Over to You

Activities by children, for children

As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always encourage people to share drawings done at the sessions, and poemsstoriesvideos and photos of their own creative activities. We’ve been overjoyed by the responses we’ve received and we’re very excited to share them with you here. It’s…Over to you!

Porridge & Play Children Say Hey!

June 24th, 2021|Comments Off on Porridge & Play Children Say Hey!

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

All the things we can still do while we’re at home!

September 22nd, 2020|Comments Off on All the things we can still do while we’re at home!

As the restrictions around coronavirus continue, we know that many families may be feeling frustrated, stressed, or worried. We know it's a difficult time, so we wanted to remind you of all the things [...]

Over To You #4: Exploring and Making!

August 11th, 2020|Comments Off on Over To You #4: Exploring and Making!

We've loved seeing all the imaginative things you've been up to over the summer holidays. We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has sent us their drawings, poems, stories, videos and photos so far. What [...]

Over To You #3: Cooking!

July 28th, 2020|Comments Off on Over To You #3: Cooking!

For the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people [...]

Over To You #2: Poetry and performance!

July 20th, 2020|Comments Off on Over To You #2: Poetry and performance!

For the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people [...]

Over to you #1

July 13th, 2020|Comments Off on Over to you #1

Over the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people to [...]

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Exploring Djibouti with Zainab!

Making Paper Toys with Lily Rose

Take a Turn!

In Porridge & Play we’ve been talking about Ceilidhs. Ceilidh is a Scottish word – in the Gaelic language – which is mostly used now to describe a Dance – with a Scottish band with maybe fiddle and accordion, where people do Scottish country dancing in big groups.

But Ceilidhs have happened in Scotland for hundreds of years and the word ceilidh really just means a get-together or a party. And at ceilidhs, folk do turns!

Andre’s Turn

In this video Andre and Michael do a Turn where Michael reads a poem he wrote in Scots – inspired by a Robert Burns poem called Tae a Moose! – and Andre dances the story of the poem. 

Lily Rose’s Turn

CFN member Lily Rose has sent us this fantastic video of her Turn where she performs a poem called ‘A Dug, A Dug’ by Bill Keys. It’s written in Scots language… so see if you can guess what a DUG is!

Lots of our Over to You creations are inspired by Cooking with Taz, Making with Iona and Exploring with Jack. Visit their pages to find videos by our actor pedagogues and families in these three activity categories!

Cooking with Taz
Exploring with Jack
Making with Iona