Whiteinch Blog! 1st October 2025 Hey hey who goes there, I’m Big as a Bear and as Fast as a Hare! Hey hey what do you see? The Funky Chicken and he loves to read! The Sleeping Cat and the Tired Pig who went for a nap instead of a jig. The Happy Pink Bunny and the one that Jumped all came to play in the circle with us. Hip hop let’s DRESS UP! Scarves become tails become snakes for fun! Hip hop let’s DRESS UP! Skirts become capes become aprons for fun! Giovanna the Chef needs our help to make a cake. What ingredients will we need…poisonous EYES were suggested by Nina! Custard and jelly and creme caramel, so yummy and sweet from Aaliyah, Mihije and Christell. Sweet popcorn and golden mushrooms that tasted like popcorn, and blueberry gaming ones from Deon. Gaia’s lasagne and Zofia’s raw fish, made for a most unusual dish. Andzelika’s Jellyfish brought more of the sea. There was Menna’s grated carrot and Ibraheem’s broccoli and cheese. Flour, water and egg were provided by Virginia, Ruby and Jie Jie Lin. Sprinkles from Kiran that we could throw and not to forget the potato and potato and potato! Franky, Lara and Lina knew that potatoes make for a marvellous cake! We ate it together and laughed with delight at the flavours and [...]

Whiteinch Blog! 25th September 2025 This Wednesday was a sunny day, so we thought we’d go outside to play! First we played the Funky Chicken, the Happy Tiger Bunny, the Grumpy Kitten! We danced and sang as we set off, sticking together with all our stuff. Through the tunnel and up the stairs, past the pond we walked in pairs. Into the park and in a circle. We picked up balloons – black, pink, blue, purple! High in the sky we flew to see some jumping fish down in the sea! They were having so much fun, we flew down too to swim in the sun. Ah, into the waves we went and yet that’s not where our story ends. A hot air balloon took us up to the trees and what could we see? A castle made of diamonds and gold “I know” said Gaia “Let’s use these backpack balloons to fly over!” The Queen of the Castle was Princess Nina who gave us snacks from her golden fridge and golden bicycles to get home in. Golden blueberries and diamond gifts. What a generous princess she is! Then back to the library to snack and say: “We love outdoor Storyplay!” Next time It was lovely to Storyplay with old friends and new in this session. Remember next week is our last session of [...]

Whiteinch Blog! 17th September 2025 I'm going to drink a bottle of... Pomegranate! Pineapple! Grass! Toenails! POISON!! This week we dressed up as magical creatures and played Witches Fingers. Mucky Brew Feeling witchy, we then made a Mucky Brew with Orange juice Tea Apple Slime Sticky wrappers Baby mice Cheese for the mice Sand and some of Branch’s hair for good measure! We were so sticky and mucky we had to have a quick shower and dry off. But then! Sarah found the Magic Ball. Magic Ball It took us to America where we bought hot dogs from a vendor and helped him make more. They were such funny flavours - chocolate and cheese! We found a red octopus and a pool of freezing water. Ruby was a bit scared to go into the water but everyone helped her. So we released the octopus back into the ocean and had a swim with it! What an adventure. I wonder where our Storyplay will take us next week! 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! Storyplay Champions Families who have been coming to Porridge & Play for a while help us out at [...]

Whiteinch Blog! 10th September 2025 Do you know the Funky Chicken? You do? Fantastic! But what about Shahla’s Excited Snake? And Zofia’s Dancing Butterfly? Jie Jie and Nina’s Happy Cats made us purr. Milad’s Fire Monkey made us hop around. Amjad’s Flying Bird made us soar. Franky’s Clumsy Seal made us flop (and laugh!) Andre found a Letter to My Love And we took turns to hide and reveal the letter while singing our song! I sent a letter to my love... And on the way I dropped it 🎶 When we dressed up, even more animals appeared! There was Andzelika’s Angry Bear and Aaliyah’s Snow Cat. Christell was a snake that slithered across the forest floor. Menna, Lara and Lina became a family of wolves… And everyone knows the Wolf is the only animal in the forest who owns a watch. What’s the time Mr Wolf? Amjad’s Wolf lived in a tree house and had a watch made of metal. He liked eating foxes… Deon’s 99 Wolf lived in a cave and liked eating people – eek! Ice Blade and Fire Blade were wolf sisters (Nina & Gaia) who liked to eat cake and scary animals! Dinner time! We always got away – phew! After playing, we ate boiled eggs and cheese and plenty of delicious fruit. Before we knew it, [...]

Whiteinch Blog! 3rd September 2025 Wow wow wow, what a fantastic first week back in Whiteinch! We loved meeting up with old friends again, and introducing them to new friends from Whiteinch Nursery and Whiteinch Primary. The Funky Chicken was joined by the Cheeky Monkey, the Crazy Cat and even the Happy Capybara! Then up we went in our Flying Balloons! Candice saw the River Clyde. Lina saw a boat – it was a pirate boat! With birds and butterflies flying high above. Aaliyah saw a running cat and Elijah heard music from the pirates! Virginia spotted some ice cream and we all flew down for a cone. Deon had a sweet blue ice cream and Gaia had a bubblegum ice-cream. But oh no, Gaia spotted some lava – it was a volcano! And Nina saw people trying to jump into the volcano and a bear entering the lava! With a library card you can take loads of books home! Lucky we were so high up. Just then, a Naughty Seagull popped the balloon and sent us back to earth. When we were back, we transformed into a collection of fun and magical characters. A bit like characters from books! Lots of us took out books and some of us even got our very own library cards for the first time. We can’t wait [...]

Whiteinch Blog! Love letters, Chefs, a massive birthday cake & a feast! Our last session at Whiteinch Library felt like a great big party and although everyone was a bit sad that it was the last one of this year we all cheered up very quickly with a Dancing Warm up. We decided to send Letters to our Loves! But we kept dropping them! and then we had to try and guess WHO had picked the letter up and put it in their pocket?! It was hilarious! We dressed up today as Chef’s from around the World so that we could make a very special Birthday Cake for Taz’s neighbour Fred, who apparently is very very old… Thankfully we had a very colourful array of international Chef’s giving Taz a helping hand! There was Chef Amjad who makes fried chicken and ketchup and comes from Iran, Chef Deon who comes from France & America and makes Spiderman pizza and Spiderman hot dogs. Also, there was Chef Casey – he makes cake with meatballs and tomato sauce and Chef Nina who comes from the ground! - ‘I dug myself up with a spoon!’ There was Chef Grace who makes princess pizza and Chef Mohammad from Pakistan who makes chicken and ketchup. From Poland we had Chef Special, she makes strawberries and cream and Ninja Chef – ‘I [...]