Saturday 9:30am, £12 a family, children aged 5 to 14 with their grown-ups
Saturday family session
Forty-five minutes on Saturday morning for children and their grown-ups together: relay races, obstacle courses, partner challenges and games that are secretly a workout, run by Bethan after the 8am bootcamp. £12 for up to two adults and three children.
The family session started because parents at the Saturday 8am kept bringing children who wanted to join in. Now it has its own forty-five minutes at 9:30, and the rule is simple: the grown-ups do it too.
Each Saturday has a theme (relays, an obstacle course round the bandstand, a treasure hunt with exercises at each clue, sports day in July) and every activity works for a five-year-old and a fifty-year-old. Children are in teams with their own family or mixed, never singled out, and there is no winning that matters beyond the next five minutes.
A grown-up stays and takes part with every child; this is not a drop-off club. Bethan holds an enhanced DBS check and first aid (placeholders on this demonstration site). In bad weather the family session is cancelled by 8am by text rather than moved, because small children and sideways rain do not mix.
What you get
- Forty-five minutes, Saturday 9:30am
- Children 5 to 14 with a grown-up taking part
- Games and challenges that suit every age
- A theme each week, sports day in July
- £12 a family, £6 for members
- Cancelled by 8am in heavy rain, never moved
What it costs
£12 a family each Saturday, up to two adults and three children aged 5 to 14. Members' families £6. Children always come with a grown-up who takes part. The prices page works out the cheapest way to pay for how often you will come.
Questions about family Saturday
Can I drop my child off?
No. A grown-up takes part with every child. That is the point, and it is our safeguarding rule.
My child has additional needs. Can they come?
Very likely yes. Ring Bethan first and tell her what helps; most things can be adapted.
Your first session is free. See you at the bandstand.
Tell us which sessions suit and we reply within the hour between sessions with a time. Come ten minutes early, in trainers and layers, and whoever is leading will show you round and give you the easiest version of everything.