Porridge & Play Bridgeton Week 4
Balloons, Grannies and Monster Trees!
Bridgeton Blog!
26th September 2025
This was the week of Monster’s Footsteps and the Sea!
The Present Game
We started off with the present game, where we created imaginary gifts for each other like turtles and flowers!
Then we had a dance!
Flying Balloons
1, 2, 3…off we go!!
We picked up our balloons for another adventure.
High in the sky we flew.
Howida and Salah saw green snakes down below and monkeys in the sky!
Leeanne saw the River Clyde!
What was in the river? Could it be a pirate ship? Or what about an ice cream shop?
WHOOSH!
We swooped down for an ice cream.
Lin had chocolate and Lexi had nutella, but Maab had egg flavour! How funny!
We were all a bit sticky from the ice cream, so Andre suggested we fly back down for a swim.
SPLASH!
Into the water we went, watching out for sharks. Mariam found some stars and golden money so we all started digging for treasure. Leeanne found a green emerald.
But oh no – the shark was back! Maybe it was guarding the treasure?
Swim for your lives!
PHEW!
We got away and found ourselves on a beach.
Lin taught us a song around the campfire
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Monster’s Footsteps
We loved that song!
Just then, the dressing up fairy appeared.
She was throwing a party for the Grannies in the forest – but no one had come.
She asked us if we would dress up as the Grannies and we said YES!
We had Granny Bubblegum and Granny Chocolate, Granny Peaches and Granny Ice Cream.
Lovely Granny and her sister, Strawberry Granny and Pineapple Granny.
Granny Foxy and Angry Granny and let’s not forget Granny Dinosaur!
These grannies had heard the rumour that when we’re not looking, the trees turn into monsters, but they weren’t scared.
Angry Granny lived up in a tree and liked to be brave.
Lovely Granny liked to play hide and seek and Granny Evie likes the dark!
But oh no…I think those trees have moved…
They are monsters!
RUN!
Storyplay Champions
We love it when families who have been coming to our sessions for a while start helping to host!
Here are two of our Storyplay Champions counting bowls of soup for the meal.
This week we also had help with photographs and notes for the blog.
We had a delicious meal of lentil soup, pineapple, boiled eggs and lots more!
Then we shared our reflective drawings in the Lickety Gallery which you can read about below.
Reflective Drawing
We almost always do ‘Reflective drawing’ at the end of a Storyplay session. It’s nice to relax and draw & think about what we’ve all done & how we feel about it.
Reflective drawing isn’t about doing a ‘good’ drawing – it’s about drawing whatever comes into your head when you think about what you’ve just done.
But as you draw you realise more about what you thought or imagined in the session. And it’s great to share that with everyone & hear what they thought! So many things go on in Storyplay!
Here are some of our Reflective Drawings from this week:
Read some of the artist’s reflections from the Lickety Art Gallery:
The group. This is the different people.
A heart!
This is the grannies and that’s the stick. The walking stick!
A balloon. Flying in Scotland!
I made a tree. I made a forest!
His friend and his house!
Next week is the last session in this block so we will be joined by Virginia and we’ll be asking for your feedback on this block of Porridge & Play.
