Playgroups and classes
Ryedale and Thirsk and the surrounding areas are a fantastic place for bringing up children and there is plenty going on children.
Below is a list of all the local playgroups and drop in clinics throughout the week and also details of all the children’s activities classes available across our area. Please contact the organisers directly if you would like to find out further information or to confirm class times or costs.
Agility is York’s first indoor obstacle course fitness park. We offer a range of classes for all age groups and sessions to suit everyone. Click here for our schedule. The park consists of a ninja warrior obstacle course. ninja gym and toddlers classes and two gym studios providing a huge range of activities and training sessions for toddlers, pre school, juniors, high school and adults. With a large café and bar on two floors we cater for a wide range of parties, functions, events and group sessions.
Parties
Agility is the perfect place for your child’s birthday party. Fun on the course, grip socks, food and drink included. Prices start from £13.95pp.
Bespoke packages for any occasion, corporate events and team building days can be catered for email for details.
Our multi-award winning classes will introduce your baby to a world of sensory exploration. Where the two of you can relax, have fun and share in each other’s delight. For ours is magical world, full of glowing balls, light shows, puppets, bubbles, rainbows, petals, massage, signing and songs. The sessions are designed specifically from birth so we’d encourage you to join as soon as you feel able. We’ve done the research; so you can enjoy the fun.
Thursday: Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall, West Gate, Thirsk, YO7 1QR
0945 0-13 months, 1100 0-13 months
Friday: The Forum, Bullamoor Road, Northallerton, DL6 1LP
0945 0-13 months, 1100 0-6 months,
With Gemma
Learning to swim is a key life skill for any child. Swimming lessons teach them independence, gives them the ability to get themselves out of potentially life-threatening situations, and allows them to get active while enjoying themselves.
Everyone Active’s swimming lessons start for children as young as 4 months old and are available for all ages. Choose from private one-to-one lessons, adult lessons, adult and child lessons or junior lessons. Students work towards badges and certificates, collecting them at each stage.
Why choose Everyone Active lessons?
For more details about swimming lessons in Ryedale, please contact one of your local centres below:
Telephone: 01653 693 407
Website: https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/derwent-swim-and-fitness-centre/
Telephone: 01751473351
Website: https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/ryedale-swim-and-fitness-centre/
Thursday 5:30pm – 6:00pm
During structured play, children are introduced to new ideas and opportunities, enhancing their development and learning abilities, such as setting the foundations for learning to focus, pay attention, take turns and follow instructions.
Children are more likely to engage and be comfortable with a familiar face. Parents can demonstrate and play competitively and co-operatively with their child to enhance their experience. Coaches will continue with guided discovery.
Ryedale (Pickering),
Ryedale Everyone Active Leisure Centre,
41 Swainsea Ln,
Pickering ,
YO18 8NG
Puddle Ducks are award winning providers of swimming lessons to babies, toddlers, pre-school and school age children. Our classes are designed to promote bonding, water confidence and water safety in a fun and loving environment. We take your little ones through a structured programme designed to develop their natural affinity with the water and encourage them to learn to swim independently.
And although we have spent many years carefully developing our progressive lesson plans to develop swimmers, our teachers adapt every activity to suit each child. Our approach ensures that your child’s needs are expertly fulfilled – never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming.
Our baby and pre-school programme is offered through five levels:
Floaties (0-6 months), Splashers (6-15 months), Kickers (15 months – 2.5 years), Little Dippers (2-5 years) and Dippers (2-5 years)
We run classes 7 days a week across York, Hull and East Yorkshire including the Goosewood Holiday Park (Goose Lane, Sutton on the Forest) on Wednesdays and Fridays. Palms Leisure Club (Main Street, Carnaby, Bridlington, YO16 4UJ) where classes take place on Saturday mornings, New Earswick (White Rose Avenue, New Earswick, York. YO32 4AG) on Thursdays and Fridays, ROKO Health Club (Stirling Road, Clifton Moor, York. YO30 4TU) on Mondays and Tuesdays and Archbishop Holgate’s School (Hull Road, York. YO10 5ZA) on Saturdays.
We also run Aquanatal classes, so you can start your journey with Puddle Ducks before your baby arrives! – details HERE
Your little ones can also continue their journey once they have gone to school – details HERE
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At UMAC we provide a safe structured environment for your child to learn and develop.
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3/6yr Little Dragons
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am
7/12yr Ninja Kids
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5.15pm
Saturday 10.15am
56 Castlegate, Malton, YO17 7DT
Welcome to Wild at Heart Hideaway! A community hub on the outskirts of Driffield supporting and enhancing early years development. Anybody can utilise our Hideaway through a huge selection of classes, courses, and daily sessions.
Our sessions included Come and GLOW for both under 12months or mixed ages, Baby Massage, Baby Yoga, Playdough Dreams and Themed Play Sessions.
We offer a home from home environment where parents and little ones can come, play, glow, connect and relax. We have two rooms to move freely between. The first being our tranquil Nest; a cosy, comfortable environment with lots of resources for little ones to enjoy. The Nest is also where we hold our Baby Yoga, Baby Massage and Playdough Dreams sessions. The second room is The Nook A.K.A the GLOW room. With lots of new, specialist equipment for 2024 this room really is something special and is guaranteed to stimulate the senses.
All of these sessions can be booked through our website and up to date news and photographs can be found on our social media pages @WAHhideaway.
Hope to see you there. Ready, set, GLOW…!
Wild at Heart Day Nursery, Four Winds Court, Market Weighton Road, Driffield, YO25 9LH
Join us for a fun and engaging weekly art club session, which gives young people the change to get involved with a wide range of arts and craft activities.
Our sessions run term time on a Thursday from 4-5.15pm which are for young people aged 5-18 and on a Saturday there are two sessions for different age groups. Saturday from 10-11.15am is for young people aged 5-10. Saturday from 11.30am-12.45pm is for young people aged 11-18.
4 Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS. Tel: 01845 526536
Tuesdays – New Earswick & Roko
Wednesday – Roko & Pocklington School (West Green, Pocklington YO42 2NJ) – after school for 4 years plus
Thursdays – New Earswick & Stamford Bridge (Stamford Bridge Junior School, 5 Church Road, Stamford Bridge YO41 1BP) – after school for 4 years plus
Fridays – Roko
Saturdays – Pocklington, Stamford Bridge & Robert Wilkinson, Strensall – all ages at each venue
0808 1 33 44 55 (Landline Free phone) 0333 8008 345 (Mobile Friendly)
Northallerton, Ripon and Thirsk
Baby Massage, Baby Reflexology & Baby Yoga.
Are you a new parent looking for the best start for your baby, then come and discover the magic of Basking Babies and become part of our wonderful community.
Join us for our 10 week baby massage & reflexology course (hot drinks and refreshments included), or our 10 week baby yoga course.
1:1 sessions and dads’ sessions available.
Tuesdays – Thirsk (Sowerby)
Wednesdays – Ripon
Thursdays – Northallerton
FREE taster sessions at Rosedene Nurseries, Northallerton on 15th August 2024
Contact Holly on – 07983495004
We love welcoming families to our museum where you can step back in time to explore what life was like in this market town.
With family trails, hands-on activities, crafts and amazing exhibits you’ll find plenty to see and do for the whole family. When you’ve finished exploring the museum, why not have a picnic by the beck or potter into Pickering to explore the shops and cafes?
We have baby change facilities and somewhere for you to park your buggy while you explore upstairs at the museum.
Don’t forget that Under 5s are free and we offer a selection of family tickets. Tickets are valid for a year!
Well behaved dogs on a lead are also welcome!
Opening Times 2024
25 March – 2 November
Monday- Thursday and Saturday 10am-4pm (site closes at 5pm)
Beck Isle Museum
Pickering
Bridge Street
YO18 8DU
01751 473653
Thursday 10am – 12pm (2nd Thursday of the month in term time)
Grab some baby essentials, meet other Mums and let your little ones play.
Suitable toys for up to 5 years, plenty of toys and books supplied plus sensory play such as water , tuff trays , making glitter shakers
FREE to attend, refreshments available and donations welcome
Hungate Centre, Pickering
07701 098606
Sensory & Messy Play Classes from Birth to 4 years.
Term Booking Discount. £3 Initial Trial Classes. Weekly Pay As You Go Spaces.
Or visit our new Play Village where children use their imagination, engage in group/team work, build social connections, learn skills and provides a solid pathway for learning. For children up to the age of 6. At the Market Weighton Community Hall on selected dates. For more info email [email protected].
Mondays:
4.30-5pm Tiny Tigers (3-5 year olds)
5-5.30pm Tigers ( 6-8 year olds)
5.30-6pm Junior Karate/Kickboxing (8-13 years)
6-7pm Junior Judo (8-13 year olds)
Wednesdays:
4.30-5pm Tiny Tigers (3-5 year olds)
5-5.30pm Tigers ( 6-8 year olds)
5.30-6pm Junior Karate/Kickboxing (8-13 years)
Thursdays
5-5.30pm Tiny Tigers (3-5 year olds)
5.30-6pm Tigers ( 6-8 year olds)
6-6.30pm Junior Karate/Kickboxing (8-13 years)
Our classes are held at our full time training centre in Easingwold
Unit 20, Shires Bridge Business Park
York Road
Easingwold
YO61 3EQ
01347 811351
Held throughout the week at the Community Hall in Thirsk. YO7 1DN.
Our doors will open at 9.15am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and 1.15pm on Tuesdays. Term time only.
FREE tea/coffee for the adults and a FREE fruit snack for the little ones (usually banana, apple, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries) when in season.
£2 per family group per session
Pregnancy, baby & toddler hub based in Pocklington
Classes and workshops for babies and toddlers. Pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, baby yoga and massage.
Make Time for Music at St James’ Church, Boroughbridge.
Every Thursday, 9.30am – 10.30am during term time.
For children aged 0-5 and their carers.
Singing, playing, stories, rhymes and music, musical instruments and sound toys.
Snacks ad refreshments afterwards.
Runs on a pay as you can basis.
Thursdays 9am – 11am (term time)
Rainbow Lane Community Centre, Rainbow Lane, Malton YO17 7BU
Fun, high energy classes which open a world of Literacy to children and teach early phonics skills.
Classes are available for children aged 1 – 4 years. A Phonics with Robot Reg Class is fun, varied and educational, and the best part is that children don’t even realise that they are learning.
Monday – Crazy Kingdom, 2 Standard Way, Northallerton
Tuesday – Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge
Wednesday – Easingwold Scout Hut
Thursday – Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall
Contact Alice on 07752 422753
Running every Thursday during the summer holidays – older siblings welcome, there will be a few extra activities for them.
Thursday morning group for babies, toddlers and preschool aged children and their parents and carers.
Thursday 10am – 11am
St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Pickering
Monday 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Pickering Memorial Hall
Tuesday 9.30am – 10.30am
Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall
Tuesday 1pm – 2pm
Norton Trinity Methodist Church
Thursday 10am – 11am
Old Malton Memorial Hall
Exciting weekly messy play sessions for children aged 0-5. £5.50 per session. Must be pre-booked on 07904 300074
There is so much to see at SEA LIFE Scarborough! Dive in and you’ll discover:
Scalby Mills Rd, Scarborough YO12 6RP
01723 373414
Thursday mornings Term Time only
9:45-11:45
Sheriff Hutton Village Hall, Finkle Street , Sheriff Hutton
A warm welcome awaits all parents, grandparents and carers with babies, toddlers and preschool children. The room is laid out attractively with art and craft activities, small climbing toys, water play and a baby area. Staff are on hand to chat with you, make you a cup of tea and introduce you to other parents. We have snack time, where we share a plate of healthy snacks and end the session with singing circle.
We charge £3.50 per family (£2.00 if you only have a baby) to cover the cost of the hall hire, but no charge is made if you would struggle to pay this. Tea/coffee and biscuits are provided. We hope to see you there and get to know both you and your child.
Baby & Toddler Swimming Classes
It’s time to get back in the water with your babe!! Lessons are now running on Mondays, Thursday and Friday mornings. Yipeee Come & have a splash with Swimming with Linzi at Carr Junior School, York from 2 month – preschool
Contact Linzi on: 07583 936246
The Sensory Den are running a pop-up sensory room available for both 1:1 sessions and preschool/babies Stay & Play sessions. Perfect for children and adults of all ages, particularly those with SEN/autism and ADHD. Immerse yourself in a beautiful, colourful and calming safe space and explore at your own pace.
Find on Facebook
Tel: 07817599471
Baby Massage (Monday to Friday) courses are offered in the comfort of your own home or within a class environment in beautiful hired venues. This wonderful mobile baby massage service covers Thirsk, Easingwold, York and surrounding villages.
Music and Movement classes for under 5s. Activities are aimed at 12 months+ but younger stompers are always welcome.
Timetables can be found on Tiny Stompers FB or Instagram page.
Contact Becky for more details 07739 960910