Can you spot the Armadillo?

2023-05-09T14:08:00+00:00

Find out what the Bridgeton group got up to in their latest Storyplay adventure!  Week 1 of Porridge & Play Bridgeton 2023 Friday 5th May It was lovely to be back in Bridgeton again for Porridge & Play 2023! We had a great group of 29 including lots of our old friends and a couple of new families - great to meet you! Some visiting Grannies also joined the group for a dance and dress up! You can see one of them in the picture to the right. Can you remember their song? We flew above Glasgow in our Flying Balloons and William saw the Armadillo which he drew in his Reflective Drawing. The second time we went up in the sky we talked about where we might go - Ireland, Poland, Iraq, Sudan, China, Ukraine…  We ended up high above a rainforest full of fairies and snappy crocodiles! Spotting a cool blue lake, we flew down for a refreshing dip with the colourful fish. Being in the water was exciting and relaxing and we worked up an apetite swimming around.  So it was time to fly back to Bridgeton for our picnic of melon and strawberries, soup and bread and all sorts of fruits! Thanks for joining us, see you next time! Thanks for joining us, see you next time! Sarah, Taz, Steven, Ruby [...]

Can you spot the Armadillo?2023-05-09T14:08:00+00:00

New film demonstrates the power of Porridge & Play

2023-06-20T14:43:42+00:00

Monday 27th March Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, Licketyspit’s Porridge & Play sessions will be back in 6 Glasgow communities and online for 2023/24. Now in its 7th year, Big Porridge & Play Glasgow will take place in Govan, Maryhill, Whiteinch and online, as well as in Bridgeton, Castlemilk & Cranhill. The east end and Castlemilk groups were started last year as part of the Scottish Government’s New Scots Integration Strategy, and the Lottery have stepped up to fund their continuation. Children and parents highlight the positive impact the sessions have on their confidence, mental health and wellbeing, relationships and sense of belonging, as well as children’s learning and development. “When I come here I feel like you can be you and feel free and you can laugh.” 6 year old, Porridge & Play Castlemilk Scroll down to watch the new film! “First week we came they were very shy but now very good. We all really enjoy this. I have met new friends, our language is better because of this” “Like nothing else we do. Great early drama/improvisation. Lots of imagination. Inclusive and child led!” “You won’t be alone here. I’ll be your friend” “Don’t know where we’d be without this. No-ones judging, there’s lots of acceptance, feel like we’re being brought into the community.” We [...]

New film demonstrates the power of Porridge & Play2023-06-20T14:43:42+00:00

The Storyplay Festival 2022

2022-12-13T10:48:58+00:00

The Storyplay Festival was part of our New Scots Integration Project 2021/22 Click here to find out more about the Cranhill, Castlemilk & Bridgeton Hubs who hosted the festival with us. On Saturday 17th September Licketyspit friends old and new gathered for a day that we will never forget. It was the first ever Licketyspit Storyplay Festival, and what a day it was! It was blue skies all round, and the sun shone down on Dassie Park, Glasgow Green. By 9am the Licketyspit team, with help from brilliant volunteers, were busily getting the park ready. Putting up colourful signposts, spotty tablecloths, Storyplay exhibitions… It was set to be a day full of dance, song, picnicking, crafting and most importantly… PLAY!  By 10.45 the Porridge & Play Hubs started to arrive, Castlemilk, Cranhill and Bridgeton. These groups were here to help host the festival with us and each had a designated area with an exhibition displaying their Storyplay adventures over the past year. At 11.30 everyone had arrived, and we were ready to begin. Virginia, Ruby and our Licketyspit Ambassador, Zainab Adeleye welcomed everyone to the festival and warmed us all up with a great big Grandma Grandma! Then one by one the Lickety hubs stood up on the stage and presented their group! The Castlemilk Hub told us how they like to play! [...]

The Storyplay Festival 20222022-12-13T10:48:58+00:00

A Big Play Party!

2022-10-13T13:35:27+00:00

Find all of Porridge & Play Bridgeton's adventures here! Blog posts are written by André! Block 3 Week 4 Porridge & Play Bridgeton Friday 26th August Hello and welcome to the Licketyspit Bridgeton Celebration blog! We had so much fun at the Calton Heritage & Learning Centre playing all kinds of games and rhymes, including 4 of our very *new games*. How fantastic! Everyone was so considerate of each other during all the games and it really felt like a family party with lots of sharing, lots of energy and lots of integration between families and guests! We were had Ross the filmmaker and Eoin the photographer for our big celebration, as well as Ammar the interpreter, and later this year you'll be able to watch the film about the project. Alan led the Funky Chicken brilliantly, thoughtfully and inclusively choosing people to go next. Lexi did the Funky Pig today for the first time ever. Leeanne said she does it all the time at home, but today was the first time she did with all of us! Kho Kho, shared by Tarika, Tanishk & Ridhi, was brilliant! We absolutely loved playing this game with all the families eagerly waiting for who had the paper hidden behind them, and cheering each other on. William explained Chaos Tag really well, and we had so much fun [...]

A Big Play Party!2022-10-13T13:35:27+00:00

Presenting our FAVOURITE GAMES!!

2022-08-23T10:30:34+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 4 Porridge & Play Bridgeton Tuesday 9th August Porridge & Play Bridgeton presents their FAVOURITE GAMES!!! Street Catch – By Leeanne, Lexi & William Kho Kho – by Tarika, Tanishk & Ridhi The Hopping Game- by Niamate & Afara 5 Little Ducks – Sang beautifully by Zania Chaos Tag – By Ayhann & William The chicken, the crocodile & the soup – A Porridge & Play Bridgeton Original!!  Learn how to play these games and more on our new ALLSCOT PLAYCARDS coming soon!!!  ‘Coming to Porridge & Play is a bit like a rollercoaster and it makes me feel really really excited!’ – Alan, 5 What a week at Porridge & Play Bridgeton! We all came together to work on our exciting ALLSCOT Playcards which will be launching at our Storyplay Festival on Saturday 17th September! We are so excited to [...]

Presenting our FAVOURITE GAMES!!2022-08-23T10:30:34+00:00

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

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