Children's centres
Purfleet-on-Thames Children's Centre
Address
Centurion Way,
Purfleet-on-Thames,
RM19 1QA
You can phone or visit the centre at the following times:
- Mondays from 8:30am to 5pm
- Tuesdays closed
- Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30am to 5pm
- Fridays from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Mondays
| Time | Activity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am to 10:30am | Stay and play | No session 2 May. For ages 12 months to 24 months. Fun activities for you and your child. The sessions promote social skills and stimulation to support your child's development. The session also shares ideas to support your child's learning at home. All welcome. |
| 11am to midday | Stay and play | No session 2 May. For ages 24 months to 60 months. Fun activities for you and your child. The sessions promote social skills and stimulation to support your child's development. The session also shares ideas to support your child's learning at home. All welcome. |
| 1pm to 4pm | Growth clinic | 16 May and 30 May. For ages 0 to 60 months. Book in advance by phoning 0300 300 1999. |
| 1:30pm to 2:30pm | Stay and play | 9 May and 23 May. For ages 0 to 12 months. Fun activities for you and your baby. The sessions promote social skills and stimulation to support your child's development. The session also shares ideas to support your child's learning at home. All welcome. |
Tuesdays
| Time | Activity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9am to 4pm | 1 and 2 year-olds development assessment checks | Health and development assessment to check your child's weight, height, learning, diet and behaviour. Book in advance by phoning 0300 300 1999. |
Wednesdays
| Time | Activity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am to 11am | Empowering parents, empowering communities | From 11 May. For parents and carers only, who have children aged 2 to 11 years – no crèche facilities available. Empowering parents, empowering communities (EPEC) is a parenting group run by parents for parents. Parents will learn how to use a range of parenting skills, understand their children's feelings and develop a closer parent-child relationship. Book in advance. |
| 10am to 11am | Big cook, little cook – master chef | 18 May. For ages 24 months to 60 months. Book in advance. |
| 10am to 1pm | Special education needs and disabilities (SEND) – Parent Advisory Team Thurrock (PATT) drop-in | 25 May. Staff from Parent Advisory Team Thurrock (PATT) will be available to offer advice and support with issues around education, in particular special educational needs support, education health and care (EHC) plans, annual reviews, and exclusion from school. For parents and carers of children aged 0 to 25 years, with their child or young person. For details, phone 07702 127 252. |
| 12:30pm to 2:30pm | Paediatric first aid | 4 May. Book in advance by phoning Thurrock Adult Community College on 01375 372 476, selecting option 1 and quoting course code 8031C217. |
Thursdays
| Time | Activity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30am to 11:30am | Baby yoga | Book in advance by phoning Thurrock Adult Community College on 01375 372 476, selecting option 1 and quoting course code 7053C215. |
Fridays
| Time | Activity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:15am to 10:15am | Baby rhyme time | No session 6 May. For ages 0 to 12 months. All welcome. |
| 10:45am to 11:45am | Let's talk with your toddler | No session 6 May. For ages 12 months to 24 months. A programme to support your child's communication and language skills, including advice and strategies you can use in the home. Book in advance. |
Other activities
A wide range of activities are organised at children's centres across Thurrock, either regularly or from time to time. You can find out more about these activities in the document below. Check the timetables of individual children's centres for latest details.
Registration
You can use the registration form below to register yourself and your child at this children's centre, or any of our other children's centres.