Art Classes Coming Soon!
Gymboree Play & Music Solihull are excited to be bringing art classes to their programme from January 2025!! These classes…
Gymboree Play & Music Solihull
Gymboree Play & Music Solihull is run by the lovely Jennie, Brooklyn and their team. They’re based inside the Notcutts Garden Centre near the big Tesco on Stratford road in Shirley. They cover a large area around and including Solihull, up to Elmdon and Bickenhill, down to Tanworth and Lapworth, west to Dickens Heath, and Earlswood, and east to Chadwick End and Bradnocks Marsh, and everywhere in between! Gymboree Play & Music Solihull offer sensory classes for babies, Art classes, and our famous Play & Learn classes for little ones who are on the move. They also offer a range of fabulously fun birthday parties, with zero clean up for you!
Membership
Gymboree Play & Music’s classes are offered as a membership, where members are booked in for a developmentally-appropriate teacher-led class every week. Members can also enjoy unlimited access to Open Gym sessions throughout the week, spaces permitting. Membership fees are paid monthly by direct debit.
Book in for a free trial now using the timetable below! Or if you’re not sure which class will be best for you, just enquire now!
Membership Fees
£45 per month per child (£30 extra for Art if added to regular membership)
£30 per month for members’ siblings
Tap on the icons below to find out more about each level
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Jennie
Manager
Hi, I am Jennie - the Centre Manager for Gymboree Play & Music Solihull. I have worked at Gymboree Play & Music Solihull for over 10 years now. Before working for Gymboree Play & Music I was a nanny who used to come to classes with little ones I looked after, I loved classes so much I applied for a job when I finished nannying and have been here ever since!
I live in Solihull with my husband Kingsley and little girl Frankie - I am sure if you have been to see us you will have met her too! xx
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Brooklyn-Rose
Teacher
Hi I’m Brooklyn-Rose.
I have been a teacher at Gymboree Play & Music Solihull for over 5 years now. It’s such a fun and happy place to come to work everyday and I really enjoy all the classes I teach. Over the years I’ve loved all the relationships I’ve built with customers and their little ones, as well as our amazing team at Gymboree Play & Music. I hope to work here for many years to come, making lots of new memories and can’t imagine myself doing any other job! -
Amelia
Teacher
Hi, I’m Amelia.
After being a customer at Gymboree Play & Music Solihull with my daughter since April 2021 and always thinking it would be a great career change for me, I applied and have been teaching since October 2022! It is such a fun place to work with such an amazing team and customers. I can’t wait to watch all the little ones grow and progress and just love watching them have the best fun ever using their imagination! I am thoroughly enjoying all of the classes I teach and have felt so welcomed by all of our lovely customers. -
Adel
Teacher
Hi I'm Adel.
I had been a customer of Gymboree Play & Music Solihull with my daughter since March 2022. I loved the classes and how much it helped my daughter grow in confidence and socially that when a position came available I decided in my change in career to help other children develop and progress.
I have been teaching since November 2022 and love being a part of such an amazing team. -
Emma
Teacher
Hi I’m Emma. I am the newest member to Gymboree Play & Music Solihull. Gymboree holds many special memories for me, as I brought both my son and daughter to classes when they were younger. When a staff member position became available, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work in such a professional and passionate environment, with incredible staff. I have a background in Child Education and Development and i love to sing and dance! I understand the importance of learning through play and look forward to helping your little ones develop and have fun xx
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We’re based in a purpose built site inside Notcutts Garden Centre on Stratford Road in Shirley.
Parking is in the main car park shared with Notcutts and Tesco and is free for 3 hours. If your visit to the site is going to be longer than 3 hours please speak to a a member of the team.
It is a short walk through the garden centre to our building so you may wish to bring a buggy. We have a buggy park outside the building and locks are available to borrow upon request.
A
(Solihull)
All of my 3 children absolutely loved Gymboree! It was always event of the week!
The staff is so lovely and welcoming. When we come in it is like visiting family or friends.
There is always plenty to do age appropriate activities.
We love Gymboree
3 months ago
R
(Solihull)
Gymboree is the highlight of mine and my daughter’s week. We have been going since she was a few weeks old and not only does it provide excellent sensory play once a week, the classes also give me confidence and ideas of my sensory play we can do at home. Adele and the rest of the team makes everyone feel comfortable and helps create an environment where it’s fine if baby needs a feed or is crying and as parents we feel supported.
3 months ago
N
(Solihull)
My daughter absolutely loves Gymboree.
She can’t wait for her weekly class, she has grown and developed well in confidence.
All the staff in Solihull are so lovely and friendly. Thank you
3 months ago
C
(Solihull)
We have always loved coming to Gymboree, the facilities are fantastic and because the layout of the exciting equipment is always changing it has a lovely mix of being familiar and feeling new each time we come! Our older son Henry came for a number of years and it set him up so well for school nursery. Our younger son Alfie is enjoying it just as much and particularly loves the climbing! Thanks to all the team for always being so friendly, kind and welcoming xXx
3 months ago
S Young
(Solihull)
I took my grandson to the taster session and he absolutely loved it! He dived straight into the musical instruments and wanted to explore everywhere! The staff are amazing ! So friendly and welcoming. Thank you Gymboree
7 months ago
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Reviews
Both of my children (3.5 years and 11 months) go to Gymboree Play & Music and love it. My toddler goes to their drop-off Lego class which she raves about. It's very creative, working not only on Lego skills but also painting, drawing etc. My infant son loves his Gymboree Play & Music Crawlers class - particularly loves crawling all over their props, through the tunnels, etc. Great way to get the infant crawling over obstacles! Gymboree Play & Music is part of our weekly schedule for both kids and we look forward to participating every week. Invaluable!
Gymboree Play & Music was a lovely and positive experience for my son Leo. We started when he was 9 months and he is now 3 years old, I wish we had started sooner.
He loves the songs (which is part of our daily singing at home), the freedom to explore and he was happy there. He looks forward to class every week and once class is over he will tell everyone about Gymbo and what he did.
For me, I liked that it taught him how to get down safely from a height, how to learn to use his body, and touching on different topics every 2 weeks. It gave me confidence in other environments to trust that he has the ability that he learned from Gymboree Play & Music and to trust him.
I’ve been taking both my newborn and toddler to Gymboree Play & Music for a couple of months now and both boys are really loving the classes and open gym sessions. It’s a great way to meet other mums, entertain toddlers at witching hour(!) and get ideas for sensory play with babies. Sophie and Cat are fantastic and have so much energy and loads of different ideas for the classes, plus make sure the activities it’s help children meet their development milestones as well. Highly recommend this if you’re thinking about joining!! Thanks so much Sophie, Cat and the wider team :-)
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