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Fawbert & Barnard's Primary School

Learning for Life

COMMUNITY

Listed below is information on community events:

We are providing a breakfast club run by our school staff.  This is operating Monday to Friday from 7:30 am - 8:40 am.  Children arriving before 8:00 am will be provided with a breakfast before being taken to classes at 8:40 am.  Sessions require booking in advance.  For more information of how we can accommodate your needs, please call the school office and speak with the Office Manager.

Chillout Kids Club operate a breakfast club and after-school club from their Barnmead premises Monday to Friday.  However, if they have sufficient children they will deliver to our school and collect at the end of the day.  Please click the link for more information.

Home from Home Childcare is available at our school from 3:00 - 6:00 pm during term time and 7:30 am until 6:00 pm during school holidays.  Click here for more information.

Julie Morris - Local Childminder

Children & Young Persons Officer
Please find below information from Harlow Police's Children and Young Persons Officer that you may find useful:

My First Phone
Online relationship support for parents

Livewire sessions

Livewire are delighted to announce a new project in partnership with Essex Music Education Hub. Their free music workshops are open to Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils across Harlow. 

This is a fantastic opportunity - Click here for more information.

Essex Music School Sessions
Please see the attached information for two-hour Junior music programme specifically for primary school aged students which runs for 10 weeks per term across the school year.

Bishop's Stortford College - Invite & Inspire Event

Bishop's Stortford College are inviting Year 5 & 6 pupils to their Invite and Inspire community day on Saturday 9 November. We are hosting workshops in a range of subjects, including mathematical puzzles and challenges, science, creative writing, design technology and comic book design.

Sessions will be delivered between 9.00 and 12.00, with refreshments provided during breaktime. Parents can sign up for these classes by following the QR code on the attached flyer below to an online registration form, or following the link here - Invite and Inspire at Bishop's Stortford College.

5Ds Dodgeball Club in HARLOW

Please see the poster for a dodgeball league. The link below a our Promo Video which parents/children may like to watch to get a feel for the club. 

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/c9P7CBepA?status=Draft&cid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&region=d833a387-a7cc-4b82-9621-6eb2c167ae9f

Accuro Lego Event

Are you keeping a look out for something to do during October Half Term?
Let the children spend hours diving into lego and unleashing their creativity with Accuro’s Brick Mania on Tuesday  29th October, at The Link in Harlow from 10am to 4pm.  From constructing your own unique creations, to admiring some awesome prebuilt masterpieces, this is the place to be if you love Lego!

£5 per person and children must be accompanied.  Proceeds go to Accuro and will help support people with a disability in West Essex.  For more information, and to guarantee your place and arrival slot (but stay as long as you like!) go to:

https://www.accuro.org.uk/event/brick-mania-an-event-feat-lego-bricks/

Meridian Kung Fu

Kung Fu sessions will be starting at Harlowbury Primary School on Fridays.  Please see the attached flyer for more details about how to register.

Now also available at F&B on Thursdays for 4-7 year olds.  Please see flyer for more details.

Long Ley Park Launch
ParkPlay is coming to Long Ley and people of all ages are invited to get involved! This is the 1st ParkPlay to launch in the area to bring people from local communities together in parks and green spaces for two hours of free, informal games and activity, every Saturday morning. Click here for the flyer with more details.

Harlow Museum activities
Harlow Museum are hosting the following activities for all families:

Victorian Playcation
Community Fete and Arch Fair - see uploads at the bottom of this page

More information can be found about all events at: https://www.harlowmuseum.com/whats-on/

Perform Drama Sessions
Perform are offering F&B pupils a special offer of a free trial session and £40 discount at their sessions.  Please find further information here and here.

Essex Bikeability Recruitment
Essex Highways are currently recruiting for Bikeability/Cycle instructor. Please see the link below for further information.

https://workingforessex.com/apply/cycle-training-instructor-14375?source=workingforessex.com

Bikeability Courses
Bikeability Courses are available over the October half-term.

All different levels are available, as well as our beginner course called Learn to Ride.

The courses are being held in the following locations and more may be added:

  • Chelmsford
  • Colchester
  • Harlow

Please see the flyer and link below for parents/ guardians to book.

https://essex.cycleready.co.uk/publicbooking

Home Fire Safety Visits
Please see the flyer for details of how you can book a Free Home Fire Safety visit from the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

Harlow Park Run
Join the junior parkrun family every Sunday morning for family-friendly 2K events.  Please see flyer below for more details.

Essex Fire Museum

We have two family open days (Halloween) coming up at the Essex Fire Museum over the October half-term:

Sunday 27th October 2024

Tuesday 29th October 2024

There will be opportunities for families to get involved in history trails around the museum, spot hazards in our fire safety room, enter a haunted house, partake in craft activities and a sit on our fire engines (and squirt water😊).  

The museum is free entry (but visits are by appointment only……..as we are on the site of an operational fire station).

If families are interested, could they please email us at:   museum@essex-fire.gov.uk  and tell us the number in their party and the time they would like to arrive (we are open from 10.30am to 4.00pm).   This is just because we have to keep the main station informed of numbers throughout the day. 

Suggested last admissions are 2.30pm.   This is just so that people have enough time to experience everything on site.

Our address and contact details are:

Essex Fire Museum
Grays Fire Station,
Hogg Lane,
Grays RM17 5QS

Phone01376 576847  Email: museum@essex-fire.gov.uk Website:  Fire Museum (essex-fire.gov.uk)

Poster below with more information

ACL (Adult Community Learning / ECC) Halloween Events For Families (Harlow Area)

Family Sessions   ½ Term Holidays & after school

We are offering free, local, Family Sessions in Harlow & Great Parndon. Please feel free to share.

FREE family fun in the Harlow area.  After school or during ½ term.  Run by The Family Learning Team at Adult Community Learning (ACL). For further information, & to sign up, click on the links below:

Arts & Crafts

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL1B04Y24&NAME=Family+Crafting&ID1=9000&ID2=291958&ID3=1

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL3B03Y24&NAME=Family+Crafting+Fun&ID1=9000&ID2=291947&ID3=1

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL4A03Y24&NAME=Get+Spooky%3A+Free+Halloween+Craft+Fun&ID1=9000&ID2=292471&ID3=1

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL4B06Y24&NAME=Autumn+Magic%3A+Free+Family+Crafts&ID1=9000&ID2=292472&ID3=1

‘Time For You’ Adult Sessions

FREE ‘Taking Time For You’ sessions in the Harlow area.  Run by The Family Learning Team at Adult Community Learning (ACL).  For further information, & to sign up, click on the links below:

Time For You

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL3B04Y24&NAME=FL+Time+For+You&ID1=9000&ID2=291945&ID3=1

ESOL: Hobbies & Activities

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL3A04Y24&NAME=ESOL%3A+Hobbies+And+Activities&ID1=9000&ID2=292484&ID3=1

Smart Budgeting Using Excel

https://courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetailsView.asp?CODE=FFL3A07Y24&NAME=Smart+Budgeting+Using+Excel&ID1=9000&ID2=292667&ID3=1

More information on the above can be found in the flyers uploaded at the bottom of this page.

Half-term ESSA water activities

See the poster uploaded below for further information.

Support from Integration Support Services
Please see the attached flyers regarding support from Integration Support Services who offer services for Migrants, Refugees, Aslum seekers and other ethnically diverse communities.

Jobcentre Near Me have made it easier to find your local Jobcentre Plus offices, benefits and employment information. Please click on the following link or further information https://www.jobcentrenearme.com/

Please see the following link supporting Hate Crime Awareness week:

https://www.yourharlow.com/2020/01/10/fawbert-and-barnard-students-design-hate-crime-posters/

Hate crime poster