Amanda’s Action Kids tomorrow, Sunday 18th May at 11:00 AM …and it’s FREE! - at the Paddling Pool, Duke’s Meadows , off Alexandra Gardens, London, W4 2RX (Nearest Tube Station: Turnham Green). 

Amanda will be supporting the Duke’s Meadows Summer Fun events programme this Sunday,  where kids can get fit in her lively session set to a soundtrack of nursery rhyme classics and the latest pop songs, accompanied by a variety of props and musical instruments. Age 4 months to 5 years but parents are welcome to join in. There’s a café and farmers’ market nearby for replacing energy burned off.
 

The creation of the pool is the culmination of 6 years work by the local community through the Friends of Duke’s Meadows. The £380,000 cost of the project was funded through the Friends social enterprises such as the Sunday Farmers & Fine Foods Market and grants from the London Marathon Trust, Living Spaces, Garfield Weston Foundation, Brett Trust and Hounslow Council. Stanhope PLC donated trees and shrubs to landscape the area.

Duke’s Meadows Trust have established a regular farmers’ market in the yard in front of the Masonian Bowls Club on Duke’s Meadow. This is a particularly apt place for such a market since the building used to be the stores for the market gardens that once thrived in the area. It provides a regular stream of revenue, opening up a range of new possibilities for the charity to improve the Meadows.

The market is held on Sundays from 10am to 2pm and can be reached from the path beside Cavendish School or from Edensor Road through Promenade Approach.

Travelling by Public Transport?

1. Nearest Tube Station: Turnham Green.
2. From Chiswick High Road: take the E3 bus to Edensor Road and use the Promenade Approach Road entrance.
3. From Hammersmith or Richmond: take the 190 bus and  get off at the nearest stop to Edensor Road.
4. By main line train (South West Trains): use either Chiswick or Barnes Bridge Stations. From Chiswick Station take the short journey by E3 bus: or from Barnes Bridge, cross the river and take the tow-path to Hammersmith past the Bandstand to an open stretch of park-land where you’ll find the sign directing you to the water play area.

Enjoy your time in Duke’s Meadow with Amanda - she’s ‘brill’ and whatsmore …it’s absolutely FREE!  Hope the weather’s nice!

Spring Party 12 May 2008
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When:  12th May 2008 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Where:   Eddie Catz, Putney
Entertainment:         
Amanda will be supporting the fantastic London Mum’s Spring Party on Monday 12th May - where there’ll also be a star performance by Hypnotick the famed street dance champions. 

Bambinos Active will be taking all partygoers (0+) on a journey around Europe, using action dance moves to multicultural songs. You will take the train and a plane and along the way some friends you’ll gain!

Price (including lunch, refreshments and a party bag): 
£10 for 1 adult and 1 baby (under 8 months)
£12 per 1 adult and 1 child (over 8 months)
An extra adult pays £5 more, additional babies under 8 months free, a sibling only £2.

To book, please email monica@londonmums.org.uk or call 07900 088123
 

If you live in Stanmore and you’ve heard about Amanda’s classes and just wished that there was one nearer to you  - well guess what… there’s one coming down your way starting on Wednesday 7th May 2008.

If you’ve got a toddler aged between 4m - 3½ yrs, then get yourself along to Bernays Memorial Hall, 25 The Broadway, Stanmore, HA7 4AU (next to Sainsburys) between 10am - 10.45am commencing on 7th May and you’ll have the pleasure of classes taken by Lisa, every Wednesday (Term time only). 

Class fees are £5.00 per child with a ‘family’ price for 2 children of just £9.00. 

For any further information - please call Sarah on 0776 9658790 or email sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk.

Often, people who know Amanda, wonder how she manages to keep all those ‘balls in the air’ at the same  time.  And if you have a look at Amanda’s classes timetable you’ll see that there are at least 16 different classes going on each week - as well as the children’s parties throughout the London area.  As you can imagine, that requires a small corps of part-time dedicated ‘helpers’ to keep the Amanda show on the road, day by day, and to help her cope with any unforeseen eventualities - you know, like sickness, holidays and ‘real-life’ things like that!

Well Amanda’s now at the point where she’s looking to add to her pool of talented part-time helpers in and around London.  So if you’ve ever been to an Amanda class or an Amanda party and thought, “that looks fun” why not consider whether it’s something you’d like to get involved in? 

Typically, you’d need to be able to fill-in on an ad hoc basis for some of Amanda’s classes and /or parties, to cover both planned and unplanned absences and also you’d need :      

• self-employed status
• a driving licence and ready access to your own vehicle
• some free-time in the mornings during school time (for classes support)
• some free-time at weekends (for party support)
• an interest and aptitude for children’s activities and entertaining
• a very flexible approach to being called in at short notice (sometimes) 

If you think this is something you might be interested in (on an ad hoc, part-time basis) why not give Amanda a call on 07946 707 695. 

As I’m sure most of you know, London will host the Olympic and the Paralympic Games in 2012.  As a proud Londoner herself, Amanda’s obviously very keen on the notion of promoting anything that encourages kids to get fit and keep fit and of course to get involved in any way that they can to support what will be a great time for Londoners  There are now only 4 years to go until the London Olympics begins, so it’s highly unlikely that anybody who’s presently attending one of Amanda’s toddler classes is going to end up on the podium in 2012, but there will be many different ways that youngsters and parents can get involved in the cultural events and activities at various London schools over the next 4 years and Amanda will be encouraging all her kids to do their bit.

There are things happening all over London. However, most new sporting facilities will be focused in four London boroughs:

• Hackney
• Newham
• Tower Hamlets
• Waltham Forest

There’ll obviously be lots of building and structural work going on in those areas in order to create the kind of stadia that a world-wide event like the Olympic Games demands.  Hopefully much of what is being constructed will live-on for Londoners afterwards - as part of the London Olympic legacy!

Mums on Call is the the brain-child of Lisa Barrett - a mum of 3 from Chiswick. Lisa first met Amanda around 13 years ago, when she used to take her (now 14 year old) daughter to Amanda’s activity classes at the Acton Priory Centre. Thereafter she took her son and finally her other daughter, Lily who is now 7. Lisa says, “Lily loved the classes at Acton and Chiswick. All of my children adored Amanda and her classes - and I had lots of fun at them too. Lily and her friends will always remember how great her 3rd birthday party was with Amanda at Brentford’s St Paul’s Church. I must admit, I really do miss those ‘Amanda days’ with the kids!” 

Anyway, Lisa just dropped Amanda a note to tell her all about her new business which is called Mums on Call - and Amanda thought that it was such a fantastic initiative, and was so pleased for Lisa, that Amanda thought that she ought to tell the world through the medium of her website.

Mums on Call is a family concierge and flexible childcare service for busy families. They supply experienced, friendly mums (or spritely grandmas!) to help out with flexible childcare (usually up to three hours) in your home - or at a local park, kids club etc… They also help to get tasks crossed off the family’s ‘To Do’ list - such as helping set up parties, waiting in for a delivery, picking up groceries or dry cleaning - in fact, the tasks on a ‘To Do’ list of a busy mum are endless!

Leaving the final word with Lisa who says, ” I wanted to introduce a service which helped other mums out there - sort of like supplying substitute mums for those who just need an extra pair of hands now and then. ”

If you want to know more about the services Lisa provides, her various contact details are shown below.

Website Link: Mums on Call (http://www.mumsoncall.co.uk)
Contact Lisa Barrett: 020 8231 8850
email: info@mumsoncall.co.uk

When Amanda has one of her  Xmas Parties - she really pushes the boat out. This year it was full-tilt again as she played host to 93 children at Chiswick Town Hall on Monday 10th December.  There was all sorts of goings-on with party treats, and entertainment from a bouncy-castle, break-dancing-spiderman (well you gotta’ have one of them!) a clown, a balloon man and a face-painter…(phew) … and then of course there was Amanda’s own special brand of activity and music mayhem.   If you missed it this year - don’t worry ‘cos there’ll another along about this time next year!