We had such a great session today, we had lots of new faces and it was great to welcome back some old friends.

Our story today was Choo Choo clickety clack, by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe. It's all about the sounds vehicles make and we had great fun discovering each sound and matching them with the story. 

The morning was spent exploring shapes, especially those we can find on cars and lorries.

We also made shapes in shaving foam, which was very messy fun! 

Chris From Global Fusion came today, it was his first time here, but the kids really enjoyed his session. We sung about all the different things we do at the Big Red Bus and played some amazing instruments as we sang 'I am the music man, I come from far away'. The children all joined in brilliantly and after one of them pretended to be Chris! 

Next week we are discovering more sounds, but this time Animal Sounds and making some musical instruments, so come along for some shakerific fun! 

What a great time we had today. Super worm was the story we explored and we we did this in loads of ways...

We had our tuft tray filled with slimy spaghetti and tweezers, as the children arrived that was the thing they all headed for. We had some worm play dough mats, where we had to make long worms and short worms. We also had a wonderful time with our new bug hunting equipment, looking for bugs outside. We found little jumping flies and worms and looking at a shiny spider web through a magnifying glass is so fascinating. 

Our sensory area was lit up with fish tubes and our disco lights. But what we all loved was the animals coming to visit. Colin the cockroach and Marvin the Millipede. We even fed some beaded dragons. 

SEND Morning - Monday's 10am - 12pm  (Term time only)

Who are we....

Play plus is a calm and friendly Music and Arts community project for parents and children under the age of 5, who have a SEND diagnosis or additional needs.

It’s a safe place, which is non-judgemental and our team are supportive and have experience in this area from their own journeys.

We have a calm environment for both children and parents with access to a secure outside space.

Each week we theme our session from great children’s books and include story telling, sensory play and different entertaining and educational activities that support your children's development, communication and confidence. 

We have local artists and therapists join us too - from Relax Kids and Global fusion, Ben Trigg Music and a resident artist. It's great to have so much fun together.

Our Team...

Lydia - Play Plus Coordinator

Lydia has worked for Big Red Bus Club for over a year now, and is responsible for coordinating Play Plus. She has her beginners Makaton qualification and is passionate about learning and being inspired by play, music and arts. She also loves creating play activities that can be recreated at home. 

Elena - Plus Plus Support 


Elena is our resident artist, she's very creative and takes on most artistic challenges that we throw at her. She loves messy play (so remember to being some spare clothes!) Elena is also trained in Makaton and has completed her level 2 follow on training. 

Katinka - Play Plus Administrator

Katinka is the lovely lady who will come and help fill in the forms on your first visit. She is very passionate about sensory activities for children, and comes up with great ideas, to help children be inspired and learn. 

Gemma - Play Plus Volunteer

Gemma is a great volunteer who will say a friendly hello and then show you and your children the different activities. 

Now you've met the team, it would be great to meet you, so feel free to come along on a Monday morning. There is no charge for the session as we are funded by Children In Need and True Colours. 

Where are we...

Near the Cemetery Lane Entrance of Charlton Park. There is a free car park near the play park, and we are on the 422, 486, 53, 54 & 380 bus routes.

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Play Plus is kindly funded by Children in Need and the True Colours Trust