Page 46 • The HERALD • 20th February 2025 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v KIDS ZONE Services offered: Private Tuition Home-Schooling Alternative Provision Exam Entry Coaching and Mentoring Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com Paultons Park has been awarded diamond, platinum plus, and platinum grades at the 2025 Loo of the Year Awards for all nine of its toilet facilities. e theme park was recognised as the theme park with the highest washroom standards in England and took home the National Water & Theme Park Award for England trophy. The family theme park also retained its place as one of 12 organisations in the Loo of the Year Champions League for the third year in a row. e league recognises entrants that have maintained a consistently high standard of management. Paultons Park rst won at the Loo of the Year awards in 2014 and has been commended every year since. James Mancey, Deputy Managing Director at Paultons Park said: “We take immense pride in the small details that we know make the biggest difference to a guest’s day at Paultons Park. Our mission is to provide our guests with a unique family experience that represents the best value for money day out in a safe and quality environment. Clean and welcoming toilets and changing facilities are a nonCome along to our ‘New Parent Meet & Connect’ group to connect with other parents and explore sensory activities. ese supportive sessions are perfect for new babies, so parents can share advice and receive signposting, whether you’re a new parent or not! Every Thursday, 11am-12pm, no need to book. On a Roll: Paultons Park Celebrates 11th Loo of the Year Award Win! Cyclonator Paultons Park Peppa Pig World negotiable for us. Health, safety, and hygiene are incredibly important, especially when we’re welcoming hundreds of families to the park each day. It’s thanks to our team who work tirelessly day-in-day-out that our facilities are maintained to an award-winning standard.” e Loo of the Year awards have recognised the best washrooms in Britain since 1987, celebrating impeccable standards in all ‘away from home’ washrooms. Paultons Park reopened for the 2025 season on 8th February. Tickets start at £45 for advance single bookings and children under 1m go free. For further information and to pre-book your tickets, please visit the Paultons Park website: paultonspark.co.uk/ tickets/ Children’s Cinema Closer to Home! Hythe and Dibden Parish Council are bringing the big screen closer to home with the introduction of a Children’s Cinema to Hythe. Opening with a screening of Despicable Me 4, on Friday 28th February at Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall (SO45 6AA), doors will open at 4pm, with the lm starting at 4.30pm. Tickets are only £4 per person and available to buy from Meeple Play Café in Pylewell Road, Hythe or on the door. Refreshments will be on sale provided by the Handy Trust for this screening. Culture in Common have supported the opening of the Children’s Cinema with a grant to purchase additional comfy seating, as well as money towards educational materials that can be taken home by parents and children a er the lm. In addition to the comfy padded chairs already used for the Hythe Cinema, the Children’s Cinema will have a large matted area for children to sit on when watching the lms, as well as some bean bags and cushions, giving children the option to sit in a more comfortable environment while watching the lms. e Children’s Cinema is on a 3 month trial, and if successful will carry on, on the last Friday of every month. Refreshments will be provided by di erent local groups at each screening, with each organisation keeping any pro ts they make for their own cause. For more information visit: www.hytheanddibden.gov.uk Meet and Connect with New Parents at Hythe Library from Hythe Library New Forest Marque Producers’ Spring Roadshow Go along to Everton Nurseries (Christchurch Road, Everton, SO41 0BF) on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th March, 10am to 4pm to meet a host of New Forest Marque members at their Producers’ Spring Roadshow. You’ll be able to browse and buy delicious New Forest food and drink, as well as handmade products from their art and cra members. It’s the perfect opportunity to support small, local businesses and artists while indulging in produce that has been grown, reared, caught, produced or processed right here on your doorstep. For more information visit: www.newforestmarque.co.uk Hythe Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club takes place on the second Saturday of every month at Hythe & District Social Club, Pylewell Road, Hythe. Go along on Saturday 8th March to enjoy the social interaction and banter with fellow veterans which will help improve your mental health and is good for PTSD. For more details text Graham on 07526 507053 or nd them on Facebook (Hythe Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club). MUSIC AT BEAULIEU Music at Beaulieu’s 2025 season gets under way with a concert by virtuoso classical guitarist, Ahmed Dickinson. Trained at the Royal College of Music and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Ahmed is one of the nest performers in the Cuban Guitar Movement. His programme will include pieces by JS Bach, Villa-Lobos and contemporary composer Carlo Domeniconi. is concert takes place on Saturday 8th March, 7pm in Beaulieu Abbey Church; doors open at 6.15pm. Tickets are £15 each, and available from the box o ce, tel: 07770 859900, or online: www.musicatbeaulieu.org and at the door. Looking ahead, a concert of Music for Lent with soprano Katherine PenroseLewis and the Nova Trio will take place on Saturday 5th April. Veterans Breakfast Club Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, located in Romsey (SU367214) will be holding a Non-native species control on Sunday 9th March, from 10am to 1pm at Tadburn Meadows. Meet at the entrance to the reserve at Eight Acres. e site boasts a variety of habitats, from a stream more characteristic of the New Forest to wet woodland and grassland. Tadburn Conservation Volunteers are a local group working on Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, Romsey. Contact: tadburn.meadows@gmail.com Meadow Maintenance at Tadburn Meadows Jumble Sale in Netley Marsh A fundraising Jumble Sale is taking place at Netley Marsh Church Hall on Ringwood Road, Saturday 8th March, 2pm–3.30pm. Entrance fee is 50p, children free. Donations welcome from 12.30pm. ere will be tea, co ee and cake, brica-brac, toys, CDs, clothes and books. Fundraising for a local Netley Marsh Scout young leader to attend an international trip to Malawi this summer. Family History Group A small group of enthusiastic people who love delving into your family history and nding out all about your roots meet in the back room at Soul Café, North Road, Dibden Purlieu (the Methodist church) usually on the first Tuesday of each month. (Not in August). ere is so much that can now be explored online, they o er a selfhelp approach but more experienced members are on hand to provide guidance. ey are always open to new members who are welcome to go along to see what they are about. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 4th March at 7.30pm.
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