Playgroup Epping Uniting Church

21/08/2026

Last Monday was a slow start on a wet and windy morning. 🌧️💨 But as the sun came out, our little friends’ faces slowly appeared at the door. ☀️😊 The little group meant that there were lots of close chats between our carers and parents. 💬❤️

This week’s books included ‘Do Your Ears Hang Low’ 📚🐶 - a wacky book about a dog with super long ears, that the kids wanted to come closer and see. 👂😄 Our Community Worker sang the little tune to that song that she grew up hearing. 🎶 A little dance to Rockabye your Bear 🐻🎵 and everyone left for a much finer day than it started. 🌤️💛

Maybe you’re looking for a place for your little ones to let off some energy? 🧒👧💃 And to speak to humans that are taller than 3ft as well? 😄 We are here—rain or sun ☔☀️ at 10am on Mondays. Come see us! 💛

14/08/2026

This week at EUC Playgroup, we had some new faces joining us! 👋😊 It was lovely to see them settle in and the new carers engaging with our longer-term families. 💛

While the wind was gusting outside 🌬️, we were lovely and warm inside — experimenting with paint and broccoli brushes (yes, actual broccoli! 🥦🎨) to make colourful pictures of trees. 🌳

An efficient pack-away time meant we had time for scarf and musical instrument singing and dancing 🧣🎶💃, as well as four different books at story time! 📚📚📚📚 (I think that the noisy instruments were the most popular part of today! 🥁😄)

Keep warm and see you all next Monday! 🧡👋

07/08/2026

More Playgroup Fun Awaits This Monday! 🎶🧸

We are very blessed to have the support of Social Work students from Sydney Alliance at our playgroup over the next few months. Their friendly faces greeting people at the door, playing in the main hall and leading us with story and song time are lovely to see. 😍

We also greatly appreciate the help from our community volunteer, who has quickly stepped into the role and seems to anticipate our needs before we even say anything! Our program also couldn’t manage without the dedicated support from our longstanding volunteers in the kitchen. It really does take a village to run things smoothly. 🌳💕

We can’t forget our littlest helpers-’ pack-away’ time goes much faster with such strong kids giving us help! Then it’s on to morning tea and dancing and singing with scarves. Scratch n Sniff stickers handed out at the end of the session were popular-our oldest ‘kid’ (our Community Worker) was even excited to have one of her own!

See you all this coming Monday!

02/08/2026

Our Playgroup is on today! 💛

Our wonderful Sydney Alliance students have already finished setting up all the toys and are now enjoying a quick cuppa before everyone arrives. ☕🧸

We can't wait to welcome all our little ones for another fun morning together!

27/07/2026

💛 We love seeing the connections that our parents and kids continue to build with each other from week to week.

🎲 This week:
• Lots of kids were excited to play with puzzles and create special Play-Doh masterpieces.
• Others stayed dedicated to their favourite trucks, cars and blocks.
• And, of course, our play kitchen was as popular as ever!

🍎 After sharing morning tea together, we gathered on the mat for books and songs.

🦄 Today's story, "That's Not My Unicorn", brought everyone closer together as the children enjoyed exploring the different textures on each page.

🎵 Chao, our Family Ministry Worker, shared his fantastic dancing and singing skills—and so did the kids! We had lots of fun scarf dancing to "Sidney the Snake", before finishing with our "Goodbye Song".

⭐ Then it was time for everyone to collect their stickers... always a highlight for many of our little friends!

📚 Don't forget to check out our Book Exchange each week for new books to take home.

💕 Thanks for coming to see us! We loved having you and look forward to seeing you again next week.

15/07/2026

13/07/2026

🎉This Coming Monday 🎉
We’re so excited to meet again and start our new Playgroup term 💛

📅 Monday, 20 July 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Play, laugh, sing, and make new friends — We can’t wait to see you! 🌈✨

No registration needed, you may just walk in!

02/07/2026

🎄 School Holiday Program-Family Fun Day: Christmas in July!

Join us for an afternoon of fun, connection, and meaningful moments together as we celebrate Christmas in July!

📅 Sunday 12 July 2026
⏰ 1:30pm – 3:30pm
📍 Epping Uniting Church

What's on?
🎄 Christmas Story
🎨 Craft Activities
🎵 Music
☕️ Afternoon Tea
🔥 S'mores

All ages are welcome!

💲 Cost
• $5 per family (1 child)
• $7 per family (2+ children)

Register now via the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdn-FhDTdWw-hKuT9WlSbAJNEbCAZC7eJcH6YMmLAL2iviRng/viewform

Questions?
📞 0413 788 783
📧 [email protected]

We'd love to see you there!

02/07/2026

🎉 That's a wrap for Playgroup Term 2! 💛

Thank you to all the wonderful families who joined us this term. It has been such a joy to play, learn, laugh, and make special memories together!

A special thank you to our amazing volunteers and staff who generously gave their time, care, and energy each week. We couldn't do Playgroup without you! 🌟

We hope you all have a safe, happy, and restful school holiday break. 🌼

We'll be back on Monday, 20 July at 10:00 AM, and we can't wait to welcome everyone for another fun-filled term.

Have a wonderful holiday, and we'll see you soon! 👋💕

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19/06/2026

What a joyful Playgroup we had last Monday! 🌈🧸✨

There were smiles, laughter, play, and wonderful moments of friendship as our little ones explored and had fun together.

We can't wait to see everyone again this coming Monday at 10:00 AM! 💛

Bring your little explorers and join us for another morning of play, connection, and fun.

See you soon — let's play together! 🎨🚂🧩