At the last session of this Porridge & Play block we celebrated 5-weeks of Storyplaying together -  in Zombie Style… In Storyplay you can DO ANYTHING… Bridgeton families love it here Bridgeton families dance and cheer! We love moving our bodies, learning new steps and shapes and rhythms - children and grown-ups all shared their ideas in the Dancing Warm up! Funky Chicken is another old favourite at Bridgeton Hub! Every week we start with a round of Funky Chicken - is such a great game to get your imagination going quickly, by thinking of an animal and how it might move and sound! And so, on this last session - Malak created a Happy penguin Mohammed thought of a Happy Seagull Miriam imagined an Ugly Pig Retaj became a Funny Horse Moira embodied a Singing Cow Amar transformed into a Groovy Lizard Lin was a Sneaky Cat Big Mohammed offered a Dancing Tiger Alan created a Wrestling Alligator Salah showed us a Silly Monkey Abakr was a  Foxy Dadoodee Aleen became a Speaking Cat Girisha was a Fire Lion Lin embodied a Slow Turtle Arafa jumped as a Happy frog Maab became a Naughty Seagull!   At Storyplay you can BE ANYONE… Another ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE game for the Bridgeton families is Dressing Up - they cannot wait for the big Dressing Up bag to [...]

In a deep, cold and dark forest or a warm and sunny one In a cave with bones and cobwebs or in a two-bedroom flat... Monsters, Monsters everywhere Happy, scary and funny ones Monsters, Monsters everywhere Cheery Monsters at Bridgeton Hub! Girisha says - ‘I am a Red Monster and I am really scary. I can make it rain and I can make it STOP!’  Mohammed says - ‘I’m a monster who can make people pause.’  Alan is Larry the lumberjack Monster he says - ‘I live in a cave.’  Aleen says - ‘I’m a Blueberry Cup Cake Monster and I dance with this outfit. I live in a Cup Cake house.’   These monsters love to dance and draw, play Funky Chicken till it’s hot! These monsters may seem scary, But I promise you they’re not!   Monsters, Monsters everywhere Happy, scary and funny ones Monsters, Monsters everywhere Cheery Monsters at Bridgeton Hub!   Mariam says - ‘I’m a Monster Pants and I save food, so I am actually a superhero’.  Mohammed is Super Granny Monster - 'I am here to destroy the other monsters. I live in a hut. I can freeze everyone. I live with another monster’  Summer says ‘I am Monster Teddy Bear and I can fly. I live on a mountain.            It is always sunny’.   These Monsters love fruit! [...]

Come all, come all to Porridge & Play You can be anyone; do anything every day! With Funky Chicken you get to be, Any animal you like - Yes even a flea! A Happy Horsey or a Happy cat. A Mad Lizard and a Scary cat! An Angry Kangaroo and a Naughty Penguin. - And let’s all cheer up that poor Sad penguin! Pick a balloon of your favourite colour Blow it up big and fly round the world the world, the world which is best from the air! People of all countries - they are here, here and there!   This is my red balloon, I blew it up and went to Antarctica,  it was very cold; we counted to 5 and the balloon popped! OOOOOOOh!   Going around the world is like going outside our circle, We saw lots of rainbows and our footsteps outside the circle, going around and around and around…   The rivers, the countries, that’s a tree and that’s ME! Pick up a balloon! Fly wherever you want to be!   A very good cake just fit for a king. We can bake you one in a blink! And we can even sing! Arafa added eggs, Alan some raspberries, Malak said -  let’s put apple in the cake! Mohammed put 5 vanilla drops And Summer binded it all up [...]

Our Bridgeton families were in excellent form for Session 2 of our Porridge & Play Block... We warmed up making ourselves As Big As A Bear with Nerea and  played a round of Funky Chicken with Andre! Then Taz took everyone through the story of Miss Mary Mac and then we all had a go at My Name Is Joe and realised that poor Joe works far too hard!! Now, the Bridgeton Hub LOVES to dress up and let me tell you, they get so inspired when they do – they often TRANSFORM into completely different people with all sorts of skills, likings, opinions and even missions…. MIRIAM – ‘My name is Orange – I go to the supermarket, I entertain the kinds, I do dancing.’  MOHAMMED – ‘ I’m Superhero Green, I like to eat green vegetables and save the day.’  MAAB – ‘I’m a penguin and I live in a tomato. On Sunday afternoon I like to poo.’  ALAN – ‘ I am cagey. On Sunday I like to kill on my phone. I like to eat a wee sandwich.’  MARIAM -  ‘ I’m the Doodie, I like to watch my phone, I like chicken’  AMAR – ‘I’m SuperBlack – I like to cook people and bananas’  ALEEN –  ‘ I’ like strawberries, I like Meera the devil hunter’  It is FANTASTIC how [...]

Licketyspit’s Porridge & Play is back in Bridgeton with old and new friends and SO many new adventures to have together! How lovely to see returning Bridgeton families and welcome some new families!  There were big smiles and hugs galore! We were all so happy to be together again! And we discovered that some of us have got a lot taller!! Everyone was on great form and looking forward to Storyplay. Our circle was BIG so we all took a moment to say our names and to welcome our new pals - Rikita & Girisha, Ghada, Mohammed & Amar, Lina, Aleen & baby Maysa and Mudathir & Ibrahim! Then we made our selves as Big As A Bear! We love to warm up our bodies, voices and imaginations before playing all together - grown-ups and children! Funky Chicken was packed with fabulous imaginings - Summer kicked us off with a Funky Chicken and Mabb created the Cheeky Frog. Salah imagined a Hungry Tiger and Amar a Fox Eating Cheetah. Girsha introduced us to a Snappy Crocodile whereas Aleen's Crocodile was sleepy! instead. Emilia became a Fast Horsey and Alan invented a rather funny Stupid Crocodile! Pick Up A Balloon! With every puff of air our colourful balloons grew bigger and bigger until suddenly we were up on our tiptoes ready for a last blow to [...]