Services, Courses & Sessions
Term-time Stay and Play - Families with toddlers (1-3 years)
Join us for a fun-filled ‘Stay and Play’ session, where you and your child can learn through play, chat, and create happy memories together. Enjoy a variety of toys, books, and activities that bring stories to life. Sing songs, share rhymes, and explore music with your little ones. Get creative with crafts, dive into messy play, and take part in engaging activities designed for both fun and learning. It’s the perfect opportunity to bond and explore together! No need to book. For more information, contact Michelle Hellend, 0121 557 1034 x.2
Available at: Harvills Hawthorn Primary School, Wolseley Rd, West Bromwich, B70 0NG
Families with toddlers Families with children with SEND
Mini & Me Aqua Exercise
This course is available for children from 6 weeks up to 23 months and their parent/carers. This session is for parent and carers who are confident in chest height water. Parents and children will both have to be in the pool and must wear suitable swimwear - more guidance on this is on the document attached to this event. Come along to the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre for our new FREE Mini and Me aqua-exercise fun with your little one. This session is aimed at parents/carers and their child. Mini and Me aqua-exercise will be 45 minutes with 15 minutes playtime afterwards, please arrive promptly for the session.
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New parents
Twilight Family Stay & Play Session
A perfect chance for the whole family to come and spend time together through play, fun, games, singing and stories. This free session does not require booking, and is term time only.
Available at: West Bromwich Central (Greets Green) Family Hub, B70 9EZ
and 7 more locations
New parents Families with toddlers Families with primary school children Families with teenagers
Forest Friends
These sessions are suitable for children aged 2-5years. Wild Lives invites you and your young explorers for forest school adventures in Warley Woods, an award winning green space and richly diverse woodland full of inspiration and natural wonders! Each session is full of play and exploration with seasonal, nature-based experiences on offer, such as den building, mud kitchen, natural crafts, bug hunting, campfire cooking, treasure hunts and games, among many other things. Forest friends takes place in all weathers and seasons, working with the nature's rhythms, connecting learners to the seasons and the woodland. This helps to build resilience and encourages us to find the joy in everyday, instead of waiting for a sunny day! We provide a positive, supportive, child-centred environment with qualified and experienced practitioners on hand to inspire and nurture young minds. We support children to take age appropriate risks and face achievable challenges that help them to grow and develop
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Families with toddlers
Oldbury Family Hub
Available at: Oldbury Family Hub, DY4 7SD
Expectant parents New parents Families with toddlers Families with primary school children Families with teenagers Families with children with SEND Parent support
West Bromwich North Family Hub
Available at: West Bromwich North (Hillside) Family Hub, B71 3DJ
Expectant parents New parents Families with toddlers Families with primary school children Families with teenagers Families with children with SEND Parent support
Changes Primary Years Programme for Parents/Carers
These informal discussion groups will be held at SpaceHoppas Fun Zone in West Bromwich. Our Changes sessions gives local parents and carers the opportunity to meet others in similar parenting stages in a judgement-free and friendly environment. Children will be allowed FREE access to the facilities as SpaceHoppas whilst you have a chance to chat to other parents/carers and share parenting ideas and challenges. Please note attendees must attend at least four out of the five sessions. Along with the FREE play session you will also receive a FREE hot drink and biscuits, your child(ren) will receive a meal (choose from Chicken nuggets, chips and beans; Fish fingers, chips and beans; Sausage, chips and beans; Pasta with tomato sauce)
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Families with primary school children
Messy Play
These sessions are suitable for children from birth up to the age of 5 years. Come and join us for a gloriously messy play session!
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New parents Families with toddlers
Aquanatal
Aquanatal classes are a fabulous activity for moms-to-be. They are expertly designed programmes that take a holistic approach to an expectant moms’ physical and mental well-being, combining relaxation with cardiovascular exercises to help prepare the body for birth.
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Expectant parents
Baby Beeps
This session is suitable for Children who are Sitting Confidently to Walking. We're excited to be able to offer parents/carers and their toddlers a FREE course of Hartbeeps: Baby Beeps. Baby Beeps™ offers practicality with a giant sense of fun, as we make ‘more’ of important routines found within a baby’s day. The Baby Beeps™ programme offers this pre-walking phase (approximately 6 to 9 months and up to toddling) and their grown-ups’ an introduction to baby play and learning, along with our teaching technique ‘soundplay’ offering a rich platform to explore baby’s developing speech and language. Where this is a demand for places priority will be given to people attending for the first time.
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New parents