Herald - Issue 423

Page 26 • The HERALD • 12th May 2022 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v KIDS ZONE Hythe Library are excited to announce their new FREE Baby Play sessions! e sessions run weekly on a Thursday between 10am and 11am. e sessions are suitable for all babies from birth to 12 months, and are a great chance for mums, dads, and carers to make friends. With new equipment, kindly sponsored by Dibden Allotment Fund, there are lots of things to make your babies smile. ey look forward to seeing you. e Parent & Toddler Group, Smarties, meet every Monday morning , during term time, at St John’s Hall, Hythe. During each session the toddlers have various activities such as cra ing or baking followed by snacks and drinks. Each week they nish with singing time. e session also gives time for parents to chat and make new friends. If you are interested and would like to see what they do then please contact Chris Stares on: 023 8089 3379 for more information. BABY PLAY AT HYTHE LIBRARY Smarties Parent & Toddler Group Healthy Heart Tip: Healthy Snacking for Children by the Health Promotion and Education Team at Heart Research UK Nutritious snacking can help children curb hunger throughout the day, as well as provide energy and important nutrients. Getting children o to a good start with healthy snacking is a behaviour that will stick with them for a lifetime! Here we share some ideas: Encouraging Healthy Snacking By involving children in the preparation or purchase of healthy snacks, you are encouraging healthy snacking as well as independence. e more exposure children have to healthy foods the better! Have healthy options readily available such as ready-to-eat veggie sticks in a box for when you are out and about, fresh fruit available in a bowl in the kitchen and wholegrain cereal and canned fruit in your cupboards. Timings Having regular meals at set times, with two or three snacks per day is ideal. Try not to allow snacks too close to mealtimes as this can cause children to ll up. If your child is not eating well at mealtimes, try looking at the amount and type of snacks they are having; they could still be full from their last snack! Ideas Where possible, try to combine snacks from at least two food groups, for example vegetables and houmous or fruit and sugar free yoghurt. Other healthy snack ideas include wholegrain foods such as bread, toast and breadsticks. is will provide extra nutrients and be lling for your little one. Dividing up packaged snacks If packaged foods are given to children, they may need to be divided up and shared. is is because packaged foods are normally designed for adults. As a general rule, one portion is roughly the amount that a child can t in the palm of their hand. We know childhood is a particularly important period for forming positive behaviours related to nutrition, so we hope this article has given you a few ideas. Formoretipsonhowtostayhealthy,signupforourweekly healthy tips at: www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy-tips Totton Baby Bundles is a new parent group which takes place at Totton & Eling Communiy Centre from 1pm to 3pm. Baby scales, toys, clothes and information about local activities will be available. For more information and dates follow Totton Baby Bundles on facebook; contact Susan on: 023 8087 3143; email: susan@compark.co.uk or ask at Totton & Eling Community Centre o ce at Civic Centre Buildings, Totton SO40 3RS. New Forest Martial Arts hold their Karate classes on Mondays and Tuesdays , for juniors (age 7-12) and Tots (age 3-7). e children enjoy the fun- lled programme devised by Sensei Crawford which seeks to give them exercise and some self-defence training. e Tots class meet at Applemore Scout Hut at 4.10pm and the Junior class meets in Applemore Recreation Centre at 4.30pm. Please get in touch if your child wants a new challenge for 2022 by visiting: www.newforestmartialarts.co.uk New Parent Group Karate Classes for Children e New Forest District Council supported Central and West Hampshire Youth Employment Hub o ers help and support with training and employment to young people aged 16 to 24. Advisers can help through all stages of job hunting, from the initial search, all the way to interviews. e Hub visits Totton College every Thursday and Brockenhurst College every Friday , 10am to 4pm. To book an appointment with an adviser, email: YouthEmploymentHub@eastleigh.gov.uk or call: 07876 661525. More information can be found at: www.newforest. gov.uk/youthhub Helping Young People into Employment To help keep your heart healthy, why not try out some of our Healthy Heart recipes from our website: www. heartresearch.org.uk/heart-research-uk-recipes-2 Or have a look through our Healthy Heart cookbook lled with recipes from top chefs, celebrities and food bloggers: www.heartresearch.org.uk/heart-research- uk-cookbook Would you like to make your own computer games? Are you aged between 9-13 years old? If so, then why not join the Code Club at Hythe Library! e Club runs during term time on Thursdays from 3.45pm to 4.45pm and is open to anyone keen to learn how to make games, animations and so much more. Call: 023 8084 3574 to secure your space! CALLING ALL CODERS! have sessions with Hythe library. Pre-School Manager, Jo Bowie comments: “We are looking forward to welcoming parents into the Pre-school and show off our lovely new garden area.” If you would like to attend please email: jack.and.jills@ hotmail.co.uk Jack and Jill’s Pre-school in Hythe is opening its doors for an Open Morning on Friday 10th June from 9.30am to 11.30am o ering a chance for both prospective and current parents to have a look around the setting. Founded in 1984 Jack and Jill’s Pre-school, o ers high quality child-centred care for children aged 2 years and above, with both funded and non-funded places available. e Pre-school includes both indoor and outdoor play areas with the recent addition of a private garden area that was created by parents, sta and local volunteers in 2020. Situated in the community centre in Hythe, the Pre-School o en take advantage of the local area taking the children out for walks around the village, to the seafront, the local play park and to Jack and Jill’s Pre-school Open Morning Cornerstone Youth Club runs fortnightly on Friday evenings from 7.30pm to 9pm for young people age 11-18. ere will be a variety of activities; cra s, cooking, games, along with table tennis and snooker, or just chill and chat in the newly refurbished youth lounge. Youth Bible Study Group also meets fortnightly on Friday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the youth lounge for chat, Bible study and prayer. is is for young people ages 14-18 who wish to learn more about being a Christian through studying God’s word together, in a relaxed and fun way. For more details of both groups contact Dave Symmonds on: 07747 698910. Youth Club at Cornerstone