Sure Start Dungannon and Coalisland

Baby Sensory - Group2
2024-02-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Sensory – is a group designed especially for parents and their babies under 18 months old. The sessions will provide sensory play opportunities which support positive attachments and promote shared interactions between parents and their babies.

Tempo Ho - 0-18months
2024-02-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Tempu Ho Kangaroo – ‘’ Time with Kangaroo’’: Run by our East Timorese Family Support Worker this group allows precious time with your baby. In this group we cover baby massage, brain development, the importance of talking to your baby and post-natal exercise. The group is offered to East Timorese mums and babies between 0 – 18 months.

Hypnobirthing
2024-02-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Hypnobirthing is run by our midwife and is a unique method of relaxed natural childbirth education. Enhanced by self-hypnosis and guided imagery techniques that allow women to use their natural abilities to bring about safer, easier and more comfortable birth. These techniques aim to help reduce awareness of fear, anxiety and pain during childbirth.

Story and Rhyme Dungannon
2024-02-05 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-19 10:30 - 11:00 | Dungannon Library
Story and Rhyme: Promoting the use of your local library and a love of books, this session helps parents and children bond and have fun whilst learning new stories and rhymes. It enhances speech and language and social skills in all the children who attend. The physical rhymes and songs enhance physical development and imagination for children 0 – 3 years.

Art Ventures - 18months to 3years
2024-02-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Coalisland Cornmill
Art Ventures is a group for children 18months – 3 years (up to child’s 4th birthday) and is designed to enhance your child’s creative thought processes. Taking inspiration from the Reggio Emilia inspired approach this group celebrates children’s ideas and how they play.

Baby Yoga - 9months to walking
2024-02-05 13:30 - 14:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Yoga gives parents and children the opportunity through playful interaction and communication to experience the benefits of touch, stretching, movement and relaxation and songs. There are 2 separate baby yoga classes to cater for different ages. This group caters for babies 9 months to walking (pre-mobile).

Playtime- Dungannon
2024-02-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Playtime is a unique play programme adopting a Reggio Emilia inspired approach that provides an enriching learning experience for children and their parents. The group helps to build positive relationships through fun, active play opportunities and will support the all-round development of your child. This group is aimed at children 18 months – 3 years.

Breastfeeding Support Group
2024-02-07 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-02-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-02-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
The Breastfeeding group is a weekly drop-in group. The group is open to all members and non-members of SureStart, who are breastfeeding or expressing. Antenatal mums are always very welcome.

Baby Massage (0-1years)
2024-02-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Massage: Baby Massage provides a wonderful experience for parents to connect and unwind with their babies whilst learning nurturing touch strokes. Baby massage benefits include secure attachment, supporting your baby’s physical and mental development, providing relief from wind and colic, improving circulation and promoting better sleep. Classes are suitable for babies from birth to 1 year old.

Baby Sensory - Group 1
2024-02-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon

Story & Rhyme - Coalisland
2024-02-08 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-22 10:30 - 11:00 | Coalisland Library

Rhyme B4 Teatime
2024-02-12 15:45 - 16:15 | Main Office, Dungannon
Rhyme B4 Teatime – (Suitable from Birth) Promoting a love of books and enhancing imagination through use of puppets, rhymes and songs.

Dungannon Discovery Trail
2024-02-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Help your child learn about and connect with the community that they live in. The Trail is part of our way of making Sure Start more visible in the community and we hope that through this we will get to see our community from a child’s point of view.

Baby Massage - 0-1years Coalisland
2024-02-19 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-02-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Coalisland Cornmill

Exploration Day - Time slots
2024-02-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Our Exploration Day focuses on play and art and suitable for 18months to 4years. Slots available from 10am – 4pm.

Parenting Puzzle with Creche
2024-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Parenting Puzzle: This programme is for parents of children 0 – 3 years. There are a range of topics covered for example the art of listening, giving praise, child led play, choices and consequences. Crèche is available with this programme.

Young Parents Group
2024-02-22 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Young Parents – This group is just what you need for a little bit of ‘you’ time. Relax for an hour with other mums in the same age group and join in a range of lovely activities.  Crèche is provided although places are limited.

Postnatal Exercise Class
2024-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Postnatal Exercise class will be delivered by Laura Donnelly, PT Instructor. Pre mobile babies are welcome to attend with mum.

Baby Massage - 1 off taster session
2024-02-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Massage: Baby Massage provides a wonderful experience for parents to connect and unwind with their babies whilst learning nurturing touch strokes. Baby massage benefits include secure attachment, supporting your baby’s physical and mental development, providing relief from wind and colic, improving circulation and promoting better sleep. Classes are suitable for babies from birth to 1 year old. Creche will be available for older children up to their 4th birthday

Playtime - Coalisland
2024-02-23 10:30 - 11:30 | Parochial Hall, Coalisland

Dads Group
2024-02-24 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Dads Group: is a programme especially for our dads/male carers and their children 0 – 3 years giving them that one to one uninterrupted quality playtime that they may not always get time for. It is filled with lots of fun, interactive activities, games, songs and ideas that you can take away and try at home.
