February 2016
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What to do<br />
Stories<br />
Storytime for the under 5s at Victoria Park<br />
Community Centre every Tuesday from 10am to<br />
11.30am. 5 Gore Road, E9. FREE.<br />
Fourth Tuesday of each month, Chatterbooks<br />
reading group for 8-12yrs, quizzes, competitions,<br />
prizes. Dalston CLR James Library.<br />
Building<br />
Free Mini Builders at Shoreditch Library for under<br />
5s and parents.<br />
Museums<br />
Free drop-in activities every day at The Museum<br />
of Childhood, including arts and crafts, tours, trails<br />
and storytelling. For ages 3-12 years. Cambridge<br />
Heath Road, E2. Plus: check out p24 for this<br />
month's extra activities.<br />
There's always something interesting happening<br />
at the Ragged School Museum, 46-50 Copperfield<br />
Road, E3.<br />
Want to be a Geffrye Explorer? There is lots of fun<br />
to be had between 12.30pm and 4.30pm every<br />
Saturday at geffrye-museum.org.uk<br />
Cinema<br />
Hackney Picturehouse Kids’ Club is for ages<br />
3-12 years. picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_<br />
Picturehouse<br />
Swimming<br />
London Fields Lido offer swimming lessons and<br />
they’ve started giving stages 3-8 swimming classes<br />
again. Go to betterlessons.org.uk for details and<br />
booking. Plus of course, there's Mile End Leisure<br />
Centre, York Hall in Bethnal Green and the<br />
gorgeous Aquatics Centre, QE Olympic Park.<br />
New Year resolution<br />
fail? Let us help you<br />
get back on track<br />
Farms<br />
At city farms in Hackney, Stepney, Spitalfields<br />
and Mudchute you can introduce your kids to<br />
the pongs and pleasures of real farm animals.<br />
Stepney City Farm has a great café, as well as<br />
a farmers’ market every Saturday from 10am-<br />
3pm. stepneycityfarm.org, hackneycityfarm.co.uk,<br />
spitalfieldscityfarm.org, mudchute.org<br />
Check out the websites for events.<br />
Personal training with Michelle Crawford<br />
Children welcome if you can't get childcare<br />
Fighting Fit Studio, 15 Bow Wharf, E3 5SN<br />
michellept.wordpress.com<br />
07805 612127<br />
Children's Centres<br />
Wentworth on Cassland Road (wentworth.<br />
hackney.sch.uk), Gainsborough on Berkshire Road<br />
(gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre),<br />
and Morningside on Chatham Place (morningside.<br />
hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre). Meath Gardens<br />
Children's Centre, 1 Smart Street, E2; Mile End<br />
Leisure Centre, The One O'Clock Club (Vicky Park<br />
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