For those with pre-school children:

One of the hardest things for anyone looking after a young child at home is the adjustment to the demands on their time and social life. All of these activities run only during term times, but many find them a life-line!

Mothers & Others is a Bible Study group with a creche which runs on Friday mornings. People meet in the Guide Hut and chat from 9.15 onwards, settling their children in to the large creche room, then taking time out together in a smaller room from 10-11am to share requests for prayer and study the Bible together.

School Runners is run on the same principles but without a creche on a Friday afternoon, 1.30-3.00 in the Vicarage, for those who need to collect kids from school.

Parents & Toddlers runs on Wednesday afternoons from 1.30-3.30 in the Church Hall. It is designed for children from 0-4 1/2, with a variety of toys, and a "Circle Time" during which songs are sung, a Bible story is told, and a related craft activity is provided. There is a termly "Pram service" in the church, and of course we mark the seasons! The booklets "Jesus in Mark" which re-tells some of the gospel stories as we have explored them in Parents & toddlers are available at http://stores.lulu.com/marghobbs.

New Kids on the Block is a group for those bringing children up to 18 months old only. It meets on a Thursday morning in the Guide Hut, from 10.15 - 11.45am, and is an opportunity to make friends and to hear a brief "Talking shop" in which a guest speaker chats about an issue relevant to the mums, carers and grannies there!

If you have an enquiry about St Thomas's Nursery School, which is the private business run by a member of the church in our church halls, please contact Stella Roberts on 8886 5369.