Spring Term 2022
Week 1
Wednesday 12th January
10 - 11.30am
Friday 14th January
10 - 11.30am
The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Gruffalo and Winter
Week 2
Wednesday 19th January
10 - 11.30am
Friday 21st January
10 - 11.30am
Hairy Maclary by Lynsey Dodd
Theme for Session: Vets and Pets
Week 3
Wednesday 26th January
10 - 11.30am
Friday 28th January
10-11.30am
Daisy and the Beastie by Jane Simmons
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 4
Wednesday 2nd February
10 - 11.30am
Friday 4th February
10-11.30am
George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Theme for Session: Dragons, Princesses and Knights
Week 5
Wednesday 9th February
10 - 11.30am
Friday 11th February
10 - 11.30am
I love you Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
Theme for Session: Valentines, toys and cuddly toys
Half Term Session
Week 6
Wednesday 16th February
10 - 11.30am
Friday 18th February
10-11.30am
Duck in the Truck by Jezz Alborough
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 7
Wednesday 23rd February
10 - 11.30am
Friday 25th February
10 - 11.30am
Some Bugs by Angela Diterlizzi
Theme for Session: Bugs
Week 8
Wednesday 2nd March
10 - 11.30am
Friday 4th March
10-11.30am
Pirates Love Underpants - Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
Theme for Session: Pirates
Week 9
Wednesday 9th March
10 - 11.30am
Friday 11th March
10 - 11.30am
Dinosaurs love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 10
Wednesday 16th March
10 - 11.30am
Friday 18th March
10 - 11.30am
There’s an Alien in your book by Tom Fletcher
Theme for Session: Space
Mother’s Day Week
Week 11
Wednesday 23rd March
10-11.30am
Friday 25th March
10-11.30am
The large family - Five minutes peace by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Mothers Day and Jungle
Week 12
Wednesday 30th March
10-11.30am
Friday 1st April
10-11.30am
Ten Little Princesses by Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty
Theme for Session: Princesses and Fairytale
Week 1 of Easter Holidays 2022
Wednesday 6th April
10-11.30am
Friday 8th April
10-11.30am
Hattie Peck by Emma Levey
Theme for Session: Animals
Week 2 of Easter Holidays 2022
Special Easter Party!
Wednesday 13th April
10am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pm
We're going on an Egg Hunt by Laura Hughes
Theme for Session: Spring & Easter
The Special Easter Session Prices:
£15.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£12.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional baby aged 0-6 months
£2.50 per additional adult
(Note: The Children aged 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Easter sessions include:
🐣 A 2 hour session
🐣 An Easter treat box at story time.
🐣 An Easter Balloon on a stick to take home
🐣 An Easter gift for each child
🐣 An Easter Egg Hunt and Chocolate Egg for each child
Summer Term 2022
Week 1
Wednesday 20th April
10-11.30am
Friday 22nd April
10-11.30am
The cow that laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 2
Wednesday 27th April
10-11.30am
Friday 29th April
10-11.30am
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl
Theme for Session: Bugs
Week 3
Wednesday 4th May
10-11.30am
Friday 6th May
10-11.30am
Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo & Alex Ayliffe
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 4
Wednesday 11th May
10-11.30am
Friday 13th May
10-11.30am
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Space
Week 5
Saturday 14th May
10-11.30am
Wednesday 18th May
10-11.30am
The Tiger that came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Theme for Session: Jungle
Bright Times is closed on Friday 20th, Wednesday 25th & Friday 27th May 2022
Bright Times is away on holiday this week, but I hope to see you back for What the Ladybird heard at the Seaside next week!
Half Term session
Week 6
Wednesday 1st June
10-11.30am and 1-2.30pm
What the ladybird heard at the Seaside by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Mermaids, Circus, Seaside and Underwater
Week 7
Wednesday 8th June
10-11.30am
Friday 10th June
10-11.30am
Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Princesses, knights, Dragons and Doctors
Fathers Day Week
Week 8
Wednesday 15th June
10-11.30am
Friday 17th June
10-11.30am
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Fathers Day, Bears and a variety of toys themed from the book.
Week 9
Wednesday 22nd June
10-11.30am
Friday 24th June
10-11.30am
The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Pets and Doctors
Week 10
Wednesday 29th June
10-11.30am
Friday 1st July
10-11.30am
Ten Little Pirates by Mike
Theme for Session: Pirates
Week 11
Wednesday 6th July
10-11.30am
Friday 8th July
10-11.30am
Winnie and Wilbur Under the Sea by Valerie Thomas
Theme for Session: Summer, Seaside and Underwater
Week 12
Wednesday 13th July
10-11.30am
Friday 15th July
10-11.30am
Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Bugs
Special Summer Session
Teddy Bears Picnic
Wednesday 20th July ~ 10am - 12pm
Friday 22nd July ~ 10am - 12pm
Theme for Session: Summer and Bears
The Special Summer Session Prices:
£15.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£12.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional baby aged 0-6 months
£2.50 per additional adult
(Note: The Children aged 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Summer sessions include:
🐻 A 2 hour session
🐻An Summer treat box at story time.
🐻A Balloon on a stick to take home
🐻An Book, bubble wand and sweets for each child to take home
🐻A pass the Parcel
🐻 Parachute game on the field (weather permitting)
Summer Holiday Sessions:
Week 1
Wednesday 27th July
10-11.30am
Friday 29th July
10-11.30am
Harry and his bucketful of Dinosaurs make a splash by Ian Whybrow
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs and Summer
Week 2
Wednesday 3rd August
10-11.30am and 1-2.30pm
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Multiply themes - Dragons, Princesses, Space, Pirates, Animals and Lots More!
Week 3
Wednesday 10th August
10-11.30am
Friday 12th August
10-11.30am
Captain Duck by Jez Alborough
Theme for session: Vehicles
Week 4
Wednesday 17th August
10-11.30am
Friday 19th August
10-11.30am
The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles
Theme for session: Jungle Animals and Sports Activities
Week 5
Wednesday 24th August 2022
10-11.30am
Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway
Theme for session: Underwater Creatures and Pirates
Autumn Term 2022
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 31st August and Friday 2nd September
Bright Times is on Holiday this week!
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th September
There will be no Bright Times sessions this week, due to the first week of the new school term.
Week 1
Wednesday 14th September
10-11.30am
Friday 16th September
10-11.30am
We’re going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
Theme for session: Autumn, Bears and Woodland
Week 2
Wednesday 21st September
10-11.30am
Friday 23rd September
10-11.30am
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 3
Wednesday 28th September
10-11.30am
Friday 30th September
10-11.30am
The Cat, The Mouse and The Runaway Train by Peter Bently
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 4
Wednesday 5th October
10-11.30am
Friday 7th October
10-11.30am
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Space
Week 5
Wednesday 12th October
10-11.30am
Friday 14th October
10-11.30am
Funny Bones - Dinosaur Dreams by Allen Ahlberg
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 6
Wednesday 19th October
10-11.30am
Friday 21st October
10-11.30am
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Witches and Halloween
Half Term Halloween Party!
Week 7
Friday 28th October
10am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pm
The Special Halloween Party Prices:
£15.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£12.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional baby aged 0-6 months
£2.50 per additional adult
(Note: The Children under 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Halloween sessions include:
🎃 A 2 hour session
🎃 A Halloween treat box at story time.
🎃 A Halloweeen Balloon on a stick to take home
🎃 A Halloween gift for each child
🎃 Halloween games with prizes to be won.
Booking as always is essential.
Ten Little Monstera by Mike Brownlow
Theme for session: Halloween
Half Term Halloween Disco!
Week 7
Friday 28th October
6pm - 8pm
The Special Halloween Party Prices:
£15.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 4 years +
£12.50 per additional child aged 4 years +
£2.50 per additional adult
The Special Halloween Disco session includes:
🎃 A Disco to enjoy!
🎃 A Halloween treat box for each child with snacks to enjoy throughout the party
🎃 A party bag on arrival including glow sticks for use at the party
🎃 Halloween sweets for each child as they leave
🎃 Halloween games with prizes to be won
Week 8
Wednesday 2nd November
10-11.30am
Friday 4th November
10-11.30am
Sugarlump and the Unicorn by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Unicorns and Circus
Week 9
Wednesday 9th November
10-11.30am
Friday 11th November
10-11.30am
Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 10
Wednesday 16th November
10-11.30am
Friday 18th November
10-11.30am
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 11
Wednesday 23rd November
10-11.30am
Friday 25th November
10-11.30am
Poppy and Sam - Pig gets lost by Stephan Cartwright
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 12
Wednesday 30th November
10-11.30am
Friday 2nd December 2021
10-11.30am
Paw Patrol Ice Team by Random
Theme for Session: Paw patrol, Vehicles and Winter
Week 13
Wednesday 7th December
10-11.30am
Friday 9th November
10-11.30am
Snowball by Sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Winter and Snowman
Week 14
Wednesday 14th December
10-11.30am
Friday 16th December
10-11.30am
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Christmas
Bright Times Christmas Parties
Wednesday 21st December
10am - 12pm and 2pm - 4pm
The Night Before Christmas
The Special Christmas prices:
£15.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£12.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional baby aged 0-6 months
£2.50 per additional adult
(Note: The Children under 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Christmas Parties include:
🎅🏻 A 2 hour session
🎅🏻 A visit from Santa
🎅🏻 A gift for each child
🎅🏻 A pass the parcel
🎅🏻 A balloon on a stick to take home
🎅🏻 A Christmas treat box at story time
🎅🏻 Mince Pies and short bread for the adults at story time.
Booking as always is essential.
Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
Theme for Session: Christmas
