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 [...]

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 [...]