On Saturday 23rd March we celebrated 25 years of North Halifax Partnership!

What a truly wonderful birthday party we had with party games including pass the parcel, face painting, glitter tattoos, tombola and guess the name of the teddy bear and much much more!

We were joined by the fantastic Spike Bonzo!! Who put on an amazing magic show and also live entertainment, which was absolutely outstanding and thoroughly enjoyed by children and their families who came along.

Not forgetting our special guest appearance…. JJ from Cocomelon who came along to join in the fun! What a fantastic surprise that was for everybody!

Our fantastic cook had made a HUGE birthday cake, we sang happy birthday wishes to North Halifax Partnership whilst everybody helped to blow out the candles – it was a great team effort! We also provided a lovely party buffet and free ice creams for all attendees which were gratefully received.

We received some wonderful comments including:

“It was fun! We loved the ice cream and the raffle. The magic man was funny. Hope there is another because I really enjoyed it.”

“Really good event, very friendly staff – so so helpful, very well organised event. My girls both thoroughly enjoyed. No suggestions as everything is spot on. Super happy, always enjoy coming to these events.”

“Great event loads to do, everyone looked like they had great fun. Lovely food and entertainment.”

Singing Mamas is back with 10 x FREE singing for wellbeing sessions at Illingworth Children’s Centre, every Tuesday 10-11.30am from the 23rd of April!

We are very grateful to the Kathleen Mary Denham fund for making this course possible.

So if you’re a mama with a baby up to 2 years old and interested in lifting your mood, reducing stress, connecting with your baby and other mums, then come sing with us.

Brew, home baked cookies and snacks for the little ones included.

No musical experience necessary! Contact josie@singingmamas.org

Join us at the next Shining Stars group on the 6th of April 2024 at Elland Children’s Centre.

The support group is for SEN Children under the age of 5 and their families. There will be a fun stay and play session designed to be inclusive, individual and diverse, just like our children!

There is also the chance to meet other families in a safe, secure and stimulating environment.

See the poster below for all the Shining Star upcoming dates and venues.

For more information please contact Wellholme Park Children’s Centre on 01484 714768.

Are you interested in learning more about your baby’s development? Do you want to feel more prepared about your baby’s speech and language?

Our Baby and Me course is the one for you! We look at baby development, speech and language, crying and sleeping, sensory development and parental wellbeing. This is all followed by a five week baby massage course.

The best part – it is all FREE!

Join us at:

Wellholme Park Children’s Centre from the 10th April until 19th June 2024 between 1-2pm

Elland Children’s Centre from the 15th May until 24th July 2024 between 10.15-11.15am

Creations Children’ Centre from 13th May until 15th July 2024 between 10-11am

Illingworth Children’s Centre from 5th September until 7th November between 10-11am

Innovations Children’s Centre from 30th September until 2nd December between 10-11am

Our next quarterly safety message will be focussing on internet safety for children and how to keep them safe online. Our safety message will focus on how social media misuse can have a detrimental effect including compromising safety of individuals, online bullying and also ensuring applications are age appropriate for children. Visit our online safety page to find out more.

Join us and Dads R Us on Saturday 6th April for a fun filled Easter Egg hunt and First Aid Skills.

The session is running at Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre between 9.30am to 12.30pm. For more information please contact Allan on 07561330887.

At Wellholme Park Children’s Centre we have various strategies that we have implemented to recycle and encourage our children to recycle too…

In Room 2 and Room 3 there is a recycling paper box which the children are encouraged to place paper in that they no longer need, we also have lots of important conversations with our older children about recycling and why it is important.

A huge part of our recycling journey at Wellholme Park is our allotment where we grow lots of fruits, vegetables and herbs in compost from our compost heap.

We enjoy taking the children down to the allotment to help plant and pick the foods that we have grown!

We have had multiple trips out to our local park including on Global Recycling Day where practitioners and children took litter pickers and collected rubbish for us to recycle. We have also recently had a new bin provided in our staff room with three separate compartments for us to easily recycle plastic, paper and tin/metal cans.

Remember…

‘Recycling takes little effort on our part, but makes a big difference to the world’

Join us for some magical story telling sessions told by Story Trails.

There are 4 sessions to choose from:

On the 25th March 2024 come down to Illingworth Children’s Centre at 10.30am for some fabulous stories. Please call 01422 252209 to book your place.

At 1.30pm on the 25th March 2024 join us at The Space at Field Lane for exciting stories. Please call 01484 714768 to book your place.

On the 17th April 2024 at 1.30pm pop down to the Todmorden Health Centre for a magical story session. No booking required.

And finally, on the 18th April 2024 at 10am you are invited to explore some wonderful stories at St Paul’s Methodist Church Hall in Sowerby Bridge. No booking required!

Join us on the 24th March 2024, from 10am – 12 noon, at Innovations Children’s Centre for our 25yr Easter event. There will be a magician and lots of Easter activities.

Booking is essential, so please call 01422 248 222 to secure a place!

Looking forward to seeing you and your Easter Bunnies there!

We are pleased to announce that Creations are holding an Iftar event on Wednesday 13th March – please see the attached poster.

If you or any families you know wish to attend, please phone 01422 434006 to book a place.

*All the food & facilities are FREE*