Jo Jingles - Watford - News & events

News & Events

Free demonstration at the Bushey Grove Leisure Centre Open Day

Sunday 17th January 2010 - Free demo in the multi-purpose room
12 Noon - 12:30pm

Receive a free music CD at the demo

ALL WELCOME

Summer Fun with Jo Jingles

Looking to avoid crowded parks & play areas over the summer holidays? Well why not sign up for a Jo Jingles Summer Fun Workshop. We've got some great themes planned, guaranteed to keep your little one's enchanted from start to finish. And with arts and crafts as well as music, it's a fun packed hour and a half for you and your child:

Theme	Arts & Craft	Music Session	When & Where
Circus Time	Make a clown felt puppet	Join our circus band, balance like a tightrope walker and try your hand at juggling	29^th July (St Mark’s, Watford) 10.00-11.30 workshop 2pm-3.30pm workshop 30^th July (St John’s, Radlett) 10.00-11.30 workshop or 2pm-3.30pm workshop
Under the Sea Adventure	Paint a sealife suncatcher	Meet Jo’s underwater friends in our musical adventure under the sea	5^th Aug (St Mark’s, Watford) 10.00-11.30 workshop 2pm-3.30pm workshop 6^th Aug (St John’s, Radlett) 10.00-11.30 workshop or 2pm-3.30pm workshop
Teddy Bears Picnic	Make your own colourful windmill for the garden	Bring your favourite bear along to join you for a special picnic (all teddies must enjoy singing and dancing)	19th Aug (St Mark’s, Watford) 10.00-11.30 workshop 2pm-3.30pm workshop 20^th Aug (St John’s, Radlett) 10.00-11.30 workshop or 2pm-3.30pm workshop
Summer Party Finale	Create a party crown fit for a prince or a princess	Celebrate summertime with party games & of course the hokey cokey!	26^th Aug (St Mark’s, Watford) 10.00-11.30 workshop 2pm-3.30pm workshop 27^th Aug (St John’s, Radlett) 10.00-11.30 workshop or 2pm-3.30pm workshop

You can choose to pay for just the hour of music (£5) or for the full hour and a half, which includes arts & crafts (£7). Each workshop caters for a mix of ages, so all the family can enjoy the Jo Jingles experience*. However we are developing the content of the workshops with children between the ages of 1-5 years in mind.

*Friends and family members are welcome who don’t currently attend classes, but we are required to charge a one-off £2 fee to cover insurance. The insurance fee paid this term for classes covers the children for summer workshops. Please ask about discounts for siblings (siblings under 12 months are free of charge).

Venue details: St Mark’s Church, Leggatt’s Way, Watford or St John’s Church, Gills Hill Lane, Radlett

Each venue has been chosen for its suitability & space whatever the weather – they both have enclosed outdoor areas if the weather this summer is dry enough for us to be outdoors (here’s hoping!). Light refreshments are provided at the workshops for all to enjoy.

Click here to download booking form.

Email your enquiry to jojingleswatford@googlemail.com or call Charlotte on 01923 222529

Barnado's Big Toddle

Jo Jingles Watford have been requested to provide the 'warm up' for toddlers participating in the Barnado's Big Toddle in St Albans.

We hope to see you at Verulamium Park, St Albans at 10am on Thursday 25th June - entry is free - visit www.barnardos.org.uk/big_toddle_barnardos_toddle.htm for details.

Children in Need 2008 - Sponsored Singalong

Charlotte, Pudsey & Big Jo

The BBC visited Jo Jingles Watford on Monday 10^th November as part of their coverage on fundraising activities. The children were very excited to meet two larger than life superstars - Big Jo and Pudsey Bear. Well done to all of you for your wonderful fancy dress costumes and for participating so nicely in our sponsored singalong. If only Pudsey wasn't such as busy bear, he would love to have the time to visit all of our other Jo Jingles classes during Children in Need Week.
We raised £1,275!

Click to read what the Watford Observer said about it.


Fancy dress and fancy dancing		Pudsey makes some new friends

Thank you to all Jinglers for supporting this worthy cause, through the sale of our charity CD and the sponsored singalong events taking place during Children in Need week.

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JO JINGLES CLASS TEACHER WANTED!

Do you enjoy working with children?
Do you enjoy music?
Are you looking for part time, term time hours?

If so, becoming a Jo Jingles Class Teacher may be the perfect role for you!

We run established music and movement classes for pre-school children in the local area, and are looking for an individual with a good singing voice and desire to work with young children to join the team.

The position will involve leading weekly music and movement sessions 45 minutes in length and presenting to groups of up to 15 children and their carers.

You will need to have the confidence to sing and present to groups and the ability to engage with young children.

The position will involve some local travelling, access to a car is therefore essential.
Full training will be given, but a teaching background is an advantage.

For more information please call Charlotte on 01923 222529 or email jojingleswatford@googlemail.com.

Summer Fun Workshops in Aid of Watford Mencap

We had parachute games, singing, dancing and....

Our party theme, turned into a real party for birthday girl Lucy

Thank you to everyone who came along and made our summer workshops in Watford & Radlett such a success. We raised £203.

Here's some pictures from the final workshop in Radlett on Thursday 21st August, with our 'Party Time' theme.

....lots of fun!

This is what Watford Mencap said:

"Thank you very much for the kind donation you raised with your Jo Jingles workshops. We were delighted to receive the cheque and will put the money towards our Children's Centre in North Watford where we provide services for children with learning disabilities.
Many thanks once again for you support"
Becky Vickers, Watford Mencap."

Barnado's Big Toddle - A Big Success

Thank you to all of you that joined us at Cassiobury Park on Sunday 20th July. To get us in the mood, Big Jo helped us to warm up to some of our favourite songs, before he waved us off with a smile. Despite the wind, we managed our 1/2 mile toddle through the park, hunting for red ribbons on trees guiding our way. Even though the toddle was quite a long way for little legs and rumbling tummy's, everyone made it and we raised an estimated £600 for Barnado's. Well done to everyone, your medals and certificates were very well deserved!


Jo helps us to limber up for the toddle		Jo with some medal winners

Jo Jingles classes help to build social skills and confidence

Channel 5 News visited our Jo Jingles group in Radlett to film ‘jingler’ Cosima Wiltshire taking part with her friends in her weekly Jo Jingles music & movement session. The reason for their interest is that Cosima didn’t start out life as the confident little girl that she is today. She was born with five haemangioma birth marks on her cheek and started treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital at the tender age of 5 weeks old. As she was on such strong steroid treatment for the first 20 months of her life, she wasn’t allowed to mix with other children at all, due to the associated risk of infection and illness.

At the end of last year, Cosima was given the all clear to start mixing with other children and Jo Jingles was the activity chosen by her mother Lindsay. Lindsay was looking for a structured activity that would gently introduce Cosima to music and movement and interaction with other children. Cosima now looks forward to attending Jo Jingles every week and talks about it constantly! As Lindsay explained:

“Coming to Jo Jingles has been a major change to Cosima’s life, allowing her to interact with other children and boosting her confidence beyond all recognition. It also provides a fun activity for us to share together and is a really special part of our week”.

Lindsay is currently fund-raising for the birth mark unit at Great Ormond Street hospital to buy a laser machine, to support her campaign please visit www.cosimafundraising.com