1st June 2019 We had a really wonderful Picnic & Play on The Tall Ship with the Ruchill Porridge & Play group last week. Ruby met some of the group to get the bus to Partick after a quick game of Big as a Bear and Funky Chicken at the bus stop. When we got there, we met the rest of the group, as well as Jack, Rita, Boatemaa and Emmanuel, who had been getting things ship shape and ready to go, and we had an incredibly imaginative, energetic and joyful session. We had some very confident Funky Chicken contributions - like the Puppy Dog, the Tall Snake and the Slow Snail. Everyone was really listening to each other and showing a lot of mutual respect and appreciation. We also played Sent a Letter to my Love, with lots of smiling and skipping about. Then suddenly, the Letter turned into a Magic Ball... Our Tall Ship Magic Ball Adventure - The Nasty Pirate and the Sea Creature We climbed inside the Magic Ball and found some dressing up clothes to create our adventure costumes, then we said the magic words and the Magic Ball took us off - to an Arctic Island! You were unstoppable and brimming with ideas. Several people bravely jumped into the icy sea and invited us all to have a swim. Then we [...]

27th April 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session at Ruchill was wonderful - with a really buzzing atmosphere! We had a group of over 50 participants made up of current Children & Families Network families and new families at the Ruchill Community Centre. Lots of people came early, with one parent saying they couldn't wait "because they were just so excited!" We played lots of Lickety Playcard games - made ourselves as Big As A Bear, got to know the Funky Chicken and his friends, wriggled like a Grandma and flew off in our Balloons, high above Glasgow, and saw furry rabbits, the Eiffel tower and people playing in the park! One mum told us how much she loved the Balloons game - she'd never done anything like it! Monsters Footsteps was another highlight - we dressed up and crept towards a couple of different Grandmas.We had a delicious lentil, carrot and leek soup and ended the session with Reflective Drawing and the Licketyspit Gallery, where children and parent artists presented their work and shared what they liked most about the session! You can find out more about our food in the Lickety Kitchen. You can find your artwork below... What you said... Thank you for having us Having the snack in between is great especially all the fruit This was a wonderful afternoon with a [...]