Hartbeeps
Hartbeeps runs three age-staged classes every Friday at Riverside Community Centre, Gloucester Road, Malmesbury (SN16 9JS) — Happy House (18 months–4 years, 10:00–10:45), Baby Beeps (8–18 months, 11:00–11:45), and Baby Bells (1–8 months, 12:00–12:45) — all term time only. Term booking costs £7.00 per child per class; pay-as-you-go places are £8.50, bookable one week in advance. Check with Hartbeeps North Wiltshire directly about trial availability.
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About this class
Three Hartbeeps classes run back-to-back at Riverside Community Centre on Fridays, each designed for a different developmental stage rather than a strict birthday cutoff. Happy House kicks off at 10:00 for children aged 18 months to four years; Baby Beeps follows at 11:00 for sitting babies through to confident walkers (8–18 months); Baby Bells takes the noon slot for the youngest babies from around one month to eight months. All three run term time only and are run by Sadie Ditchburn, franchise owner for Hartbeeps North Wiltshire, Cirencester and Lechlade. Riverside Community Centre sits on Gloucester Road, next to the Co-op.
Each 45-minute session is built around Hartbeeps' own original music — remixed nursery rhymes, raps, claps, and rhythm rhymes — with lighting effects, puppetry, sparkly parachutes, and sensory props. A different theme runs each week, so the experience doesn't repeat across a term. Baby Bells centres on bonding and connection, with elements of baby massage, baby yoga, and tummy time, guiding parents and babies through an imaginary Baby Land alongside friendly puppet characters. Baby Beeps is bigger and bouncier: baby signing, dressing-up, hundreds of sensory props, and larger-than-life puppet friends, with a calming wind-down at the end — dimmed curtains, light-up stars, pillows, blankets, feathers, and ambient scent. Happy House takes toddlers on a weekly sound journey with characters Dexter Cat and Adrian Mouse, drawing in music, movement, creative play, and early counting.
All classes are designed in line with the EYFS curriculum, and every Hartbeeps Imaginator holds a DBS check and public liability cover of up to £5,000,000. Shoes come off at the door. For babies, a babygrow is recommended over restrictive clothing — there's tummy time and movement involved, and you want nothing getting in the way. Prices run from £7.00 per class on a term booking paid in advance, to £8.50 for a pay-as-you-go place bookable one week ahead.
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Common questions
Which class should we join?
Hartbeeps classes are designed around developmental stage rather than exact age. Baby Bells suits babies from around one month until they start sitting sturdily — roughly up to eight months. Baby Beeps is for sitting babies through to confident walkers, approximately eight to eighteen months. Happy House is for confident walkers up to pre-schoolers aged four; younger siblings are welcome in the same class.
How does booking work, and what does it cost?
Term booking costs £7.00 per child per class, paid in advance. Pay-as-you-go places are £8.50, bookable one week in advance. Booking runs first-come, first-served online, and pre-payment is recommended to secure your place. Siblings under twelve months attend free on the understanding they share props and blankets with an older sibling; if you want them to have their own set, book them a toadstool (their own place spot). Siblings attending the same class otherwise pay 50% of the usual rate.
What should we bring, and what do we wear?
Shoes off at the door. For babies, a babygrow is recommended to avoid restricting movement during the physical parts of the class. Props, blankets, puppets, parachutes, and dressing-up items are all provided.
What actually happens in a session?
Each 45-minute class follows a themed sound journey set to Hartbeeps' original music. Expect bubbles, sparkly parachutes, sensory props, puppets, lighting effects, and dressing-up, with a different theme every week. Sessions end with a calming period — dimmed lights, light-up stars, pillows, blankets, feathers, and ambient scent — so little ones finish settled rather than wired. Mobile phones stay off or on silent throughout.
What are the cancellation and absence policies?
Terms are usually around seven weeks, paid in advance. If you need to cancel before the half term begins, doing so at least one week ahead means you can claim a refund of the half-term fee, minus a £5.00 administration fee. Once the term has started, missed sessions due to illness or holidays cannot be refunded, transferred, or carried over. If Hartbeeps itself cancels or changes a session and you cannot attend the rearranged slot, a pro-rata credit applies. These terms reflect standard Hartbeeps franchise policy — confirm the specifics with your local session leader when booking.
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