The CONVENTION of Maryhill Road Chefs was in full swing this week at Community Central Hall... Incredible Chefs were arriving from all over the world for a sensational display of terrific cooking skills! People had gathered from far and wide to meet these incredible Chefs and to learn about their wacky creations… With the power of a Dressing Up Bag - (our bag full of old clothes and imaginings) - our inventive families transformed themselves into characters capable of extraordinary, ordinary and beautiful things! And today they became very special Chefs - with intriguing cooking specialities…. Violet was Cooking McCookson - who cooks sea monsters to perfection! - delish! Xiyu was Chef Sheffle - who makes strawberry doughnuts - yum! Shriyansh was Chef Kippa - who cooks Dinosaur Steaks - wow! Iris was Chef Strawberry - who makes special strawberry jam with lollipops in it - very special! Ada was Chef of Delights, a French chef - she adds her Secret Vanilla that she makes herself to all her baking -watch out for what her vanilla may do to you! Rita was Chef Old - a ghost that can still be seen and can cook - spooky! Thrishitha became Indian Chef - who specialises in Biryani, Chicken Biryani - funky! Sparkle Evie Chef puts sprinkles on top of everything that she makes - cunning! Maya [...]

Our Dressing Up bag Full of colourful rags That turn into magic When we mix them all up!   Zoe , Maya, Rita, Arvin, Ada, Iris, Zac & Xiya let us into the magic of their dressing up imaginings… ‘I’m Princess Purple and this is my long hair. It helps people to climb up high and saves animals. My favourite is cake is chocolate.’  ‘I’m a Ghost. I’ve been a ghost for 235 years. I ghost in a haunted cave, I get some people and I turn some into ghosts, some are vampires and some are zombies.’  'I’m Officer William, I put people in jail. The last person robbed money from the bank, and I set a trap with a net to catch them. My favourite cake is sponge cake.’  ‘My name is ‘I don’t know’. I’m in jail but I did nothing…’  ‘I’m Grannie Swamp. I live nearby a swamp. I have bug spray. I have pancakes for breakfast and I make macaroons. I live in a tree house. And my macarons are Top Shelf!’   ‘I’m Granny Dungeon. There’s no way I’m related to Granny Swamp! I live in the Edinburgh dungeon – I pretend to be a security guard and turn my face into nothing!’  ‘I am a king, King Lion. Princess Purple is my princess. I live in a cave with bones and blood [...]

A Magic Ball Adventure from Maryhill to the JUNGLE! ‘Everyone ready…BLOW!’ A tiny rainbow Magic Ball had carefully been placed on the floor and now we were all surrounding it and blowing it up bigger so we could all climb inside… ‘It’s getting BIGGER… And BIGGER… And BIGGER…’ We carefully opened the zip in front of us and we climbed inside ‘Don’t forget to close the zip behind you” We all gathered together inside the Magic Ball feeling excited and wondering where we could possibly go… ‘We could go to Land of Clouds’ - said Rita ‘Or to a Forest’ - said Zac ‘What about China’ - said Shirley ‘Or Hollywood’ - said Iris ‘Or the galaxy!’ - said Ada But the brilliant thing about the Magic Ball is that you don't know where you’ll end up until you land there! ‘Right everyone…let’s say the magic words!’ Magic Ball Magic Ball Takes us where we want to go… WHOOOSH! We landed and Zac and Maya were brave enough to open the zip to find out where we had landed this time… ‘We are in the jungle!' they whispered! Zac soon revealed himself as Master of the Jungle so he became our guide. We followed him all intrigued about exploring this jungle when suddenly… A tall, green woman appeared! She spoke a different language that nobody [...]

We are so happy to be back in Maryhill for a new Porridge & Play block of sessions – and the Maryhill families were on excellent form at our first session! (we recommend that you read this out loud!) Hello, hello, hello! to one and all, Welcome to Maryhill Hub, We get together at Porridge & Play, To play and to have a good laugh! Some of us are new, some have come before, But we all like to Storyplay! To go on adventures, to meet all our friends And to have a jolly good day! We get in a circle, Cause circles are great, To keep everybody involved, You see everyone, Everybody sees you, And that is the best thing of all! Cause playing together is all that we need, To keep any boredom away, A bunch of your pals, Your imagination And you’re ready for STORYPLAY! We had balloons of all sorts of colours, Balloons with patterns and shapes. We blew them all up just as big as we could, So they could lift us and fly us away! We flew high in the sky over Maryhill Rd, And soon high above the Canal We were looking around when Zoe just shouted – that’s an elephant! The elephant was, believe it or not, enjoying sometime on a boat! And not just for fun, [...]