This is where you can see some of the amazing things
that are happening to celebrate NCDUK2016...
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www.childhoodtrust.org.uk The Childhood Trust is a charity working to alleviate the impact of child poverty in London. They do this by fundraising and working with selected charity partners using digital fundraising platforms such as www.thebiggive.org.uk. To coincide with NCD2016 their Summer Give will open at midday on May 16th when all public donations will be doubled to the participating projects until midday on May 18th. Through the initiative they hope to raise £750,000 for disadvantaged children.
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www.headspace.com Ranked as the number one Health & Fitness app on iTunes, and used by more than 5 million people in over 150 countries, the Headspace mission is to improve the health and happiness of the world by helping people to stress less, focus more and sleep better through the practical application of the Headspace meditation techniques. On NCDUK we will be raising awareness about the importance of mindfulness and, through the Headspace Get Some / Give Some program we are providing free Headspace subscriptions for the staff of charities working with sick and disadvantaged children (together with the children's parents).
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www.relaxkids.com Relax Kids have produced a free downloadable 21 day ebook, 'Relax Your Child', providing relaxation exercises, positive affirmations and 21 tips to keep cool. There will also be a children's meditation and mindful colouring picture that you can download from our website on the day.
To support NCDUK Relax Kids coaches across the UK are running classes, workshops and family days to celebrate and you can search for something happening near you here. |
NCDUK & Voluntary Arts Week - www.voluntaryartsweek.org
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In 2016 NCDUK is linking with Voluntary Arts Week and thousands of volunteer-led cultural groups are meeting across the UK to learn new things, have fun, meet people, share skills and feel good! Events across the UK and Republic of Ireland are listed on the Voluntary Arts Week website, so people can search for something happening near them. For more information and to get involved visit www.voluntaryartsweek.org
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Upstart Scotland is being formally launched on NCDUK!
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International evidence shows that children under the age of seven benefit from an educational approach that supports their all-round physical, emotional, social and cognitive development, rather than pushing them towards early academic achievement.
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Eureka National Children's Museum
www.eureka.org.uk / www.eureka.org.uk/education/powertotheplayful/ Eureka is holding a two day 'Power to the Playful' Play Conference |
Loris Malaguzzi in the UK: what future for early childhood education?
http://www.sightlines-initiative.com/forthcomingevents/conferences/malaguzzi-in-the-uk.html |
A day hosted by Sightlines Initiative and the Thomas Coram Research Unit- 14th May 2016 at UCL Institute of Education, London
The day will be of great value for anyone who wants to go deeper into the history, ideas and practices of Loris Malaguzzi and the world-famous early childhood education in Reggio Emilia with leading experts on the subject; and to think alongside others about their possible contribution to the future development of early childhood education in the United Kingdom. It will speak to a wide range of people including practitioners, students, lecturers, researchers, parents and policy-makers...anyone who welcomes provocation, inspiration and dialogue with this important educational project and experience. |
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Weekend Box are organising a great competition to get children and adults outside and enjoying the beauty of nature by making their own natural picture frame. Download the easy-to-follow instructions from www.weekendboxclub.com/ncd and then head outdoors! When you're back, post a picture to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #WBC4NCD of your finished picture frame for a chance to win a £100 craft bundle for you and your little ones to enjoy together!
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The Pre-school Learning Alliance are encouraging their members and their own services to take part in a week of celebrations and have created resources that will be available on their website www.pre-school.org.uk
The resources include: supporting parents to de-stress and relax, support for practitioners and a week of themed activities for children. We are encouraging everyone to arrange a parents/practitioners and children outdoor event 'getting in touch with nature' on the 15th May too as a climax to the week. They have made a list of suggested activities that should help when planning the day. |
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www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/barrheadfoundry East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure are marking national children's day by hosting a showcase of local classes, activities and services for children in Barrhead Foundry. The day will feature free sample classes from Relax Kids, Baby sensory, Cheer Pom and Showcase stage school. Local author Lindsay Littleson will be visiting to read from her book The mixed up Summer of Lilly Mclean as well as a free book bug session for wee ones. The day will host Pedalwise ER a local initiative to encourage cycling to school and children are encouraged to bring along their bikes for a free safety check. Additionally we will have face painting bouncy castle and swimming for families ALL for free.
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At Mind Tools for Kids we are on a mission. A mission to give kids the opportunity to be happy, confident and their best ever self! Our Toolkit gives kids creativity, belief, flexibility in behaviour and natural confidence. We work with children from 18 months to 18 years, delivering innovative workshops, coaching and sharing our smart and simple strategies for tomorrow's trailblazers! We will be making an ebook available for free download in honour of the day. It will contain tips and tricks to help kids face life challenges -such as confidence issues and coping with stress.
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Join Nature Links on Hounslow Heath at four specially funded outdoor play sessions in celebration of NCDUK.
Under fives and grown ups: Monday 9th 1pm to 3pm Wednesday 11th 10am to Midday Monday 16th 1pm to 3pm Eights and under and grown ups: Sunday 15th 10am to Midday Activities include bug hunting, den building, nature crafts and having a cup of tea. |
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Relax Kids Darlington & Aycliffe are hosting a day of mindful, heartful activities for this year’s National Children’s Day at Brafferton Village Hall.
You can pre-book onto the workshops or just turn up to do some pottery painting or Sand Art. There will be lots of information stalls too giving information about yoga, children’s fitness, Tall Tales Mysteries, FReND to name a few. |
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For National Children’s Day UK your child can step into the world of Kids Mystery Case Files and become an apprentice detective for free. Simply sign up with Tall Tales Mysteries and your case will be winging its way to you for your child to solve alone, with siblings or together with you.
We will be celebrating NCDUK at Brafferton Village Hall, you can add your name and email address at the Tall Tales Mysteries stall where I can tell you lots more about the mysteries and how your child can turn detective. Make sure to say hello, have a go at one of my puzzles and grab a reward! The first ten people to sign up will receive a Mystery Bag for their child too. |
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To celebrate NCDUK The Children's Sleep Charity are actively encouraging parents to share positive family time with their children in the hour leading up to bedtime. Starting on Monday 9th May the charity will be using social media to share ideas about how bedtime can be positive and the kind of activities that may help to support a better night’s sleep.
Families are being asked to share a bedtime story each night with their children as part of the campaign. Bedtime stories can provide a perfect ending to the day. Some families do read to their children routinely for others it is something that has never happened. We are taking part in National Children’s Day and hope that if we can encourage families to read a story each night for a week that it will become routine. There are so many benefits to sharing bedtime stories, not only around improving sleep patterns. |
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Beacon Rise Primary School will be holding a Play Day on Friday 13th May. We did this last year to recognise National Children's Day and it was a big success. We will be setting up a range of outdoors play activities and the children can choose what they would like to do. The activities will include a large water slide, wheelie bin races, junk modelling, playing with cooked spaghetti, water play zone, and large scale outdoor painting. As well as different sporting activities and den building.
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Canterbury Steiner School are holding an event on NCDUK from 11am to 4pm in their stunning grounds. The event will be celebrated with an exciting amount of activities for children and adults. Maypole dancing, complimentary health taster sessions, delicious food, stalls, etc.
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Phoenix Education Trust will be holding an art exhibition to coincide with National Children’s Day on Sunday 15th May, 2016.
The event will take place at Park School - a democratic primary school in Totnes - and will show entries from students across the country who have been asked to depict the joy and meaning of democratic education in their work. Beginning at 4pm and finishing at 6pm, it will be a great afternoon out for the family, which will include refreshments, guest speakers, a raffle, goody bags for kids and a chance to take in the beautiful spring view of Dartington Hall, where Park School is situated. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event, though we do ask that you sign up on this Eventbrite page so we can cater accordingly. |
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Blaise Castle House Museum. For one charmed evening, discover a mystical twilight world in the hidden gardens at Blaise. Step through the portal and see nature transformed. Embark on a playful and magical journey and let your imagination run wild.Use your special activity map to guide you as you make magical dens, silver roses, miniature gardens and paper creatures.
An innovative installation of light and sound created by UWE filmmaking students will illuminate the house. Explore the imagined forests of the future, where large wild animals are living once again. The magic continues after dusk with a performance by young people from Travelling Light Theatre Company at 7.30pm. Be tempted by sweet treats and warming drinks from our pop-up café, or bring your own picnic....The spell will break at the stroke of 9pm. Inspired by the Forest of Imagination events in Bath, The Enchanted Gardens is an exciting collaboration between various creative organisations and people, from community groups to sustainable businesses to local artists, including 5x5x5=creativity, Travelling Light Theatre Company and Touchwood. Part of Museums at Night 2016. |
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Helping Hands is a celebration of children's art to raise awareness and funds for Oban Community Playpark under 5s. We aim to hang 800 handprints on the esplanade in Oban to wave to locals and tourists alike.
The artworks will be created by local children including primary and pre-schools, and children's groups. For more information on how to create an artwork or when it will be on display, please visit our webpage or facebook. 800+ participants |
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Cowslip Concert: ‘Let the children sing; let the children play’ has grown massively from 7 children to now involving almost 50 local youngsters (4-15 years) making music - singing and playing instruments- at this annual event to raise money towards the upkeep of their medieval church. For the 6th year running this annual event in the Nottinghamshire village of Lambley has celebrated local children - with a focus on enjoyment and also giving to their community. The children’s musical endeavours in this annual concert is a means of making their contribution to their local community. It is a joyful occasion and the church will be full. There is no charge, but a collection is taken. Over the years this has amounted to hundreds of pounds. Perhaps more importantly, over the years the clubs and concerts have involved hundreds of children. |
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Hamsey Green Children's Centre are hosting an event for parents, carers and their children under five on Friday May 20th, 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Pop along and visit their mud kitchen, water wall, bug hotel and secret fairy garden. They will be looking for wildlife, making pet bugs, weaving mobiles, building a den and singing songs around the camp fire. |
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To support National Children's Day on Sunday 15th May, Musical Bumps and the Big Fun House have join together to offer FREE 'Family Music' classes followed by FREE soft-play sessions.
Our Family Music classes are designed for 0 - 5 year olds, and we'll be running 4 special 30 minute sessions from 10.00am; 10.35am, 11.05am and 11.35am. After each free class, every child will be able to visit the soft play for FREE too! Places are limited to 15 children in a class. To secure your FREE place, please either message us on Facebook or email us atCanterbury.faversham@musicalbumps.com |
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The St Michael Steiner School are celebrating NCDUK on Saturday June 4th. They will be offering summer crafts, a puppet show story-time, popcorn and songs around the camp fire and free play. Families are invited to bring a picnic to share in their gardens.
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Gumption Girls are holding a Design Workshop for Girls. Know a young girl who loves making things but lacks a little self-confidence?
Then we've got the perfect event for her! This hands-on creative workshop will introduce girls to design thinking whilst also encouraging self-belief and self expression. The day will start with a short introductory activity followed by the design workshop. All girls aged 8-12 are welcome. The event is part of Voluntary Arts Week and National Children's Day UK. Voluntary Arts Week aims to promote and increase active participation in creative cultural activities across the UK. |
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Family Fun day in Ynysmeudwy Park Pontardawe to celebrate NCDUK on Friday 13th May.
Lots going on and it's all free!!! Jamba Drama will be coming, as well as leisure centre staff who will be doing street games and sports. We will have circus skills, drumming work shops, acoustic guitar playing, den building from the Riverside Centre, catapult making, a chance to do a little wood work and also the opportunity to draw or write down your ideas for the park. There will be a BBQ there as well as sweets and popcorn and all proceeds from that will be going to local charity Oranges and lemons. Everyone is welcome so please spread the word. |
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Cooked Up are holding a Cupcake competition, children, parents, families can get together on the weekend to create some cupcakes that they can then share together.
It can be cupcakes, flapjacks or just about anything they love to do. Cooking can be a great way to get rid of those exam stresses and ease the tensions of the day. For every baking selfie we get WE WILL DONATE £1 to NCD and one lucky winner chosen at random will win £40 of CookED.up goodies. You can email us your pics the following ways: [email protected] or by Facebook or tweet us @CookEdUp_Ltd |
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The home ed community, Bishop's Stortford and Saffron Walden Home Educators are holding a special National Children's Day event. They asked everyone, the adults and children, what their favourite things to do were, and created an event around it which will include football and tents in the garden of the village hall, Indian head massage, a nail painting bar, yoga, music, books, trains, cars and lego, ice cream and more!
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The week leading up to NCDUK Highgate Primary Family Centre have been promoting National Children's day, talking about it with the Parents and children, we have had posters up asking for no mobile phones to be used in the centre this week with some quotes from the NCDUK website.
We have been doing lots of messy play, arts and crafts, sensory play and outdoor play as usual but we created a NCDUK activity sheet survey for parents to tick with their child around doing their favourite activities. |
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In the week leading up to National Children’s Day (15 May) the States of Jersey’s 1001 Critical Days and Early Years Taskforce is teaming up with partner agencies to promote the importance of the health and wellbeing of all the family and the benefits of making time to be together.
Every day leading up to NCDUK a Jersey based charity or organisation will be running an event in support of National Children’s Day promoting the message that we all need more time to:
Throughout the week the Jersey Childcare Trust will be encouraging employers to share the 'Go Home on Time' message with their employees as part of an initiative to help families spend more time together. Melissa Nobrega from Caring Cooks of Jersey will be posting a recipe a day on the charity's Facebook page as well as giving out recipes in town on Thursday 12 May. Other initiatives running this week that will be supporting National Children’s Day include: • Schools cyber-safety week being run by Prison Me No Way • Questions in a jar at St Mary’s primary school • 5210 smoothie competition- part of the Fit for Future strategy • Parenting Support Open Day at the Bridge • Growing a kindness tree at Brighter Futures • It’s a Knock Out • The Durrell Dash |
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Ringsfield Eco Activity Centre are holding a day of woodland play for families.
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The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery will host an Upstart Scotland launch event to showcase what could be done in Scotland if the school starting age was changed to seven and a state funded kindergarten stage was introduced. The emphasis would be on the outdoors and connecting with nature.
The event will be on Sunday 15th 2-4pm at Letham Woods in Fife, Scotland. It is one of many Upstart events being held on the same day across Scotland. |