Spring Term 2024
Week 1
Wednesday 10th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 12th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
We’re going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
Theme for Session: Woodland, Winter and Animals
Week 2
Wednesday 17th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy by Lynsey Dodd
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 3
Wednesday 24th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
The Knight who wouldn’t fight! By Helen Docherty
Theme for Session: Dragons, Princesses and Knights
Week 4
Wednesday 31st January 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 2nd February 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
There’s a Dinosaur in your Book by Tom Fletcher
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 5
Wednesday 7th February 2024
10am - 12pm
Friday 9th February 2024
10am - 12pm
Duck in the Truck by Jezz Alborough
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Half Term Session
Week 6
Saturday 10th February 2024
10am- 12pm & 2pm-4pm
Wednesday 14th February 2024
10am- 12pm
Slug Love by Cath Jones
Theme for Session: Valentines & Bugs
Week 7
Wednesday 21st February 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
1am - 3pm
Friday 23rd February 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 8
Wednesday 28th February 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
1am - 3pm
Friday 1st March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Supertato by Sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Heroes - Superhero’s and real heroes
Mother’s Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 6th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 8th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
The Very Best Hug by Smriti Halls
Theme for Session: Mothers Day & Animals
Week 10
Wednesday 13th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Kippers Little Friends by Mick Inkpen
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 11
Wednesday 20th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Where’s my Teddy by Jez Alborough
Theme for Session: Bears
Week 12
Wednesday 27th March 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th March 2024
Good Friday - No playgroup
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Space
Week 1 of Easter Holidays 2024
Easter Parties
Saturday 30th March 2024
10am - 12pm
Wednesday 3rd April 2024
10am - 12pm
Friday 5th April 2024
10am - 12pm
Paddingtons Easter Egg Hunt by Michael Bond
Theme for Session: Spring & Easter
The Special Easter Session Prices:
£15.00 per child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per adult
Babies aged 0-6 months are Free
(Note: The Children aged 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Easter sessions include:
🐣 A plate of food including, a bag of crisps, bag of biscuits & a fruit shoot at story time.
🐣 An Easter Balloon on a stick and sticker to take home.
🐣 An Easter Egg Hunt, with Chocolate Egg for each child
🐣 An Easter gift for each child
🐣 Hot cross buns & chocolate biscuits for the adults.
Week 2 of Easter Holidays 2024
Wednesday 10th April 2024
10am-12pm
Theme for session: Superheroes and Real Heroes
Summer Term 2024
Week 1
Wednesday 17th April 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th April 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
The Train Rolls On by Jodi Adams
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 2
Wednesday 24th April 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th April 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 1st May 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 3rd May 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Zog
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 4
There Will be no Bright Times this week due to a family Holiday!
Week 5
Special Animal Encounter
Wednesday 15th May 2024
9.30am to 11.45pm
Friday 17th May 2024
9.30am to 11.45pm
Theme for Session: Pets
The Special Animal Encounter price:
£12.50 per child aged 7 months+
£2.50 per adukt
Babies 0-6 months are free!
The Special Animal Encounter includes:
🐍 1 hour animal encounter, with the opportunity to hold and stroke a Snake, Tortoise, Lizard, Rat & Guinea Pig.
🐢 A 2 hour & 15 minute session
🦎 Drinks and a mini bag of biscuits at storytime for the children
🐀 Hot drinks and ‘nice’ biscuits for the adults
Week 6
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
9.30am - 11.45am
Friday 24th May 2024
9.30am - 11.45am
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl
Theme for Session: Bugs
Half Term session
Week 7
Saturday 25th May 2024
10am - 12pm
Wednesday 29th May 2024
10am - 12pm
The Tiger that came to Tea
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 8
Wednesday 5th June 2024
9.30am-11.30am
Friday 7th June 2024
9.30am-11.30am
Pirate Stew by Lou Carter & Nikki Dyson
Theme for session: Pirates & Sea Creatures
Fathers Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 12th June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 14th June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Fathers Day, Bears and a variety of toys themed from the book.
Week 10
Wednesday 19th June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 21st June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Peppa Pig - Nature Trail
Theme for session: Farm
Week 11
Wednesday 26th June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 28th June 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaur Firefighters by Sarah McIntyre
Theme for session: Dinosaurs & Vehicles
Week 12
Wednesday 3rd July 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 5th July 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Octopants by Suzy Senior
Theme for Session: Summer, Seaside, circus mermaids and Underwater
Special Summer Session
Week 13
Teddy Bears Picnic
Saturday 6th July 2024
10am - 12pm
Wednesday 10th July 2024
10am - 12pm
Friday 12th July
10am - 12pm
Theme for Session: Summer and Bears
The Special Summer Session Prices:
£15.00 per child
£2.50 per adult
0-6 months are Free
(Note: The Children aged 0-6 months will not receive the special extras at this session)
The Special Summer sessions include:
🧸 A plate of food including, a bag of crisps, bag of biscuits & a fruit shoot at story time
🧸A Balloon on a stick, a Book & Bear sticker to take home
🧸A a Teddy Bear hunt with a prize for each child at the end
🧸 Parachute game on the field (weather permitting)
🧸 Chocolate biscuits for the adults
Week 14
Wednesday 17th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Hullabaloo at the Zoo by Zanna Davidson & Alison Friend
Theme for Session: Animals
Summer Holidays
Week 1
Wednesday 24th July 2024
10am - 12pm
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Multiply themes - Dragons, Princesses, Space, Pirates, Animals and Lots More!
Week 2
No Bright Times this week due to a Summer Holiday 😎
(Wednesday 31st July)
Week 3
Wednesday 7th August 2024
10am - 12pm
Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Pirates, Jungle and Underwater
Week 3
Wednesday 14th August 2024
10am - 12pm
Captain Duck by Jez Alborough
Theme for session: Vehicles
Week 5
Wednesday 21st August 2024
10am - 12pm
Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Bugs
Week 6
Wednesday 28th August 2024
10am-12pm
The Great Pet Sale by Mick Inkpen
Theme for Session: Pets and Animals
Autumn Term 2024
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 4th and Friday 6th September
There will be no Bright Times sessions this week, due to the first week of the new school term.
Week 1
Wednesday 11th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 13th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Autumn, Gruffalo and Woodland
Week 2
Wednesday 18th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 20th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaur Department Store by Lily Murray & Richard Merritt
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 25th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 27th September 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Llama Glamarama by Simon James Green & Garry Parsons
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 4
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 4th October 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Space
Week 5
Wednesday 9th October 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 11th October 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 6
Saturday 12th October 2024
10am - 12pm
Wednesday 16th October 2024
9.30am - 12pm
Bright Times is on Holiday, so no Bright Times this Friday!
The Cat, The Mouse and The Runaway Train by Peter Bently
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 7
No Bright Times this week due to a family Holiday! 😎
Halloween Party!
Week 8
Wednesday 30th October 2024
10am - 12pm
Friday 1st November 2024
10am - 12pm
Saturday 2nd November 2024
10am - 12pm
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:
🎃 Extra treats at story time (a bag of crisps, a bag of biscuits and a fruit shoot)
🎃 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.
The Baddies by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Halloween
Week 8
Wednesday 6th November 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 8th November 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Witches & Halloween
Week 9
Wednesday 13th November 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th November 2024
9.30am - 11.30am
Day at the Zoo by Amber Lily & Richard Watson
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 11
Wednesday 20th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd November
9.30am - 11.30am
A Superhero like you by DR Ranj
Theme for Session: Heroes Week - People that help us and Superheroes
Week 12
Wednesday 27th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Snowball by Sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Winter and Snowman
Week 13
Wednesday 4th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 6th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Christmas
Bright Times Christmas Parties
Wednesday 11th December
10am - 12pm
Friday 13th December
10am - 12pm
Saturday 14th December
10am - 12pm
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
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 visit from Santa
🎅🏻 A gift for each child
🎅🏻 A pass the parcel
🎅🏻 A balloon on a stick to take home
🎅🏻 Extra treats at story time (a bag of crisps, a bag of biscuits and a fruit shoot)
🎅🏻 Mince Pies and short bread for the adults at story time.
Theme for Session: Christmas
