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GYM TOTS
SENSORY & MESSY PLAY
Active Ken Ward
Monday 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am - 11.00am
Thursday 10.00am - 11.00am & 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Friday 9.15am - 10.15am & 10.15am - 11.15am
Active Medlock
Thursday 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Together you and your child can explore our
fantastic gymnastic facilities, using all of our
equipment as your child discovers and improves
their movement through climbing, bouncing, and
play their way through our centre. At our Gym
Tots classes you stay with your child as you play
together. Gym Tots classes will give your child the
opportunity to thrive in a stimulating environment,
developing movement, balance and co-ordination
to social and interaction based skills whilst having
fun and learning through play. A British Gymnastics
qualified coach is always on hand to offer you
any support or guidance you may need, and our
gymnasiums are adapted especially with extra
matting to provide a safe learning environment.
ADVENTURE PLAY
Active Medlock
Tuesday 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Thursday 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Most of what babies learn about the world is
through touch. Touching is fantastic stimulation for
your babies brain and in many cases can assist with
settling babies for quiet time or naps. So, we’ve
teamed up our sensory experience with messy
playtime. You will enjoy experiencing first hand their
sheer delight as your child discovers new feelings
and sensations in our fun sensory and messy
play sessions. You and your child will be amazed
by our multi-sensory room, featuring light, sound
and a range of specialised equipment designed to
create an environment that is used for relaxation
and calming. It delivers proven benefits across all
age ranges and from moderate to profound special
needs too.
Adventure Play is designed to encourage your child
to enjoy being active through exploring our soft play
environment. Appealing to your child’s sense of
adventure they will discover a new world of colours,
shapes and textures as they satisfy their curiosity
having fun on our special designed play equipment.
Through structured play sessions your child will
develop valuable social and physical skills at the
same time as having oodles of fun!
LET’S PLAY
Active Medlock
Tuesday 1.00pm - 2.00pm
STAY & PLAY
Active Ken Ward
Monday 4.00pm - 4.55pm
Stay and Play is an excellent opportunity for you and
your child to explore our Gym Tots soft play area.
Stay and Play is very similar to our Gym Tots classes
with the exception of a gymnastics coach not being
present. Your child will enjoy exploring a range of
soft toys, climbing, crawling through our soft tunnel
and much more. Stay and Play gives your child lots
of opportunities to burn their endless bags of energy
in a creative and fun environment.
Babies need to be physically active from the time
they are born. Greater Sport have develop Let’s Play
baby programme to challenge your babies senses
and encourage them to explore. Let’s Play teaches
your child fun techniques to develop stretching,
kicking, looking, grabbing, wiggle and wriggling.
Lots of movements are common sense and some
obvious, but we all need reassuring and reminding.
Come along to Let’s Play and let your child explore
inside and out. Let their brain connect, learning how
their body moves from experience. Let them Play!
WALLY WALRUS
Active Hyde
Tuesday 12.30pm - 2.00pm
Wednesday 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Friday 10.00am - 11.30am
Saturday 9.15am - 10.45am
Active Hyde is the home of Wally! Wally Walrus swim
sessions are filled with fun sing-a-long songs and
plenty of pool games. Active Hyde features a walkin gradient pool entrance making access into the
water, that little bit easier.
MADDIE THE MONKEY
Active Medlock
Monday 9.30am - 10.15am
Your child will love meeting our mascot Maddie!
Maddie the Monkey swim sessions are exclusive
to Active Medlock and are great fun sessions to
help develop your child’s confidence in and around
the pool. Your child will be overwhelmed with
excitement meeting Maddie, and their excitement
will help them forget any insecurity they are feeling
in and around the water.
LITTLE SOCCER-STRIKERS
Introduce your child in to the world of football with
Little Soccer-Strikers. Through play, structured
games, drills and repetition your child will develop
super skills, not only on the ball! Little Soccer
Strikers will teach your child the fundamentals of
football in a fun learning environment. Each child will
develop at their own pace and we ensure they feel
at ease throughout every class.
Active Copley
Tuesday 5.30pm - 6.30pm
AQUA EXPLORERS
Active Medlock
Saturday 10.00am - 10.45am
LITTLE BOUNCERS
LITTLE DUCKS
Active Ashton
Monday 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Wednesday 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Friday 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Active Oxford Park
Monday 5.30pm - 6.30pm
All little ones are full of energy and there’s no better
way to expand this than with a bit of jumping
around. Our Little Bouncers classes offer an
introduction into the world of trampolining. Your
child will have lots of fun throughout each lesson,
what is more, jumping requires lots of co-ordination
helping your child develop balance and agility. At the
same time, each class will encourage your child to
evolve their independence and sense of safety.
Little Ducks lessons are a great way to develop
your child’s swimming ability and confidence in and
out of the water. Our Little Ducks lessons are the
next step on from Ducklings and a platform for our
Learn to Swim programme. Your child can begin
Little Ducks from the age of 3, up until their 5th
birthday. Providing your child is confident enough,
from their 4th birthday you can enrol them on our
Learn to Swim programme. Throughout their Little
Ducks journey your child will work towards a set
of outcomes and achievements. Each grade of the
Little Ducks Awards contains six components that
must be passed before the Award is given, but the
outcomes may be accumulated over a number of
sessions.
Your child can enjoy underwater swimming with
Aqua Explorers! Babies and toddlers just love being
in warm water — and it’s really good for them, too.
Parents and babies can begin Aqua Explorers just
as soon as you feel ready. We have no lower age
limit and even the smallest babies will be relaxed
in our warm baby pool. Our highly qualified and
experienced teacher will gently introduce your baby
to the underwater world, teaching you comfortable
and confident holding techniques whilst introducing
your child to water sensations. Your child will begin
to use natural reflexes to control and hold their
breath. Once your child has developed this skill,
we will show you how to smoothly guide your baby
under the water. Throughout the course your child
is treated as an individual and will develop skills and
confidence at a comfortable pace.
DUCKLINGS
Active Copley
Tuesday 11.30am - 12.15pm
Thursday 12.05pm - 12.50pm
Friday 11.30am - 12.15pm
Saturday 1.00pm - 1.45pm
Active Denton
Monday 9.45am - 10.30am
Tuesday 10.15am - 11.00am
Thursday 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Friday 9.45am - 10.30am
Ducklings is a great way to encourage your baby or
toddler to explore and enjoy the fun of learning to
swim. With your assistance in the water your child
will develop a range of vital skills that will help them
stay buoyant in the water, improving their confidence
both in and out of the pool. Our specialist ASA
teacher will demonstrate and deliver a variety of
fun exercises to help improve your child’s ability.
Ducklings welcomes all babies and children 18
months+ and focuses on progressing your child’s
ability through our Duckling Award Scheme.
Active Copley
Thursday 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Denton Community College
Tuesday 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Friday 4.30pm - 5.30pm
For Little Ducks course information please
contact your local Active Tameside club.
LITTLE TUMBLERS
Little Tumblers classes are the perfect introduction
for young children into gymnastics, as they are
tailored to your child’s requirements. The classes
are structured to make sure our gymnasts get the
maximum benefit from each session. What is more,
session structure helps children develop the skills
they need for nursery and school. Little Tumblers
sessions provide an engaging, fun and educational
experience, with every session they attend they will
learn new and important skills. These new skills
will help them when they progress into our classes
for older children and in any other sports they may
choose to explore.
Our Little Tumblers classes are instructed by British
Gymnastics pre-school qualified coaches. Each
session begins with a warm up, before gymnastics
based activities begin and a play session ends the
class. Gymnastics activities will take place on all
the equipment and your child will develop strength,
co-ordination, balance and spatial awareness in a
fun and safe environment.
We encourage our gymnasts to achieve each new
milestone, not just in terms of gymnastic capability,
but also social development. Whilst your child is
treated as an individual and encouraged to reach
their individual potential.
For Little Tumblers course information please
contact your local Active Tameside club.
LEARN TO SWIM
EXPLORE GYMNASTICS
Our Learn to Swim Pathway takes your child on
a journey from their first splash to developing
confidence and competence in the water. Our Learn
to Swim lessons are supported by the ASA Learn
to Swim Pathway to ensure your child receives the
best possible instruction based on the swimming
expertise of the ASA.
Gymnastics is the perfect way for your child to
improve their fitness. It’s an exciting and challenging
sport, which improves strength, flexibility,
co-ordination and is suitable and beneficial for
children of all ages. Your child will develop a wide
range of skills, improving not just their physical
fitness but their co-ordination and social skills.
Gymnastics is a fantastic spectator sport, but so
much more fun to be a part of – developing skills
on all pieces of equipment your child will be sure to
have fun whilst learning.
Your child’s progression through our Learn to Swim
scheme will result in the development of a wide
range of skills. These skills, when put together will
create a competent, confident and safe Swimmer
who has the skill base for then developing technique
in a wide range of water based sports.
Learn to Swim will take your child through
fundamental movement skills, Stage 1 to 7 of the
National Plan for Teaching Swimming. All our pools
offer Learn to Swim lessons which are available to
children from their 4th birthday. To enquire about
Learn to Swim lessons and enrol your child on the
programme please contact one of our centres. Due
to high demand please be aware there maybe a
waiting list on some of our more popular lesson
times and venues.
For Learn to Swim course information please
contact your local Active Tameside club.
CRÈCHE
To help busy parents stay active and enjoy kids time
out, we have a number of crèche sessions available
running alongside our packed adults programme.
Our experienced professionals will look after your
little ones aged 6 weeks to 6 years old - giving you
plenty of time to chill out or workout.
Active Copley
Thursday & Friday
9.30am - 10.15am & 10.30am - 11.15am
Monday to Friday
9.30am - 10.15am, 10.30am - 11.15am &
11.30am - 12.15pm
EXPLORE TRAMPOLINING
Our junior trampolining programme is great fun for
children aged 6 to 16 years. Throughout your child’s
trampolining experience they will discover oddles of
excitement as they love learning new skills, moves
and routines. Whilst having lots of fun your child will
improve their overall fitness, strength, co-ordination
and flexibility.
It is our priority to ensure every trampolining lesson
is delivered in a controlled and safe environment.
Your child’s coach is British Gymnastics qualified
and registered. Our commitment to development
also means we follow the British Gymnastics Award
Scheme. However, please remember we treat every
child as an individual and will encourage your child
to progress at a comfortable pace.
Denton Community College
Tuesday 5.00pm - 6.00pm & 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Friday 5.30pm - 6.30pm & 6.30pm - 7.30pm
All our coaches are British Gymnastics qualified,
and our commitment to development means we
follow the British Gymnastics Badge Scheme, which
follows a 20 week block structure, divided into two
10 week blocks and our own Active Tameside Skills
Development Plan. What is more, our Active Ken
Ward specialist gymnastics centre hosts a fantastic
range of equipment from a large sprung floor area
and a floor level trampoline to a foam pit, vaults,
bars and beams.
Regardless of your child’s ability, we have a class
to suit to your child’s needs. Our junior gymnastics
programme covers all ages upto 16 years.
For Explore Gymnastics course information
please contact your local Active Tameside club.
www.activetameside.com
Correct at time of print: March 2014