Spring Term 2023
Week 1
Wednesday 10th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 12th January
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
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy by Lynsey Dodd
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 3
Wednesday 24th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th January
9.30am - 11.30am
George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Theme for Session: Dragons, Princesses and Knights
Week 4
Wednesday 31st January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 2nd February
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaurs love Underpants
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 5
Wednesday 7th February
10am - 12pm
Friday 9th February
10am - 12pm
The Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar
Theme for Session: Valentines, Animals and cuddly toys
Half Term Session
Week 6
Wednesday 14th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Duck in the Truck by Jezz Alborough
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 7
Wednesday 21st February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 23rd February
9.30am - 11.30am
Kipper’s little friends by Mick Inkpen
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 8
Wednesday 28th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 1st March
9.30am - 11.30am
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar by Sheridan Cain
Theme for Session: Bugs
Mother’s Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 6th March
9.30am - 11.30am
There will be no Bright Times this Friday!
The Very Best Hug by Smriti Halls
Theme for Session: Mothers Day & Animals
Week 10
Wednesday 13th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Superstate by sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Heroes
Week 11
Wednesday 20th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd March
9.30am - 11.30am
Pirate Stew by Lou Carter & Nikki Dyson
Theme for Session: Pirates
Week 12
Wednesday 27th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th March
Good Friday - No playgroup
There’s an Alien in your book by Tom Fletcher
Theme for Session: Space
Week 1 of Easter Holidays 2024
Special Easter Party!
Wednesday 3rd April
10am - 12pm & 2-4pm
The Hot Cross Bunny by Carys Bexington
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:
🐣 An Easter treat box at story time.
🐣 An Easter Balloon on a stick and sticker to take home.
🐣 An Easter Egg Hunt, with Chocolate Egg for each child
Week 2 of Easter Holidays 2024
Wednesday 10th April
10am - 12pm
Hattie Peck by Emma Levey
Theme for Session: Animals
Summer Term 2023
Week 1
Wednesday 17th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Big Blue Train by Julia Jarman & Adrian Renolds
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 2
Wednesday 24th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Welcome to Dinosaur school by Rose Cobden
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 1st May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 3rd May
9.30am - 11.30am
Zog
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 4
Wednesday 8th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 10th May
9.30am - 11.30am
The Cow that laid an egg by Andy Cutbill
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 5
Wednesday 15th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 17th May
9.30am - 11.30am
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl
Theme for Session: Bugs
Week 6
Wednesday 22nd May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 24th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Space
Half Term session
Week 7
Wednesday 29th May
10am - 12pm
The Tiger that came to Tea
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 8
Special Animal Encounter Session
Wednesday 5th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 7th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Theme for session: Pets
The Special Animal Encounter Prices:
£13.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£10.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional adult
The Special Animal Encounter session includes:
🐍 1 hour Animal Encounter, with the opportunity to hold & stroke a Snake, Lizard, Tortoise, Rat & Guinea Pig.
🦎 A 2 hour & 15 minute session.
🐢 Drinks & a mini bag of biscuits at story time.
Fathers Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 12th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 14th June
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
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 21st June
9.30am - 11.30am
Molly and Moo by Michelle Peet
Theme for session: Heroes Week - People that help us and Superheroes
Week 11
Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th June 2023
No Classes this week
Due to Bright Times enjoying a Summer Holiday!
Week 12
Wednesday 5th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 7th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Diggersaurus by Michael Whaite
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs & Vehicles
Week 13
Wednesday 12 July 2023
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 14th July 2023
9.30am - 11.30am
Octopants by Suzy Senior
Theme for Session: Summer, Seaside, circus mermaids and Underwater
Week 14
There will be no sessions this week, but we’ll be back next week for our Teddy Bears Picnic Party!
Summer Holiday Sessions:
Special Summer Session
Week 1
Teddy Bears Picnic
Wednesday 26th July ~ 10am - 12pm
Friday 28th July ~ 10am - 12pm
Saturday 29th 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:
🐻An Summer treat box at story time.
🐻A Balloon on a stick to take home
🐻A Book, bubble wand and sweets for each child to take home
🐻A pass the Parcel
🐻 Parachute game on the field (weather permitting)
Week 2
Wednesday 2nd August
10am - 12pm
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Multiply themes - Dragons, Princesses, Space, Pirates, Animals and Lots More!
Week 3
Special Animal Encounter Session
Wednesday 9th August
10am - 12pm
Theme for Session: Pirates, Jungle and Underwater
The Special Animal Encounter Prices:
£13.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£10.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional adult
The Special Animal Encounter session includes:
🐍 1 hour Animal Encounter, with the opportunity to hold & stroke a Snake, Lizard, Tortoise, Rat & Guinea Pig.
🦎 A 2 hour & 15 minute session.
🐢 Drinks & a mini bag of biscuits at story time.
Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Week 4
Wednesday 16th August
10am - 12pm
Friday 18th August
10am -12pm
Captain Duck by Jez Alborough
Theme for session: Vehicles
Week 5
Wednesday 23rd August 2022
10am - 12pm
Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Bugs
Autumn Term 2022
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 30th August and Friday 1st September
Bright Times is on Holiday this week!
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 6th and Friday 8th September
There will be no Bright Times sessions this week, due to the first week of the new school term.
Week 1
Wednesday 13th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th September
9.30am - 11.30am
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Autumn, Gruffalo and Woodland
Week 2
Wednesday 20th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd September
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaur Department Store by Lily Murray & Richard Merritt
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 27th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th September
9.30am - 11.30am
The Cat, The Mouse and The Runaway Train by Peter Bently
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 4
Wednesday 4th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 6th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Space
Week 5
Wednesday 11th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 13th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 6
Wednesday 18th October
9.30am - 12pm
Friday 20th October
9.30am - 12pm
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Witches and Halloween
Half Term Halloween Party!
Week 7
Wednesday 25th 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:
🎃 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.
Little Monsters by David Walliams
Theme for session: Halloween
Week 8
Wednesday 1st November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 3rd November
9.30am - 11.30am
Farmyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 9
Wednesday 8th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 10th November
9.30am - 11.30am
The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 10
Wednesday 15th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 17th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 11
Wednesday 22nd November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 24th 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 29th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 1st December
9.30am - 11.30am
Snowball by Sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Winter and Snowman
Week 13
Wednesday 6th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 8th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Christmas
Bright Times Christmas Parties
Wednesday 13th December
10am - 12pm
Friday 15th December
10am - 12pm
Sunday 17th 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
Spring Term 2023
Spring Term 2023
Week 1
Wednesday 10th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 12th January
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
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy by Lynsey Dodd
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 3
Wednesday 24th January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th January
9.30am - 11.30am
George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Theme for Session: Dragons, Princesses and Knights
Week 4
Wednesday 31st January
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 2nd February
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaurs love Underpants
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 5
Wednesday 7th February
10am - 12pm
Friday 9th February
10am - 12pm
The Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar
Theme for Session: Valentines, Animals and cuddly toys
Half Term Session
Week 6
Wednesday 14th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Duck in the Truck by Jezz Alborough
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 7
Wednesday 21st February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 23rd February
9.30am - 11.30am
Kipper’s little friends by Mick Inkpen
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 8
Wednesday 28th February
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 1st March
9.30am - 11.30am
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar by Sheridan Cain
Theme for Session: Bugs
Mother’s Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 6th March
9.30am - 11.30am
There will be no Bright Times this Friday!
The Very Best Hug by Smriti Halls
Theme for Session: Mothers Day & Animals
Week 10
Wednesday 13th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Superstate by sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Heroes
Week 11
Wednesday 20th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd March
9.30am - 11.30am
Pirate Stew by Lou Carter & Nikki Dyson
Theme for Session: Pirates
Week 12
Wednesday 27th March
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th March
Good Friday - No playgroup
There’s an Alien in your book by Tom Fletcher
Theme for Session: Space
Week 1 of Easter Holidays 2024
Special Easter Party!
Wednesday 3rd April
10am - 12pm & 2-4pm
The Hot Cross Bunny by Carys Bexington
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:
🐣 An Easter treat box at story time.
🐣 An Easter Balloon on a stick and sticker to take home.
🐣 An Easter Egg Hunt, with Chocolate Egg for each child
Week 2 of Easter Holidays 2024
Wednesday 10th April
10am - 12pm
Hattie Peck by Emma Levey
Theme for Session: Animals
Summer Term 2023
Week 1
Wednesday 17th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 19th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Big Blue Train by Julia Jarman & Adrian Renolds
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 2
Wednesday 24th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 26th April
9.30am - 11.30am
Welcome to Dinosaur school by Rose Cobden
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 1st May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 3rd May
9.30am - 11.30am
Zog
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 4
Wednesday 8th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 10th May
9.30am - 11.30am
The Cow that laid an egg by Andy Cutbill
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 5
Wednesday 15th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 17th May
9.30am - 11.30am
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl
Theme for Session: Bugs
Week 6
Wednesday 22nd May
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 24th May
9.30am - 11.30am
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Theme for Session: Space
Half Term session
Week 7
Wednesday 29th May
10am - 12pm
The Tiger that came to Tea
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 8
Special Animal Encounter Session
Wednesday 5th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 7th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Theme for session: Pets
The Special Animal Encounter Prices:
£13.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£10.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional adult
The Special Animal Encounter session includes:
🐍 1 hour Animal Encounter, with the opportunity to hold & stroke a Snake, Lizard, Tortoise, Rat & Guinea Pig.
🦎 A 2 hour & 15 minute session.
🐢 Drinks & a mini bag of biscuits at story time.
Fathers Day Week
Week 9
Wednesday 12th June
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 14th June
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
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 21st June
9.30am - 11.30am
Molly and Moo by Michelle Peet
Theme for session: Heroes Week - People that help us and Superheroes
Week 11
Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th June 2023
No Classes this week
Due to Bright Times enjoying a Summer Holiday!
Week 12
Wednesday 5th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 7th July
9.30am - 11.30am
Diggersaurus by Michael Whaite
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs & Vehicles
Week 13
Wednesday 12 July 2023
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 14th July 2023
9.30am - 11.30am
Octopants by Suzy Senior
Theme for Session: Summer, Seaside, circus mermaids and Underwater
Week 14
There will be no sessions this week, but we’ll be back next week for our Teddy Bears Picnic Party!
Summer Holiday Sessions:
Special Summer Session
Week 1
Teddy Bears Picnic
Wednesday 26th July ~ 10am - 12pm
Friday 28th July ~ 10am - 12pm
Saturday 29th 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:
🐻An Summer treat box at story time.
🐻A Balloon on a stick to take home
🐻A Book, bubble wand and sweets for each child to take home
🐻A pass the Parcel
🐻 Parachute game on the field (weather permitting)
Week 2
Wednesday 2nd August
10am - 12pm
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Multiply themes - Dragons, Princesses, Space, Pirates, Animals and Lots More!
Week 3
Special Animal Encounter Session
Wednesday 9th August
10am - 12pm
Theme for Session: Pirates, Jungle and Underwater
The Special Animal Encounter Prices:
£13.00 for 1 adult and 1 child aged 7 months +
£10.50 per additional child aged 7 months +
£2.50 per additional adult
The Special Animal Encounter session includes:
🐍 1 hour Animal Encounter, with the opportunity to hold & stroke a Snake, Lizard, Tortoise, Rat & Guinea Pig.
🦎 A 2 hour & 15 minute session.
🐢 Drinks & a mini bag of biscuits at story time.
Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Week 4
Wednesday 16th August
10am - 12pm
Friday 18th August
10am -12pm
Captain Duck by Jez Alborough
Theme for session: Vehicles
Week 5
Wednesday 23rd August 2022
10am - 12pm
Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway
Theme for session: Bugs
Autumn Term 2022
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 30th August and Friday 1st September
Bright Times is on Holiday this week!
No Bright Times this Week
Wednesday 6th and Friday 8th September
There will be no Bright Times sessions this week, due to the first week of the new school term.
Week 1
Wednesday 13th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 15th September
9.30am - 11.30am
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Theme for session: Autumn, Gruffalo and Woodland
Week 2
Wednesday 20th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 22nd September
9.30am - 11.30am
Dinosaur Department Store by Lily Murray & Richard Merritt
Theme for Session: Dinosaurs
Week 3
Wednesday 27th September
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 29th September
9.30am - 11.30am
The Cat, The Mouse and The Runaway Train by Peter Bently
Theme for Session: Vehicles
Week 4
Wednesday 4th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 6th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman
Theme for Session: Space
Week 5
Wednesday 11th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 13th October
9.30am - 11.30am
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Fairytale
Week 6
Wednesday 18th October
9.30am - 12pm
Friday 20th October
9.30am - 12pm
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Witches and Halloween
Half Term Halloween Party!
Week 7
Wednesday 25th 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:
🎃 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.
Little Monsters by David Walliams
Theme for session: Halloween
Week 8
Wednesday 1st November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 3rd November
9.30am - 11.30am
Farmyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae
Theme for Session: Farm
Week 9
Wednesday 8th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 10th November
9.30am - 11.30am
The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Pets
Week 10
Wednesday 15th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 17th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Jungle
Week 11
Wednesday 22nd November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 24th 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 29th November
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 1st December
9.30am - 11.30am
Snowball by Sue Hendra
Theme for Session: Winter and Snowman
Week 13
Wednesday 6th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Friday 8th December
9.30am - 11.30am
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Theme for Session: Christmas
Bright Times Christmas Parties
Wednesday 13th December
10am - 12pm
Friday 15th December
10am - 12pm
Sunday 17th 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