Please contact groups prior to visiting to ensure they are running on this day.
FRIDAY MORNING
Playful Café
A community hub in the heart of Bishopston which offers a relaxed and friendly family play cafe, community support groups, classes and workshops and children’s parties. The play café is open 5 days a week – all welcome. It offers fresh coffee and delicious snacks and lunches, freshly prepared and cooked on the premises.
Tuesday: 08.45 – 15.00
Wednesday: 08.45 – 15.00
Thursday: 08.45 – 15.30
Friday: 08.45 – 15.30
Saturday: closed for private hire
Sunday: closed for private hire
- Non-members – £4 per child, £1 per sibling, free for siblings under 1 year / Members – £8 per month
- Playful Café, Fenton Court, Bishopston, BS7 8ND
- Contact: playfulcafe@hotmail.com / 0117 239 2613
- Visit: http://www.playfulcafe.co.uk/
diddi dance: Horfield Baptist Church
Funky pre-school dance classes suitable for both boys and girls aged 18 months upwards, however, lots of younger children join in too.
- 10 – 10.45am
- Horfield Baptist Church, 279 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NY
- Contact Emily Norman: 07850 983 821 / emily.norman@diddidance.com
- https://www.facebook.com/diddidancebristol/
Tiny Talk: Horfield United Reformed Church
Tiny Talk baby classes are suitable from birth – 4 years and run in term-time.
You and your baby will learn a weekly theme of useful signs related to words about the family, playing at home, going to the park bedtime, meal times and more, plus sing, sign, bounce and giggle as you join in with action songs and nursery rhymes and develop skills such as listening and visual tracking, build on fine motor skills and vocal skills through a range of sensory activities.
Babies will also play instruments to accompany songs, experience bright and beautiful sensory toys such as voile scarves, tactile shapes, flashing balls, stretchy Lycra, bubbles, mirrors and enjoy stunning quality music.
The classes are a great way to make friends and recharge your batteries (with refreshments for you) while your little one enjoys some playtime.
- 9.45 – 10.45am (for toddlers)
- 11am – 12 noon (for babies)
- £6 per session
- Horfield United Reformed Church Hall, 139 Muller Rd, BS7 9RE
- Please sign up per term to reserve your place – contact 07966 592 547 / michelleh@tinytalk.co.uk
- https://www.facebook.com/tinytalkbristol
- http://www.tinytalk.co.uk/michelleh/index.php
Monkey Trousers Theatre’s Mr Gotalot’s Pop-Up Shop: Horfield Baptist Church
Interactive storytelling adventures for 2 – 5 year olds every Friday in term-time.
With puppets, singing, dancing and games galore, join Monkey Trousers Theatre on a fantastic new interactive adventure.
- Dates: Fri 19th Jan, Fri 23rd Feb & Fri 16th March
- Time: 10.30 – 10.45am
- Tickets: £4 per child aged 2-5 yrs / £2 for children aged 1-2 yrs / free for children under 1 yr / £3 for adults
- Book in advance at www.buytickets.at/monkeytrouserstheatre or pay on the door if not sold out (cash only)
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Horfield Baptist Church (Tyndale Rm), 279 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NY
- For more information and session details visit www.monkeytrouserstheatre.com.
Preschool Gymnastics: Bristol School of Gymnastics
Gymnastics classes suitable for children aged over 3 which are designed to give a wide physical education. There are a maximum of 15 children in a class with 3 coaches. Children stay on their own – parents are able to watch the the last session of each course.
The classes are based on themes. There is a group activity at the start, then the children are split into 3 groups to work on the apparatus. They then have time to play and finish with a song.
Children are all provided with a drink and biscuit before they go home.
- 10.15 – 11am or 11.15am – 12pm or 1.15 – 2pm
- £49.60 for an 8-week term
- Contact: Phone 0117 9429620 / email: shirleyclementsbsg@yahoo.co.uk
- Bristol School of Gymnastics, 245 Gloucester Road, BS7 8NY
- More details
Chatterbox: Horfield Baptist Church
Chatterbox is a lively happy playgroup for toddlers from o – preschool age and their carers, whether parents, grandparents or other carers.
It is an opportunity for the children to play, and carers to get to know each other in a relaxed environment. The sessions are term time only on Friday mornings from 10 – 12 and we would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining us with your little ones.
Please contact elsie.murray@sky.com for further information and who will be happy to register and add your child to the waiting list which is currently operating, as although the hall is large and accommodating the volunteers do their best to avoid overcrowding.
- 10am – 12 noon, term-time
- £2 per child over 1 year
- Horfield Baptist Church, 279 Glos Rd, Bs7 8ny – access on Brynland Avenue (green doors)
Bishopston Breastfeeding Support Group
Come along and join this local support group if you are breastfeeding or pregnant at any stage of your journey. Support, information & a chance to chat with other mums & trained breastfeeding peer supporters in a relaxed setting.
- 10am – 12 noon term-time
- Playful Cafe, 1-3 Fenton Court, Fenton Road (off Bishop Road), Bishopston, BS7 8ND
Mainly Music: Cairns Road Baptist Church
Drop-in Music group for babies and toddlers. Drop-in, no need to book.
- 9.30 – 10.15am
- Cairns Road Baptist Church, Westbury Park
- £3 per family
- Contact: 0117 9425669 / email office@cairnsroad.org
- More details
Kids & Coffee: St Gregory the Great Church
Very friendly drop-in playgroup which runs in term-time. Big room with toys suitable for babies up to school age. Refreshments for parents/carers & children.
- 9.30 – 11.30am
- £1 per family
- Church Hall next to St Gregory the Great Church, Filton Road, Upper Horfield, BS7 OPD
- Contact 0117 9692839
Cairns Café: Cairns Road Baptist Church
Drop-in playgroup and cafe. Play area for under-5s always available. Supporting Fair Trade. Home made cakes and freshly made sandwiches and snacks. Promoting healthy eating for children, children’s lunchbox available – select 5 healthy items for £1.50.
- 10.15am – 2pm
- Cairns Road Baptist church, Westbury Park
- FREE entry
- Email office@cairnsroad.org
- More details
Little Fishes Toddlers: Horfield Methodist Church
Drop-in playgroup for 0-3s, waiting list.
- 10am – 11.30am
- Horfield Methodist Church, Churchways Avenue, Horfield
- £1.50 per child plus an extra 50 pence for additional children
- Read a review of this group
- More details
Bart’s Babes: St Bartholomew’s Church
Drop-in playgroup for 0-3s.
- 10 – 11.30am
- St Bartholomew’s Church, St Andrews, BS6 5BZ
- Entry £1.50
- Read a Bishopston Mum review of Bart’s Babes
- More details
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Preschool Gymnastics: Bristol School of Gymnastics
Gymnastics classes suitable for children aged over 3 which are designed to give a wide physical education. There are a maximum of 15 children in a class with 3 coaches. Children stay on their own – parents are able to watch the the last session of each course.
The classes are based on themes. There is a group activity at the start, then the children are split into 3 groups to work on the apparatus. They then have time to play and finish with a song.
Children are all provided with a drink and biscuit before they go home.
- 1.15 – 2pm or 10.15 – 11am or 11.15am – 12 noon
- £49.60 for an 8-week term
- Contact: Phone 0117 9429620 / email: shirleyclementsbsg@yahoo.co.uk
- Bristol School of Gymnastics, 245 Gloucester Road, BS7 8NY
- More details
