Agility Classes

5-11 years Ninja Obstacle Training – Great for beginners and younger children
Welcome to Ninja training.
Obstacle coaching combined with parkour style movements. A fun class that will have you swinging, climbing, leaping and jumping across different obstacles!

11-17 years Warrior Obstacle Training – more challenging obstacle techniques and parkour style movements
Warrior Obstacle Training is focused on advanced obstacle techniques and parkour style movements. In addition to the coaching we focus on developing core strength which is key to achieving the objectives of this programme.

More information, schedules and booking is here https://www.agilityparks.co.uk/kids-classes

Parties 
We offer a range of parties from toddlers to children and teenagers. Agility Party Hosts will look after with most of our packages  you get you own disco party room or a party table reservation in our restaurant or café.

Visit the website HERE

💜  Check out the York Mumbler blog post for exclusive photos of when we visited Agility when it first opened! 💜

Classes and live music events for you and your little people!

Here at Baby Band, we offer fun and educational classes full of music for little people, aged 3 months to 4 years, in and around York.

Led by our skilled and experienced class leaders, we sing, dance and play with REAL instruments to explore different musical concepts. Whatever your ability, it’s all about learning how to be musical with your little one and helping them develop a love of music in a relaxed atmosphere.

Don’t worry, you won’t be subjected to endless twee nursery rhymes here! Every few weeks we focus on a different genre of music from musicals to 90s pop, jazz to Disney classics, rock to girl bands. It’s much more fun when we all enjoy the music.

If your little one is feeling a bit cool for ‘Baby Band’ then why not join one of our ‘I’m with the Band’ classes. A music class aimed just for the big ones (well, 3 & 4 year olds!) which dives deeper into learning key musical terms and concepts but in the coolest way possible.

Classes run throughout the year including the school holidays where older siblings can join too for a small extra cost.

Baby Sensory is an award-winning, sensory development programme specifically designed for babies from birth to 13 months. Each week is a different theme and full of fun, sensory experiences! We have a vast range of sounds, smells, sights, textures, music, movement, baby signing and singing to help with baby’s brain development. We’ve done the research; so you can enjoy the fun…

For the youngest babies, birth to 3 months, we now have our signature Hello Baby class. Hello Baby is a lovely combination of baby massage, baby yoga and reflexology. Set in a calm environment, it also provides new parents space to explore techniques to support and soothe new babies.

Baby Sensory and the WOW Group are founding members of the Children’s Activities Association and are proud of our GOLD level accreditation. We take the safety and quality of our programmes seriously to ensure you get the BEST experience!

Baby Sensory is running classes in various locations around York:

Mondays – Clements Hall, York, YO23 1BW

Tuesdays and Wednesdays – Haxby Memorial Hall, Haxby, YO32 3HT

For your local class leader’s contact details and to book a class please visit our website:

At Baby Swimmers we follow the Starfish Awards, so little ones can gain water confidence and build a foundation to swim unaided in the future. We play games and sing songs which are skill related and also teach water safety skills so they can learn to swim back to the side, hold on and climb out when they are strong enough.

Our structured classes work towards this and are also fantastic for bonding with your little one, as well as enjoying yourselves in a fun relaxed atmosphere, which we always ensure is at your little one’s own pace including underwater swims. Babies use their natural reflexes when they are in water, so it is always a good idea to start as soon as you can, as swimming is a great workout and helps to strengthen their muscles and also increases alertness.

For toddlers we follow the STA Stanley Awards, so again little ones can gain water confidence and build a foundation to swim unaided. For this age group we still sing songs and have fun with games and also start to teach the basic strokes, continuing with water safety skills and teaching your toddler to hold on, turn, then push off the side to swim to you independently. Classes will focus on floating, learning to tread water, rolling, push and glides, diving for sinkers and more.

Swimmers Academy is for our older swimmers where we focus on stroke technique and stamina, classes run for any age from Beginners and go through to Gold also incorporating Lifesaving Awards.
All teachers are fully qualified with specialist training for your little ones. Our classes are child led to ensure each child is taught and developed at their own pace.

We Swim at :

Monday, Tuesday : New Earswick
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: Roko
Saturday: Robert Wilkinson, Strensall, Stamford Bridge & Pocklington

Hey! My name is Alex and I am a fully qualified baby massage instructor and Mum of 3, with over 15 years experience of working with parents and their babies.

I run my baby massage courses across two home venues – both providing a relaxed, comfortable and personal setting. My main aim is to take away some of the concerns you may have about getting out and about with your baby by both venues offering parking right outside the front door, plenty of change mats on hand and comfy areas to make yourself at home and feed your baby should they need it.

My courses are run over 5 consecutive weeks and each class lasts around an hour but I allow additional time so you don’t feel rushed. During each session you will learn how to massage a different area of your babies body (including special routines to help with colic, constipation and/or wind) and there will be time each week for a well deserved cuppa and a delve in the biscuit tin!
Classes are small and intimate with a maximum group capacity of just 5 Mums and babies ensuring a fun, friendly, informal atmosphere in a cosy and comfortable setting. Throughout the course I will provide massage oil, mats, hand out sheets and refreshments – you just need to bring your baby!

I would also be delighted to offer private courses in the comfort of your own home /chosen venue should you want to form your own group. Why not get your NCT group together and run a private course at a time and location that suits you all – tailored for you!

Coming Soon: Dad & Baby Massage Class on Saturday mornings – contact me if you’d like to get on the waiting list.

January Course Dates:

Fridays starting 28th February 2025
Wigginton
10.30 – 12pm

5 week course – £60

Teaching children to swim confidently with excellent stroke techniques for nearly 40 years!

Coral started the swim school in the 1980s and for many years developed it based on the principles of teaching children to enjoy swimming and gain confidence in the water.

We continue to focus on creating a fun yet challenging environment, developing water confidence and getting the strokes correct as learners progress from absolute beginners through to the Gold Award & beyond; with distance and water skills & safety certificates achieved throughout their journey!

We have Adult & Baby/Toddler/Preschool sessions, and teach children independently from 3 years old. We move individuals up when they’re ready, we don’t make them wait for the end of term or until a whole class is ready to progress.

Our teachers are trained Aquaphobia Coaches too & provide extra support if fear/anxiety is identified, present &/or affecting development.

Our lessons, with a high teacher-pupil ratio, are delivered at:

New Earswick – Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday:
3-4pm Adult & Baby/Toddler
4-6pm 3+ Children

Robert Wilkinson Primary (shallow pool), Strensall – Thursday & Friday:
4-6pm 3+ Independent & 1:1
*4pm Friday 2-4 year olds, with Adult

Our aim is to achieve consistent progress (at each child’s own speed rather than at the speed of the swim school) resulting in confident, capable, and safe swimmers.

Looking for a class that feels like a warm hug?

At Dream Time we strongly believe every mum should feel safe, nurtured and supported. From the moment you step through the door Emily will help you feel welcomed and relaxed in a home-from-home non-judgmental space.

The first hour you’ll be guided through giving your baby a full body massage, full of countless proven benefits from encouraging longer, deeper sleeps and helping with feeding to assisting development and muscle tone to name a few.

The class includes massage, yoga, sensory, soft gymnastics, lots of singing and dedicated time to bond with your little one. For the remaining 40 minutes we pop the kettle on, eat our body-weight in biscuits and relax in the best like-minded company.

Life-long friendships are forged at Dream Time – this truly is more than just a baby class.

Venues:
Tuesdays: Poppleton Centre, York, 10-11.40am & 12-1.40pm.
Wednesdays: Calcutt Village Hall, Knaresbrough, 10-11.40am & 12-1.40pm.

Classes can start from when your baby is 4-weeks-old and can stay with us until they’re crawling (over 90% of mums book straight on for another course!).  Booking essential.

£10 taster
£66 = 6 week block

“I’ve found the yoga itself incredibly rewarding and relaxing – but mainly I’m so grateful for your kindness and humour which has fostered a really welcoming environment. Thank you so much.”

Hello! I’m Lucy, a yoga and movement teacher in York and Selby. I lead the pre- and post-natal yoga classes at the beautiful Stables Yoga Centre in York; a special time you can set aside each week to be yourself, and focus on you and your baby.

Our weekly classes offer:
– A warm, friendly space without expectation or judgement;
– Movement to help you feel comfortable, strong and flexible;
– Breathing techniques to feel centred, grounded and calm;
– Gentle meditation to help you feel confident and relaxed;
– A kind, mama-centred community, sharing experiences together;
– A place to ask questions, feel valued and supported during the transitions and transformations of mothering;
– A space to stretch out, set down your worries and breathe a little deeper.

I am passionate about creating classes that offer you a place to feel at ease, space to unplug from everyday demands, and tune in… to you. A place to stretch out, in every way.

You’d be so welcome to join us… you can try your first class for free!

Pregnancy:
Tuesdays, 7.30 – 9pm

Post Natal:
Mondays + Wednesdays, 11am – 12.30pm.

MY BABY CAN DANCE/ NEWBORN CAN DANCE YORK is a multi award winning movement to music activity class which follows the development stages for the little ones.  Ideally suited from birth up to 4 years old, for children with additional needs there is no upper age limit.

We run weekly interactive fun classes combining movement, singing, musical shakers, numbers, colours, shapes, phonics and much more.

The sessions achieve a proven learning and development path for the little ones using a repeatable formal which increases learning and memory in a safe, caring, positive and informal environment.  The little ones can build their confidence, social skills and discipline all within the fun and fast paced sessions.

Classes run throughout school term times with payment being made in advance in half termly blocks.  Subject to availability people can join at any time and just pay for the weeks remaining in that current block.

For up to date class information contact Sarah via the contact details below.

Are you looking for a class which is fun, upbeat and action-packed? Are you keen to give your child a good foundation in early literacy skills? Would you like to join a class that you can enjoy together with your child, whilst learning about phonics at the same time, and discover lots of ideas for ways that you can support them at home?

Come along to award-winning 45-minute classes aimed at toddlers and pre-schoolers between 1-4 years, which are delivered by an experienced teacher and are based on the Early Years Curriculum.

Weekly sessions gently introduce letter sounds, whilst also focusing on developing confidence, turn-taking and listening skills. Classes help children develop an early interest in sounds without even realising, as they are too busy playing and having fun! This is the perfect class to help boost your child’s confidence, whilst compliment what they learn at preschool and prepare them for big school.

Come and groove on down to our dough-disco, shake your pom-poms and meet our mascot Robot Reg who shows children how to use his arms to orally blend and segment the sounds for reading and spelling!

MINIs sessions (1 – 2.5 year olds) are play-based sessions that help to develop speech & language skills and early vocabulary through short activities and role-playing, including nursery rhymes.
PRE-SCHOOLER sessions (2.5 – 4 year olds) include sound recognition and oral blending & segmenting, which are foundations for learning to read. This is through fast-paced, fun games and activities which encourage listening for sounds.

Classes
Monday afternoon @ Wigginton
Tuesday morning @ Clifton Moor
Thursday mornings @ Wigginton
Friday mornings @ Copmanthorpe

£6.50 per session and payable as a block of 5 sessions

Contact Sam for more information

Puddle Ducks are award winning providers of swimming lessons to babies, toddlers, pre-school and school age children. Our classes are designed to promote bonding, water confidence and water safety in a fun and loving environment. We take your little ones through a structured programme designed to develop their natural affinity with the water and encourage them to learn to swim independently.

And although we have spent many years carefully developing our progressive lesson plans to develop swimmers, our teachers adapt every activity to suit each child. Our approach ensures that your child’s needs are expertly fulfilled – never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming.

Our baby and pre-school programme is offered through five levels:
Floaties (0-6 months), Splashers (6-15 months), Kickers (15 months – 2.5 years), Little Dippers (2-5 years) and Dippers (2-5 years)

We run classes 7 days a week at the following locations in and around York:
New Earswick, ROKO Health Club, Archbishop Holgate’s School,  The Crown Hotel (Boroughbridge), Energise hydrotherapy pool (Acomb), Queen Margaret’s School (Escrick) and Goosewood Holiday Park.

We also run Aquanatal classes, so you can start your journey with Puddle Ducks before your baby arrives!

Come on a musical journey with our characters Rat-a-tat, Arabella and all their friends as we explore songs, instruments, language, dance and our senses in our weekly Rhythm Time sessions!

We are a teacher-led class for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, developing understanding of pulse in music, encouraging fine and gross motor skills, and leading you and your little one through a series of group and individual music activities!

Sessions are planned with education in mind, matching activities to the framework for the EYFS, and stimulating a LOVE of music in your child. Each 30 minute class is tailored to their specific age range (Baby 0-12m, Toddler 1-2.5years, Preschool 2.5+ years) and is designed for progression as your child grows!

Rhythm Time runs every day of the week all around York, giving families a chance to meet and socialise in their local community! We also run at Ouse View Care Home (Fulford) for a free intergenerational session every third Monday of the month, and we have half-termly themed special sessions running on Saturdays (follow my socials for more details on booking!)

In 2025 we have weekly classes in:

• Acomb – Monday AND Friday
• Osbaldwick – Monday
• Clifton – Tuesday
• Rufforth – Wednesday
• New Earswick – Thursday
• Fulford – Friday

Class prices start from £7.14 per class, with a whole host of other membership benefits including priority booking on events, unlimited classes, and sibling discounts.

All my booking links are available on linktr.ee/rhythmtimeyork

For more information and photos of the classes, please visit rhythmtime.net, follow @rhythmtimeyork on Facebook or Instagram, or WhatsApp Tori on 07751768331.

The Little Gym York based in the York Community Stadium at Monks Cross is open 7 days a week, in term-time and in most school holidays!

*Under 3’s membership can enjoy unlimited classes each week for no extra cost.

We offer a 20% sibling discount if you have other children you wish to enrol!

Flexible block bookings are also available for under 3’s .

Attend our FREE coffee mornings with your baby aged 0-12 months on Tuesdays during term time. 10.45 – 12.30.

Our non-competitive gymnastics programs teach children that they don’t have to be the best, they just have to try their best! We provide children with a safe, clean, inspiring space to burn energy, build confidence, and develop key skills. We now offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes to 6-12-year-olds!

As well as our seriously fun classes, we’re open for party bookings and Ofsted registered holiday camps too! If you’d like to secure your membership, or have any questions, reach out to us by email at the address below, or register your details here:

Booking Form | The Little Gym York

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SERIOUS FUN WITH YOU SOON!

Our progressive play programme is designed to develop your child’s physical skills. Using bespoke colourful equipment, we focus on agility, balance, climbing and co-ordination, which enhances brain development and builds confidence.

Every session is supervised by our specially trained staff, getting the best out of each child. Up until 3 years, grown-ups participate as well so that parents, carers and even grandparents can spend time with little ones as they develop. The journey begins for babies from 6 months old who can sit up unaided. Here’s how our classes break down:

6 Months – Walking: Babies explore the equipment in a happy and relaxed environment, helping them to reach key milestones such as crawling, cruising and walking.

Walking – 2 Years: Confidently walking toddlers are now introduced to an exciting circuit of equipment as well as hand-held co-ordination activities, developing their fine motor skills. ‘Circle Time’ helps language development through rhymes and action songs.

2 – 3 Years: Working together in small groups, little ones are introduced to stations with more challenging equipment to refine their agility, balance and climbing skills.

3 Years – School Age: Children now take part independently without their grown-up, putting into practice their skills for life.

Water Babies North Yorkshire

Are you ready to learn a skill for life? We’re the UK’s leading provider of baby and toddler lessons. From the very first lesson, our babies and toddlers are immersed in learning essential water safety, core aquatic skills, and swimming strokes, within a fun, social environment. All our lessons are tailored to provide multi-sensory learning, building not only swimming skills but social, emotional, physical, and language skills too.

Water Babies classes are the only lessons taught by Level 3 Pre-school Swimming (Advanced) qualified teachers. In addition, our
unique ‘Oceans of Imagination’ swimming curriculum for ages 0-5 has been designed around baby milestones and Early Years outcomes, for an all-round educational experience. Our children learn to swim through exciting quests and activities, all whilst creating precious parent bonding moments. Learning to swim has never been so fun and interactive!

Join us today and become a Swimvincible!
– Tuesdays mornings at Delta by Marriot, York
– Tuesday afternoons at The Milner Hotel, York
– Saturdays and Sundays at Energise, York
– All other days are available throughout North Yorkshire.

Our swimmers progress onto our Mainstream programme for ages 4-11 years with their Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 certificates.

Heworth Gym Club is hugely popular in York for children’s Gymnastics

We are a charitable organisation focused on recreational gymnastics and trampolining for the ages of 2-18.

Classes run from a dedicated facility.

Our Pre School Classes run Monday – Friday during term time, with 5 classes running per day.

Boys and Girls plus trampoline classes are running too.

For further information please contact us.

The Gymnastics Centre, St. John’s Walk, Heworth, York, YO31 7SX

Welcome to all parents – and grandparents – at our magical Parent and Child groups where children up to 3½ years take part in joyful two-hour long sessions and make lots of new friends.

Mon-Fri from 9.30-11.30am with extra Wednesday sessions from 1.30-3.30pm
Each session costs just £9.50 – with your first session free! We also offer large discounts for siblings.

We keep group numbers deliberately small to offer the best experience for our families so are often oversubscribed. Please book early!

To book or for any queries, please contact Jo

The York Steiner School, Danesmead, Fulford Cross, Fulford, York, YO10 4PB

York Suzuki Early Childhood Education offers weekly music classes for children aged 0-3, with their caregiver. They are a chance to come together to celebrate the unlimited potential of every child. Our classes offer a calm, structured, nurturing space to engage with your little one through music.

The classes are run by trained SECE teacher, Laura Wingrove, who has over 10 years’ experience of teaching through the Suzuki method. Class sizes are small to allow each and every child to flourish and caregivers are supported at every stage of the journey. We use the beautiful SECE curriculum of nursery rhymes and action songs which is based on the teaching philosophy of renowned pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki. Although many musical concepts are mastered within the classes, it was not Suzuki’s primary aim to create master musicians, but rather ‘human beings with beautiful, harmonious minds and high sensitivity’. We believe that by using the highest quality musical instruments, children are given the earliest opportunity to appreciate beauty, to treat the instruments with respect, and to play them properly, creating a beautiful sound themselves.

Tuesday 9.45 – St Olave’s Church Hall, Marygate

Tuesday 11.00 – St Olave’s Church Hall, Marygate

Thursday 10.00 – Online, via Zoom

York Swimming Academy is one of York’s leading swimming lesson providers and is dedicated to delivering high quality swimming lessons for great value.

Children can start in our ‘Discovery Ducklings’ Classes from new-born. Whilst those children aged 4yrs and over can begin in our first of seven progressive stages. We also provide 1-2-1 lessons, lessons for older children and even lessons for grown ups!

We implement Swim England’s Learn to Swim Framework, an all-inclusive programme designed to take the non-swimmer from his or her first splash to full competence in the pool. The framework has clear progressions between each stage and children are awarded a variety of certificates on their journey to becoming fully competent.

Our teachers are Swim England (ASA) qualified, and classes are limited to 8 children per class. Our beginner classes have 2 teachers, teaching from inside the water.

Spaces are available now for an immediate start at the venues below:

Please get in touch to arrange your free taster lesson!

New Earswick:
Wednesday 9.15am-10.15am (Pre-School Lessons)
Thursday 12.45pm-14.15pm (Adult Lessons)
Thursday 15.30pm-18.00pm (Junior Lessons)
Friday 10.15-11.15am (Pre-School Lessons)
Friday 15.30-16.30pm (Junior Lessons)
Saturday 14.00pm-18.15pm (Junior & Pre-school Lessons)
Sunday 10.00am-12.00pm (Junior lessons)
Sunday 15.00pm-17.45pm (Junior Lessons)
Sunday 18.00pm-19.30pm (Adult lessons)

Stamford Bridge:
Sunday 8.30am-11.00am (Junior Lessons)

Carr Junior School:
Wednesday 16.00pm-18.00pm (Junior Lessons)
Sunday 8.30am – 12.00pm (Junior Lessons)

Queen Margaret’s School:
Tuesday 17.00-18.30pm (Junior Lessons)
Friday 17.00-19.15pm (Junior Lessons)
Saturday 9.00am-10.30am (Junior lessons)

Archbishop Holgate School:
Monday 16.00pm-17.30pm (Junior Lessons)
Saturday 11.15am-12.15pm (Junior Lessons)

Yorkshire Rose Academy of Dance (YRAD) was founded by Principal Kerry Whitfield in 2013, and her passion for the arts gives the students at YRAD an encouraging platform to be their best. Kerry is a former professional dancer who trained and works with both The Royal Ballet School and The Royal Academy of Dance.

The school offers a vast array of classes for children to learn and develop in the performing arts industry. Classes are fun, inclusive, inspirational and gives students a strong work ethic and discipline. YRAD has an enthusiastic and supportive team of skilled professionals at their core, plus they invite external pros for Workshops / Masterclasses throughout the year. Children have the opportunity to audition for our affiliated Children’s Talent agency giving them a chance to be cast in Theatre, TV and Film.

Dance styles include Acro, Ballet, Commercial, Contemporary, Modern, Musical Theatre, Street Dance, Tap and Zumba.

Mention Mumbler for a free trial.