Summer Holiday Playsongs 2011
Tuesday 16th August: Barford Farm – 11.45am Playsongs followed by a picnic and a chance
to sample some of Barford Farm’s famous icecream!!
(£6 per family…please bring a picnic and money for icecream)
Thursday 18th August: Stalbridge Village Hall – 2.30pm Playsongs
(£5 per family)
By popular request! Mums Sing-along 7.30 for 8.00 Blandford Evangelical Church
Come and join us for a fun time singing without the children!
Bring a bottle
£5
Friday 19th August: The Exchange, Sturminster Newton – 10.30am Playsongs
(£5 per family)
Blandford Evangelical Church garden – 2.30pm Playsongs, tea and cake
(£5 per family…please bring cake)
Tuesday 23rd August: Gartell Light Railway – 2.00pm Playsongs, puffa trains and tea!
(£12 per family. This includes two rides on the steam train and
Playsongs……please bring cake to share)
Wednesday 24th August: Blandford Evangelical Church – 11.00am Playsongs and picnic
Stalbridge Village Hall – 2.30pm Playsongs
(both £5 per family….please bring a picnic in the morning)
By popular request! Mums’ Sing-along 7.30 for 8.00 Blandford Evangelical Church
Come and join us for a fun time singing without the children!
Bring a bottle
£5
Thursday 25th August: Motcombe Methodist Church Hall – 2.30pm Playsongs
followed by tea in Sarah Young’s garden
49 The Street, Motcombe, SP7 9PF
(£5 per family….please bring cake to share))
In addition……
29th – 31st July, Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle. Playsongs in the Soft Play Tent
Fri, Sat, Sun 10 – 10.45 and 13.00 – 13.45
Thursday 18th August Gillingham Children’s Centre – Family Fun Day at the Youth Centre
12pm Playsongs
Please contact Gillingham Children’s Centre for further details
Thursday 25th August Shaftesbury Children’s Centre – Family Fun Day
12pm Playsongs
Please contact Shaftesbury Children’s Centre for further details
26th – 29th August, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse
Playsongs daily in the Children’s Festival, times TBC
Although classes have finished for this term you can now look forward to joining us for our summer programme……..lots of fun to be had!
These summer sessions are a great way to introduce your friends to Playsongs, so do feel free to bring them along. Don’t forget that you can just turn up at these sessions – you don’t have to book in advance. We also love to see older siblings and former Playsongs children too.
Please remember to bring a blanket to sit on if we’re outside and a picnic for lunch after those late morning sessions. Where indicated, the afternoon sessions will be followed by tea and cake. We’ll provide the tea and coffee, and if you’re able, please could you bring a contribution of some cake to share. Thank you!
Directions to Barford Farm and Gartell Light Railway are below.
Directions to Barford Farm
From Blandford, take the Wimborne road B3082 and turn right past Badbury Rings, sign posted Sturminster Marshall. Turn left at T junction and immediately left again (with the National Trust car park on your left- there’s usually a sign here saying ‘Barford Farm ice cream gardens’) Continue along this narrow country lane for about a mile until you come to Barford Farm on your left.
Directions to Gartell Light Railway
From Blandford take the A350 to Durweston then turn left at the bridge onto the A357. Follow this road all the way past Sturminster Newton, Stalbridge and Henstridge until you reach the A30. Go straight across the A30 still continuing on the A357. About one and a half miles before you reach Templecombe there is a turning on the right signposted to Gartell Railway, called Common Lane. Turn right there and Gartell is down the lane on the right.
Common Lane, Yenston, Nr Templecombe. Somerset. BA8 0NB
For directions to the Blandford Evangelical Church, The Exchange and the Methodist Church Hall , Motcombe click on the directions page.
Playsongs at Larmer Tree Festival
It’s that time of year again and we’re back at the Larmer Tree Festival this weekend to do our Playsongs and Hush-a-Bye sessions and hoping for sunshine!
We’ll be starting on Friday afternoon with Playsongs in the Larmer Parler at 4.45pm…..lively songs for under 5s
Then Hush-a-Bye in the Lostwood at 7.30pm…..sleepy time songs and poems to relax and unwind with.
Saturday’s the same with Playsongs in the Larmer Parler at 4.45pm and Hush-a-Bye in the Lostwood at 7.30pm
Sunday we only have our Hush-a-Bye evening session (Lostwood 7.30pm) to end our festival fun for this year.
All our welcome and if you’re at the festival come and say hello and join in the fun whatever age you are!!
See you there…….Nickie, Gill and Poppy xxx
Playsongs Dinner and Concert
We’ve got our annual Playsongs dinner and concert booked for Monday 4th July!
This year we’re very excited to have the lovely Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston joining us. Miranda is a wonderful musician and singer, she plays the double bass and tours with the band Show of Hands when she’s not doing her own solo gigs.
Tickets are currently available and you’ll need to book before the end of this week when we have to finalise numbers for catering. Please get in touch if you won’t be seeing us at classes this week and want to buy a ticket.
7.30pm £15 (includes buffet supper)
8.15pm £10 (includes dessert and coffee)
Our venue is the Blandford Evangelical Church and we’re looking forward to seeing many of our mums there, both current and former!!
Holiday Playsongs Summer 10
Dates for your diary
Tuesday 10th August 11.30 am followed by picnic lunch
Thursday 12th August 2.30 pm followed by tea and cake
Tuesday 17th August 3.30 am Playsongs and ice cream at Barford Farm!
Bring money for ice cream!
Thursday 19th August 3.30 pm followed by tea and cake
Tuesday 24th August 11.30 am followed by picnic lunch
All the above except Tues 17th Aug will be held at Blandford Evangelical Church, Albert St
Price: £5 per family
For those who’d like to stay each session will be followed by tea, coffee and cake; or a picnic lunch, depending on the time of day (see above).Please bring a blanket (so we can sit on the grass outside if the weather allows!) and either your lunch or a cake to share. We’ll provide tea and coffee. Older siblings are welcome. We’re looking forward to seeing some of our old Playsongs children again. Feel free to invite your friends along too…Let’s party!!
We’re delighted that the lovely folk at Barford Farm have agreed once again to let us hold Playsongs in their ice cream garden on 17th August. If you’ve never tasted Barford Farm ice cream, you will not want to miss this opportunity – we all had a wonderful day there last year!
Directions to Barford Farm
From Blandford, take the Wimborne road B3082 and turn right past Badbury Rings, sign posted Sturminster Marshall. Turn left at T junction and immediately left again (with the National Trust car park on your left- there’s usually a sign here saying ‘Barford Farm ice cream gardens’) Continue along this narrow country lane for about a mile until you come to Barford Farm on your left.
In addition …
We’ll be doing some Playsongs sessions for Blandford and North Dorset Children’s Centres.
Blandford 01258 480147
| Tuesday 27th July | |
4.45pm | Young Parents Group, Blandford |
| Children’s Centre |
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| Wednesday 11th August |
10am – 12pm |
Stay and Play (under fives) |
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| 11 am |
Playsongs |
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| 1.30pm – 3pm |
Babbling Babies (under 18 months) |
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| 1.30 pm |
Baby Playsongs |
Gillingham 01747 837960
| Thursday 19th August |
10 am – 2 pm |
Play Day at Wyke Primary School |
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| Bring a picnic |
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| 12.30 pm |
Playsongs |
Shaftesbury 01747 850288
| Monday 9th August |
10.30 am – 2 pm |
Play Day at the Youth Centre |
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| Bring a picnic |
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| 1.00 pm |
Playsongs |
If any of you are going to be at this year’s Larmer Tree Festival, we’d love to see you at our Playsongs and
Hush-a-Bye sessions! www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
| Friday 16th July | 4.45 pm | Playsongs, Larmer Parler |
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| 7.30 pm |
Hush-a-Bye, Lostwood |
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| Saturday 17th July |
4.45 pm |
Playsongs, Larmer Parler |
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| 7.30 pm |
Hush-a-Bye, Lostwood |
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| Sunday 18th July |
12.00 pm |
Playsongs, Larmer Lawns Marquee |
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| 7.30 pm |
Hush-a-Bye, Lostwood |
We’re also going to be at Serenata, Britain’s first classical music festival taking place near Kimmeridge,
26th – 28th August. www.serenatafestival.com
| Thursday 26th August | 1.15 pm | Playsongs, Performance Tent, Pleasance Kidzone |
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| Friday 27th August |
11.00 am |
Playsongs, Arts and Crafts Tent, Pleasnace Kidzone | |
| 12.15 pm |
Playsongs, Arts and Crafts Tent, Pleasance Kidzone |
And then we dash up to Cheltenham for Greenbelt Festival, held at Cheltenham racecourse,
27th – 30th August. www.greenbelt.org.uk
| Sunday 29th August | 2.15 pm | Playsongs, Pre-School Tent, Children’s Area | |
| 3.30 pm | Playsongs, Pre-School Tent, Children’s Area |
Nickie 01258 459414 mob 07985 560518
Gill 01258 450884 mob 07742 210614
Email: playsongsplus@googlemail.com
