel Close, Chingford, London E4 6XQ
Telephone: 0208 496 1551
www.chingfordchildrencentre.org