Please vote for us in the What’s On 4 Kids Awards 2021!

Posted: 13th July 2021

Voting is open for the What’s On 4 Kids Awards 2021! Gymbo having a tea party

What’s on 4 Kids Awards recognise and reward the most loved children’s activities in the UK, and have been doing so since 2006. We’ve been nominated by you, our members, and that’s what makes these awards so special.

It’s been such a difficult 12 months so it means a lot to be recognised by you, despite our centres being closed for so much of the year. We launched Gymbo @ Home last March to offer you a version of our classes during Lockdown. This was a combination of short live-action and pre-recorded interactive videos delivered via closed Facebook Groups. Do you remember Gymbo’s Big Tea Party, Gymbo on Holiday, Gymbo’s Sports Day, and our all-day extravaganza Gymbo Fest?! We hope we managed to keep you just a little bit busy and entertained during those long sunny days!

It was such a relief to be able to open again in autumn last year, and again in April. We welcomed so many of you back to our centres, and so many new families who had missed out on the opportunity of learning and playing with other new parents and little ones. Thank you for showing your support and filling our (smaller) classes when we opened.

Amazingly, we’re nominated in 4 categories at the What’s On 4 Kids Awards:

- Most Loved Sport or Physical Activity, 6-20 leaders

Most Loved Activity Leader, London – Aaron Barriscale, Gymboree Play & Music Chiswick & Wimbledon
Most Loved Activity Leader, South East England – Colette Beard, Gymboree Play & Music, Sevenoaks
Most Loved Activity Leader, East England – Wendy Canning, Gymboree Play & Music Norwich

Please vote for us now, you have until noon on Wednesday 8th September!

https://whatson4kids.co.uk/awards/vote

Plus if that wasn’t enough excitement, if you’re a member of What’s On 4 Kids your vote will enter you into an amazing prize draw to win a family ticket to Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter!

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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!

Natalia, Hampstead

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.

Sheena, Sevenoaks

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 :-)

Pippa, Tunbridge Wells