Matipo Arts

31/08/2026

✨Creative Dance starts this Friday! ✨

Here's a bit of an intro to our new creative dance class for children aged 3-5 years old

Book a place and read further details via the link in our bio 🔗

Get moving with Matipo Arts! An introductory group for ages 3-5 years, this Creative Dance class uses stories and folk music to begin building movement skills.

Fridays 4th Sept-9th Oct
13:20-14:00
Parent Hood Hub, Latton Bush Centre, Harlow
£8.50 per child

Each 40 minute session will start with a warmup, followed by a series of stories, games and exercises to build foundational dance skills and get moving playfully before ending with a calming warm down.

Grownups are asked to remain on site for the duration of the session. Either waiting in the lobby or watching the class, whichever works best for your child.

31/08/2026

✨Dance class starting this Friday! We can't wait! Book now!✨

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-dance-3-5yrs-tickets-1997860761318?aff=oddtdtcreator

17/08/2026

✨New dance group for 3-5 yrs!✨

We're super excited to be trialling a new creative dance class for children aged 3-5 years old at the Parent Hood Hub in Harlow.

Here's the info:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1997860761318?aff=oddtdtcreator

Get moving with Matipo Arts! An introductory group for ages 3-5 years, this Creative Dance class uses stories and folk music to begin building movement skills.

Fridays 4th Sept-9th Oct
13:20-14:00
Parent Hood Hub, Latton Bush Centre, Harlow
£8.50 per child

Each 40 minute session will start with a warmup, followed by a series of stories, games and exercises to build foundational dance skills and get moving playfully before ending with a calming warm down.

Grownups are asked to remain on site for the duration of the session. Either waiting in the lobby or watching the class, whichever works best for your child.

An introductory group for ages 3-5 years, this Creative Dance class uses stories and folk music to begin building movement skills.

10/08/2026

Create & Play goes outdoors! 🤸

This week, we will be enjoying a fully outdoor session, in the shade of the sensory garden. You can expect the same resources, stories and craft as usual, just in a breezier setting.

We will be back in the learning centre next week, the 21st of August.

Don't forget to book your free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/create-play-town-park-tickets-1980206724619?aff=erelexpmlt

20/07/2026

Writing Retreat @ Parndon Mill

29th August 2026

Book your place now!

Bring your own project and join us for a day-long writing retreat in the beautiful waterside environment of Parndon Mill. Whether you’re working on a novel, academic paper, poetry or something else, this retreat is your space to write with peaceful focus. Facilitated by writer, director and spoken word artist Georgia Hardcastle, the retreat offers protected writing time, supportive group check-ins, and gentle camaraderie, with no expectation to share your work with the group. Beat the procrastination, and spend the day immersed in your project with optional support and writing exercises plus a very tasty lunch.

Book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992456016581?aff=oddtdtcreator

13/07/2026

At Create & Play, on Friday the 24th July the lovely and very knowledgeable James Dunlop, outdoor lead and forest school practitioner is coming to share from his wealth of experience around forest school and all things outdoors... so come along! 🤸

These Education Options sessions are open to families with slightly older children as well. So if you are interested in a visitor topic, please do join us!

Book you free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/create-play-town-park-tickets-1980206724619?aff=erelexpmlt
Friday 24th July
10:00-11:30
Pets' Corner Learning centre
Harlow Town

We are still trying to book in sessions with local mainstream primary schools, nurseries and montesori practitioners. If you can help with one of these topics, please get in touch!

We are at the Learning Centre at Harlow Pets Corner from 10-11:30 every Friday 📆

Kindly funded by Harlow Health Centre Trust and Essex Community Foundation

08/07/2026

Join us this friday for craft, play and even feeding and nutrition support! Absolutely free as always.

30/06/2026

Work with us this Autumn!

Matipo Arts is hiring!
We are on the lookout for an administrator with event coordination experience to support the continued loveliness of our Wassail Winter Festival.

If this sounds up your street, we'd love to hear from you!

Application deadline: 9am 20th July 2026

More details on our website:

We are always open to collaboration and new ideas, so if you would like to work from conception with us, get in touch via our email [email protected] to discuss.

22/06/2026

We continue our Education Options visitor series this Friday with long-time home educator Annalise Taylor! Join us for our normal free playgroup and hear about the realities of home education.

Annalise has 30 years experience as a home educating parent. She has recently led an oral history project recording the long term experiences of home educators, which now lives at the British Library.

Friday 26th June
10:00-11:30
Pets' Corner Learning centre
Harlow Town

These Education Options sessions are open to families with slightly older children as well. So if you are interested in a visitor topic, please do join us!
We are still trying to book in sessions with local mainstream primary schools, nurseries and montesori practitioners. If you can help with one of these topics, please get in touch!

17/06/2026

We are kicking off our Education Options visitor series this Friday with the lovely people from Waldorf Cambridge! Join us for our normal free playgroup and hear about the Steiner/Waldorf approach.

These Education Options sessions are open to families with slightly older children as well. So if you are interested in a visitor topic, please do join us!

We are still trying to book in sessions with local mainstream primary schools, nurseries and montesori practitioners. If you can help with one of these topics, please get in touch!