Stay and Play

Stay & Play

We meet in the Nursery room on Thursdays from 8:45 to 10am. There is no charge, this is a free group.

We sing, read stories, play with toys and have snack time together. Parents, Grandparents and Carers are all welcome to come and enjoy this session for babies and pre-schoolers.

It is a wonderful way to help get your child ready for Nursery and School.

Stay & Play Sessions - 2024-2025 

Thursday 17th July 

We had a lovely group today.  We had pom bear crisps and bananas, strawberries and blueberries for snack.  We played 'Pass the Parcel' and before the children went home they each had a milk ice lolly that they all enjoyed. 

Thursday 10th July 

We had a lovely session with inside and the outside being used.  The coach taking Year 4 on a trip caused a lot of excitement!  Mums and dads and children joined in the singing.  Our snack time sugar snap peas were enjoyed by a few children, banana is always a favourite and some enjoyed the tomatoes too. 

Thursday 3rd July 

We had a good session today with children who are all coming to us in September to join our nursery.  We had the doors open so the children could choose to play inside or out.  Our story was 'Under the sea' and one little girl knew the crab, octopus and turtle!

Thursday 26th June 

We had some more children today who will be attending our Nursery in September.  They played well and at story time they sat on the mat and joined in.  We had pea pods, tomatoes and peppers for our snack. Some of the children did not enjoy the peppers!  Our story was 'Wheres my teddy?'

Thursday 19th June 

We had more children today who are coming to Nursery in September.  We had playdough, sand, building blocks, shells and peebles in the sand.  We sang nursery rhymes and had a story.  Our snac was milk/water and bananas and tomatoes.  The children and parents sat so well at singing and storytime. It was lovely to see so many here. 

Thursday 12th June 

We had a full Stay & Play today. Alot of children came who are coming to Nursery in September. It was lovely to see so many.  We had the outdoors and indoors open. All the mums and dads joined in with our story and nursery rhymes today. 

Thursday 22nd May 

We had a good number of children today.  They all played so well together.  The mums had a good chat while interacting with their children too.  We had singing and banana, orange and apple for snack with milk and water.  

Thursday 15th May 

We had a lovely session with new children today.  We had 2 babies and one baby was only 3 weeks old.  The mums had such good chats with each other and the children played well with sand, playdough, musical instruments and looking at books.  Our story was 'I love animals ' and we did all the animal noises. We sang Nursery Rhymes and all the children drank milk and ate fruit.  Each child went home today with a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Thursday 8th May 

We had a really good turn out today.  We had a lady who used to come with her daughter and now she has brought her son.  It was lovely to see her.  The train track and playdough were played with a lot today. We had singing and out story was "Jaspers Beanstalk".  Our snack was milk and satsumas and peas.  All the children enjoyed the fruit.  

Thursday 1st May 

We had toddlers and 2 new babies at Stay & Play today.  We opened the outside play too.  We had singing and our story was '"Duck in a Truck".  For snack we had bananas, apples and peas today.

Thursday 23rd April 

We had a baby today.  Her first visit to Stay & Play.  The children played outside in the treehouse.  Some children enjoyed making cakes in the playdough.  We had oranges and banana for snack. We sang some nursery rhymes too.  

Thursday 27th March

The cars & trains, playdough and house play were very popular today.  We sang Nursery Rhymes and had a story called ' The Easter Bunny'.  It was a lift the flap book which all the children enjoyed.  We had satsumas, apple and banana which was all consumed quickly.  Next week is the last week before the Easter holidays.

Thursday 20th March

We had a good group of children and parents on this beautiful day.  Playdough, sand, drawing and the floor toys were enjoyed by everyone!  One of the mums helped her boys to make the train track into an oval shape.  We had singing and our story was 'Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs'.  The children joined in with the "Raaaaaaaaaaaghhhh"!  Our snack was banana, apple and satsumas.  Our hungry fruit loving children ate it all.  

Thursday 13th March

We had lots of activities today.  House play with babies, playdough, sand and the floor toys.  All the children moved around the room enjoying each activity.  We had singing and one little boy played a musical instrument as we sang.  Our sotory was 'Everybody is Happy'.  We had satsumas, apple and banana for snack.  The children were very hungry today and all the fruit got eaten which was good!

Thursday 6th March

We had threading, jigsaws, playdough, sand and drawing today.  There were floor toys that the children enjoyed too.  We had lots of mums and a grandma joined in too. We had singing and our story was 'Frog on a Log'.  Our snack was milk/water and satsumas and apples.  

Thursday 27th February

Sand play and colouring were very popular today as well as the purple play dough.  We sang nursery rhymes and had Jungle Race story which the children enjoyed.  We had satsumas and bananas for snack.

Thursday 13th February

We had a lovely morning. Lots of fun with playdough and floor toys.  One little girl enjoyed looking at Peppa Pig books.  We sang 'Wheels on the bus' and had a story about animals so we all made animal sounds along to it!  Our snack was banana, orange and apples.  They all enjoyed the fruit and it all was eaten.  We will see everyone after the holidays.  

Thursday 30th January 2025

We had lots of people at Stay & Play today.  Some new children and parents who had not been here before.  We had a birthday boy today so we all sang 'Happy Birthday'.  He was 2 years old.  We sang some nursery rhymes and had an eye spy book for storytime.  We had satsumas, pear and apple for snacks.  All the chlidren enjoyed the fruit and it went quickly!

Thursday 23rd January 2025

The children really enjoyed the playdough today.  They made cakes and counted candles.  One little boy enjoyed the sand play with diggers and shells.  We sang 'Hickory Dickory Dock', 'Twinkle Twinkle' and '1,2,3,4,5, Once i caught a fish alive'.  Our story was Peppa Pig 'At the Zoo;.  We had satsumas, pears and apple for snack. 

Thursday 16th January 2025

We had some lovely interactions with mums and children today.  The sand and the play house were the favourites.  We made spiders in the play dough too.  We sang 'Incy Wincy Spider' and 'Heads, shoulders, knees & toes'. Our story was 'Once upon a picnic'.  We had banana, apples and satsumas for snack.  All the fruit was eaten quickly today.  The children really enjoyed it.  

Thursday 9th January 2025 - Welcome back!

We had a new little boy at Stay & Play today.  He seemed to enjoy himself as he cried when it was time to go home!  We had singing and our story was 'Puddle Playtime'.  We had bananas and apples for our snack. 

Thursday 18th December

We had babies, toddlers and 3/4 year olds today.  Building towers, playdough and looking at books were the favourites.  We had 'Little bear and his scarf' for our story.  We sang nursery rhymes and then had two rounds of pass the parcel.  For snack we enjoued fruit and a gingerbread man.  We open again for Stay & Play on Thursday 9th January 2025.  Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year to everyone. 

Thursday 5th December

The children had lots of activities today which they enjoyed.  Painting, play dough, water play, having picnics and the train tracks were their favourites.  We had lots of discussions about fruit and vegetables.  Our story was 'Spots first Christmas'. We sang Baa Baa Black Sheep and Jingles Bells.  All of the children toook a piece of fruit home with them.  We had milk and water with our oranges, pears and banana.

Next week will be our last Stay and Play of 2024.

Thursday 28th November

We had ten chldren at Stay & Play this morning which was lovely.  The children enjoyed jigsaws and floor toys today.  We had 'Dear Zoo' as our story as some of the children enjoyed looking it at it with their mums.  We had milk, water and banana and pear and oranges for snack.  We sang some nursery rhymes.  We always say a prayer at snacktime and mums, dads and children join in with this.

Thursday 21st November

We had a good group of mums and their children today.  Drawing, play dough and playing with the animals were the favourite things to do today.  Some of the mums read stories to their children.  One little boy really enjoys the 'Pete the cat' story.  He can more or less recite the story and colours by looking at the pictures.  We sang nursery rhymes which everybody joined in with and did the actions. We had milk, apples, banana and oranges for our snack.  Everyone took some of the fruit home to enjoy with their family.   

Thursday 14th November

We had a great session with lots of children and parents. All played well together.  Mums were reading stories and building towers with their children and other children too.  Our story was 'That's not my teddy'. For snack we had pear, banana and satsumas with milk or water.  

Thursday 7th November

A good group today with the children drawing with felt pens and crayons.  Play dough and the building blocks were also well used today.  Our story was 'Wow said the owl'.  Using the number tiles we sang 'Five little monkeys bouncing on the bed' and 'Heads and shoulders'. All the children enjoyed the actions with these songs.  For our snack we had milk, apple and satsumas. 

Thursday 24th October 

A lovely group today with babies, toddlers and 3 year olds.  One of the babies was shown a photograph of herself and she smiled at it.  We had singing and our story was 'Brown bees, brown bear, what do you see?'.  For snack time we had milk, banana, apple and oranges.  

Thursday 17th October 

Today our toddlers enjoyed colouring and drawing shapes.  Some of the children and mums used the playdough to make faces.  We sang 'Twinkle Twinkle, 5 speckled frogs and baa baa black sheep'.  Our story was 'Ten sleepy teddies'.  We had apple, pear and banana for snack. 

Thursday 10th October 

We had a good mix of mums, dads and children today.  The children enjoyed the sand and painting.  One little boy counted 4 paintings which he had done.  We had banana, apple, orange and pear for snack. Our story was a Peppa Pig book called 'Puddle Playtime'.

Thursday 3rd October 

We had a good group at Stay & Play today, playdough, sand and painting were the most enjoyed activities.  Our story was a classic, 'Dear Zoo'.  We sang nursery rhymes including: 'Incy Wincy', 'The Wheels on the Bus' and 'We all clap hands together'. We had tomatoes as well as bananas and satsumas for snack and the children drank milk or water. 

Thursday 25th September 

We had jigsaw, books, painting and sand today which were very popular!  Two children were very good at sharing the cars and the garage, We had a nursery rhyme book to look at and sang some rhymes out of that. 

Our story was 'Guess how much i love you'.

Thursday 19th September 2024 

We had a good group today with more new mums, dads and tots. Parents were happy talking to each other as well as joining in with their childrens activities.  We sang Heads & Shoulders and had another 'Spot' book.  Our snack was milk, water, bananas, apples and pears.

Thursday 12th September 2024 - Welcome Back

We had some new children and parents join us this morning which was lovely.  We had playdoh, sand, cars and painting today.  Some of the very young children enjoyed the sounds of the instruments - banging the tambourine was a favourite and we had a lovely teethy smiles! We had a 'Spot' story.  We sang 'Twinkle Twinkle, Heads & Shoulders and Baa Baa Black Sheep'.  Our snack was milk, water, apples, pears and bananas which all the children enjoyed.