Free Mummy and Baby Meetings in St Johns Wood NW8 for 2017
Free Mummy and Baby meetings in St John’s Wood NW8 for 2017
Below is a list of free coffee morning events when parents and babies have an opportunity to meet and chat and benefit from a wealth of professionals and experts who share their knowledge and expertise for free. These free events are laid out by month. Please do feel free to come, share a cup of coffee with a friendly group of parents and listen to some very experienced speakers share their expertise on a variety of topics. These events are usually held at the St John’s Wood Library on Circus Road, NW8.
Free Mummy and Baby Meetings for February 2017
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 08 February 2017 | 10.45 a.m. |
St John’s Wood Library |
Stephen Grupetta | This talk will explain what coding is and the various (and there are many) paths that schools take when they try to teach it. It will also discuss why coding is becoming more and more important in the society of today and, more importantly, that of tomorrow when our children will be ready to fully participate in it and shape it.”Stephen Gruppetta in addition to being a local parent also runs CodeToday which delivers coding courses for children and workshops for schools. A scientist by training, he quit academia to focus on helping children learn proper coding, properly! He enjoys coding and he enjoys teaching which is why he still prefers to both develop new projects and course curricula and teach the courses himself as much as possible.”
A 20% discount is on offer for anyone coming to the meeting and booking by 12th February 2017. “Coding for children, what is it & what should I know as a parent” |
Free Mummy and Baby Meetings for March 2017
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description
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| 01 March 2017 | 10.45 | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Victoria Rennoldson and Noemi Jean-Clarke | PAID TALK – Moved recently to the UK? Found it hard to get settled and feel at home quickly? Surprised & confused by how your experiences are different from what you expected?
Come and join us for “A Place Like Home” to learn more about what some people experience in their 1st few months in the UK, plus our top ideas to get sorted & settled quickly. Drawing on an experience of moving here as an expat, as well as our joint insight from expat clients, this talk will cover British culture, language & ways of saying things, as well as etiquette. Noemie from Eclectic Minds has taught languages for the last 15 years. After focusing on the younger ones, she now offers classes for adults in lovely cafes around Oxford circus which make for a cozy environment and ensures that learning is interesting and fun. £10 pp |
| 08 March 2017 | 10.45 a.m. | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Pilar Manzanaro | Pilar Manzanaro (BANT, CNHC) is the Nutritional Therapist behind Purple Carrot’s ethos of supporting health and wellbeing through a deliciously healthy and personalised diet that fits your lifestyle. She will host a FREE TALK on “how to maintain a healthy level of nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding” All expectant and breastfeeding mums welcome with babies.
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| 15 March 2017 | 10.45 a.m. | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Silvia Dalvit Ménabé | Silvia studied psychology at the LMU in Munich, Germany, and gained her PhD in neuroscience from the University of London, completing her thesis on an EEG study on the relationship between attention and memory. She runs an advisory service for parents called Babybrains.
Babybrains is all about the importance of the parents’ direct role in a child upbringing, particularly in the first three years of life and Silvia will be joining us to chat to parents and take any questions you may have on “Your brain during Pregnancy.” Further to this very interesting blog post by Baby Brains, http:// |
| 29 March 2017 | 10.45 | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Sally Ashcroft | Sally Ashcroft is a qualified dyslexia assessor and tutor and provides support for children with literacy and working memory difficulties in the Hampstead area. She has been Senco of St Christopher’s school in Belsize Park and a governor in charge of SEN provision at Fitzjohn’s Primary. She has had a long-term interest in diagnosing and remediating working memory deficits and offers both the Cogmed and Meemo programmes to students which can be undertaken at home. Sally will be talking to parents about how to identify the signs and work with their children and the schools to make sure children are well supported. Her talk is titled, “Dyslexia and Working Memory problems” |
Free Mummy and Baby Meetings for May 2017
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description
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| 03 May 2016 | 10.45 a.m. |
Hampstead
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Victoria Rennoldson | PAID WALK – Victoria Rennoldson was born in and has lived most of her life in the local area, and regularly leads orientation & discovery walks locally, as well as gives talks about British life & culture. Her business, Perfect Cuppa English, helps to settle expats into life in London through personalised English language coaching, British cultural understanding and local orientation.
WALK: Hampstead Hidden Gems- historical secrets & stories a walk with Victoria Rennoldson of Perfect Cuppa English & Mums in the Wood. Poets, pubs, artists & a fashionable spa resort! Come and discover Hampstead’s secret and fascinating history with my next walk for Mums in the Wood. DURATION: 1.5 hour walk. DATE: Wednesday 3rd May, 10am MEETING POINT: TBC Babies & toddlers are welcome in a buggy. Please book in advance, places are limited to 10 people. £10 per person. |
| 10 May 2016 | 10.45 a.m. | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Sarah Gillam | Ms Gillam is the head mistress of Maple Walk School and will be talking about “Preparing children for Primary school.” |
| 17 May 2016 | 10.45 a.m. | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Noemi Jean-Clarke | “Do you want to introduce your child to another language?”
This talk will take you through options and ideas to make of French a comfortable environment for your little ones. Be inspired to read, sing and play in French thanks to top tips from Noemie Clarke, founder of Eclectic Minds and language teacher. Noemie has taught French to 3-year-old kids, to classes of 30 Mexican 6 year olds, as well as in secondary schools and to adults (we will not give ages…). Making French a part of her household was already not so obvious, therefore she knows about turning those challenges into a normal routine. This event is free of charge and you will be able to enjoy discounts on the day from One Third Stories as well as from Eclectic Minds, which provides language classes for adults, no nonsense, practical and fun classes.
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| 24 May 2016 | 10.45 a.m. | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Justine Kluck | TBC |
Free Mummy and Baby Meetings for June 2017
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 10 June 2017 | 10.45 | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Rd, St John’s Wood, London NW8 6PD |
Kath London Sloggett | TBC |
