Stay and Play

Stay & Play is back!

We meet in the Nursery room on Thursdays from 8:45 to 10am.

We sing, read stories, play with toys and have snack time together. Parents, Grandparents, 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 - 2022-2023

Stay & Play Sessions - 2021-2022

Thursday 21st July

We had a lovely last end of term morning. We even had an ex-pupil come tp help with his mum today. We had our drinks and fruit, but then ended with ice lollies which everyone enjoyed. The children also had a card to thank them for coming to Stay & Play which the Wednesday ladies group had made.

Thursday 14th July

Most of the children played outside today. They enjoyed pushing the wheelbarrow with the bark in it. We are encouraging the children to eat fruit and drink milk or water at snacktime.

Thursday 7th July

Another group of mixed ages today. Some children who are going to our nursery came today. We had indoors and outdoors open. We played with playdough making caterpillas and had an amazing array of books for children. We read the "The Crunching Munching Caterpillas" for storytime.

Thursday 30th June

We played inside and outside this morning. We also had a birthday boy who was 2 years old so we sang "Happy Birthday" to Zach.

Thursday 23rd June

We had the outside open as well as inside. A lotof children enjoyed playing in the outdoor area today. It was a lovely warm morning.

Thursday 16th June

We had lots of new children today, as children who are starting Nursery in September were invited with their parents. We had the inside and outside open as it was a lovely morning!

Thursday 26th May

We had a group of mums and tots today who are getting on really well. Children are playing with each other and enjoying lots of activities. Mums are having a chat and the children are not as clingy as they were.

Thursday 12th May

We had a new child start today and he settled in really well. It's lovely to see the mums and dads interacting with the children and also having a chat with each other sitting on the carpet.

Thursday 5th May

We had lots of mums and dads and tots today at Stay & Play. It was great to see so many children playing alongside each other and sharing toys.

Thursday 28th April

We played with water, sand and paints today. One little boy enjoyed the zoo and another boy was building with the blocks. Mums said it was really good to be back.

Thursday 24th March

We had 3 new babies at Stay & Play today. The children enjoyed the sand and looking at books. The babies were on the carpet with soft toys.

Thursday 17th March

We had more children and parents today. Play dough with coffee beans was the favourite activity. Singing and stories followed and lots of fruit was eaten today.

Thursday 10th March

We had another baby join our group group today. Some children are feeling very safe and secure and leaving their mums side now to go and play. We had a story about the dentist and a big set of teeth and toothbrush so we could practise brushing teeth.

Thursday 3rd March

We had a dinosaur story and we did some songs with actions. Parents and children joined in too. We had pieces of apple, pear and tangerines for our snack.

Thursday 17th February

The children were just happy playing with all the toys this morning. They ate gingerbread men and fruit for snack time.

Thursday 10th February

We played musical instruments and enjoyed looking at books today.

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Thursday 3rd February

The children enjoyed playing with the animals and making music with the instruments. We sang 5 little speckled frogs and 'walking through the jungle' story.

Thursday 27th January

We had a new little boy who started coming today which was lovely. We sang 'Incy Wincy Spider' and had a story 'Walters Wonderful Web'. We looked at shapes which Walter spun for his webs.

Thursday 20th January

The children settled back into meeting their friends again. Building towers and playing in the sand were the favourite activities of the day.

Thursday 16th December - Christmas Party Day!

Our Stay & Play families had their Christmas party yesterday. There were games of pass the parcel and lots of party food and everybody had a fun festive time!

Thursday 2^nd December

We had musical instruments to sing along to today, with the Spot Storybook being read to the children.

The children enjoyed lots of delicious fruit as snacks.

Thursday 11^th November

Mums and dads had a good chat as their children were engrossed in their play. Jigsaws, animals, cars and musical instruments were the favourites today. We sang and told stories to finish the session.

Thursday 21^st October

We had a lovely session with mums and dads interacting while their children play.

One little boy who was very shy to start with has now settled in very well.