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 Mini Classes are back!
Places are strictly limited, please email [email protected] for more info and to book your place
Gym Beans – Monday 9:30am – 10:15am approx age 2-4 (parent/toddler session) £4.50/session An action packed Parent/Toddler class to start a wonderful Gymnastics journey. Fantastic for Balance, Coordination, Strength but best of all lots of fun too.
Mini Movers with Miss Anna Monday 10:30am – 11:15am approx age 18 months – 3yrs (parent/toddler session) £4.50/session Our fun filled parent/toddler class, we’ll be moving and grooving to your favourite songs, a wonderful introduction to dance, music and movement. Great for coordination, balance and building confidence
Preschool Ballet with Miss Lucy Tuesday 9:30am – 10:15am approx age 2-4 (parent/toddler session) £4.50/session A fantastic introduction to ballet, we’ll be teaching your child beginners ballet technique but most of all having lots of fun as we explore this beautiful classic style of dance
Mini Gymnastics Thursday 4:30pm – 5pm approx age 3-5 A wonderful start to your Gymnastics journey. Working on Gymnastics technique, fantastic for Balance, Coordination, Strength but best of all lots of fun too.
Mini Movers with Miss Lucy Friday 2:00pm – 2:45pm approx age 18 months – 3yrs (parent/toddler session) £4.50/session Our fun filled parent/toddler class, we’ll be moving and grooving to your favourite songs, a wonderful introduction to dance, music and movement. Great for coordination, balance and building confidence
Mini Ballet Saturday 9am – 10am approx age 3-5 £5.75/session A fantastic introduction to ballet, we’ll be teaching your child beginners ballet technique but most of all having lots of fun as we explore this beautiful classic style of dance
DE Movers Saturday 9am – 10am approx age 3-5 £5.75/session This exciting, action packed class gives you the chance to try lots of fun new styles and skills, over the term they’ll be Street, Jazz, Ballet, Gymnastics, Drama, Musical Theatre and much more!
DE Movers Saturday 10am – 11am approx age 5-6 £5.75/session This exciting, action packed class gives you the chance to try lots of fun new styles and skills, over the term they’ll be Street, Jazz, Ballet, Gymnastics, Drama, Musical Theatre and much more!
Mini Musical Theatre Saturday 10am – 11am approx. age 3-5
Dance Expression. Ryedale Indoor Bowling Club, Bowling Lane, Scarborough Rd, Norton, Malton, YO17 8EG
Phone 01653 691102 or 07849 865736
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 and child lessons, junior lessons or adult 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/
Yes?! Then come to Harminis!
A fabulous music, movement and sensory class for preschoolers, babies and toddlers in North Yorkshire, you’ll meet new people, have a magical time and become part of a group that you both want to come back to week after week.
Harminis classes are the perfect way to spend quality time with your child, using music and movement as a fantastic learning vehicle.
Written and delivered by qualified Early Years Music practitioner Kate Tyson who has over 17yrs experience, each class focuses on your child’s early years development without them or you even knowing!
Harminis classes are structured, yet relaxed and are perfectly balanced for your child to learn and also explore their creativity.
Check out our 5 star reviews on google if you need convincing to try Harminis for you and your child!
Wednesday 9.30am & 10.45am at Be Amazing Arts Studio, Unit 2 Malton Enterprise Park, 11 Cherry Farm Close, Malton. YO17 6DU
Friday 10am at Helmsley Arts Centre
Scarborough classes listed on Scarborough Mumbler here
Kate Tyson – do contact via Facebook
Book your place now at www.harminis.com/whats-on
Monday 10.30am Let’s Pretend. Parent and child dance and drama class. Explore a child’s imagination thru dance, songs and acting. Ages 18 months – 4 years
Wednesday 10am. Baby Bop. Tap dance, songs ,rhythms and modern dance. Age 2 and half – 4 years
Saturday 10.30am. Toddler Tumbles. Ages 18mnth to 4 years.
Encourage balance, co ordination and confidence with this fun parent and child gymnastics class.
Kirkham Henry, Horsemarket Road, Malton. YO17 7NB
Kirby Misperton Village hall
Term time only
Wednesdays
Mixed Moo 10am
Baby moo 11am
MooBorn 12pm
WHICH MOO IS FOR YOU?
🐮Mixed Moo – The original Moo Music experience designed for siblings to attend together or friends with different aged children, and not forgetting childminders.
🐮Baby Moo – a stimulating , exciting, multi sensory, interactive, fun experience for Babies who are sitting to wobbly walkers.
🐮Moo born – a calming , multi sensory, relaxed, fun class for our youngest babies aged 0-sitting.
Moo Music with Sarah
We hope to see MOO very soon!
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
FREE TRAILS AVAILABLE
💥EMPOWER YOUR CHILD💥
At UMAC we provide a safe structured environment for your child to learn and develop.
✅ENJOY EXERCISE
✅BUILD CONFIDENCE
✅HAVE DISCIPLINE
✅LEARN TO RESPECT OTHERS
✅HAVE FUN and MAKE FRIENDS
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
Water Babies is the world’s leading Baby and Toddler swim school, swimming over 50,000 babies per week.
We’ll teach you to teach your little one to swim, from lesson one we’ll get your little one used to the sensation of water, developing their natural instincts and transforming these into core aquatic skills. Throughout our programme we use lots of song, games, toys and sensory activities suitable to each child’s stage of development, ensuring both you and your little one are having lots of fun whilst having precious time together and developing new skills. Swimming offers precious one to one time for you and your little one, whilst also offering the opportunity to meet lots of other parents and children in a relaxed and friendly environment.
By the end of our programme your little one will be swimming freely using different strokes and be able to keep themselves safe in and around water.
We work closely with Swim England, the governing body and we’ve woven their learn to swim framework through our programme. So you’ll be simply amazed at the progress your little one makes. And not only will they be able to swim independently and have learnt a skill for life – they will have grown in confidence too.
Mondays: 10.00 – 12.00 Delta@The Marriott, Tadcaster Road, YO24 1QQ
Tuesdays: 10:00 – 12:00 Delta@ Marriott Hotel, Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1QQ
Tuesdays: 14:00 – 16:00 Principal Hotel, Station Road, York Y024 1AA
Tuesdays: 9:00 – 13:30 The Pheasant Hotel, Harome, Helmsley, YO62 5JG
Tuesdays: 9:30 – 12:00 Birdforth Hall, Easingwold YO61 4NW
Tuesday: 10:00 – 12:00 Palm Leisure Club, Carnaby, Bridlington, YO16 4UJ
Wednesdays: 10.00 – 12:00 The Mount, Malton YO17 7ND
Wednesdays: 10:00-12:00 Palm Leisure Club, Carnaby, Bridlington, YO16 4UJ
Thursdays: 9:30 – 12:00 Birdforth Hall, Easingwold YO61 4NW
Fridays: 10:00 – 13:30 The Pheasant Hotel, Harome, Helmsley, YO62 5JG
Friday: 10:00 – 12:00 Delta@ Marriott Hotel, Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1QQ
Fridays: 15:00 – 17:00 Principal Hotel, Station Road, York, YO24 1AA
Saturdays: 8:30am – 12:30 Energise, Cornland Road, Acomb, YO24 3DX
Sunday: 8:30 – 13:00 Energise, Cornlands Road, Acomb. YO24 3DX
Sundays: 9:00-12.00 Palm Leisure Club, Carnaby, Bridlington, YO16 4UJ
Calling all Mum, Dads, Grannies, Grumpas, Aunties, Uncles, Childminders…or anyone else in charge of a Small Person not at school! We are opening a new stay & play group in Welburn Village Hall.
Wednesday Morning 10.00 – 11.30am during term-time (starting 11th September 2024)
We invite you to come along and enjoy a morning of fun, laughter, play, songs & good company.
£3 per child (£1 per additional siblings) No need to book. Pay (cash) on day.
Contact Jayne 07729603189
Welburn Village Hall, Church Lane, Welburn, YO60 7EG
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 2025 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
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
Swimming classes taught by local, independent instructor Chris. Suitable for 3 years plus, £8 per lesson.
Now swimming at Stamford Bridge – Mondays from 6pm for older children, Wednesday afternoons from 4pm and Saturday afternoons from 2pm. Also a parent and baby class on Wednesday mornings and Saturday afternoons.
For more info call 07900 930802
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
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.30an
Playgroup for parents, grandparents, carers, babies and toddlers
No need to book, £3.50 on the door
Hovingham Village Hall, Hovingham, YO62 4LA
Every Wednesday, 10.15am – 10.45am
Story time, songs and rhymes for the under 5s.
Free, no need to book, children to be library members.
Pregnancy, baby & toddler hub based in Pocklington
Classes and workshops for babies and toddlers. Pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, baby yoga and massage.
9.30am to 11.30am Wednesday
Wrelton village hall
Fun play, fun activity, drink and snack allergies catered for, baby weighing scales.
Open to all parents/carers/grandparents and all their 0-5 year old [older siblings welcome.
No need to book just turn up, contact Donna on 07596879108 if you need any more info.
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 am – Crazy Kingdom, 2 Standard Way, Northallerton
Tuesday am – Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge
Wednesday am – Easingwold Scout Hut
Thursday pm – Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall (now in the afternoon)
Contact Alice on 07752 422753
Under new management Autumn 2022
Stay and play Wednesday term time, 1:15-2:45pm £2.50 per child. Birth to 5 Includes snack for the child, hot drink for adults.
We are in the portacabin at Pickering Infant School.
Every other week is messy week we recommend a change of clothes.
Mobile 07763500390
Pickering Pre-School Playgroup
Under new management
Stay and play Wednesday term time, 1:15-2:45pm £2.50 per child. Birth to 5 Includes snack for the child, hot drink for adults.
We are in the portacabin at Pickering Infant School.
Every other week is messy week we recommend a change of clothes.
Mobile 07763500390
There is so much to see at SEA LIFE Scarborough! Dive in and you’ll discover:
Scalby Mills Rd, Scarborough YO12 6RP
01723 373414
Every Wednesday 9:30am – 11:30am during term time.
A friendly and welcoming playgroup for babies, toddlers and preschool children with their parents, grandparents and carers.
Come and join us to:
Plus half termly activities led by teachers from Terrington Primary School.
£3 per family
Terrington Village Hall, Terrington YO60 6PZ
There is a group on Facebook.
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
Wednesdays 10.15-11am at Twiggy’s Play, Thirsk.
Pre-school dance class
Hazel Summerbell – 07476 240497
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
On hold due to COVID19
Wednesday 9.30am – 11am
Norton Trinity Methodist Church
Commercial St, Norton YO17 9ES
Phone: 01653 692504