Orkney

Have you ever wished that children came with a manual?

One ordinary day, seemingly just like any other you become a parent. And you spend the next few years wondering what on earth has hit you. You would like a reliable source of advice to turn to, to help you with the most important yet demanding role of your life?

So how do you learn to deal with amongst others -

What happens when you become a new parent!

Balancing work and family!

Increased stress!

Your child's behaviour!

Changes to you and your partners relationship!

Why you are the parent you are!

Jackie Grier is a nurse, Health visitor and coach with 20 years experience, working with both parents and professionals. She has a flexible, affordable, approach to coaching that suits your needs and lifestyle as a busy parent.

Parent coaching at Emerald is offered on the telephone, face to face and in group workshops. So if you would like to be a more confident parent, understand that you are the expert on your children and learn to trust your own judgement contact Emerald Parent Coaching and..

become the parent you were always meant to be ...

Extra-Curricular Classes - In Schools

Our clubs are hands-on, fun, and educational, giving children the chance to develop cooking skills, confidence, and independence in a supportive setting.

With a catalogue of four years’ worth of recipes, children make something new every week - switching between savoury and sweet dishes - while mastering essential kitchen skills like weighing, chopping, creaming, and kneading.

What’s included for the children:
A recipe prepared each session
All ingredients provided, including dietary substitutions (gluten-free, dairy-free, etc.)
Aprons to borrow
Laminated recipe card with a healthy message
Packaging to take their creations home

“Such a popular extracurricular activity, extremely well organised; they are run by dedicated, enthusiastic staff who are educating our children in cookery skills and widening their horizons! First Class!” Rob Harmer, Headteacher at St Marys School, Henley-on-Thames

School Holiday Workshops

Are you looking for a fun and educational activity for your child during the holidays? Look no further! Our holiday workshops are designed to inspire young cooks while having fun in the kitchen.

Guided by our friendly and experienced Smart Raspberry cookery teachers, children will gain valuable skills in food preparation, cooking techniques, kitchen safety and of course presenting their dishes nicely. Our workshops are often themed recipes from a particular country, season, festival or occasion and are age appropriate. We have regular breaks throughout the day and offer additional activities such as colouring in, foodie quizzes and games especially for the younger age groups. At the end of the day, everyone can take their creations home to impress friends and family with their new found skills

Parties

Stress-Free, Fun-Filled Cookery Parties for Kids! If you are planning a birthday party soon let Smart Raspberry take care of the fun while you enjoy a stress-free celebration! Simply invite your guests, and we’ll handle everything else – ingredients, equipment, and plenty of excitement.

“My daughter had the Smart Raspberry cupcake party for her 8th birthday. It was fantastic and all the girls loved it – the cake making, the icing (with an animal theme) and eating the final product! One of her friends needed an egg-free version and her Mum said they were the best egg-free cakes she had ever tasted! I would thoroughly recommend Smart Raspberry for an exciting and hassle-free party” Karen, Parent

Online Courses

Can’t access one of our in-person classes? Join us online! We offer:

• Weekly Online Classes
• Duke of Edinburgh & University Courses
• Specialist classes for Coeliac children

All from the comfort of your own home, with guidance from our experienced Smart Raspberry teachers.

Children's cookery classes in Acton, Amersham, Ascot, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Bletchley, Birmingham, Bracknell, Chigwell, Chesham, Chiswick, Denham, Ealing, Epping, Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden, Haddenham, Hammersmith, Harefield, Hayes, Hemel Hempstead, Henley-on-Thames, High Wycombe, Hillingdon, Ilford, Loughton, Luton, Maidenhead, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, North West London, Northwood, Olney, Princes Risborough, Reading, Ruislip, Slough, Solihull, St Albans, Stony Stratford, Stevenage, Thame, Uxbridge, West Drayton, West London, Wendover, Windsor, Woburn Sands, Wokingham, Woodford, Welwyn Garden City, Winslow

Sadly, meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia continue to kill more children under five than any other infectious disease and there is still no vaccine to protect against the most common forms. Therefore, it is vital to raise awareness of the symptoms and the importance of early recognition so prompt treatment can be given, which can often mean the difference between life and death.

Meningitis UK aims to increase the understanding of the disease through our ongoing awareness programme. We also fund a number of pioneering vaccine development research projects across the UK to find a vaccine to eradicate the disease. If you require any further information about meningitis or the work that we do, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Meningitis UK is the working name of Spencer Dayman Meningitis UK, registered charity no. 1076774

Address: 25 Cleeve Wood Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2SF
Email: information@meningitisuk.org

Web: www.meningitisuk.org

The Steyning Bookshop offers an extensive range of children’s books to suit all ages. Our range covers general, picture, fiction , audio and self-study books including revision and work books for all levels. Publishers include Walkers, Puffin, Red Fox and Ragged Bear. We also stock a range of soft toys that fit in with the latest popular books such as Madeleine, Maisy, Kipper and Thomas The Tank as well as a wide selection of John Adam educational toys all of which make excellent gifts.

Address: 106 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3RD

Tuition and Registered Exam Centre

We provide unique tuition programmes for students of all levels across a range of subjects. Each child is provided with a series of one-hour tuition sessions with a subject specialist, either in person at our Northampton-based and Nottingham-based offices, or remotely.

Tuition is tailored to the needs of each student, making the lessons truly unique and targeted to their strengths and weaknesses in order to maximise students’ potential.

Along with our 1:1 tuition, we are also an examination centre, meaning that your child can sit their exams with us. This is ideal if your child is home-schooled, needs to re-sit an exam, or struggles to cope in the standard examination environment.

We also offer Cognitive Assessments and personalised training. For more info, you can access our website.

We offer these services as an Ofsted registered and reviewed centre, meaning that our quality and standards are held to account, so you can expect the best for your child.

All of our tutors are experts in their fields and have undergone full DBS checks. They are experienced and can adapt different teaching styles to help their students make rapid and significant progress.

Email: office@bauhaus-education.co.uk,   office.nottingham@bauhaus-education.co.uk,   exams.officer@bauhaus-education.co.uk,   exams.nottingham@bauhaus-education.co.uk

Tel:
Northampton - 01604 434082
Nottingham - 0115 648 9140

Web: https://www.bauhaus-education.co.uk/

Waterstone's opened their first bookshop in Old Brompton Rd, London, in 1982. Since then they have become well recognized as a chain of bookshops with a love of literature. Click onto their website for full details of books as well as the latest literary events and signings.

Web: www.waterstones.co.uk

THE CHILDREN'S SHOW THAT COMES TO YOU! ... Give your kids a special treat this Xmas season 2025/26 and book a full children's panto show.

Dick Whittington and Red Riding Hood, Chaplins touring pantos are full of fun. The children will love to boo the villain, roar with laughter at the comic lead and sing along to all their favourite songs.

If you are thinking of booking a children's entertainer for this Christmas season, why not give your kids an extra special treat and book a full children's show.

We can perform anywhere, from the smallest classroom to the biggest hall or theatre (staging facilities are not necessary). Check out the video on our website for more details.

CALL US FOR A FREE BROCHURE OR TO BOOK A SHOW - OUR DIARIES ARE OPEN FOR THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON 2025/26

Chaplins have troupes situated throughout the UK with two shows available in your area.

Dick Whittington- A Chaplins Gold Production with a cast of 5 actors playing 8 parts, the children will be mesmerised for 2 hours (including a 20min break). The children will be taken on a magical journey with Dick Whittington to Old London Town where they will boo the evil Captain Blood and roar with laughter at the comedy antics of Idle Jack and Sarah the Cook. Packed solid with comedy, adventure, sing-along songs and lots of audience participation.

Red Riding Hood - A Chaplins Mini Panto with a cast of 3 actors playing 5 parts, the children will be captivated for a full 75 minutes. The children will be transported to the Magic Wood where they will meet Little Red Riding Hood and all her friends. Packed solid with comedy, adventure, sing-alongs, and lots of audience participation.

Chaplins have been established for over 30 years and in that time have successfully performed to around 8 Million happy children, throughout the UK.

KindleKids is a child psychology service run by an experienced highly specialist Chartered Clinical Child Psychologist and specialist team. We work together with parents (and schools where appropriate) to assess, understand, support and provide strategies for managing a range of difficulties and concerns. We offer:

• Educational / Psychological Assessment
• Therapeutic support to children and teenagers
• Parenting support
• Consultation to schools

We can help with a range of emotional, behavioural, social and learning issues that may be contributing to a child or teenager feeling unhappy, lacking in confidence or feeling out of control. Following psychological assessment, the child psychologist works with parents so that individual treatment plans can be developed to support them and their families in understanding and addressing their difficulties while at the same time acknowledging and nurturing their relative strengths, in order to help them to reach their potential.

Please see our website for parenting tips and more information about who we are, how we can help and what we offer.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE AVAILABILITY TO TAKE ON NEW FAMILIES FOR DIRECT WORK.

WE ARE HOWEVER OFFERING A NEW, INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL ONLINE COURSE TO EMPOWER PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO MANAGE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH 

SEE DETAILS BELOW

NEW ONLINE COURSE: P.O.W.E.R. - Psychology of Wellbeing and Emotional Resilience
Empowering Parents and Children

This innovative 8-session course is full of practical strategies to equip parents and children with essential life skills for managing emotions, developing confidence, and promoting general mental health and wellbeing. Modules on:

1. Emotional wellbeing and understanding overwhelm
2. Thinking about Thinking
3. Strategies for understanding and managing anxiety
4. More on Anxiety, including sleep and separation anxiety.
5. Unravelling anger
6. Kindling confidence
7. Skills for successful socialising
8. More on parenting and behaviour

Filled with practical tips, lots of strategies and worksheets to accompany every session.

All 8 sessions for the price of one hour of individual support
£180 for lifetime access for the purchaser.

What people are saying:
I have found this course really enlightening and I have been surprised at how much of it is applicable to my life and my family. I have learnt so much and feel that Leanne has a wonderful expertise in this field. By doing this course ( as opposed to taking my child to a therapist ) I am now able to offer support myself, model behaviour and improve communication with my children . I didn’t realise I could be so instrumental in helping my children with the difficulties they face, and I feel almost privileged to be sharing this journey with them now. Leanne has given me more confidence to be able to help my children manage their anxiety in a healthy way, and to ultimately encourage them to be the best that they can be. Thank you! Claire (children 9 & 13)

The POWER course is packed with valuable insights, clever analogies and practical strategies for helping children cope with anxiety, anger and social challenges. In particular, the course helped me, as a parent, better understand my children. I connected with the gentle approaches for encouraging communication and optimism. Thank you! Nili (children 9 & 12) The POWER course highlighted the vital elements underpinning emotional wellbeing and offered really useful strategies and techniques to bring about positive change. Leanne presents a comprehensive guide to understanding a child’s anxiety, underlining the fundamental role that parents play in both building a calmer environment and facilitating a more resilient mindset for children. A valuable resource for parents to retain, revisit and incorporate into the everyday care of children’s mental health. Naomi (children with ASD and ADHD aged 16 & 13)

Is your child/adult learner struggling with spelling and related skills?
Is your child/adult learner underachieving or is possibly dyslexic?
Do you want to see him/her succeed NOW?

RwRR can help you. RwRR (Read it wRite it Remember it) is a unique multisensory STRATEGY, which deals with common areas of failure regarding spelling and related skills and due to its flexible nature it can be tailor-made to individual, group or class needs with little or no preparation.

Our selection of workbooks, flashcards and guides give parents and teachers the tools to help learners acquire the necessary skills for confident spelling. This will in turn help with better long and short-term memory, better concentration, improved self-esteem and encourages independent learning.

Visit our website today and discover an exciting way forward and one you will want to tell others about!

Mobile: 07752 599968
Email: dianeguerard@hotmail.com

Hi there! My name is Emma Shannon and I have loved art from a very young age. I qualified as a primary teacher in 2006 and soon discovered that, due to timetable restraints, there was not enough time dedicated to the arts at school. I was often seeing children with low confidence being taken out of a rare art lesson to do more maths and English.

I believe that we should value art as a subject more as being creative makes us feel good, increases our self confidence and helps us think in different ways.

As an artist and a teacher, it was the logical choice to bring my two passions together to create Go Sketch Club!

I believe in teaching children that there is no such thing as 'good art' and 'bad art', only art we like and don't like. Everyone likes different art! We celebrate 'mistakes' as 'opportunities' within the creative process.

Go Sketch Club aims to develop young artists into self confident, imaginative and creative thinking adults of tomorrow. What can we offer?

Online zoom classes
Drawing tuition for age 9-16 on Tues and Thurs 5pm-6pm
Home Education Art Club: Weds 10am-11am

Arty Parties
If your child loves to draw, paint and create, we have a wide variety of fun art-based birthday parties to suit your artistic child! We even do adult parties if you feel like a unique and calm creative gathering. We can even tailor-make a fun and unique art birthday party for you and your child! All you need to do is have an idea for the theme, supply a work space and away we go! We can travel to a venue you have hired out or we can come to your home.

For example we can do a workshop on cartooning, comic strips, kawaii cartoons, manga/anime faces, zendoodle animals, watercolour painting (any topic), painting masterpiece with a canvas each, clay sculpture and we can even tailor make a party to fit your theme. We are based in Taunton so but love to travel so do get in touch.

Online Zoom Classes: www.gosketchclub.com/allliveclasses
Art Parties in South West: www.gosketch.co.uk/arty-birthday-parties/

Email: emma@gosketch.co.uk

Children's online Art Classes and Art Parties in Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Dorset & London

Top-rated coding education for children aged 6–17, available UK-wide.

Codingal offers live, tutor-led coding and AI classes for children in Years 2–13 (Grades 1–12). With expert teachers drawn from the top 1% of applicants, children learn Scratch, Python, web development, game development, app development, roblox and data science — all from home, on a flexible timetable that fits around school and family life. Trusted by over 1 million learners across 135 countries, Codingal delivers rigorous, personalised instruction with STEM.org-accredited certificates included.

Book a free trial lesson today. www.codingal.com Online — available to children across the UK

Email: support@codingal.com

Codingal is a top-rated online coding and AI platform for children, offering live one-to-one and small group classes for learners aged 5 to 17. Backed by Y Combinator, Codingal has built a global reputation for high-quality, child-friendly coding education — with over 1 million students enrolled across 135+ countries and a 4.6/5 rating on Trustpilot.

Classes are fully online and can be booked at any time and day to suit your family's schedule. Children are matched with expert teachers — all vetted from the top 1% of applicants — who guide them through structured, age-appropriate courses. Course areas include Scratch, Python, web development, app development, game development, data science, roblox and AI. Every child can try a free lesson before committing, and all courses come with STEM.org-accredited certificates. A 100% money-back guarantee is also available.

Book a free trial lesson today: www.codingal.com

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Log onto their very friendly website for full details of how to buy on-line.

The World-wide Education Service (WES) is one of the leading providers of home education courses worldwide. We supply accredited comprehensive, up-to-date learning courses for children aged 4-14 years. No previous teaching experience is required.

WES is designed to create a school in the home, this is particularly beneficial where education facilities are limited or, where there is a need to "top up" local school education.

Our service includes:

• An initial assessment of your child’s educational level.
• Courses tailored to the individual needs of your child, based on the National Curriculum of England.
• All necessary books and materials to support the subjects.
• An introduction from your WES personal tutor who will advise and support you in your role of teacher.
• Regular assessments of your child’s progress.
• A final report detailing your child’s educational level to hand on to future schools.
• A Certificate of Completion

WES is also able to offer a home schooling package for special needs children. Coursework can be adapted to accommodate specific requirements.

Weekend, After-school & Holiday Camps Coding Classes for 6 to 16 years old

Skills Lab is a platform with a huge library of video lessons for kids 6 to 16 to learn everything about coding & game design.