Blog » Month: April 2020

VE DAY: Lockdown Party Ideas

The weekend of May 8th-10th is the weekend to commemorate and celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, marking the end of the war in Europe. Why not throw a…

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Doncaster & Bassetlaw Maternity Services – Update

A midwife will be available via messaging on the Doncaster & Bassetlaw Maternity Services Facebook Page 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.  Summary of current changes to Maternity Services that came into…

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Boston Park Farm – Little Farmers Online!

If you’re missing Boston Park Farm, you’ll be pleased to know that they now have their own You Tube channel! They will be loading videos of some activities that little…

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Chloe’s Fundraising for the Children’s Air Ambulance

Eight Year Old Chloe from Doncaster is a member of #TheCrew at the Children’s Air Ambulance. She helps to raise awareness and much needed funds to keep the air ambulance…

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Live Online Disney Art Classes

Join Wright Art Studio for a live online Disney art class every Friday at 6pm! Like this page to join in! www.facebook.com/wrightartstudio You will be guided step-by-step to draw some…

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The Deep – Home Schooling Resources

To all the home schooling mums and dads out there…keep going! You’re doing a fab job! We wanted to help where we can so every MONDAY MORNING at 9am, we…

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Coronavirus Tests for Essential Workers

Via Business Doncaster, 27th April 2020 All essential workers and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus are now able to get tested. A dedicated car park…

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Mummy’s School

As we reach the sixth week of lockdown and home schooling (almost the length of the summer holidays!), Mumbler Annie,  is sharing her experience of the lockdown with us and…

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Audible – Free Stories

Did you know that you can listen to stories for FREE with Audible? From the littlest listeners  to teens, there is a book for everyone. Stories entertain. They teach. They…

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Orchard Toys Activity Sheets

Orchard Toys have some fun and educational activity sheets to download, perfect for learning at home. The activity sheets cover a range of learning goals, including language and literacy to…

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Active Fusion help parents with PE from home

We are delighted to bring you our brand new ‘PE Parent’ Resource Pack! We want to ensure that during this time children are not missing out on their vital Physical…

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Home School Topic Timetable

At Mumbler, our main goal is and always has been to make parenting life that little bit easier. With this in mind, we’ve come up with some topics to frame…

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Children’s Animal Picture Hunt

Try out this animal picture hunt created by our sister site Wakefield Mumbler! All you need to do is print the pictures, cut them along the dashed line and stick…

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Design a Den Challenge

Calling all young budding designers, architects and builders across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire! SAS (Senior Architectural Systems) in Denaby are on a mission to find the best imaginary hideaway in…

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Darts: Explore the NEW Mythomania exhibition at home

Doncaster Community Arts (darts) invite you to explore their new Mythomania exhibition, with some free creative activities you can do at home. If you went along to the Wow! Said…

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Free Introduction to Teaching Course for parents

“These kids are driving me mad…” said every mum in the UK, at some point in the last couple of weeks…swiftly followed by ‘Yes of course I understand calculus’ and…

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FREE Online Make-up, Health & Well-Being Course

We’re a month into lockdown…a month of social distancing and home schooling, with several more weeks at least until we can resume some kind of normality.Being at home can be…

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Virtual Day Trips for Kids. You can visit some of the Worlds best museums whilst staying at home in Doncaster

Did you know that many large attractions from around the world offer virtual tours so you can visit them from the comfort of your sofa! How cool is that? Given…

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Virtual Day Trips for all the Family

We’ve taken this blog from our sister site Harrogate Mumbler! It’s the weekend!  Hurray!  Well not really, in today’s climate the thought of two whole days of doing nothing doesn’t…

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The Easter Newsletter is Out – April 2020

I’ve just emailed this months Doncaster Mumbler Newsletter. It’s a round-up of of the stay at home activities and ideas that I have been adding to the Mumbler website over…

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Easter at home for families

As we near the end of 3 weeks of social distancing and lockdown in the UK, the Easter Holiday weekend is not quite going to be the same, but we…

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An introduction to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT/ Tapping)

I heard the term EFT or Tapping last week and had no idea what it was! Fortunately Doncaster Mum Danielle, a qualified EFT Practitioner, sent me some more information and…

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Coronavirus A book for children

The much loved and talented illustrator Axel Scheffler has produced a book about Covid-19 Coronavirus just for children – and it’s available as a FREE download. https://nosycrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coronavirus_INS.pdf The Gruffalo illustrator…

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Doncaster School Nurses eClinics

This is a service which young people aged 11+ can access from the comfort of their own home. RDaSH eClinics is for young people to talk to a school nurse…

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Important advice regarding fetal movements

Registering a birth during Covid-19

As a result of the COVID-19 virus and to protect staff and the community as much as possible, birth registration appointments have been suspended until the the end of May…

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15 Easter Games and Activities to Play as a Family

Looking for ways to entertain the kids at home over the Easter Holidays? If you want something a bit different from the usual egg hunt, these Mumbler tried-and-tested family games…

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Egg Decorating Ideas

Whether you need an entry for the Egg Decorating competition, Easter Bonnet parade or just want to entertain the kids, our tried and tested egg decorating ideas may come in…

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Make a Farm

Kelsey and Kay from Central Family Hubs have posted a lovely idea over on facebook today! Whilst their usual Growing Friends session can’t take place, they have a little activity…

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Joe Browns clothing are giving one lucky Mumbler a massive £250 voucher for a new wardrobe update!

***Competition now closed*** The whole world is facing a crazy & unsettling time and none of us know how long it is going to last or how long we will…

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Mumbler Competition: WIN £50 worth of vouchers for Lakeside Village!

Are you expecting or have you just had a baby? If so, here’s something that might just make your day. An opportunity to WIN £50 worth of vouchers from the…

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10 Games for Easter

Here are some Easter themed games that you play at home with the kids! 1) The Classic Egg & Spoon Race If you really want to be brave and try…

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Indoor & Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

Whatever the weather, a scavenger hunt is a great way to get the kids using their eyes and looking for things either inside your house or out in your garden…

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Educational TV Programmes for Kids

Amazon Prime Creative Galaxy – animated programme solving creative problems with art Team Umizoomie – maths superheroes introduce young viewers to the concepts of counting, measurement, shapes and patterns.     CBBC Source:…

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Easter Craft Ideas

Here are a few craft ideas for you to do at home! There are some that you can easily send to relatives and others to dress up your house ready…

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Hill House School – Easter Holiday Club

Hill House School are offering their Holiday Club Provision to the children of key workers, aged 3-13 during the Easter Holidays. They have a limited number of places still available….

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Birthday Parties on Lockdown

It’s so difficult for children having a birthday over the next few weeks and months, so we’ve pulled together a few ideas of how to still make this day one…

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Fresh Fruit & Veg delivery services

There are lots of fresh fruit and vegetable delivery services now available. Here is a summary of the ones that I am aware of with their contact details. If I…

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GoodNight with Dolly

If your children loved the Imagination Library as much as mine did, they’ll love this new read-aloud video series. When they were little, my children thought Dolly was an Aunt…

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Doncaster Domestic Abuse Hub

Helplines are still open on 01302 737080 or email dahub@doncaster.gov.uk

Doncaster Health Visitors – suspension of community groups

Please note that all Doncaster Health Visitors Community groups are suspended until further notice during the Coronavirus measures. This includes First Friends Growing Friends Breast Start Groups Infant Massage Antenatal…

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Free online parenting courses

Via Doncasters Families Information Service Fascinating online courses for everyone who wants to be an even better mum, dad, grandparent or carer from bump to 18 years.  You’ve got lots…

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