Bridgeton Blog! 3rd October 2025 For our last Bridgeton Porridge & Play we thought we better bake a cake! With Chef Santa’s chicken, Suliman & Mohsin’s chips Niamate’s sprinkles and Maab’s jellyfish! Chef Phillipe from France and Chef Pirate from India, joined many more with their ingredients. Seena and Evanna brought strawberries and Chef Scary brought buns. Chef Duaa brought ice cream that tasted like bubblegum.  Amira added strawberry sauce and Mariam rainbow lolly pops. There was bubblegum, coconut, eggs and dragon fruit. Then lettuce and pizza and Chef Samira’s cream. We stirred them all in and it turned out a dream. Burger with Nutella - we had to try it! Chicken Nuggets? there’s never been a cake like it! I wonder if vanilla will cover these up… Chef Ouff’s smelly shoes and belly button fluff  And Moira’s ear wax - would the Ogre like the cake? Chef Alan had a brilliant idea!  Let’s add sleepy leaves to put him to sleep! The Ogre appeared with a terrible roar - we cut him some cake then gave him some more. With a yawn and a stretch he began to nod off.  “Phew!” we said, “That was strong stuff!” The Ogre wasn’t the only beast at this feast. Mr Wolf appeared with his gold rainbow watch When we asked him the time, he tried to [...]

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 [...]

Bridgeton Blog! 19th September 2025 This was the week of Witches, Mucky Brew and our second Magic Ball adventure!! Dancing Warm Up We began with a Dancing Warm Up! Everyone shared their best moves. Funky Chicken Then we met some awesome animals! These in included: Howida's Funny Cat  Lin's Angry Bunny  Salah's Excited Tiger  Moira's Cheeky Crocodile! Mucky Brew Mucky ME Mucky YOU Mucky mucky mucky BREW! This was a fruity brew. We poured, sprinkled and rubbed all sorts of funny things on our head! A big watermelon A big pineapple Chopped apple A big egg A big kiwi A booger (yuck!) A chocolate cake Grapes A pomegranate Witch's Fingers! I'm going to drink...a bottle of....POISON! We ran away from those tricksy witches as quick as we could! Magic Ball Then one of the magical witches found the Magic Ball. It took us to MUDLAND! We got stuck in the mud. We couldn't get out! What could we do but have a big....mudfight! Just then, a noise. I wonder who lives in Mudland? It's a monster! Luckily he was just hungry. He loved the bread and jam we gave him. Then he wanted to play hide and seek with us. Well, we were so tired from all that playing that we had to have a nap. When we woke up, we found ourselves on a beach. [...]

Bridgeton Blog! 12th September 2025 Week 2 – woohoo! We warmed up by making ourselves as Big as a Bear…and as fast as a hare! As well as these rhyming creatures, you came up with loads more! There was: Dua’s Dying Bee Alan’s Metal Chicken Ouff’s Flying Snail Emilia’s Jogging Shark Maab’s Funky Chicken Zara’s Pinching Crab Leeanne’s Angry Tiger Zhara’s Funny Cow Awoooo! Did you say something? What’s the time Mr Wolf! There’s only one animal in the Storyplay woods who has a watch. We got ready for school with Mohammed Wolf. He had a gold and silver watch. We crept about with Wilhelmina Wolf. Suliman Wolf lived in deep water and wore an orange watch. Scary Wolf Dua lived at the end of the forest and liked to hunt. Dinner time! We enjoyed carrot and lentil soup. Bread and boiled eggs. And Paul’s delicious fruit platters! The Storyplay Games All our games are on our Lickety Playcards. You will get your very own pack in week 5 to help you Storyplay at home! 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’ [...]

Bridgeton Blog! 5th September 2025 Howdy Bridgeton, it was brilliant to see you all again on Friday. You’ve all grown tall as trees! It really is GREAT to be back for another year of Storyplay family fun at Bridgeton St Francis. We welcomed 3 new families to our group and introduced them to some of our favourite Licketyspit games – Funky Chicken, Flying Balloons, Dressing Up and Magic Ball. We also played Leeanne’s game Street Catch, which is part of the All Scot Playcards we made together in 2022. You can find out how to play it by clicking on the playcard ----> We dressed up in wonderful ways! We met SuperMum who arrived from her kitchen on a plane and SuperGod who fights villains. The Magic Ball took us to another dimension,  where we met a villain! Luckily SuperGod was there to keep us safe. We realised we were next to the Red Sea so we decided to have a swim. The water was so refreshing. Then we came upon a ship and we climbed aboard. Just in time! A shark was swimming towards us. Whoosh! SuperGod threw the shark into space What a relief. The waves started to rock us all to sleep. We woke up just in time to get into the Magic Ball and head back to [...]