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Rugby Families Encouraged To Join In With 'Chatter Matters Week'

Rugby Families Encouraged To Join In With 'Chatter Matters Week'

Families with young children will be encouraged to find time to talk during Chatter Matters week as events around the county take place to celebrate and promote communication with babies and toddlers.

Warwickshire Chatter Matters Week runs from 4 to 8 March and lots of activities will be happening across the county in nurseries and children's centres with the aim to raise awareness of the importance of early language development. This is the third year in which local communities have celebrated and supported the week.

Warwickshire's speech and language therapists, children's centre staff, and early years providers are using the week to promote the ‘time to talk' programme which helps parents to communicate imaginatively.

Families can jump on the big red bus which will be travelling round the county during the week to find out more about ways that they can interact with their tiny tots. Bus stop details are included below.

Warwickshire Speech and Language Therapist Alex Williams explained the importance of communication. She said: "As a society we are forgetting how important it is to spend time talking and listening to young children and as a consequence many youngsters are not developing the speech and language skills they are capable of.

"Being able to listen, understand and use words effectively helps children with all aspects of their learning, making them happier and able to achieve more throughout their early years and beyond.

"The variety of sessions on offer at the county's children's centres and nurseries are about children having fun learning early language skills and parents and carers learning top tips to help them. "We will be spending time sharing rhymes, songs and stories and reminding everyone  how good it feels to make time for a chat."

"We hope Chatter Matters week will give parents a taster of fun activities and give them some inspiration about how they can spend more time talking to babies and toddlers."

The ‘time to talk' programme is delivered in partnership with Warwickshire County Council and the NHS. For more information or for details of local sessions contact alex.williams@swft.nhs.uk, 07909000434 and follow Warwickshire timetotalk on Facebook.

Big Red Party Bus route:

Date	Stop no.	Time	Venue
Monday 4th March	1	9.30-10.30	Lillington Nursery & Primary School, Cubbington Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 7AG tel:  01926 425114
	2	11.00 - 12	ASDA Leamington, Chesterton Drive, Leamington Spa, CV31 1YD tel:  01926 311656
	3	1.00 - 2.00	Warwick Racecourse, Hampton Street, Warwick, CV34 6HN. Tel:  01926 491553
	4	2.30 - 3.30	Southam & District Children's Centre, Graham Adams Centre, St. James Road, Southam, CV47 0LY Tel:  01926 814953
Tuesday 5th March	1	9.30-10.30	Badger Valley Children's Centre, Tilemans lane, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4HP Tel:  01608 664771
	2	11.00 - 12	Wellies Children's Centre, Wellesbourne Library & Children's Centre, Kineton Road, Wellesbourne, CV35 9NF  Tel:  01789 840528
	3	1.00 - 3.00	Stratford Children's Centre Ken Kennett Centre, Justins Avenue, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 0DA Tel:  01789 415551
Wednesday 6th March	1	9.30-10.30	ASDA Nuneaton Superstore, Newtown Road, Nuneaton, CV11 4FL Tel:  02476 374757
	2	11.00 - 12	Coleshill Children's Centre Manager, Coleshill C of E Primary School, Wingfield Road, Coleshill, B46 3LL
	3	1.00 -2.00	Mancetter Surestart Children's Centre, Old Farm, Mancetter, CV9 1QN Tel:  01827 718723
	4	2.30 - 3.30	Polesworth Children's Centre, Birchwood Primary School, Birchwood Avenue, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QU  Tel:  01827 894649  (venue may change - check with children's centre)
Thursday 7th March	1 TBC	9.30-10.30	Bulkington Children's Centre, Bulkington Village Centre, School Road, Bulkington, CV12 9JB Tel:  02476 318786
	2	11.00 - 12	Rugby Library, Little Elborrow Street, Rugby, CV21 3BZ  Tel:  01788 533250
	3	1.00 -2.00	Boughton Leigh Children's Centre, Boughton Leigh Infant School, Hollowell Road, Rugby, CV21 1LT
	4	2.30-3.30	Daisykins Day Nursery, 3 Whitehall Road, Rugby, CV21 3AE  Tel:  01788 552200
Friday 8th March	1	9 -10. 00	St. Michael's Children's Centre, Hazel Grove, Bedworth, CV12 9DA  Tel:  02476 494171
	2	10.30 - 11.30	Abbey Children's Centre, Hatter Space, Upper Abbey Street, Nuneaton, CV11 5EL
	3	12.00 -1pm	Riversley Park Children's Centre, Clinic Drive, Coton Road, Nuneaton, CV10 8NL
	4	2.00 - 3.00	Rainbow Children's Centre, 181 Smorrall Lane, Bedworth, CV12 0JP Tel:  02476 644276
	5	3.30 - 4.30	Bedworth Heath Nursery School & Children's Centre, Bedworth Heath Nursery School, Glebe Avenue, Bedworth, CV12 0JP Tel:  02476 364188

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