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Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 3
15th May 2019 Our third BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow at Whiteinch Library was brilliant – a great atmosphere and lots of great game playing! Jack and Ruby were joined by Iona and Asem, Lickety volunteer! We had over 40 participants attending the session as we all took shelter [...]
Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 3
11th May 2019 Our 3rd BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow session in Ruchill was a really great one! We played some great games, sang new songs and ate delicious lentil and carrot soup. You can find more about our Lickety food in here! Ruby introduced us to her friend [...]
Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 2
9th May 2019 We returned to the St Francis Community Centre for our second BIG Porridge and Play Glasgow session in the Gorbals where we visited the tropical forests of India, met people with some strange bed-time habits and were chased by a scary witch. With 13 families made [...]
Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 2
8th May 2019 We had our second BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow session in Whiteinch and what a session it was, with 14 families and 43 people attending altogether! We travelled around the world to the coasts of Portugal in the magic ball, we danced the Ickerickeroo and met [...]
Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 2
4th May 2019 Our second Big Porridge & Play session at Ruchill saw us travel around the world, meet a shy sheep and got us to know some old Scots words for the different parts of our body. With our families getting to know us and each other better, [...]
Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 1
2nd May 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session in the Gorbals was a lovely coming-together of new and familiar faces in the St Francis Community Centre. 35 participants joined us, with several families from St Francis Nursery where we did a taster session the day before, and [...]
Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 1
1st May 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session in Whiteinch this year was absolutely packed - with 14 families and 50 people in total! It was great to see some families from last year, as well as a few families we had met at the Whiteinch Nursery [...]
Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 1
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 [...]
Big Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched!
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 [...]
CPD with Licketyspit
Licketyspit CPD "Out of my comfort zone...a new comfort zone begins!" Licketyspit Continuing Professional Development training offers those working with children a fantastic resource and renewed understanding of their unique creative capacity to support children’s development through play. CPD sessions are delivered by Licketyspit Artistic Director/CEO Virginia Radcliffe and [...]
Storyplay Schools
Storyplay Schools is a unique project designed to support the development of children’s literacy, language and confidence through the introduction of shared stories and inclusive play across the whole school community – children, families teachers and PSA’s. Residencies can include LicketyLeap, Playcard Play, Family Porridge & Play, Storyplay Champions [...]
Licketyspit at Playworks
15th April 2019 Licketyspit at Play Works - A Scottish Conference on Play Broxburn Family Centre, Saturday 18th May Virginia is really looking forward to running a workshop on Storyplay at the Broxburn Family Centre Play conference next month, which is sold out! Everyone is creative! The story is [...]
