Stay and Play Sussex

☀️Only a few spaces remaining for our holiday club: Thursday 9th and Friday 10th April ☀️

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

🗓️Monday 30th March - Thursday 2nd April

🗓️Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April

⏰9:30-3:30pm

📍Aldrington CofE Primary School, Eridge Road, Hove

🔗Link to book:
https://eequ.org/book/stay-and-play-spring-haf-2026-with-stay-and-play-12816

Early start from 8:30am available - £4

If you are not eligible for free school meals we still have spaces to book

⏰8:30am-3:30pm - £34.50 (siblings receive 7% discount)

🔗Link to book:
https://stayandplay.magicbooking.co.uk/Identity/Account/Login

In a world that’s faster, louder, and more scheduled than ever… children need the opposite.

More time.
More space.
More unhurried outdoor play.

Because play outside isn’t extra - it’s essential.

⏰Less than two weeks to go! ⏰

☀️ SPRING HOLIDAY CLUB ☀️

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

🗓️Monday 30th March - Thursday 2nd April

🗓️Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April

⏰9:30-3:30pm

📍Aldrington CofE Primary School, Eridge Road, Hove

🔗Link to book:
https://eequ.org/book/stay-and-play-spring-haf-2026-with-stay-and-play-12816

Early start from 8:30am available - £4

If you are not eligible for free school meals we still have spaces to book

⏰8:30am-3:30pm - £34.50 (siblings receive 7% discount)

🔗Link to book:
https://stayandplay.magicbooking.co.uk/Identity/Account/Login

⏰BOOKINGS ARE OPEN! ⏰

☀️ SPRING HOLIDAY CLUB ☀️

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

🗓️Monday 30th March - Thursday 2nd April

🗓️Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April

⏰9:30-3:30pm

📍Aldrington CofE Primary School, Eridge Road, Hove

🔗Link to book:
https://eequ.org/book/stay-and-play-spring-haf-2026-with-stay-and-play-12816

☀️ SPRING HOLIDAY CLUB ☀️

⏰BOOKINGS GO LIVE TODAY AT 11am⏰

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

🗓️Monday 30th March - Thursday 2nd April

🗓️Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April

⏰9:30-3:30pm

📍Aldrington CofE Primary School, Eridge Road, Hove

🔗Link to book:
https://eequ.org/book/stay-and-play-spring-haf-2026-with-stay-and-play-12816

☀️Each child can book 4️⃣ sessions each☀️

☀️Extend your day 8:30-9:30am for £4☀️

☀️ SPRING HOLIDAY CLUB ☀️

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

🗓️Monday 30th March - Thursday 2nd April

🗓️Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th April

⏰9:30-3:30pm

📍Aldrington CofE Primary School, Eridge Road, Hove

Register interest from tomorrow:

https://eequ.org/book/stay-and-play-spring-haf-2026-with-stay-and-play-12816

BOOKINGS GO LIVE MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 11am

We’re delighted to be providing fully-funded HAF places again for those receiving benefits-related free school meals.

SPRING HOLIDAY CLUB

MONDAY 30th MARCH - THURSDAY 2nd APRIL

TUESDAY 7th APRIL - FRIDAY 10th APRIL

9:30 - 3:30pm

Aldrington CofE Primary

Register interest from Monday 16th February

BOOKINGS OPEN MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY @ 11am

For more information on the HAF provision:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-2025

What do you see when a child is at play? Running, building, creating, pretending, these are the moments that catch our eye. But just beneath the surface, something much deeper is happening.

Play is where children develop adaptability, confidence, and problem-solving skills. It’s where they learn to navigate risk, build friendships, and trust their own ideas. It’s where their brains and bodies work together, shaping the skills they’ll carry for life.

The next time you watch a child play, remember, what’s visible is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much happening underneath!

🎃 Less than 2 weeks to go! 🎃

🎃 Book now 🎃

🎃 Monday 27th - Thursday 30th 🎃

🎃 Lots of autumnal craft on offer 🎃

We are scared of the wrong things...

We worry about skinned knees and climbing too high, while overlooking the real danger quietly unfolding.

Children are moving less than ever before, even though movement is what builds both the body and the brain. Only about one in four children meet daily activity recommendations, and outdoor free play has dropped by more than half in recent decades.

And when children are outside, they are rarely given the freedom their bodies and brains need. They are hovered over, directed, redirected, and told “be careful” every other minute. Instead of climbing, leaping, and testing their limits, they are being micromanaged.

Meanwhile, screen use is at an all-time high.

Preschoolers now average over two hours a day, and older children often five or more. Constant screen time drains the developing nervous system, disrupts sleep and dopamine regulation, and leaves children still, sedentary, and emotionally flooded (and disconnected from others).

In trying to prevent every hurt, we’ve stripped away the very experiences that wire children to handle the world. Running, climbing, crashing, wrestling, and recovering build balance, coordination, emotional regulation, and resilience. Without this, children are left fragile in every way, with adulthood being far more challenging than you'd imagine.

We are bubble-wrapping childhood and calling it safety, while it is quietly costing them their strength, confidence, and trust in themselves (short and long term consequences).

This is the conversation we need to have.

Join us next Wednesday (9/24) for our live webinar Brave Play: Risk, Weapons, Destructive Play, and the Freedom to Explore (part 3 in the summer of play series).

A full recording will be sent to all registrants so you can watch anytime.

Free Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gauhhsCsR7usaSLppZn5vw

Catch up on Parts 1 & 2 and get certified for any or all three: https://www.weskoolhouse.com/store-webinars

Even with the thunderstorm (which the children loved) we managed to spend most of the day outdoors 🌳🪾🍃

A timely need! ❤️🌿

We know they’ve had fun when they go home covered in mud 😀

Are you making time for unstructured play? Let nature surprise and delight you today!