Harlequins Summer Camp at The Stoop, First Aid for Teenagers and Swan Lake in Wimbledon: Your What’s On activity guide from NappyValleyNet!

Welcome to your weekly What’s On activity guide from NappyValleyNet!

One minute they love each other, the next they’re at loggerheads. I’m talking about the children, just to be clear. Sweetness and light seem to precede the requests – a sweetie from the sweetie jar, telly time, a quick go on something digital, staying up late. And so often mayhem seems to follow that sweetie from the sweetie jar, telly time, the quick go on something digital, staying up late… Funny that. For alternative ideas, keep our calendar close at hand (read more).

Thinking of a move in the autumn? We have all the homes for sale and to rent in the area with school catchments all mapped out so you can key in the primary school you have in mind and – hey presto! – all the houses in the catchment will come to you (read more).

Take a look at these four homes from our Preferred Property Partners 

For sale with Portico is a 4-bedroom split-level apartment just a short walk from Tulse Hill with direct links to London Bridge, incredibly spacious stretching to almost 2,000 sq ft, with the kitchen/dining room opening onto a 76 ft garden with patio and summer house (read more).

For sale with Marsh & Parsons is a 4-bedroom period terraced house which has been substantially extended, set on a sought after road just a short walk from the centre of Brixton and with bi-fold doors from the family room leading onto a low-maintenance garden ideal for entertaining (read more).

For sale with Rampton Baseley is a 3-bedroom house on what is considered to be the best street on the Shaftesbury Estate, in excellent decorative order with contemporary kitchen and bathrooms as well as plenty of original features and a small fourth bedroom ideal as a home office (read more).

For rent with Hamptons International is a 2-bedroom apartment with a spacious open-plan living/kitchen area and the use of a private on-site gym and a 24-hour concierge, set on the new Nine Elms development close to the US embassy, Battersea Power Station and Vauxhall station (read more).

For the culture vultures and festival-goers

The day for The Wild Child Festival in Dulwich has arrived. No need for a tent – just head over tomorrow for a fun-filled day of child-focused workshops and entertainment for 0 to 11 year olds and their tribes. From dancing – Ballroom to Bollywood – and circus skills to science and magic, they’ve got the lot! (read more)

Sunshine at Theatre 503 is on today and tells the tale of Mr Sand and Mr Sea learning to share the same space – an interactive clowning spectacle for three year olds upwards and their families – don’t forget your towel! (read more)

Time for Baby Broadway in SW19 where the West End comes to you. Up to three children go free with one adult and you’ll all be swaying along together to Grease, Mary Poppins, Frozen and more. Let them go, let them go….(read more).

If yours loved the book, then go see A Monster Calls at The Old Vic. Mesmerising and moving in equal measure, it’s a brilliant adaptation for the stage, incredibly creatively told to enthral both you and your tweens (read more).

A little learning along the way..

Hyde Tutoring has 7+ and 8+ Summer Revision Courses running later this month, just off Clapham Common West Side. Brush up on those summer-holiday-forgotten techniques (read more).

And 11+ Maths and English Revision Courses get underway with Hyde Tutoring soon too (read more).

Yellowbird Education Creative Writing Workshops are over in Parsons Green and suitable for writers of all abilities with lively, engaging sessions (read more).

The new school year isn’t so very far away (eek!), and CeCe&Me children’s shoe fitting service will be back at Skylark next week should your little ones be looking for some new shoes for the new term (read more).

Summer clubs keep on rollin’

The Little Gym Summer Camps continue in SW18 for those who love to flick-flack their way around. Put on your super-cape – it’s time for an adventure! (read more)

Rugby lovers might just love the Twickenham Stoop Harlequins Summer Campcoming up soon at the home of rugby for boys and girls aged 6 to 14, both novices and dab hands alike (read more).

The London Sports Academy Summer Sports Camp is at Burntwood School and the Tooting Bec track with laser-tag, archery, handball, jailbreak and more – should keep them busy! (read more)

Open Air Fit Multi-Sport Kids Camps complete their seven weeks of sporty fun a week on Friday, so make the most of the great outdoors of Wandsworth Common and book them in (or drop them off!) (read more).

The Butterfly Fairy Experience is running for another week on Webbs Road. Flutter and fly on an interactive magical journey (read more).

Four Sides London has specially tailored Kids Pilates Camps alongside their regular Mat and Reformer sessions all summer long. Let your children work on their strength, posture, balance and control at the same time as you! (read more)

Lavender Leonardo’s Friday afternoon Technique Classes are for budding artists aged 9 and up – the three remaining this month are stippling, feathering and sgraffito (read more).

Transport them to a Pacific island with the Little Voices Moana Summer Camp, four days of fun performing arts for boys and girls aged 4 to 13 in Fulham (read more).

The Unicorn Theatre is running an energetic one-day West African Drumming & Dance Workshop for children aged 7 to 11 – no grown-ups allowed! (read more)

Landscape Art inspired by Sir Richard Long, a four-time Turner Prize nominated British sculpture and land artist, is on at Turner’s House in Twickenham soon. Make art with mud, sticks, stones and other natural materials on this family activity day (read more).

And finally…

The English Youth Ballet presents Swan Lake on stage at the New Wimbledon Theatre over the bank holiday weekend, a powerful new adaptation of the world’s most loved classical ballet with 100 talented dancers from the local area performing alongside international principals. The ideal first ballet experience (read more).

That’s it – whatever you decide to do, have fun! (click here)
Love, 

Annabel & the NappyValleyNet team xx