Children at All Saints Kingston
We love children and want them to feel like full and welcome members of our church. We have several groups tailored to different age ranges and our building is also used by external children’s groups and events. Please view our calendar for up to date details. Our building is rather large(!) and we welcome families to come and explore! Ask our friendly welcomers to show you something you haven’t seen before or grab a free children’s trail by the welcomers desk.
Sundays
Except for All Age Service Sundays there are special activities for Children during the main 9.30am service where children meet to explore, through stories and creative arts, the readings and theme of the day.
Ours is a big building and there is lots of room for young people and their parents to stretch their legs and wander about if they need to and yet still remain part of the service if they want to.
Our All Age Service is specially crafted to appeal to our younger members, on these days music, readings and the talks are adapted with the whole congregation worshipping together throughout. We also welcome our junior choir to perform.
All our work with children is undertaken in accordance with the Child Protection guidelines as set down by the Diocese of Southwark and the Church of England.
Cafe and Children’s Corner
Our cafe, right in the heart of Kingston, is open every day 10am-4pm, is very reasonably priced and a great place to bring babies and toddlers who can use our high chairs and select from the menu.
Children aged 5 and under are also welcome to use our children’s corner 10am – 3:45pm every day – a specially designated play area close to the café full of age appropriate toys. There is no charge. All we ask is that you purchase your food and drink from the café and tidy away the toys that have been played with
Stay and Play Group
All Saints Kingston and Kingston WelCare jointly run a number of weekly “stay and play” sessions at both locations during term time. Each session is £1 per family
All Saints Kingston Stay and Play sessions – Monday & Thursday 10am-11.30am in the Heritage Gallery, please ask a welcomer to direct you.
Kingston WelCare Stay and Play sessions Tuesday & Wednesday 9.30-11am. After-school Family sessions Tuesdays 3.30-5.15pm Term time for children up to 10 including a snack. Venue: WelCare House 53-55 Canbury Park Road Kingston, KT2 6LQ.
Kingston WelCare Website
Crafty Mondays
Does your child LOVE craft but you don’t love the mess? Bring them along to our popular monthly crafting sessions where we will provide the gloopy glue, glitter and pipe cleaners so you and your child can craft to your hearts content but you can then leave us with the mess!!
Sessions have a £1 contribution and are generally on the first Monday of the month after school from 3.30pm, please contact Symone, senior playworker with any queries: [email protected]
Kingston Welcare Website
Youth Cafe
Our Youth Cafe is an opportunity to meet up and have fun or relax with time to reflect on life’s big questions. Once a month in term-time on Sundays 4-5pm, please see our Calendar or leaflet for dates and activities.
Meet in the church café. Open to all young people aged 11-18.
Previous sessions included cake making, laser tag and a visit to the Hogsmill nature area.
Click here for leaflet with dates
Bell ringing
The Kingston Bell Ringers have a special course specifically tailored for children wanting to learn Bell ringing. It truly is an all age activity and is a great hobby, with many aspects to interest everybody.
We are a friendly group of people and always pleased to see visitors at our practices on Wednesday evening and for service ringing on Sundays.
We are also delighted to hear from anybody who is interested in learning to ring. Come up and see us at our Wednesday practice night and find out what goes on!
See Main details on our Groups page
Kingston Bells Website
Our Junior Choir
All Saints has a wonderful musical tradition and younger children in years 2-5 are welcome to join our FREE Junior choir
There is no audition and the children learn a mix of secular and church music led by our talented and experienced musical staff and DBS checked volunteers. Sessions are mostly in the choir vestry of the beautiful All Saint’s Kingston with children learning pieces to perform for termly concerts and occasional services.
Each session will be great fun and an excellent opportunity to meet other children, form new friendships and enjoy singing together, plus children showing confidence and talent are offered an audition to join the church choir and become paid professionals!. Rehearsals on Friday afternoons during term time at All Saints Church, juice and biscuits at 4pm, rehearsal starts at 4.15pm and ends at 5pm.
Please see full details by selecting the choir box on our main welcome page.
Trebles in our Main Choir
Our main choir is a mix of musically talented adults and children. Children sing the treble line and start as probationers who receive small group training including how to read music until they graduate to a full member of the choir and receive their surplice. The choir meets on most Wednesday’s for evensong 5-6pm, on Friday for rehearsal 6.15-8.15pm (with probationers meeting slightly earlier for small group training) and on Sunday for Morning Service 9-10.45am, practice 11.15am-12pm and then evensong 5.30-7pm. There are also some additional concerts over the course of the year.
We do appreciate that this is quite a commitment for our younger singers but we believe the musical education more than makes up for it, with a number of our trebles going on to musical scholarships.
Please see full details by selecting the choir box on our main welcome page.
