The Big Picnic

Written by Nicola Ellis Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:30

New Healthy Living Songs Wow Crowds At The Big Picnic

Young and old all felt the beat at the Healthy Pompey Big Picnic on Bank Holiday Monday 31 May, when Boogie Mites took to the main stage, hosted by Heart FM. Hilary Palmer and Sue Newman, with support from their backing singers Thea Johnson, Emma Newman and Alice Snook, entertained thousands of people with four of the fabulous new songs from the Boogie Mites Healthy Living CD, which has been produced to support the Healthy Pompey Pre-school Challenge. 

Boogie Mites also support the day of family fun, which was attended by over 10,000 people, by hosting free music and movement workshops in the Kids Zone. Giving families the chance to sing, dance, drum and shake their shakers along to the music. 

“We are proud to have been part of the Healthy Pompey Campaign Big Picnic, it provided a great free day out and the opportunity for local families to spend quality time together, in addition to promoting the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle.  Furthermore it was great to get the opportunity to sing the new songs from Boogie Mites Healthy Living programme as it has such fantastic upbeat songs that just make you want to get up and move, which we saw through the crowds immediate reaction” commented Sue Newman.

The event promoting healthy and active lifestyles was hosted by Healthy Pompey, a joint Portsmouth City Council and NHS Portsmouth programme bringing the Change4Life movement to Portsmouth

New Case Study Available

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:45 Written by Nicola Ellis Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:32

Tackling Literacy In Gosport

In our new case study about Little Waves Children’s Centre in Gosport, Angie Potter the Children’s Centre Support Teacher, states: “Figures from Reception year data shows that literacy levels are significantly lower in Gosport than elsewhere in Hampshire. It is vital that we tackle this issue as early as possible and Boogie Mites and Baby Boogie Mites are great ways of doing this.” 

Discover how we are working together to achieve the Centre’s objectives by downloading the new case study “Boogie Mites Making Waves” now. 

Investing in Brighton

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:58 Written by Nicola Ellis Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:00

Family Investments, a Brighton based business, have employed Boogie Mites to deliver practitioner training workshops to cover Boogie Mites respected music and movement programme to support Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy across 10 not-for profit or charity nurseries in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area. The workshops, supported by the City Council’s Early Years Team, aim to improve the outcomes in the PSRN area of the government assessment.

Family Investment have been supporting nursery workshops since 2005, when a move into the Child Trust Fund (CTF) market prompted them to look at supporting the younger age group of the City.  Boogie Mites have loved running these workshops, as the children and Early Years Practitioners have really caught the Boogie Mites beat.  As John Keegan of Dolphins Pre-School commented: 

“The session was thoroughly enjoyed by Dolphins children and staff alike and the energetic singing, dancing and general music-making really got us into Monday morning with pizzazz.  Bearing in mind that you normally do the workshop with groups of up to ten children, we are particularly impressed that you worked your charms on our larger class of 30 children.”

John Keegan concluded by stating: “Moreover, the Dolphins prides itself on being a highly musical group – with two grade 8 pianists on our staff, although some days neither pianist is present – and we had thought the children might have “seen it all” when the Boogie Mites session started. However, this was clearly not the case and you captivated the children right from the start.”

If you want to find out more about our training courses, please email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us on 023 9281 7274.

Boogie Mites Ball

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 June 2010 20:03 Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:02

Boogie Mites Ball is a fantastic fundraising project initiated by Harriet Thomas, Boogie Mites founder, to give pre-school children and their families access to music through Croydon Children Centres. More information coming soon.