St Martha’s P1 Session 1

2020-03-02T13:20:42+00:00

Tuesday 25th February 2020 We had a fantastic first session of STORYPLAY with Primary 1 at St Martha's Primary this week! Primary One and Mrs Reid all threw themselves into the start of the Storyplay residency on Tuesday! We were all as BIG as a BEAR and as FAST as a HARE! We did the Flying Allacorn, the Scary Lion, the Silly Crocodile, the Angry Bee & the Funky Chicken! We all flew high over Glasgow and the world in our multi-coloured Flying Balloons – before the Naughty Seagull popped them! We saw dragons flying past the moon! We dressed ourselves up in fabulous costumes! Mrs Reid and children were Witches and we met some marvellous grannies living in castles in the forest keeping an eye out for the Monster trees! (Granny Hannah showed us her home-made pickled onions!). We travelled to Jupiter in the Magic Ball, put on our flying capes and met an alien in a cave where we ate mushrooms and ice-cream! We helped another alien fix her spaceship. We had a picnic and we jumped into a crater and fell down into the sea to swim! It just shows that in our imaginations we can be anyone, go anywhere and do anything and that all we need to play like this is each other! We had a fantastic Lickety Art Gallery! [...]

St Martha’s P1 Session 12020-03-02T13:20:42+00:00

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Session 4

2020-02-27T12:25:28+00:00

Session 4 24th February 2020 We had another wonderful day on Monday with Primary 4! We started with the warm-up to get our minds and bodies working and created lots of our own rhymes and similes with actions. The whole class then had ten minutes to go and write down pairs of rhyming similes. Here are some fantastic examples: As boingy as a kangaroo that went wohoo! – Derek As bouncy as a trampoline and as sad as a scene – William As yummy as a cake and as cold as a snowflake – Mason D As tall as a tower and as big as a flower – Amber As warm as tea and as giggly as me! – Kasey Jump as high as a bunny and as round as money – Alina As slimey as a snake and as big as a cake! – Kaydie As big as a giant and as long as the titanic, as wiggly as a worm and as squiggly as a squiggle – Kasey As cozy as a nook and as crook as a book – Tommy As loud as a dog and as white as fog – Jodi We followed this with Funky Chicken which was started off by Mason D. We had lots of [...]

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Session 42020-02-27T12:25:28+00:00

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Session 3

2020-02-24T13:50:13+00:00

Session 3 19th February 2020 We had another great day with Oakwood’s P4s! We started with Storyplay games and our ‘Big as a Bear’ warm-up grew into a new group poem of similes and actions like 'Make yourself  as... ‘Smiley as a person!’  ‘as Spikey as a hedgehog!’, 'as Rolly as a ball!’, and ‘as Slow as a Sloth!’ We flew off in our Magic Balloons again high over Scotland and the world …seeing stories unfolding far below us! Then we sat and told each other the story of the Molly Whuppie LicketyTale we saw on Monday. Everyone had fantastic recall of the story in great detail. Ten of us dressed up as the King! And twenty of us dressed up as the Giant! We had great fun exploring our castles and our gardens! The Kings paraded to join the Giants and we met all the characters. The Giants interviewed the Kings & then sang gardening songs and did a bit of gardening. As Cold as a Popsicle - Damon As Chocolatey as an Easter Egg - Millie As yummy as a Cake - Kayleigh As Hungry as a Wolf - Ava As Loud as Music - Lily As Soft as a White Tiger - Kaydie As slow as a sloth climbing down a [...]

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Session 32020-02-24T13:50:13+00:00

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Sessions 1 & 2

2020-02-21T12:27:37+00:00

17th February 2020 This Spring at Oakwood we are working with Primary 4 on a Storyplay literacy residency. All of the children's written & artwork can be looked at on our Facebook page - a selection of pics are below. Session 1 In our first session on Monday, we played a selection of Lickety Playcard games and did reflective drawing and writing. Everyone came up with a Funky Chicken animal, and wrote down this as well as what they had seen from their Flying Balloons. We had a very wholehearted game of Monsters Footsteps with Summer & Darryn as enthusiastic Granny's! In the Magic Ball... we landed on a cold Star. We saw a mountain - someone thought it might be Everest! We handed out boots & hiking sticks, being quiet in case we surprised anything! We all hiked bravely up the mountain, jumping over a crevice, someone saw a polar bear, someone else saw a giant diamond! We encountered two aliens - everyone shook hands with the first and fed biscuits to the second. Someone else gave it Goo. We found the alien’s broken spaceship and everyone got involved in mending it - finding wood, screw-drivers etc. Then we jumped into a crater & fell down into the sea, where we saw lots of sea creatures. Finally, we all had a sleep by the sea looking up [...]

Oakwood P4 Storyplay Sessions 1 & 22020-02-21T12:27:37+00:00

Storyplay is Starting at Miltonbank & St Martha’s!

2020-02-20T12:16:49+00:00

18th February 2020 We are very excited to be starting STORYPLAY at Miltonbank Primary later this month and St Martha's Primary at the start of March! Virginia has already met the teachers and delivered Storyplay CPD. We'll be doing LicketyLeap and Porridge & Play with families at Miltonbank and Playcard Play at both schools, with Celebration Assemblies planned for the last week of March. Visit the Miltonbank and St Martha's Storyplay pages for more details of what we’re doing at your school and blog updates once we've started! To find out more about Storyplay, click here. To join the Children & Families Network return the form to school or join online here.

Storyplay is Starting at Miltonbank & St Martha’s!2020-02-20T12:16:49+00:00

P1a Porridge & Play at St Marys

2020-01-31T16:17:56+00:00

02 October 2019 It was wonderful to welcome so many parents and carers to the school last month for Porridge & Play! The children shared some of the Lickety Playcard games they had learnt with their families - from Funky Chicken (and the Silly Lion!) to Witches Fingers, and especially Dressing Up! Here are some things the children said about their Reflective Drawings in the Gallery... M - Me going up the mountain with dad, dad is everywhere. Fave game - magic ball. Playing makes me feel good. O- lots and lots of heart's desire, I like dressing up T - An apple tree and Ruby in her orchard. I'm tree creeping towards you! A - That's me and Cole and the sun. We are flying around among the hearts desire. My hearts desire is to be a mermaid. I will play at home and feel good! M - Mrs McGinn and me and the hearts desire and this is the water, all on the beach. Fave game, balloons, I feel happy. A - That's me, flying my balloon to the beach with my dog. We asked... What do you think your child will get from an experience like Porridge & Play? You said.... Confidence, communication skills Meet new friends and have fun Learn to use her imagination more Making friends It [...]

P1a Porridge & Play at St Marys2020-01-31T16:17:56+00:00

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 4

2021-06-15T13:52:40+00:00

12th & 18th September 2019 St Marys Storyplay We had a lovely LicketyLeap with 9 children from Group 4 (P1a & P1b) and Miss Carty. They were particularly tickled by the Margaret & Margaret Peekaboo entrance. They loved the Oogly Boogly Lady's mini-worlds and were all actively involved. The children independently found lots of things under the Sea. On the Boat we had a lovely sleep - suggested by one of the children! On the Shore we saw crabs, seahorses and everyone was so focused on the burrow when the rabbits came out. T - "My bunny kissed me!" They loved finding their hats. L told Bold Margaret about the Bear and was very chatty. "He was scary and then scared!" T was the first confidently in their to pat the Bear. M asked the Bird for a lift up the mountain and M and F both enjoyed the fact that they "spoke Bird". A huge group of nearly all the children helped Bold Margaret jump to the Top. At the end, L explained what had happened to Worried Margaret exactly - "She was worried then she was brave!" "[I drew] the wind, the grass, the sky, the balloon, the snow all come down and the big rainfall and the river. At the end was my best bit." Child, Reflective Drawing In Session 2, we revisited the story and [...]

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 42021-06-15T13:52:40+00:00

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 2

2021-06-15T13:52:18+00:00

11th & 17th September 2019 We had a fantastic LicketyLeap with 9 children in group 2 (P1b). Every child contributed in the conversation at the start, C was especially chatty! After our mudfight, M suggested we go into the Sea to wash it off. In the Sea, L showed Worried Margaret how to swim on her back and R saw a boat. Everyone loved finding and sharing treasure. On the boat, everyone relished trying each other's fish and M gave the Fishy Lady a hug goodbye. In the Cave we saw bats, and everyone boldly shouted their name to make an echo. When the Bear appeared, a couple of people were a bit nervous, but they overcame any fears and patted and hugged it! S articulately told Bold Margaret about the Bear. L asked the Bird for a lift and after we reached the top of the Mountain, other L suggested sliding down. In Session 2, we revisited the story and everyone remembered it brilliantly. We also talked about our Heart's Desires: S – Swimming in the sea L – Go to the beach R – Find a unicorn L – Find a puppy C – Playing cousin’s xbox and a hamster M – Have a bunny and play with him in my home and go to the beach L – A unicorn L – Go to the mountain [...]

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 22021-06-15T13:52:18+00:00

LicketyLeap Week 1 at St Mary’s

2021-06-15T13:49:06+00:00

16th September 2019 We had a fantastic first week of LicketyLeap at St Mary's. It was great to meet everyone in Primary 1a and Primary 1b - thank you for coming on the adventure with Margaret & Margaret! Have they told you anything about it? You can find out more about the story in Come & Play - here! Virginia, Taz, Ruby and Rita are really looking forward to meeting the parents, carers and families of Primary 1 this week for Session 2. This is where you are invited to watch the film of your child doing LicketyLeap and hear more about the story. The LicketyLeap experience can have a very positive impact on your child's learning and development and it is really great for them if you can share the experience with them in Session 2, so we really hope you can come. Have your children told you anything about their journey with Margaret To find out more about Storyplay, click here, and visit the St Mary's Storyplay page to see what we did last year, and find photos and drawings from Storyplay at St Mary's. We'll also be doing Playcard Play and Porridge & Play in October, so keep your eyes peeled for a letter inviting you to join your child and their class for a relaxed, drama-led play and food session at school with Licketyspit. [...]

LicketyLeap Week 1 at St Mary’s2021-06-15T13:49:06+00:00

Oakwood Storyplay Rhymes

2020-01-31T16:24:27+00:00

We had a brilliant time creating warm-up action rhymes with P6 at Oakwood Primary School.  See their creative work below! Make yourself as SHINEY as a UNICORN, And as SPIKEY as a THORN, As HARD as a ROCK, And as SMELLY as a SOCK, As COOL as a KITSOON, And as ROUND as a MOON! Like a SPOON from TROON! Make yourself as BRIGHT as the SUN, As CUTE as ma HON, As BIG as a BUN And as HEAVY as a TONNE, Like a DISCO BALL that’s SPUN. Make yourself as Sticky as honey And as big as Bugs Bunny Who is very very funny And likes to eat money He sells a lot of carrots To buy gummy for his mummy And I think that’s very funny Cos the carrots they are yummy!

Oakwood Storyplay Rhymes2020-01-31T16:24:27+00:00

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