What Can We Do Today Issue 18

Charnwood's favourite FREE family focused magazine

Issue 18 Autumn 2011

• Active Kids • Active Parents • Animals & Nature • Arts & Crafts • Competitions •• Days Out • Discounts & Offers • Events • Family Fun • Health & Fitness •

• Historical & Educational • Live Entertainment • Outdoor Activities • Parties & Classes •• Shopping • Sport & Leisure • Study & Learning • Water Fun •

FREEfor kids

Charnwood Edition50p

Brought to you in association with

• Jabberjacks Pre-school Classes

• Twinlakes Family Theme Park

• The Handmade Mug Company

• Wild Charnwood Leisure Pass

• Active Together Charnwood

• The Best of Loughborough

• The East Midlands Baby

and Toddler Show

• Great Central Railway

• Barrow Youth Theatre

• Budgens Mountsorrel

• Pilbeam Opticians

• Mini Monsters

WIN 1 of 10 Family Day

Passes!See inside

WIN 1 of 5 child’s tickets to see

Beauty and the Beast!See inside

Don’t miss out on all the adventure, excitement and fun in and around Charnwood

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www.jabberjacks.co.uk/pre-school-classes

For Under 5’sA unique combination of puppets and music,

delivered against a backdrop of drama and play. Be amazed as your little ones develop physical & social skills,

knowledge & confidence.

We have classes running at... Old Woodhouse Community Centre that can be attended on a drop in basis. Prices discounted for a full term!

To find out more or to book a free trial, call 01509 413873 or email jackieandverity@jabberjacks.co.uk

Whilst your child has fun they:

• Improve their concentration & listening skills

• Engage their senses and motor skills

• Develop positive social interaction

• Increase their general knowledge

• Learn about caring and sharing

• Grow in confidence

Be a POSITIVE ROLE MODEL for Your ChildrenCalling All Parents Who Want To Get Fitter in 201

Active Together is a project which aims to increase the current levels of physical activity amongst adultsto the desired level of 5 x 30 minutes per week.

Regular physical activity can help to reduce chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease, help topromote and maintain a healthy weight and strengthen your heart and lungs and so much more besides.

Parents’ attitudes toward physical activity have a direct influence on the attitudes of theirchildren. So the best way to be a positive role model is to embrace physical fitness yourself.

We are here to help you this New Year… “What you do is up to YOU”

To obtain your FREE GUIDE TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR 16+Contact the Active Together Team on 01509 634673

or email active.together@charnwood.gov.uk

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Sunday 16th October 20119.30am – 4pmEast Midlands Conference CentreUniversi ty Park, Beeston, Nott ingham, NG7 2RJ

A family day out that’s happening on your doorstep!Come along with all your family and enjoy the largest Regional Baby & Toddler Show, covering

6 counties in the East Midlands (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire)

Get advice, sign up for our useful demonstration sessions, purchase goodies(even shop for Christmas presents) and lots more!!

NEW for 2011 Show:

• Kidz-bus – soft play activity bus (located outside main entrance of venue on the day)

• National Ice Centre’s mascot ‘PIP’

• Mini Monsters soft play centre (Loughborough) mascot ‘ZIGGY the Monster’

• Test a Vauxhall Meriva family car – demo car at the show

• Great discounts and offers prior to and on the day from our sponsors / partners / exhibitors

• Free samples

Would you, or someone you know, benefi t from exhibiting/advertising at our show?If so, please contact Emma on 07800 571310 or Tina on 07727 687760 for further details

Visit our new look website for more information:www.eastmidlandsbabyandtoddlershow.co.uk

Get advice, sign up for our useful demonstration sessions, purchase goodies

Sunday 16th October 20119.30am – 4pmEast Midlands Conference CentreUniversi ty Park, Beeston, Nott ingham, NG7 2RJ

A family day out that’s happening on your doorstep!Come along with all your family and enjoy the largest Regional Baby & Toddler Show, covering

6 counties in the East Midlands (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire)

Get advice, sign up for our useful demonstration sessions, purchase goodies(even shop for Christmas presents) and lots more!!

NEW for 2011 Show:

• Kidz-bus – soft play activity bus (located outside main entrance of venue on the day)

• National Ice Centre’s mascot ‘PIP’

• Mini Monsters soft play centre (Loughborough) mascot ‘ZIGGY the Monster’

• Test a Vauxhall Meriva family car – demo car at the show

• Great discounts and offers prior to and on the day from our sponsors / partners / exhibitors

• Free samples

Would you, or someone you know, benefi t from exhibiting/advertising at our show?If so, please contact Emma on 07800 571310 or Tina on 07727 687760 for further details

Visit our new look website for more information:www.eastmidlandsbabyandtoddlershow.co.uk

Get advice, sign up for our useful demonstration sessions, purchase goodiesWe have 5 tickets to give away!Just email your details to us by 9th October 2011

at competitions@whatcanwedotoday.co.ukand we’ll draw the winners at random.

Disclaimer: We believe all information to be correct but do not endorse any opinions expressed or products and services featured. All enquiries about content and advertising to features@whatcanwedotoday.co.uk Owned & published by Verity Graham & Craig Johnstone. whatcanwedotoday.co.uk, 89 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7AP Tel: 07540 722094 Between magazines, why not follow us at www.twitter.com/wcwdt For the latest news, reviews and information visit www.whatcanwedotoday.co.uk Between magazines, why not follow us at www.twitter.com/wcwdt

Barrow Youth Theatrepresents an amateur production of...

Friday 18th November 2011 - 7pm

Saturday 19th November 2011 - 2pm and 7pm

at Humphrey Perkins Community Centre, Cotes Rd, Barrow-Upon-Soar

Tickets: £7 & £5 (concessions)

available from The Paper Shop, High St, Barrow

or contact the Box Office on 01509 620 572

or email barrowyouththeatre@tiscali.co.uk

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice

Book by Linda Woolverton

Originally Directed by Robert Jess Roth

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WIN 1 of 5 child’s tickets to see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast!Barrow Youth Theatre presents an amateur production of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Humphrey Perkins Community Centre on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th November.Dancing fl atware, menacing wolves and singing furni-ture fi ll the stage with thrills in this beloved fairytale about very different people fi nding strength in one another and learning how to love. You can’t miss this Barrow Youth Theatre production.

For a chance to WIN, simply answer the following question:

What is the name of the Clock in Beauty and the beast? a) Gaston b) Cogsworth c) LumiereEmail answer to competitions@whatcanwedotoday.co.uk or post to What Can We Do Today, Industry House, 89-91 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, LE12 7AP

Don’t forget to tell us your Name, Age, School, Email Address and Phone Number.

✁MONSTER Party With a name like ‘mini MONSTERS’ Halloween is always a special celebration down at the family run play centre in Loughborough.They have people who have booked for 3 years running returning in June asking to book tickets, which just goes to prove how popular this event is. Activities planned include:• Halloween Face painting• Apple Bobbing• Party Food (fi nger buffet and ice cream)• Pass the Pumpkin• Fancy Dress Competition • Spooky Dancing Competition• Prizes• Visit From ZiggySo why not celebrate this Halloween at Mini Monsters - Loughborough’s only children’s indoor play centre.Tickets on sale now priced at £6.99 including food.Thursday 27th October 2011 - 4.30pm till 6.30pm01509 265766info@minimonsters.uk.comwww.minimonsters.uk.com

Twinlakes Family Fright NightGet yourself along to the Twinlakes Family Fright Night (open till 9pm) – it’s guaranteed to scare the ‘pants’ off everyone! With exclusive scare zones, live actors and music plus a fancy dress disco and bar. Keep your little devils on their toes with free pumpkins to be carved, ride a slide, see those monsters and hide!  There are spooktastic crafts for those budding Picasso’s and a haunted children’s disco for those little diva’s. What if that horror you recently watched was not just fi ction? And staring you in the eye was your worst nightmare – Keep your wits about you as you enter the scare zones!Prices can be found on their websiteSaturday 22nd October 2011www.twinlakespark.co.uk

Twinlakes Family Scream ParkTwinlakes Family Scream Park offers a wicked supernatural blend at Halloween… with unique family spine-tingling attractions, we have grown Ten thousand FREE pumpkins for you to carve with magnifi cent prizes, wicked workshops, creepy competitions, trick & treat and frightening face painting….All you fear is here…!Twinlakes will freak you out with spine-chilling Halloween happenings in our horrifying scare- zones!Experience live horror with creepy characters and eerie entertainment!! Beware of the scary ghosts and ghouls. Encounter Creepy Critters with scuttling beetles, stinging scorpions, hairy tarantulas, scaly snakes and twisted creatures. Dare you brave the dark and deadly corners, as Dungeon Quest comes alive? Don’t lose your head in the Haunted Castle Hunt, where Royal ghosts lurk around every corner.! Can you fi nd your way out of the maze before the Mutants catch you? A scary tale lies deep within the Farmhouse of Fear…Prices can be found on their website15th-31st October 2011 www.twinlakespark.co.uk

• Our favourite entries win• Competition closes: Monday 31st October 2011• Winners will be announced on our website and emailed

COLOURINGCompetition

WIN 1 OF 10 FAMILY DAY PASSES to

TWINLAKES THEME PARK worth up to £51.96* each!

Post your entry to: whatcanwedotoday.co.uk, 89 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7AP

Name......................................................... Age........

School......................................................................

Telephone number.....................................................

Email address...........................................................

FREE admission at The Great Central Railway

Great Central Rd, Loughborough LE11 1RW01509 230726 www.gcrailway.co.uk booking_of�c e@gcrailway.co.ukFREE ENTRY for Wild Card holders with one paying adult.Offer not valid during any special events.

Places are limited and must be booked in

advance by 17th October

Don’t Scream...

Paint a pot for Halloween!!!

Call Lisa 07968 587 45548 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE127AT

Pick up your fired pot the following Friday or Saturday ready for your Halloween celebrations. Children must be accompanied

by an adult at all times. Childrens parties also available.

Available to paintFrankenstein & Skull Mug @ £9.95 each

Skull & Pumpkin tea light holder @ £4.95 each

Have monster fun at

www.thehandmademugcompany.blogspot.com

Sat 22 nd

& Sun 23 rd Oct10am - 4pm

Halloween themed Paint-a-pot WeekendMy family recently visited The Handmade Mug Company in Mountsorrel to fi nd out what all the fuss was about!Having heard some great reports we were invited along by owner/manager Lisa Smith for a preview of what she has in store for all of those who book in for their Halloween themed paint-a-pot weekend.The choice of four halloween style pots are amazing and with Lisa’s attentive instruction and advice my 9 and 7 years olds produced two really effective mugs - infact I have never seen my 7 year old concentrate for so long!

The prices are based on the style of pot and range from £4.95 to £9.95 and the fi nished fi red pots can be collected a week later in readiness for the big night.Places are limited and must be booked by 17th October so be quick and don’t miss out.Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd October 2011 - 10am till 4pm07968 587 455thehandmademugcompany@gmail.comwww.thehandmademugcompany.blogspot.com

01509 413873 jackieandverity@jabberjacks.co.uk

www.jabberjacks.co.uk

PlaymatesParties for 2, 3 & 4 year olds

Be amazed as the children discover the puppets, bubbles, teddies, games and activities, all hidden in the magic box

JuniorsParties for 5, 6 & 7 year olds• Crazy dancing to the latest hits • • Funky prizes and party bags •

• Wacky games •

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