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Celebrating our many languages in The Hello Game!

2021-07-02T09:43:04+00:00

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to join. Saturday 17 October 2020 It was great to get back to Big Porridge & Play this Saturday after a week’s break - and we have 8 more weeks of Saturday sessions to look forward to! Hooray! What a brilliant time we had! We played 👵 GRANDMA GRANDMA and 🐔 FUNKY CHICKEN, went on an epic 🔮 MAGIC BALL adventure - and also enjoyed a brand new game called the HELLO GAME!  Celebrating our multi-lingual network! Did you know that there are 158 different languages spoken in Glasgow?! Wow! We found this out last week, and so decided to invent the HELLO GAME to find out some of the languages that are spoken in the group - and it turned out there were SO many! Here are some of the ways we learnt to say HELLO to each other this week: 👋  In Kurdish - Salaam 👋🏿  In Yoruba - Bawo ni 👋🏾  In Shona - Mhoroi Mhoroi 👋🏿  In Hungarian - Szia 👋🏻  In Urdu - Assalamu alaikum But then, we found the Magic Ball! 🚀 After flying through the stars in a spaceship we [...]

Celebrating our many languages in The Hello Game!2021-07-02T09:43:04+00:00

Glasgow, one year on: a Storyplay explosion!

2020-10-09T11:58:50+00:00

It’s been a year since we moved the Licketyspit office to Glasgow - and what a year it’s been. None of us could have predicted the tumultuous events that would affect everything and everyone; for the past six months, like all other arts organisations, the activities and goals we set out have been forced to shift and morph to fit our new reality. So, we were delighted when one of the parents in our Children & Families Network happily remarked that she’d noticed “an explosion” in Licketyspit activity since we moved here. It looks like this is recognised elsewhere too, as we have just been granted funding from the Glasgow Communities Fund for our Storyplay City project! So, we thought it would be good to step back and reflect on that “explosion” ourselves. Our Storyplay Residencies and Big Porridge & Play intergenerational play sessions, focus on energetic, face-to-face imaginary play, often within large groups of families from different parts of the city, which with the arrival of the pandemic had to stop! But with difficulties come opportunities: we’ve learnt new ways of playing, new ways of conducting events remotely, new ways of connecting with children and families when we can’t be physically near each other, and new ways of finding new families to join our vibrant Families Network community.  A new home We had been [...]

Glasgow, one year on: a Storyplay explosion!2020-10-09T11:58:50+00:00

Govan, Milton, Easterhouse Online Sessions

2022-08-17T08:47:56+00:00

Community sessions have started online! 21st May 2020 We may all be at home, but in our imaginations we can go anywhere, be anyone, do anything. All we need to play is each other! Families in Govan, Milton and Easterhouse are invited to community specific sessions of Porridge & Play Online! Families also receive sets of Lickety Playcards, a fantastic repertoire of 16 colourfully illustrated cards to support ongoing play at home. Join the dedicated Facebook group for your community too :) And invite your friends, or family - wherever they are! GOVAN MILTON EASTERHOUSE Big Porridge & Play has been created with and for children and supports families to tap into their imaginations for hours of joy, excitement, creative learning and connection. Families across Scotland can join open sessions every Saturday morning at 10am from 30th May. There is a dedicated Children & Families Network Facebook Group and lots of ideas for things to do at home in between sessions. HOW TO LICKETY ZOOM Govan *NEW* Tuesdays @ 3.30pm Milton *NEW* Wednesdays @ 3.30pm Easterhouse *NEW* Thursdays @ 3.30pm Ruchill Join the Open Sessions! Community Sessions to be announced... Whiteinch Join the Open Sessions! Community Sessions to be announced... The Gorbals Join the Open Sessions! [...]

Govan, Milton, Easterhouse Online Sessions2022-08-17T08:47:56+00:00

Big Porridge & Play is Going Online!

2022-08-17T08:47:41+00:00

Licketyspit Press Release 28/04/2020 We may all be at home, but in our imaginations we can go anywhere, be anyone, do anything. All we need to play is each other! Scotland’s pioneering intergenerational imaginary play specialists Licketyspit have received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to adapt their popular family project Big Porridge & Play Glasgow to tackle social isolation and support families during the Coronavirus lockdown. The charity will bring groups of families together via Zoom to play games, sing songs and go on imaginary adventures - all from their own living rooms! In trial sessions, families have made Flying Butterfly Cake, talked to Polar Bears, flown through a Tornado and climbed a Hot Chocolate Volcano with the Licketyspit Actor-Pedagogues! Big Porridge & Play has been created with and for children and supports families to tap into their imaginations for hours of joy, excitement, creative learning and connection. Families across Scotland will be able to join open sessions every Saturday morning at 10am from 30th May (Taster Session this Saturday 2nd May at 10am). There will be a dedicated Children & Families Network Facebook Group and lots of ideas for things to do at home in between sessions. Families in Govan, Milton and Easterhouse, as well as the Gorbals, Whiteinch and Ruchill where the project has run since 2017, will be invited to community-specific, closed sessions on weekdays at 3.30pm (details below). They will also receive sets of Lickety Playcards, a fantastic [...]

Big Porridge & Play is Going Online!2022-08-17T08:47:41+00:00

Licketyspit seeks Volunteers!

2022-04-26T09:07:52+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is BACK for another 3 years and we are looking for new Lickety Volunteers to support our actor pedagogues to deliver these sessions! In our 3 existing communities... Ruchill The Gorbals Whiteinch And 3 NEW communities! Easterhouse Govan Milton The project will run for 5 week blocks from late April to late June. Exact dates tbc. Please get in touch if you are interested in volunteering and would like to find out more! Contact Ruby on cfn@licketyspit.com or call 07413 800 342 or 0141 353 3850. Find out more about being a Lickety Volunteer by clicking on the link below: https://www.licketyspit.com/professionals/about-us/volunteers/ My experience as a volunteer with Licketyspit is one of the most remarkable experiences, as the sessions invests in the future through enhancing children’s imagination and creativity. Doing this has made realise how much I like being with children, even though I'm an adult, doing these kinds of things I feel I can be more myself. You are very kind it is making me more relaxed. You are connecting with me, you are making conversation so I feel fine. It just helps everybody to connect and to see myself as a child. It’s something that’s helping [...]

Licketyspit seeks Volunteers!2022-04-26T09:07:52+00:00

Big Porridge & Play is BACK!

2022-08-17T08:48:21+00:00

We are thrilled to announce that Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is BACK for another 3 years! We're very grateful to the National Lottery Community Fund for continuing to support this innovate project and we are delighted to be taking BPPG to *3 new communities!* Volunteering - We'll be recruiting more volunteers! Click on the link to find out more and please get in touch if you're interested in becoming a Lickety Volunteer. Where it's happening - We'll be in our 3 existing communities... Ruchill The Gorbals Whiteinch And 3 NEW communities! Easterhouse Govan Milton Watch clips from last year's film: Find out more! https://www.licketyspit.com/families/licketyspit-projects/porridge-play/big-porridge-play/

Big Porridge & Play is BACK!2022-08-17T08:48:21+00:00

Take 2: CFN Festive Trips!

2019-12-10T10:01:31+00:00

CFN Trip to Rosemount Development Trust 30th Anniversary Celebrations 01st December 2019 It was great to join the Royston community for an afternoon of Christmassy fun for Rosemount Development Trust's 30th anniversary. Ruby, our Children and Families Network producer, went along with a couple of CFN families from Maryhill and the Gorbals and a few of their friends. It was great to meet lots of new families and join them in a family takeover of Royston Road with a lantern parade featuring fantastic Caterpillar Lanterns decorated by local groups and classes. The Glasgow Playbus was another highlight - a huge double decker bus full of soft play tunnels and obstacles! It was also good to get some hot homemade lentil soup (a bit like our Porridge & Play soup!) made by Julia and her colleagues at North Glasgow Community Food Initiative - thank you! CFN Trip to see A Lad in Maryhill Pantomime 4th December 2019 It was great to be joined by families from Maryhill, Ruchill and Govanhill for our CFN trip to the panto here at the CCH. We're grateful to Halo Arts and the West End Festival for the preview night tickets. It was especially good to play a round of Funky Chicken while we had our mince pies beforehand! Good to see some older children from St Marys Storyplay 2018 still playing [...]

Take 2: CFN Festive Trips!2019-12-10T10:01:31+00:00

CFN Festive Trips!

2019-12-09T10:59:27+00:00

23rd November 2019 Mary Poppins Cinema Trip with the Caravan Project We had a FAB first ever Children & Families Network trip to the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) on Saturday to watch Mary Poppins! 22 families from St Marys Primary Storyplay and Wyndford Nursery Storyplay in Maryhill, and from Ruchill Big Porridge & Play and Whiteinch Big Porridge & Play joined us. 🎬BIG thanks to the Caravan Project and the Glasgow Film Theatre for making it happen! If your children go to a Glasgow Primary you can apply for  Glasgow Kidz Card which gives you one free child ticket + one free adult ticket for every child in your family for the Take Two screening at 11.30am every Saturday! Find out more & apply here or by calling 0141 276 0727. We asked... What have you enjoyed most about the Trip? You said.... Watching Mary Poppins again 😊 spending time with my family and meeting new people (Dad) I enjoyed meeting other families and spending time with my kids, seeing the film and not worrying about everyday stresses. (Mum) Enjoying time with my daughter and other families. She was so excited to meet up & socialise with school friends. (Mum) Spending time with kids, friends and other people. (Mum) Getting to go with friends from school (Gran) The film (Mum) Very funny [...]

CFN Festive Trips!2019-12-09T10:59:27+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched!

2022-08-17T08:49:02+00:00

3rd May 2019 BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched! We were delighted to welcome over 40 families to Big Porridge & Play in the Gorbals, Whiteinch and Ruchill for the start of Big Porridge & Play Glasgow 2019. Launching in Ruchill first last Saturday, April 27th and in Whiteinch and the Gorbals on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd May, we had a brilliant time meeting new families and seeing friends from last year, playing lots of Lickety Playcard games, dressing up and sharing a meal together. Look out for more updates from each venue on the Big Porridge & Play Glasgow page. BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow is a 7-week block of Licketyspit Playcard Play & food sessions for families with children under 12. This year for the very first time we will be going out for sessions 4 and 5 to have Picnic & Play sessions in cultural centres around Glasgow. Find out more by clicking here!

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched!2022-08-17T08:49:02+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is Back!

2022-08-17T08:49:14+00:00

12th April 2019 BIG Porridge & Play is back for the third year from late April in Ruchill, Whiteinch and the Gorbals. BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow is a 7-week block of Licketyspit Playcard Play & food sessions for families with children under 12. This year for the very first time we will be going out for sessions 4 and 5 to have Picnic & Play sessions in cultural centres around Glasgow. Find out more by clicking here! Ruchill Ruchill Community Centre, 671 Bilsland Drive, Glasgow, G20 9NF Taster Session (all local families welcome) Saturday 27th April 3.00pm - 5.15pm Weekly Group Sessions Saturday 4th May for 6 weeks until 15th June (not 25th May) 3.00pm- 5.15pm Gorbals St Francis Centre, 405 Cumberland Street, Glasgow, G5 0SE Taster Session (all local families welcome) Thursday 2nd May 4.00pm - 6.15pm Weekly Group Sessions Thursday 9th May for 6 weeks until 13th June 4.00pm- 6.15pm Whiteinch Whiteinch Library, 14 Victoria Park Drive, Glasgow, G14 9RL Taster Session (all local families welcome) Wednesday 1st May 4.00pm - 6.15pm Weekly Group Sessions Wednesday 8th May for 6 weeks until 12th June 4.00pm- 6.15pm

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is Back!2022-08-17T08:49:14+00:00

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