Forest creatures and a Wolf with a watch in Maryhill?
Porridge & Play Maryhill 2025/26
Week two of Porridge & Play MARYHILL got us all sharing our best moves – warming up our bodies and our imaginations, singing, dressing-up to transform ourselves into Forest Creatures and much more!
A very Big Circle to see everyone,
Cause our games are way best when we’re ALL in the fun!
First Big as a Bear gets us all going,
Running and jumping we are telling a story,
About how we can be whatever we like!
An Ox or a Hare or a Bird flying high!
So many of us here so let’s hear all our names,
And show everyone our cool move as well!
Then The Funky Chicken shows up to play,
Can you think of an animal? Does it move in some way?
What sound does it make? Can we do it again?!
Maya’s Funny Duckling liked Olesya’s Sleepy Tiger
Amna’s Happy Penguin liked Salaar’s Cheeky Lion!
Yachai’s Funny Bunny saw Rita’s a Happy Butterfly,
Shirley’s Jumping Rabbit loved Stephen’s Hyperactive Sloth!
But, have you heard before about a man called Fred?
Who likes to go to bed at night with Jelly On His Head?
If that sounds a bit silly just wait ‘til you hear,
What a girl called Bella Spears takes to bed in her ears!!
We sang about Grace, about Claire, about John,
What other funny things you could think to put on?
Dressing up – just combining old bits and old bobs,
Clothes now too wee or we don’t use a lot.
An ordinary shirt can become a spy’s cape,
A jacket an apron for an excited chef,
A scarf can become the long tail of a mouse,
Just have a good look and find things round your house!
Dressing up in this way lets us be anyone,
Dressing up in this way is just fabulous fun!
Today we were Forest Creatures just for a laugh!
Butterflies, flowers, a ghost and a squirrel,
Cheeky cat, baby bear, a bat and a panther.
A kingfisher, giraffe and even a tree!
A fox with a tail,
Now what else could you be?
While we were admiring ourselves and our forest,
We heard of a Wolf who owns a cool watch,
If the creatures – who don’t! – want to find out the time
They must ask Mr Wolf – Mr. Wolf, What’s the time?
At 3 ride a bike, at 7 we nap, at 10 go to school,
But we all know the golden rule –
Be careful, be careful we better watch out…
Guess what happens at DINNER when Wolfy’s about?!
When playing is done doing some drawing is good!
Then we’re usually hungry and ready for food!
Fruit, cheese, tomatoes, fresh bread and some soup,
Olesya, Rita and Maya brought home-made hummus too!
The Maryhill Hub families truly are game,
So full of ideas in the sun and the rain,
When we meet there is no doubt we will all find the way,
To enjoy some amazing STORYPLAY!
See you next week!
Andre, Ruby, Taz, Virginia & the Maryhill Hub families
Maryhill Art Gallery!
Read the artists’ comments here!
It’s my favourite part of what we did today, it’s the funky chicken, that’s the funky chicken, that’s the cheeky monkey, that’s the naughty seagull and that’s the dying fly!
Me! Grass! Mum!
This is that and that’s that one and that’s that one! Wolf! The people. The big wolf there. The sun! Dinner! Running away!
We said ‘ahhh’ and run away (from the wolf)! Flying butterfly. Flying away – from Mr wolf! Jumping in a muddy puddle
A fox pooed when we were playing What’s the Time Mr Wolf. Why do they sometimes roll in their poo? The other animals want to eat them but they smell the poo and think they’re different. I eat someone – Xiyu!
-A wolf! Creatures What time is it…? 12 o’clock. Eat! Grass. The fox
That’s me, that’s me as a butterfly. At the meadow – (full of) bushes, butterflies. I’m running away from a tomato, it’s trying to suck me in, I’m running away from it.
So this is me as a panther, this is my mum as a squirrel. We were playing what’s the time Mr Wolf
Mum. Happy. A friend – Xiya. Me! A butterfly.
That’s the wolf, me. The wolf’s chasing me. Not good! I was A ghost. I wasn’t wearing my disguise at first. That’s the treehouse and trees. The wolf lived in a cottage. A ghost lived in the treehouse – me!
This is the wolf turned into a bird. The dog was chasing the wolf and then the wolf said why am I running I’m not scared because I am a wolf so he used his watch to change into a bird. That’s a flower.
This is me and I’m a Butterly. And this is the flowers I’m sitting on the flowers like a butterfly. I live in a beehive with my friends. It’s fun!
You! A house – yours. Your car. A garden with flowers – yours. It’s a ghost – a happy ghost. It’s Scotland.
Balloons. Flowers, the sun, a butterfly. Orange and black balloons – from last week!
That’s me and that’s Maya and that’s mum as a wolf and that’s me as a wolf. Feels good to be a wolf. Awooo! It’s a love heart and a star.
