We played a whooping 18 Games!!

2022-08-09T07:54:33+00:00

Porridge & Play Bridgeton is back! Find out what the Bridgeton group get up to in their Porridge & Play Hub adventures each week! Block 3 is all about YOU! We are getting ready to make our AllScot Playcards which will be inspired by all your games and stories. The AllScot Playcards will be on display at our Storyplay Festival which will be happening on Saturday 17th September! Find all of Porridge & Play Bridgeton's adventures here! Blog posts are written by André! Block 3 Week 3 Porridge & Play Bridgeton Tuesday 2nd August We played a whopping 18 games at Porridge & Play Bridgeton this week! That must be a record! This block of Porridge & Play is all about exploring the play that everyone brings into Storyplay. Last week we played games our grown-ups used to play and this week, the children of Porridge & Play Bridgeton taught some of their favourite non-Licketyspit games! We are getting to all about you and your family but also what you love to play. This is so we can make the ALLSCOT Playcards that will launch at our Storyplay Festival happening on the 17thSeptember! Check out our Licketyspit Playcards with all our favourite games to see what these would look like! One of our Playcard games is Flying Balloons! We blew up our Flying Balloons to fly [...]

We played a whooping 18 Games!!2022-08-09T07:54:33+00:00

We became Investigators!!

2022-08-02T07:53:44+00:00

Porridge & Play Bridgeton is back! Find out what the Bridgeton group get up to in their Porridge & Play Hub adventures each week! Block 3 is all about YOU! We are getting ready to make our AllScot Playcards which will be inspired by all your games and stories. The AllScot Playcards will be on display at our Storyplay Festival which will be happening on Saturday 17th September! Find all of Porridge & Play Bridgeton's adventures here! Blog posts are written by André! Block 3 Week 2 Porridge & Play Bridgeton Tuesday 26th July What a fantastic week we had at Porridge & Play Bridgeton! This week we focused on how our Grown Ups used to play when they were children! With the excellent help of our Storyplay Champion Arriann we became investigators so we could interview our Grown Ups and see just what they were like when they were children! Before that of course we warmed up with a Dancing Warm Up! We loved it when Adie came to dance with us for a very special Family Art Voyage! We just love Dancing with Adie. So, we danced Licketyspit Style to get our investigating minds ready! The Dancing Warm up works by everyone standing in a circle! We love circles at Licketyspit. Everyone can see you and you can see everyone and games are best [...]

We became Investigators!!2022-08-02T07:53:44+00:00

It’s great to be us because we are all different!!

2022-07-27T09:52:10+00:00

Porridge & Play Bridgeton is back! Find out what the Bridgeton group get up to in their Porridge & Play Hub adventures each week! Block 3 is all about YOU! We are getting ready to make our AllScot Playcards which will be inspired by all your games and stories. The AllScot Playcards will be on display at our Storyplay Festival which will be happening on Saturday 17th September! Find all of Porridge & Play Bridgeton's adventures here! Blog posts are written by André! Block 3 Week 1 Porridge & Play Bridgeton Tuesday 19th July ‘It’s great to be us because we are all different!’ – William, 10  Porridge & Play Bridgeton is back a ready to create our AllScot Playcards!! We were back at Church House after our exciting Picnic & Play adventures!!  It was the hottest day of the year and everyone was so lively and pleased to see each other. We just so happened to have a balloon in our socks! Perfect for a warm day like this one. We blew our balloons UP and UP and UP! And soon we were UP SO HIGH!! Our Flying Balloons took us to special places this time, they took us to your homes! We got to see Sarah's childhood home on the farm and we got to stroke the horses. Zahra was very chatty and talked about [...]

It’s great to be us because we are all different!!2022-07-27T09:52:10+00:00

Picnic & Play at the Tall Ship Glenlee!!

2022-07-26T08:28:29+00:00

Find out all about our Picnic & Plays with the Bridgeton, Castlemilk and Cranhill Hubs! These blog posts show what we got up to and all the Storyplay-ing we did! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions! The Tall Ship or The Tall Ship Glenlee, was built in 1896. The former merchant sailing vessel will be 125 years old this year, the last remaining 3-masted Clydebuilt ship still afloat in the UK! The mission of the Clyde Maritime Trust is to care for the Glenlee and share the history of ships built on the Clyde for the benefit of all to enjoy and learn through its unique maritime heritage. The Tall Ship is based next to the Riverside Museum, which our Porridge & Play Cranhill and Castlemilk Hubs visited - you can read more about that here! Licketyspit love playing at the Tall Ship! We've had lots of fun when we have done other Picnic & Plays there too. Both the Museum and Ship are completely free to visit and would love to have you come again!  Picnic & Play at The Tallship [...]

Picnic & Play at the Tall Ship Glenlee!!2022-07-26T08:28:29+00:00

Picnic & Play at the Dream Machine

2022-07-21T11:03:06+00:00

Find out all about our Picnic & Plays with the Bridgeton, Castlemilk and Cranhill Hubs! These blog posts show what we got up to and all the Storyplay-ing we did! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions! We went to the Dream Machine in this blog! The Dream Machine was originally inspired by its founder Matthew Lygate's time living in a healing centre within the Amazonian jungle. There he stumbled onto the power of holistic community healing, music and sound therapy and traditional medicine. Years later at 257 London road Glasgow, the Dream Machine are using creative technologies to provide a unique space where anyone can leave their day-to-day reality at the door without traveling halfway around the world. The Dream Machine has many more voyages ahead and they'd love you to join! We had an incredibly busy Picnic & Play at the Dream Machine with 58 people in February 2020! It was so much fun to meet people from so many different backgrounds, just like we have at Porridge & Play Bridgeton! Read all about this adventure here!  Picnic & Play at [...]

Picnic & Play at the Dream Machine2022-07-21T11:03:06+00:00

Picnic & Play at the Science Centre

2022-07-14T09:08:51+00:00

Find out all about our Picnic & Plays with the Bridgeton, Castlemilk and Cranhill Hubs! These Blog posts show what we got up to and all the Storyplay-ing we did! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions! The Glasgow Science Centre is a fun attraction for all the family!! Filled with lots to discover and explore we thought it was a perfect place for Storyplay to happen. The Science Centre is made of three floors filled with hands on activities and discovery. From the Whacky Salon to Flight Simulations there is so much to explore and learn. You can also bring a picnic to enjoy! Sally and Sheena work at the Science Centre and help families gain access. There are lots of ways you can go to the Science Centre one being you can pay with tickets costs £12.50 for an adult or £10.50 for a child. You can also get a Passport to Science by speaking with the Science Centre which gets you access lots of times! Families participating in Licketyspit projects can also speak to Rhianne on rhianne@licketyspit.com about arranging a free group trip for [...]

Picnic & Play at the Science Centre2022-07-14T09:08:51+00:00

Porridge & Play Danced With Adie!!

2022-06-29T10:55:35+00:00

As part of our New Scots Integration project, Porridge & Play Hubs, we invited Ghanaian dancer Adie Baako to take us on a family art voyage in Bridgeton, Castlemilk & Cranhill. Read all about them below! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions!  A Very Special Family Art Voyage for Porridge & Play Cranhill!  Thursday 19th May ‘That’s Adie teaching us to dance I was kind of dizzy thank you for teaching us to dance!’ - Bukumi We got our dancing shoes on for our first Picnic & Play Cranhill! What a welcome back it was - we had families old and new join us for a very special Session 1 of Block 2 and we all had a fantastic time. Starting outside in the gardens of the Cranhill Development Trust we had a delicious picnic with fruit, bread, cheese, carrots, peppers, cucumbers AND we got to make our own smoothies & milkshakes out of all the ingredients we had. We had some very interesting combinations but they were all scrumptious! Then we had the truly fantastic Adie teach us Kpanlogo, a classic Ghanian dance - it was [...]

Porridge & Play Danced With Adie!!2022-06-29T10:55:35+00:00

Picnic & Play at Balloch & Troon Beach!

2022-06-24T12:39:50+00:00

Find out all about our Picnic & Plays with the Bridgeton, Castlemilk and Cranhill Hubs! These Blog posts show what we got up to and all the Storyplay-ing we did! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions! Balloch Castle Country Park!! Friday 3rd June 'This has been the best day of my whole life!' – Alan We got to explore a grand Loch when visiting Balloch Castle Country Park! We loved showing Mary-Anne the Storyplay way and met some exciting sea creatures along the way. We started off our great adventure meeting Jim the bus driver! Jim drives coaches and was excited to show us how big and long and comfy his bus was! It was so exciting taking a coach to a new place, we talked about what we would see and what we would do at Balloch. On the bus we played some of our favourite games, such as: Do this, Do That, Jelly on His Head and Grandma Grandma. Once we got off the bus we met Mary-Anne! Mary-Anne is a Countryside Ranger and is in charge of making sure the park [...]

Picnic & Play at Balloch & Troon Beach!2022-06-24T12:39:50+00:00

A Bookplay at Glasgow Women’s Library!!

2022-06-08T10:34:27+00:00

Find out all about our Picnic & Plays with the Bridgeton, Castlemilk and Cranhill Hubs! These blog posts show what we got up to and all the Storyplay-ing we did! Porridge & Play Hubs is running throughout 2022 with this block being the 2nd of our exciting New Scots Integration Project! Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to provide such amazing experiences for our children & families, and to all our Storyplay Champions!  Picnic & Play at Glasgow Women's Library! Saturday 28th May ‘I just love it, it feels like family, I love that the kids love it and that’s what gives me joy!’ - Moira We opened the pages of our imaginations at the Glasgow Women’s Library before having a fabulous Picnic at Glasgow Green! Our session started with a quick walk from Churchy to go to the Glasgow Women’s Library because that’s how close this wonderful library is! We started off by singing Jelly on His Head and Grandma Grandma! Saba and Colleen were chatting away on the way to the library and were talking about how much they look forward to the sessions. It was so much fun to sing Grandma Grandma as loud as we could in the middle of Bridgeton. ‘I feel like I have a community it’s really nice! We think differently too and our adventures [...]

A Bookplay at Glasgow Women’s Library!!2022-06-08T10:34:27+00:00

A celebration of Porridge & Play Bridgeton!!

2022-05-12T13:39:37+00:00

Find out what the Bridgeton group get up to in their Porridge & Play Hub adventures each week! Porridge & Play is running throughout 2022 with this six week block being the first of many great tales! Blog posts are written by André! Week 6 of Bridgeton Porridge & Play Friday 29th April This week André made a vlog (a video blog) about our amazing adventure at Glasgow Green! We have loved getting to know all of you in block 1 and had so much fun playing with each and everyone of you! We can't wait to see you for Picnic & Play which starts on Friday 20th May with Dancing with Adie!! Watch your exciting vlog below! Porridge & Play Bridgeton Celebration Vlog By Andre and the Porridge & Play Bridgeton group The Licketyspit Art Gallery! In Partnership With Porridge & Play Bridgeton is a New Scots Integration Project by Licketyspit, in collaboration with Church House.  What's Next? Porridge & Play Bridgeton is a New Scots Integration Project that will be running throughout 2022! We will be starting Picnic & Play in May and we can't wait to go on even more adventures! Keep up with [...]

A celebration of Porridge & Play Bridgeton!!2022-05-12T13:39:37+00:00

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