Causeway Point with Kids: a Free Dino Water Playground, 2 Music Schools and the Classes Next Door (2026)

2 October 2026 · 13 min read

The biggest mall in the north has exactly two kids' enrichment centres among its 227 shops, and both of them teach music. Causeway Point opened on 30 May 1999 beside Woodlands MRT, has nine floors and 420,000 square feet, and its own directory lists two tenants under Schools: Aureus Academy on Level 4 and Symphony Music School on Level 5. One is on Jungle.

That is not the mall's fault so much as Woodlands' layout. The classes are next door. Woodlands Civic Centre, across the road from Exit 2, holds a dance school, a taekwondo club and an English school on Jungle, plus the Regional Library. Woods Square has a coding school with a free trial.

What Causeway Point has is play. The Dino Playground on Level 7 is a free water playground open 10am to 9pm, with a Timezone, a kopitiam open from 8am and the cinema that reopened as MY Cinemas in July 2026 on the same floor. Nursing rooms, family lots and baby seats are all on the mall's family page, which gives no levels for any of them.

This guide covers every kids' reason to go, place by place, with the unit, the hours and the price. Where a centre publishes no fee we say so rather than guess. For the parks, pools and free playgrounds around the mall, read our guide to things to do with kids in Woodlands.

Quick steer

• Best for a rainy hour with a toddler: nothing inside. Wan To Play Tropical Drift at Woodlands Civic Centre, $35 for two hours, five minutes away.
• Best free thing: the Dino Playground, Level 7, 10am to 9pm. Bring a swimsuit and a towel.
• Best class to trial first: KyungHee Taekwondo, free trial, Woodlands Civic Centre #06-08.
• Best age for this mall: 2 to 10.

Family favourites: play at Causeway Point

The mall's family page lists one play area. Sassy Mama's directory still lists three, including a safari playground and a train playground on Level 2. Wikipedia records the Level 2 dry playground as demolished in late 2019, and the 2026 directory has nothing on that floor for children. Go to Level 7.

1. Dino Playground, Level 7

The Dino Playground is a free outdoor water playground on the Level 7 roof deck, open 10am to 9pm daily and to the public, not only to shoppers. Play runs in hourly sessions: 45 minutes of playtime, then a 15-minute changeover, with no extensions and a capacity of 80 children. It is for ages 12 and under.

It closes for maintenance on the second Monday of every month, or the following day if that Monday is a public holiday, and in bad weather. The mall recommends swimwear and parent supervision.

Why kids will love it: Running through the water jets inside a 2.2-metre dinosaur rib cage, then the two winding slides off the volcano, which also puffs mist. The Toddler Dino Zone with its mini fountains suits ages 2 to 5; the slides suit 5 to 12. Come on a weekday morning, and after 7pm the lights come on.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Causeway Point family page
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, Level 7, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 9pm daily, in hourly sessions of 45 minutes. Closed every second Monday of the month and in bad weather.
Price: Free.
Ages: 12 and under. Toddler zone for 2 to 5.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

2. Timezone, Level 7

Timezone at #07-02 is the arcade across from the Dino Playground: claw machines along the walls, rhythm games, boxing and basketball cabinets, Dragon Storm and an Ultra Moto VR bike. There are no bumper cars and no bowling at this branch. Play is on a Powercard that works at every Timezone in Singapore, and birthday parties need advance booking.

Why kids will love it: A claw machine win, or the illusion of one, and the air hockey table. Best for ages 6 to 12. Set a Powercard limit before you walk in, and go before 6pm on a weekend when the queues for the rhythm games form.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Timezone Causeway Point
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #07-02, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 10pm. Fri and eve of public holidays 11am to 11pm. Sat 10am to 11pm. Sun, public holidays and school holidays 10am to 10pm.
Price: Pay per game on a Powercard. Timezone does not publish its game fees online.
Ages: Any. Some machines have height limits.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

3. Wan To Play Tropical Drift, Woodlands Civic Centre, five minutes away

The nearest indoor playground is not in the mall. Wan To Play Tropical Drift at #04-07 Woodlands Civic Centre, across the road from Exit 2, is a ticketed indoor playground open 9am to 9pm daily. Inside are slides and trampolines, a ball pit, a sensory bead zone, a fishing pond and pretend-play stations, plus paid rides: an excavator simulator, a carousel and bumper cars on an LED floor.

Why kids will love it: Driving a bumper car at four, then the bead zone to calm down. Best for ages 2 to 7. Two hours is enough; the add-on rides are 10 minutes each and the bill grows fast.

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Website: Wan To Play
Address: 900 South Woodlands Drive, #04-07, Woodlands Civic Centre, Singapore 730900. Google Maps
Opening hours: 9am to 9pm daily.
Price: $35 for a two-hour pass for one adult and one child, as published in August 2025. Add-on rides $8 each, bumper car $10.
Ages: Best for 2 to 7.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

The rest of the family floor at Causeway Point is retail. Kiddy Palace at #03-27/28 is open 11am to 8.30pm for the swimsuit you forgot for Level 7, and POPULAR at #03-29/30 is the assessment-book stop. TOG at #04-05 sells video games and figures, KKV at #02-01/02 is the cheap stationery and toy shop, and Metro's children's department is on Level 2.

Fun Claw at #03-07 and the Odoroki gachapon kiosk at #03-K01 are the two-dollar bribes. MY Cinemas at #07-01 took over the Level 7 halls that Cathay Cineplexes closed on 30 August 2025 and opened in July 2026. Raffles Medical at #05-20 runs a GP clinic until 9.30pm every day, which matters at 8pm with a feverish child.

Learn and play: classes at Causeway Point you can book on Jungle

Two tenants sit under Schools in the 227-shop directory, both music schools, one on Jungle. Three more Jungle-listed centres are five minutes away at Woodlands Civic Centre and come after them, because a Woodlands parent books across the road as readily as upstairs. One offers a free trial, one a free assessment.

4. Aureus Academy

Photo: Aureus Academy, Jungle listing

Aureus Academy at #04-25/26 is the one Causeway Point centre on Jungle, and the only one in the building that publishes its prices. Lessons are one-to-one in piano, drums, guitar, violin and voice, plus a Musical Adventure class for the youngest. Three monthly packages of four lessons: $279 for 30 minutes, $399 for 45 and $519 for 60. The centre is open until 8pm every day, from 9am at weekends.

Why kids will love it: A drum kit they are allowed to hit and a trophy at the end of each level. Best for ages 5 and up who want an instrument rather than music and movement. Book the trial online; the price is not on the site.

Book on Jungle: Aureus Academy
Website: Aureus Academy Causeway Point
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #04-25/26, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 8pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 8pm.
Price: $279, $399 or $519 a month for four 30, 45 or 60-minute lessons. Trial bookable online.
Ages: 2 to 18.

5. Symphony Music School

Symphony Music School at #05-04 is the older of the two, a Woodlands school that prepares students for ABRSM, LCME and RSL exams and runs group courses in guitar, keyboard, pop vocal and ukulele alongside individual lessons. It is open 11am to 9.30pm every day, later than Aureus, which suits a parent collecting after work. It is not yet on Jungle and publishes no fees, no age bands and no trial offer.

Why kids will love it: A ukulele class with other children instead of a solo piano lesson, and a Rock and Pop grade for the one who wants drums. Best for ages 6 to 12. Call before you come; the website gives no timetable.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Symphony Music School
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #05-04, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Sun 11am to 9.30pm.
Price: Symphony Music School does not publish its lesson fees online. Call 6893 3373.
Ages: Children to adults. The school publishes no age bands.

6. Crestar School of Dance, Woodlands Civic Centre

Crestar School of Dance at #05-03 Woodlands Civic Centre is the ballet school for this part of Woodlands, part of the Crestar chain, and it is on Jungle. Classical ballet is the core, with jazz, hip hop and other styles on the timetable, from age 3. The studio opens from 1pm on weekdays and from 9am at weekends.

Why kids will love it: A proper barre, a mirror wall and a year-end show on a stage. Best for ages 3 to 8. The weekend morning slots fill first; ask for a weekday 4pm class if your child is in half-day preschool.

Book on Jungle: Crestar School of Dance
Website: Crestar School of Dance studios
Address: 900 South Woodlands Drive, #05-03, Woodlands Civic Centre, Singapore 730900. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 1pm to 9.30pm. Sat 9am to 7pm. Sun 9am to 6pm.
Price: Crestar does not publish its term fees online. Call 6892 8892.
Ages: 3 to 18.

7. KyungHee Taekwondo, Woodlands Civic Centre

KyungHee Taekwondo's Woodlands branch is at #06-08 Woodlands Civic Centre, one floor above Crestar, and it is the one centre in this guide with a free trial lesson. Classes are banded by age: Tots for 3 to 6, Level 1 for 7 to 10, Level 2 for 11 to 12 and a teens class from 13, with Tots sessions from 9am and a 6pm slot on weekdays. Fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Kicking a pad as hard as they like and being praised for it, then a belt to show for it. Best for ages 4 to 10, and a good first sport for a child who needs to run before they can sit.

Book on Jungle: KyungHee Taekwondo
Website: KyungHee Taekwondo Woodlands schedule
Address: 900 South Woodlands Drive, #06-08, Woodlands Civic Centre, Singapore 730900. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable, sessions 9am to 8pm. Call 9379 1838.
Price: Free trial lesson. KyungHee does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 17.

8. My English School, Woodlands Civic Centre

My English School at #04-03 Woodlands Civic Centre teaches phonics from age 3 and English through to Primary 6, in small classes, and it is on Jungle. The first step is a free assessment, booked online. The centre is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and opens from 2pm on the other weekdays, so most primary-age classes run on Wednesday to Friday evenings and at weekends from 9am.

Why kids will love it: Reading their first book aloud to a teacher who claps. Best for ages 4 to 8 for phonics, 9 to 12 for composition.

Book on Jungle: My English School
Website: My English School centres
Address: 900 South Woodlands Drive, #04-03, Woodlands Civic Centre, Singapore 730900. Google Maps
Opening hours: Wed to Fri 2pm to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6.30pm. Closed Mon and Tue.
Price: Free assessment. My English School does not publish its term fees online. Call 6763 8180.
Ages: 3 to 12.

Two more Jungle-listed centres are at Woods Square, the office and retail block across Woodlands Square from Exit 1: The Lab Singapore at #04-68 Tower 1, a coding and robotics school for ages 5 to 14 with a free trial class, and Common Man Fight Club at #04-31 Solo 2, a boxing and Muay Thai gym with a trial for children from 7.

One of the eight offers a free trial and one a free assessment. For the island-wide list, read our guide to free trial classes for kids in Singapore. Browse Causeway Point classes on Jungle.

Eat with kids at Causeway Point

Causeway Point has 81 food outlets in the October 2026 directory, a food court on Level 4 and a kopitiam on Level 7 beside the Dino Playground. Three places have a real children's price: a buffet where a child under 100cm eats free, a $9.90 kids' meal that is free on the last Sunday of the month, and Swensen's.

9. Food Republic, Level 4

Food Republic at #04-01 to 04 is the food court, 16 stalls open 10am to 10pm on the same floor as Aureus Academy. The useful ones for a child are Wee Nam Kee Chicken Rice, Lam's Abalone Noodle, Chai's Original Sliced Fish Soup, Pepper Lunch Express and You Men Hong Kong Roast, with a juice bar and an ice kacang stall for afterwards. Bagus by Kopitiam at #07-03 is the cheaper option by the playground, open from 8am.

Why kids will love it: Chicken rice in 10 minutes and shaved ice after. Best for any age. Go at 11.30am or after 2pm; the lunch queue from Republic Polytechnic and the offices fills it from noon.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Food Republic Causeway Point
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #04-01/02/03/04, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily.
Price: Hawker prices, mostly $6 to $9 a plate.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

10. Shabu Sai: under 100cm eat free, 100cm to 140cm $11.99++

Shabu Sai at #05-14/15 is a Japanese shabu-shabu buffet, one of eight outlets, and the one restaurant in the mall where a small child eats free. A child under 100cm pays nothing; from 100cm to 140cm the child rate is $11.99++. Adults pay $18.99++ for a 70-minute weekday lunch, $22.99++ at weekend lunch, $25.99++ for dinner Monday to Thursday and $27.99++ from Friday to Sunday, 90 minutes. Prices are from the February 2025 menu and carry service charge and GST.

Why kids will love it: Cooking their own noodles in a mild broth and the free-flow ice cream, which is $2.50++ extra with the drinks. Best for ages 4 and up who can sit near a hotpot. There is a height chart at the door, so do not argue.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Shabu Sai
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #05-14/15, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11am to 10pm daily.
Price: Under 100cm free. Child 100cm to 140cm $11.99++. Adult $18.99++ to $27.99++ by session, February 2025 menu.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

11. PastaMania: $9.90 kids' meal, free on the last Sunday of the month

PastaMania at #B1-20 sells a $9.90 Kids' Meal, a pasta with a side or dessert and a drink, from Creamy Honey Chicken to Mac and Cheese. On the last Sunday of every month a child aged 10 or under gets it free with any main course, one per main, child present and identification required; the exclusions are three Pronto outlets, not this one. On Children's Day, 2 October 2026, the same deal runs all day.

Why kids will love it: Mac and cheese and a dessert, chosen by them. Best for ages 3 to 10. The last-Sunday lunch queue starts at 12pm; book the 11.30am table.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: PastaMania kids eat free
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #B1-20, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily.
Price: Kids' Meal $9.90. Free for ages 10 and under with a main on the last Sunday of the month.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

12. Swensen's: kids' meals $10.90

Swensen's at #02-08/09/09A is the sit-down family restaurant on Level 2, with six kids' meals at $10.90 each, from Fish 'N' Chippies to Spaghetti Twirlies, each with corn or a fruit yoghurt and a drink. The kids-eat-free deal that parenting sites list for Swensen's applies only to the three Swensen's Unlimited buffets, none of them here. The ice cream sundae is the reason to come.

Why kids will love it: A Fish 'N' Chippies meal and a Sprinkles sundae the size of their head. Best for ages 3 to 10. Book on a weekend; it is the restaurant every Woodlands birthday ends up in.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Swensen's
Address: 1 Woodlands Square, #02-08/09/09A, Causeway Point, Singapore 738099. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11.30am to 10.30pm daily.
Price: Kids' meals $10.90, per the March 2026 menu. No kids-eat-free deal at this outlet.
Nearest MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2), Exit 2.

The rest of the kid-friendly list

• Bagus by Kopitiam, #07-03: the kopitiam beside the Dino Playground, 8am to 10pm, for the post-swim Milo.
• McDonald's, #01-35/36/37: open 24 hours, Happy Meals, the only place for a 6am breakfast.
• KFC, #01-40: 7am to 10.30pm, kids' meals.
• Texas Chicken, #01-14/15: kids' combo, 10am to 10pm.
• MOS Burger, #01-13: the smaller burger a child can finish, 10am to 10pm.
• Fish & Co., #02-34: fish and chips on a pan; the free kids' breakfast was dropped in 2026.
• Sushiro, #05-16/17/18: conveyor sushi from $2.20++ a plate, 11am to 10pm. Queue after 6pm.
• Ichiban Boshi, #05-06/07: Japanese sets, open from 11am at weekends.
• Hot Tomato, #02-11: student meals $10 nett before 5pm, 12pm to 9pm.
• Geláre, #03-K06/07/08: waffles and ice cream on the Kiddy Palace floor, 11.30am to 10pm.
• Chateraise, #01-K04, and Yolé, #B1-K28: the cheap dessert on the way out.
• FairPrice Finest, #B1-31/32/33: 8am to 11pm, for the forgotten water bottle.
• Ya Kun Kaya Toast, #B1-23: 7.30am to 8.30pm, the pre-class breakfast.

Family facilities at Causeway Point

• Nursing rooms: the family page confirms them but gives no levels. Nursing-room directories list Levels 1, 5 and 7, each with a changing station, sink, hot and cold water and a curtain.
• Nursing rooms, check first: a 2019 review placed the main room on Basement 1, so ask at the Level 2 Customer Service Counter, open 10am to 10pm.
• Diaper changing and baby seats: both listed on the family page, with water refill stations. Levels not given.
• Family parking: listed on the family page as an amenity, with no level and no count. Ask the car park attendant.
• Stroller loan: not mentioned anywhere on the mall's site.
• Car park: seven levels, Basements 2 and 3 and Levels 2 to 6, entered from Woodlands Square.
• Car park, weekdays: $1.40 for the first hour, then $0.80 per 30 minutes. 10 minutes' grace.
• Car park, weekends: $1.50 for the first hour on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, then $0.80 per 30 minutes. Motorcycles $1.50 per entry.
• Parking rebate: none published. Frasers Experience app members earn points on receipts, redeemed at the Level 2 counter until 9.30pm.
• Clinic: Raffles Medical, #05-20, GP clinic Mon to Fri 8am to 9.30pm and to 9.30pm at weekends with lunch breaks. Raffles Dental, #05-01A, Mondays and Wednesdays only.
• Mall hours: 10am to 10pm daily. FairPrice Finest 8am to 11pm. McDonald's 24 hours.

Getting there

Causeway Point sits on top of Woodlands MRT and beside the bus interchange, which is the whole point of it.

• By MRT: Woodlands (NS9/TE2) on the North South and Thomson-East Coast lines. Exit 2 opens into the mall and also serves Woodlands Civic Centre and Woods Square across the road.
• By bus: the Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub is under the mall, reached from Exit 3, with services including 161, 168 and 169; the temporary interchange on Woodlands Avenue 3 is at Exit 1.
• By car and taxi: the car park entrance and the taxi stand are on Woodlands Square, the loop road around the mall.

Make a day of it

Everything a parent needs that the mall lacks is within a 10-minute walk of Exit 2, and the free playgrounds are one bus stop further.

• Woodlands Regional Library, 900 South Woodlands Drive, #01-03, across the road: four floors, open 10am to 9pm daily and closed on public holidays, with the children's section on Level 4 around the Enchanted Tree and an autism-friendly Calm Down space.
• Woodlands Civic Centre, the same building: Wan To Play on Level 4, My English School on Level 4, Crestar on Level 5 and KyungHee on Level 6, so one lift serves a whole Saturday.
• Woods Square, across Woodlands Square: The Lab Singapore coding classes with a free trial.
• Fu Shan Garden dinosaur playground, Woodlands Street 81, from Exit 4: free, open access, and the dry dinosaur to pair with the wet one on Level 7.
• Woodlands Swimming Complex, 3 Woodlands Street 13: a child pays 50 cents on a weekday and 60 cents at weekends, 8am to 9.30pm. Closed every Thursday.
• Admiralty Park, 31 Riverside Road: the 26-slide playground, free, open 24 hours, two stops north at Admiralty MRT.
• Woodlands Waterfront Park, Admiralty Road West: the jetty, the big playground and a view of Johor, free and open 24 hours.
• Northpoint City, one stop north at Yishun: free rooftop water play and seven classes on Jungle, in our Northpoint City with kids guide.
• Closed right now: the Ribbon Playscape at Marsiling Park closed on 31 December 2025 and is not due back until the first quarter of 2029. The Dino Playground itself shuts on the second Monday of each month.

At a glance

Causeway Point is a mall you come to for the free water playground and leave with a class booked across the road. Pack the swimsuit, book a trial before you go, and browse every enrichment class in Woodlands on Jungle.