play sessions & activities
Build
and Play Go-kart sessions
Go karts are a new play activity of ours, we come into your setting with wood, wheels, bolts, etc where we help the children build go karts, they can follow our design or try their own, after they have finished building they can then play on them.
Den Building
Den building is great fun for children, we bring with us sticks, pegs, camo netting etc.
Den building kits are also available to loan for all Network members.
Mess
y Play Session
Messy play sessions consist of many different messy activities such as play dough, clay, gloop, slime, jelly, soil, beans, custard, etc. To access our play sessions you must be members of the Network, we simply ask a small donation is made to cover the cost of materials. By becoming a member you will also have access to our themed boxes and our resource library.
Arts and Crafts
For our arts and craft sessions we bring with us lots of different arts and crafts and ideas. Depending on the time of year we will bring themed resources such as Halloween, Xmas, Diwali, Easter etc. Also if requested we will bring some candle making kits. Candle making is a fun play session using numerous different coloured wax and pots.
Scarecrows
This is a relatively new session and proving to be extremely popular.
We bring a really big scarecrow wooden template out and get the children to help us dress and decorate it (as shown on the left), we also bring resources to make mini scarecrows for the children to take home and put in their gardens or pot containers .
For more Scarecrow pictures check them out on our Facebook page.
Waste Not Project
Another new session we offer, where there are no boundaries to a child`s imagination in making whatever they want to make.
For our Waste not sessions, we bring in lots of resources such as egg boxes, carboard boxes, plastic trays, kitchen rolls, etc. On the right is a simple Play Network boat made from a kitchen roll and a plastic tray - but how about making a fire eating dragon out of a recycled egg box or a medieval castle from a shoe box and some kitchen or toilet rolls.
Wood Play
Our wood play sessions can be making whatever the children want to make, or to just simply play with the tools. Lee`s bird houses like the one pictured to the left, are brought out to a setting cut out and ready for the children to make up.
T.E.A.S
T.E.A.S (Thorpe Edge Activity sessions) is currently up and running for all children to attend free of charge. T.E.A.S is based in Thorpe edge on a Tuesday (at the Rockwell centre) and Thursday night (at the Springfield centre) starting at 5 and ending at 7. The activities we carry out at the sessions include
teaching the children citizenship, taking care of your community, what is in your local community, how you can help within your community, life skills such as cooking, baking, road safety, gardening, and other activities to improve the area within Thorpe edge. As well as incorporating as much fun and play into the sessions as possible.
Other activities
If we do not offer a certain activity you would like please let us know as we may be able do it, or we can at least point you in the right direction
Play Sessions have reduced rates to members.
