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Contents

The BIG Top 2009 (3-11)
  Themes
  Dates for 2009
  Daily Sessions
  Celebration Fun Day & BBQ
  Booking Form
Rock Café 2009 (11-16)
  Details
  Booking Form
Leader's Offer Form

Previous Years
Newsletters 2008
Photo Album 2008

More Details
Our Websites

Themes
The theme of The BIG Top Holiday Club for 2009 will be "Pyramid Rock". This is based on the Bible story of Joseph, will have an Egyptian setting, and will be using Pyramid Rock Holiday Club material from Scripture Union.

This is the tenth year of The BIG Top. The theme of The BIG Top Holiday Club for 2008 was "Landlubbers - pirates searching for hidden treasure". Previous year's themes were: "Wastewatchers (2007), "Star Zone" (2006), "Fish 'n Chips" (2005), "On Safari" (2004), "Ship's Cruise" (2003), "Television" (2002), "Space" (2001) and "Circus" (2000).

Dates and other Details
The BIG Top 2009 will be held each morning Monday to Friday, 24-28 August 10.30am-12.15pm at Teddington Baptist Church, Church Road, Teddington TW11 8PF. There will also a Celebration Fun Day and BBQ on Sunday 30 August which will begin at 10.30am and will run until about 3pm including fun with inflatables and a BBQ lunch.

The BIG Top 2009 will have four groups with the dividing line between them based on age. The actual age division for each group will depend on the numbers applying to attend.

The Rainbow Tent for 3-4 year olds;
The Marquee for 4-5 year olds
The Ring for 5-8 year olds;
The Arena for 8-11 year olds;

Booking forms for children wishing to attend The BIG Top 2009 are available from Reception at Teddington Baptist Church and can downloaded from here as well (see below).

The cost of the week will be the same as last year - £17-50 per child all inclusive. If a family has more than one child attending, the cost after the first child is reduced to £12-50 per child for the week. For bookings by the day, the cost is £3-50 per child for each day. Those attending The BIG Top during the week can come with their families to the Sunday Celebration Fun Day and BBQ without extra charge.

The BIG Top Booking Form
You can download Word and pdf versions of the Booking Form for The BIG Top by clicking on the links below. Places are limited for The BIG Top so please ensure that you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Booking Form for children attending The BIG Top (3s-11s): Word (416Kb) | pdf (223Kb)
Click here for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader

Contact The BIG Top office (020 8977 8000) for more details.

Rock Café 2009
Rock Café 2009 is for 11-16 year olds. It will be held on the evenings of Tuesday 25 August - Friday 28 August from 7.30pm to 9pm and will have the theme "Amazing Journeys". The cost of the Rock Café this year is Ł5 for the week or Ł2 per night if you choose to pay for each night individually. Attending Rock Café entitles you to attend the Celebration Fun Day and BBQ on the Sunday (as for The BIG Top) without extra charge.

Rock Café Booking Form
You can download Word and pdf versions of the Booking Form for Rock Café by clicking on the links below. Places are limited for Rock Café so please ensure that you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Booking Form for young people attending Rock Café (11s-16s): Word (83Kb) | pdf (86Kb)
Click here for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader

Leader's Offer Form
You can download Word and pdf versions of the Leader's Offer Form (form to be completed by volunteer Leaders and Helpers) by clicking on the links below.
The BIG Top and Rock Café Leader's Offer Form: Word (203Kb) | pdf (171Kb)
Click here for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader

Contact The BIG Top office (020 8977 8000) for more details.

Daily Newsletters
During each BIG Top week, we have produced daily Newsletters which the children and young people are able to take home with them each day. Copies of The BIG Top newsletters can be read by clicking the links below.

Newsletter for 2004 (pdf)
Sunday Newsletter (only one produced for 2004)
Click here for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader

Photo from 2004
Lion and Zebra Picture

Documents in Portable Document Format (pdf)
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Our Websites
Baptist | Methodist | Ss Peter & Paul | Acts 88

More Details: The BIG Top is a Summer Holiday Club for children and young people run by
Teddington Baptist Church of Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8PF, UK
with help from Acts88 and other Teddington Churches.
For more details contact The Big Top Office by e-mail or tel: (020)-8977 8000.

This page is maintained by Colin Hicks; Comments by e-mail are welcome;
The BIG Top web site is part of the TBC web site; Copyright information;
Best viewed with Internet Explorer 4.x or Netscape 4.x or higher
This page was last updated: 14 February 2009;

More Details: The BIG Top is a Summer Holiday Club for children and young people run by Teddington Baptist Church of Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8PF, UK with help from Acts88 and other Teddington Churches. For more details contact The Big Top Office by e-mail or tel: (020)-8977 8000.

This page is maintained by Colin Hicks; Comments by e-mail are welcome; The BIG Top web site is part of the TBC web site; Copyright information; Best viewed with Internet Explorer 4.x or Netscape 4.x or higher This page was last updated: 14 February 2009;

More Details: The BIG Top is a Summer Holiday Club for children and young people run by
Teddington Baptist Church of Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8PF, UK
with help from Acts88 and other Teddington Churches.
For more details contact The Big Top Office by e-mail or tel: (020)-8977 8000.

This page is maintained by Colin Hicks; Comments by e-mail are welcome;
The BIG Top web site is part of the TBC web site; Copyright information;
Best viewed with Internet Explorer 4.x or Netscape 4.x or higher
This page was last updated: 14 February 2009;