FootieBugs are pleased to announce the introduction of our Junior Coach Programme! New for our Summer Holiday Camp in 2017, we are offering the opportunity for 12-16 year olds to work with our expert coaches to gain fantastic experience; perfect for a career in football coaching! Junior Coaches will attend the FootieBugs Holiday Camp in
Our DanceBugs Kids Dance Summer Holiday Camp in Solihull is underway! We’re so excited for lots of fun dance activities to celebrate the schools breaking up for the Summer Holidays! The theme of the camp this week is the popular story of Beauty and The Beast, which will be celebrated with dances based upon
Last week, the Department for Education confirmed that Primary PE & Sport Premium funding will double when the new academic year starts in September 2017! MP Justine Greening announced: “As well as this additional investment through the national funding formula, I am confirming our commitment to doubling the physical education and sports premium
Ex Birmingham City and current Macclesfield Town defender Mitch Hancox has become a FootieBugs coach to help give back to his local community and coach some potential stars of the future at our football classes in Solihull! Mitch, who was born in Solihull and has supported Birmingham City all his life, spent 14 years
BBC News have reported this week that the cost of childcare during school holiday has risen by 4% since 2016. This means that the average cost of holiday childcare in England is an estimated £748 per child for six weeks. Therefore, costs for one week of childcare are approximately £124! The Bugs
All of The Bugs Group’s Kids Summer Holiday Camps in Solihull start a week today and we can’t wait! There will be lots of fun sports activities for children at the holiday camps to ensure they have a fantastic Summer and remain active during their long break! The FootieBugs Kids Football Holiday Camp in Solihull is
If your child is serious about their sport, but you are worried about their ability to perform at the highest level, then a sure way to increase performance is to encourage them to get serious about sleep. The Bugs Group has inspired over 4 million children across the globe to take health and fitness serious, and
Children need stimulation, they need attention and gone are the days when a cardboard box became a spaceship or a piece of wood became a light-saber. Now unless you spend £100 plus on a game then “its just not fun” The Bugs Group asks, In a world full of technology, the ability to just turn
As well as running classes and clubs in schools, holiday camps in Solihull and Birmingham, The Bugs Group also run Kid’s Birthday Parties, allowing your child to have a special day that they will never forget! Whether your child is Football mad, loves to Dance or wishes to relax with Yoga – The Bugs
With the Summer Holidays fast approaching, the return of our MultiBugs Kids Summer Holiday Camp in Solihull is imminent! The multi-sports camp ensures that children have the chance to make new friends, play lots of different sports and most importantly, have lots of fun throughout the summer break! We also make sure that children
There are now less than 3 weeks left until schools break up for the summer holidays, which can only mean one thing… the return of our FootieBugs Kids Summer Holiday Camp in Solihull! Our Kids Football Holiday Camp is the perfect activity that not only ensures that children remain active during the long
This week (26th-30th June) is National School Sport Week – where the Youth Sport Trust are encouraging schools to help their pupils become more active and we fully support it! PE is a vital part of school life and with an alarming 19.1% of children leaving primary school as obese and 14.2%
Our DanceBugs Summer Holiday Camp for kids is returning to Solihull! The dance holiday camp is the perfect activity for children during the school summer holidays, as kids will remain active and have loads of fun! Our dance camp gives children the chance to experience a range of different dance styles that range from
With the summer holidays fast approaching, parents across the country are starting to panic about how to keep their kids entertained and more importantly, active during the long break. The six weeks away from school can mean that children will fall back into a trend of not exercising in the same way in which they
During the Whitsun Week half term break, The Bugs Group ran a number of kids holiday camp across Solihull and Birmingham. The FootieBugs, DanceBugs and MultiBugs camps provided children with lots of fun and sporting activities and also the chance to make new friends! The FootieBugs camp ran at Light Hall School in Shirley,
Today, Thursday the 1st of June, is International Children’s Day. The day is all about increasing awareness around the general well-being of children all over the world. YogaBugs would like to discuss some issues that children can face throughout their childhood and possible ways that they can be solved or minimised, as all children
A recent article from the Daily Mail investigates how children that are overweight or obese between the ages of eight and thirteen are three times more likely to develop depression or another mental health illness in later life than those who are not. The worrying research also suggests that childhood obesity can have a
All of The Bugs Group’s Holiday Camps are now just one week away! Our camps are running across Solihull, Shirley and Harborne and provide lots of fun and exciting sporting activities, which will be sure to keep kids active and entertained during the Whitsun Week school half term! The FootieBugs Football Holiday Camp this
There is just over a week until our FootieBugs Football Holiday Camp gets underway during the Whitsun week half-term in Solihull! There will be a wide range of fun and engaging football activities and games on offer for all the children attending the camp, who will enjoy an active half-term and make lots of
There are now just under two weeks remaining until our DanceBugs holiday camp returns to Solihull and we can’t wait! The Dance camp is the perfect way to keep kids entertained and active during the Whitsun Week half-term and is open to girls and boys aged 4-12 from 9:30am-3:30pm, with extended hours also available from
On Friday the 12th of May The Bugs Group helped run sports activities at St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School in Birmingham as part of their Physical Health Day. FootieBugs, YogaBugs, DanceBugs and MultiBugs all worked with classes from the school’s reception and year one classes! The awful weather did not affect the children having
DanceBugs dance holiday camp is the perfect half term activity for children during the Whitsun week break in Solihull, with lots of fun dance games and routines on offer! Our camp gives children the chance to experience a range of different dance styles that range from ballet to street and many more! This allows
There are now only two and a half weeks until The Bugs Group’s Holiday Camps return to Solihull and South Birmingham for May half-term and once again we have a range of fun sporting activities on offer for children to keep them entertained during Whitsun week! With the UEFA Champions League Final being played
This week, ITV central are running a mental health series, investigating mental health issues in children and young people across the Midlands. One of the findings of their investigation was the staggering number of children that are needing to access mental health services. Their report found that 332 children aged 5 and under
The Bugs Group’s MultiBugs Holiday Camp returns to the Harborne area during the Whitsun week half term, with over 30 different sporting activities on offer for children! The camp is open to boys and girls aged between 4-12 years old, where kids will be able to play some of their favourite sports, as
Our DanceBugs holiday camp returns again this May half term in Solihull, with lots more fun dance games, dance routines and arts and craft to keep kids active and entertained during the school half term! The DanceBugs camp is open to both girls and boys from ages 4-12 from 9:30am-3:30pm, with extended hours available.
Today is World Asthma Day. First Aid for Life report that approximately 5.4 million people are currently receiving treatment for Asthma, with 10% of all children suffering from Asthma. For young children suffering from Asthma, sport and physical activity can be very difficult and this can make some children lose confidence as they may
Over the two week Easter holidays, the Bugs Group ran several holiday camps for children aged 4-12 across Birmingham and Solihull. The camps, which run during all school holidays, again proved to be very popular with the kids having lots of fun and making lots of new friends! Our FootieBugs camp ran at
The Telegraph have recently reported that children are at their unhappiest during school half terms, most notably during the Easter break. A study from the University of Essex discovered that children’s activity levels also dramatically drop, in some cases stopping altogether as they are spending less time with friends. The findings of the study
Prince Harry has recently spoken about the difficulties he faced regarding his emotional and mental well-being in dealing with the death of his mother at such a young age. In his interview with ‘The Telegraph’, Prince Harry discusses how he was left close to a breakdown on a number of occasions and also suffered
Our MultiBugs Holiday Camp is back this week celebrating the Easter half term! Once again there is an incredible variety of different sports on offer to children to participate in whilst following a range of themes on each day. Some of the sports on offer at the camp include; Tennis, Netball, Cricket, Dodgeball, Hockey and
With the Easter half term break now upon us, it means the start of another of our DanceBugs holiday camps! Children will keep active and have a fun time at the camp while learning a whole variety of different dance styles. The dance styles can range from jazz to ballet and even
GREAT NEWS! Our Jam packed – MultiBugs Holiday Camp is returning to Four Dwellings Academy this Easter but the news doesn’t just stop there! If you book a full week you will be entered into a prize draw to win Whitsun week for FREE! But Hurry Spaces are filling up FAST. Our MultiBugs Holiday Camp
Birmingham Business, the Bugs Group, celebrates National Apprenticeship week by offering another young apprentice a full time job! A high apprenticeship retention rate will be celebrated by the Bugs Group this week as they offer another young adult a promising career. The Bugs Group specialises in children’s fitness, working within the community, schools and nurseries.
A TED Ed talk by a ‘child prodigy’ has inspired us, and reminded us why we do what we do. The lesson hosted by 12 year old Adora Svitak old states just why we need to think more like children instead of supressing high expectations, behaviours and attitudes that will allow us to follow our
In response to a recent BBC Education News article “PE ‘Cinderella subject’ for too long, says report” by Katherine Sellgren, we are speaking up about what we can do to help. A recent report by All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has stated that PE in schools is a subject that has been neglected for too long.
Check out a fantastic feature in the Solihull Observer, reporting on the FootieBugs Academy! It seems as though Birmingham City’s Academy has caught the ‘FootieBug’ after two players from an elite training programme for youngsters in Solihull were signed up. Connor Corbett and Lily Falahee are both members of the FootieBugs Academy, which provides coaching for young
This is the latest statement from an article featured in The Guardian about the importance of learning through play. They talk about how Early Years Education is about the promotion of health and wellbeing and making sure children are happy, creating much more competent learners. Here at The Bugs Group, we are built on foundations
| Natasha Wood | The Bugs Group | In response to the article ‘Childhood obesity – Government blasted over new ‘watered down’ strategy’ by Andy Richards, we believe that more needs to be done for the next generation of children – and to put a stop to Childhood Obesity. The general consensus is that the
Last Friday night the FootieBugs Academy had an exciting visit from two Birmingham City Academy coaches. Ian James and Andy Corbett came to put our kids to the test! They held an hour session with the children to give them an idea of the standard they are looking for, and let’s just say that our
We have a #TBT moment here in the Bugs HQ today. Our very own Office Junior Demi Foy has enlightened us by reminiscing about her time as a YogaBug back when she was in Primary School! “I remember doing YogaBugs classes when I was little. Me and my friend would be excited knowing that the
Tom Bates – a top sports psychologist – has praised FootieBugs for keeping ‘grass roots’ football alive. He stated that with the values that FootieBugs carries, this will allow children to learn, grow and enjoy the “national treasure” that is grass roots football. Here at FootieBugs, we don’t just teach children to kick a ball.
In the light of Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to share with you how dancing has the power to heal and soothe the bodies and minds of children with mental health issues. Dance allows children of all abilities to let go and put their energy into creating something expressive. It doesn’t matter if a
