I really want the cake Friday 17 April
How do you resist the most amazing cake ever? Especially when your mum has left a note saying that you MUST NOT eat the cake? Join Mandy and Lydia as they try their hardest not to eat the cake in their live story telling session on Friday 17th April.
5 Minutes Peace Tuesday 31 March
Join Leanne at 1.30pm on Tuesday 31 March as she joins Mummy Large's ongoing search for mindfullness, Zen fullfillment and a nice warm bath.
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Welcome to alien school
This weeks book is Welcome to Alien school by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves. It's a great story about very different type of school, one that is in space!
Little Albie experiences green spaghetti and scooting in space.
We've written a few activities you might like to try at home.
Oi Frog
Where do you like to sit? Catch up with Clare as she read Oi Frog Friday 27 March at 1.30pm and find out where Frog likes to sit as she reads a book dedicated to comfortable bottoms of the animal kingdom, Greenwichs very own David Attenborough. ?
https://zoom.us/rec/share/-N5kM7vf1DlJfIXc2mviBf5-Htzfeaa82yIW-qFbxU8rcBSnl--r6fezg1F19SyS?startTime=1585315222000
Read moreThe was an old lady that swallowed a fly
Annie and helpers sang the ballad of The Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly, at 1.30pm Wednesday 25 March. This tragic tale is not for the faint hearted for either the content of the tale or the quality of the singing.
Join Annie here https://youtu.be/HGsgyBvhIig?t=245
At the end of this very boring teachers pack on page 18 onward there are some great print and cut out puppets
https://ptc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Old-Lady-Education-Pack.pdf
Activities for kids whilst at home
The Play Plus team have moved online since the temporary closure of the Big Red Bus Club to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Each week we will post simple activities, you and your little ones can try at home based on the book of the week. But if you don't have the book, don't worry you can still try out the activities. The activities take little set up and few resources.
Do keep in touch with us on our Facebook page for more updates.
Play Plus is kindly funded by Children In Need
Play Plus Online
Making a Yeti
Posted by Lydia Lings · May 18, 2020 1:08 PM
Make a fish
Posted by Lydia Lings · May 11, 2020 12:38 PM
Skipping Rope and Ball Roll
Posted by Lydia Lings · May 05, 2020 10:22 AM
The Cave
Check out Aum and our very hungry wolf on his journey to lure a tasty small creature from out of the Cave. Did the wolf get his tea? Aum read this colourful tale at 1.30pm Thurday 19 March 2020
You also might want to check out artsy mums website for a whole range of donut themed activities including a very fun looking recycled CD donut craft activity here>>
You're Called What?
On Friday afternoon at 1.30pm on the 20th March read 'You're called what?"
Catch up with the recording and meet the great an all star cast of charaters including Ice Cream Cone Worm, Monkeyface Prickleback, Pink Fairy Armadillo read by the rather unexcitedly named Lydia Lings.
Lydia set an activity during the story:
Why don’t you have a look online (with the person looking after you) at what these animals look like in real life…
The blue footed booby
The Tasselled Wobbegong
The Secretary Bird Winkle
The Bone eating Snot Flower worm
The Fried Egg Jelly Fish
The Monkey Faced prickleback
The Cockapoo
The shovel nose Guitar Fish
The Pink Fairy Armadillo
The Ice Cream Cone Worm
And the Aha Ha Wasp
Then once you’ve done that why don’t you make up your own interesting creature! - What will you call it?
Daily Free Stay and Play
Outdoor Stay and Play
Our exciting, incredible and thoroughly enjoyable under five stay and play is back for autumn weekday mornings Tuesday - Friday. We have amended some of the Covid rules we had in place so please do familiarise yourself before attending.
The welfare of families, staff and volunteers is our top priority, so we kindly ask that all families adhere to the safety measures we have implemented, so that we can ensure the safest experience possible for everyone.
We recommend that you read this information carefully to understand everything you need to know before you visit, what to expect when you visit and how to book.
Find out more about your new outdoor stay and play and how we are working hard to keep everybody safe:
Gaining Entry?
Families can just come without booking.
Opening times
Tuesday to Thursday 10am – 12pm term time only.
Friday 12.30pm - 2pm
Who can visit
Individual households – a household will consist of adults and children under five who are from the same household or family. This does not include professional childcare providers.
Please do be patient with us as we take your whole households temperature and check you in. If anyone in your household has a temperature higher than 37.8 degrees Celsius you will not be admitted.
By entering our premises and signing in you are confirming your whole household has not had any signs or symptoms of Covid in the last five days.
Our facilities
- Toilets are available inside and a strict one household, one way system is in place. This will mean when one person needs to go, the whole household needs to go with them.
- Baby changing facilities will be available in the toilets.
- We will ask you to wipe toilet, basin, changing tray and door handle after use with the wipes provided.
- The tuckshop is closed and food and snacks are prohibited, with the exceptions of breast and bottle.
- Indoors will be open with a strict 10 household/ adult limit
Staying safe
- Please do not visit if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have any underlying health conditions that may put you at risk. If you are vulnerable in any way, it is your responsibility to make the right choice for yourself and others around you. Please follow the advice given at https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
The guidelines are changing on a regular basis and we are following them closely and will keep working hard to react to any changes as quickly as we can.