Just to let everyone know, Playjays will be restarting on February 10th…

Last Thursday Wahroonga park was filled with preschool kids, parents and grandparents, as we celebrated national Children’s Week with ‘A Day in the Park’. Somewhere between two and three hundred kids came through, enjoying the animal petting zoo, bubble fairy, stories, songs, gingerbread men, fruit sticks, play-doh, face painting, knox junior bands, crafts and drawing and sausage sizzle. The event was jointly hosted by the Uniting and Baptist Churches, and not even a bit of rain could put the dampers on the enthusiasm of the kids.
Big thanks to all those from St. John’s who got involved, especially Ted (BBQ), Amanda …

By popular demand, here’s the recipe for the paint we use at Playjays for big messy painting (with thanks to Alison…)

The last Playjays of term saw the first day warm enough to have the water table out – so it was a wet and messy morning! And it’s lovely to have morning tea outside, not to mention there being less mess to clear up!

We take three weeks off now, and Playjays will restart on October 14^th.

Photos of children are used with parental consent.

Over the past month or two at St. John’s we’ve been starting to use elements of the Godly Play style of Christian Education – you’ll have seen hints of it in Amanda’s children’s talks, and we’ve used it at The Growing Place and at Sunday School. Godly Play is (among other things) a way of telling Biblical stories that encourages all ages to engage with, and wonder about, the Story.
If you’d like to know more about Godly Play, there are some free Godly Play experience sessions being run at UTC, North Parramatta, in October, November, and December. To find out …