Half-Term Sorted! Holiday Clubs and Half-Term Clubs in South London – our top picks

Help! It’s nearly half-term and I’ve barely given a thought to holiday camps but here we are going into the penultimate week of this half-term so here are some top tips for local clubs in the Dulwich and Peckham area:

Mama.Codes and Scribeasy Workshop
Half term coding & creative writing workshops – Ages 3-8
Amanda from Scribeasy is a former SE22 Piano School parent so I’m delighted to recommend this collaboration with the excellent kids coding company Mama.Codes.

Dates: October 26 and November 2, drop-off
Venue: Edward Alleyn Club, 83-85 Burbage Road, SE24 9HD
Ages: 3-5 and 5-8 years
Times: Morning only, 9.30-11.45am, Full day, 9.30am-3pm
Details: Coding workshop in the morning, picnic (packed) lunch, creative writing workshop with Scribeasy.com in the afternoon.
Cost: Morning only – £25 per child, £20 for siblings, or if you bring a friend
Full day – £50 per child, £45 for siblings or if you bring a friend
Further info: No coding experience necessary, a tablet is helpful but not essential

Find Out More About Half-Term Clubs at Mama.Codes

Enter code MCSIBLING at checkout for discounted sibling price when booking more than one child. (Offer can only be applied for one sibling)


Nimble Arts Holiday Club in Forest Hill and East Dulwich

The fantastic and hugely popular Nimble Arts is running two holiday clubs in South-East London at Heber School and the Horniman School. My daughter has attended several of these holiday clubs over the years and the classes are hugely creative and the kids learn brilliant skills with a different theme each day. From going on a Viking Voyage, managing a Toy Factory, running the Nimble TV Studio, creating an Artist’s Sketchbook, exploring a Dessert Island or joining Sleuth School, every day is an adventure into the imagination! The Nimble Arts team put a huge amount of planning and effort into each holiday club which ensures they have lots of happy kids returning time and time again to their clubs.

Find Out More About Half-Term Clubs at Nimble Arts


Dulwich Picture Gallery Holiday Clubs

One of my favourite places in Dulwich is the beautiful Picture Gallery in the heart of the Village. There are shorter holiday clubs catering for ages 6 to 12 from 24th to 27th October. As part of the popular Museums at Night event, the gallery is open from 6pm – 9.30pm on the 28th of October for ages 4 to 18 to enjoy the Tove Jansson exhibition after dark. Let the Freshwater Theatre Company take you on a theatrical journey, make your own fabric Moomin creatures and help create a mystical den inspired by Moominvalley!

Find Out More About Half-Term Clubs at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Habs & Prendergast Music Aptitude Test: Is the Instrument the same or different?


Here is a blog post with lots of video clips to help you distinguish different families of instruments. Head over to the Music Aptitude Test web site to have a listen. Best of luck on the 30th of September!

https://musicaptitudetest.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/prendergasthabs-how-to-identify-brass-vs-woodwind-instruments/#8230

Buy Music Aptitude Tests for Prendergast Ladywell Habs HaberdashersPlease note you can check out without a Paypal account. 


For tips on the tricky Texture section, see this video:


Saturday 30th September 2017

Music Aural Test

This test will be held on the Pepys site

Wednesday 4th October 2017

Emails will be sent advising all music applicants if they will / will not be invited to attend an audition

9th – 13th October 2017

All Day

Music Auditions

Tuesday 31st October 2017

Closing Date for secondary transfer applications

Tuesday 31st October 2017

Closing date for medical and social documents

Friday 2nd March 2018

The Official offer and decline letters will be emailed


Discounted Piano Lessons to Announce the Launch of our Online Booking System via KidSorted

Now enrolling new students for piano lessons in East Dulwich
Now enrolling new students for piano lessons in East Dulwich

We have just launched our Online Booking System for piano lessons and there is 10% off all bookings made this week using the code NEWSTUDENT at the check out. Available times for lessons at our Pellatt Road studio in East Dulwich:

Wednesday with Claire @ 15.50; 16.20
Thursday with Julia @ 15.45
Saturday with Julia @ 14:00

Consultation lessons are charged at the discounted rate of £20. The usual lesson fee for 30 minutes is £30. If you book this week, there is an additional 10% off lesson fees for the first half-term!

Discounted Piano Lessons – Book via KidSorted