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18 swindonlink.com • January 2012

                                                                          Toddler times again at Peatmoor
                                                                   A baby and toddler group is being relaunched by Kelly Hudson at Peat-
                                                                   moor Community Primary School after an appeal in the December Link.
                                                                     The  group  will  meet  on  Tuesdays
                                                                   between 10am and 12noon from 17 Janu-
                                                                   ary. There will be toys, puzzles, books,
                                                                   art and crafts, and new activities will be
                                                                   introduced in response to interest from
                                                                   members. The drop-in sessions will cost
                                                                   £1 and include refreshment.
                                                                     For details contact Caroline Bowles
                                                                   during school hours on 887473 or mail:
                                                                   [email protected].
                                                                   sch.uk
                                                                   Kelly and Izzy, 2, looking forward to meeting
                                                                   more parents with babies and toddlers
                                                                                   North toddler places
                                                                   Sunfl owers Toddler Group has spaces available for parents with babies
                                                                   and toddlers up to the age of four. This long-running group is part of North
              preschool                                            Swindon Baptist Church and meets on Wednesday mornings, 10am to   eMpIre TheATre
                                                                                                                                cOMpAny
                                                                   11.30am at Abbey Meads Primary School.
              gymnastics                                           call Anna Marshall on 706906.                            Auditions on Sunday 8th
                                                                     Activities include playtime, crafts, Bible stories and singing. For details
                                                                                                                            January at ISIS STUDIOS
              where an early                                         Bench dedicated to playgroup worker                    for everyone between 11
              start makes a world                                  Tears were shed on 5 December at Shaw’s Jellytots Playgroup when a   and 35 years old with a
                                                                   bench was unveiled in memory of assistant supervisor Debbie Dean,   passion for musical theatre
              of difference!                                       a year and a day after she died from an aggressive melanoma.
                                                                     Debbie, right, was a                will remind us over   to take part in The eASTer
                                                                   member of a close knit                coming  years  what   TheATrIcAl experIence:
                                                                   and long serving staff                a  lovely  person  she
                                                                   team and worked in                    was.”
                                                                   the playgroup for 15                    Laura said she was
                                             The crazy-cool        years.                                pleased to have done
                                         dance-fitness workout       The bench located                   the  parachute  jump
                                          for kids (ages 4-12)     in  the  covered  play                but it won’t become
                                                                                                         a hobby. “The bench
                                                                   area next to the play-
                                          set to hip-hop, salsa,   group in the grounds                  is a perfect tribute to    This production will rehearse
                                          reggaeton and more.      of  Brook  Field  Pri-                mum.”                and perform during the
                                             ISIS STUDIOS,         mary School was paid                    Steven added: “All   easter holidays 2012
                                                                   for by a sponsored parachute jump  the  playgroup  staff  came  along   rehearsals from
                                           STRATTON ROAD           undertaken  by  Debbie’s  children  to  Wanborough  airfi eld  to  watch
                                                                                                                              Saturday 31st March  with
                                          SWINDON, SN1 2PG         Steven and Laura Dean, who both  us  come  down;  I’d  like  to  have   performances on 12th -14 April at
                                           For CLASS DETAILS       attended Jellytots as under 5s.  another go.”           The Wyvern TheATre, SWInDOn
                                                                     Playgroup  manager  Jan  John
                                                                                                They raised £1,000 including an
                                          contact your licensed    said: “We all miss Debbie so much;  £82  employee  contribution  from   www.empiretheatrecompany.com
                                           Zumba instructor:       as a team we can almost read each  Nationwide where Laura works.  We specialize in offering young people the

                                           Pollyann Tanner on      other’s minds and not having Deb-  The balance of the money was   opportunity to experience professional
              daily  classes  for  the  under  5’s                 bie with us is very strange. She loved  spent on a bird table for the play-  theatre. The Production team have extensive
                                          07774 991700             reading to the children and being  group garden and a donation was   experience in the West End and Worldwide.
              01793 822262                www.tanwood.co.uk        outdoors  with  them.  The  bench  made to Prospect Hospice.  ISIS STUDIOS, STrATTOn rOAD
                                         Zumbatomic.com Copyright © 2010 Zumba Fitness, LLC
              www.esprit-gymnastics.co.uk  Zumba®, Zumba Fitness® and the Zumba Fitness logos are   Former Jellytots playgroup children with Steven and Laura Dean, centre, and   SWInDOn, Sn1 2pG
                                           registered trademarks of Zumba Fitness, LLC  Becky Gammon from Prospect Hospice and staff, rear from left,
                                                                           Becky Bartlett, Chris Hunt, Jan John, Jo Scott, Nikki Flay







              Close to M4 junction 16, just a short drive from West Swindon
                 For children 3 months to fi ve years
                 Open all year from 8am to 6pm
                 Extensive outdoor play & gardens
                 Easy access and safe parking
              For information call: 01793 851495
                          www.thedaynursery.com
                    Brinkworth Road, Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 8DS





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