Gymboree Wins Prestigious Award!
Gymboree has been named the Best National Pre-schooler Development Activity for 2009 by the What’s on 4 Littles Ones awards sponsored by Organix and Prima Baby Magazine.
This is the first year that these awards have been determined solely by parent’s votes and with over 14,000 votes cast, Gymboree has come out on top! Says Sandra Marchetti, Gymboree UK’s Managing Director, “We are thrilled to have won this award and thank the thousands of Gymboree families who took the time to vote for us and show their support for our wonderful programme.”.
Gymboree Play & Music’s Scotland successes
Gymboree is thrilled to be adding two more franchises to its already thriving classes in Scotland.
Lisa Rafiq, a long-time Gymboree mum herself, has begun classes in South Glasgow and is receiving rave reviews. Karen McVean will also be opening a new franchise in Lomond with plans to open in time for Christmas. These two new franchises are in addition to thriving classes already being held in Glasgow’s West End and in Bothwell, Lanarkshire.
Gymboree’s Baby Play – the UK’s only nationwide class dedicated to newborns
Gymboree’s newly re-launched Baby Play classes are winning rave reviews from new parents across the UK. With a focus on sensory exploration, each theme-based class features songs, activities, dances, musical activities and prop play designed to gently stimulate baby’s senses.
Says new mum Sam James, “When Harry was born, I had no idea what to do with him or where I could go to learn. Other playgroups tended to have toddlers and older children so it didn’t appeal with Harry being only 10 weeks old. Discovering Gymboree’s Baby Play class was like a whole new world opening up for me. I learned new songs, actions, and most importantly, I was introduced to a wonderful group of new mums and dads.”
2009: New Gymboree centres opening across the UK
Gymboree continues its incredible growth throughout the UK with new Gymboree centres opening in Watford, Islington and Glasgow South in October, in Cobham and Lomond in November and in Bristol and High Wycombe in January! For information on any of these openings, click on “Find a Class Near You”.
Why the explosion in growth? Sandra Marchetti, Gymboree’s Managing Director says, “At Gymboree we are seeing that families are being more and more selective with their time and money and they are choosing Gymboree for our consistency, quality, and commitment to excellence. There is simply no other nationwide class for under 5s that comes close to what Gymboree delivers.”
