LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 1

2019-09-26T13:07:24+00:00

11th & 17th September 2019 We had a brilliant first session of LicketyLeap with group one (P1a). 8 children joined Margaret and Margaret on their adventure through the Bog, over the Sea, into the Cave and up the Mountain! The were very engaged and chatty from the start, with every child giving appropriate answers about what M & M were doing in the postcards. The children helped get Worried Margaret into the Bog and loved finding the boggy blooms. E and J helped pull her out when she got stuck! H suggested we go over and help the Fishy Lady on her boat and everyone caught some fish - C's was red and green and tasted like cucumber and strawberry! On the shore, they saw giraffes, spiders, monkeys, elephants and C even saw a woodpecker in the trees! S was especially concerned about Worried Margaret when she fell off the cliff, but then T and E asked the Bird if we could ride on its back to the top of the mountain. In Session 2, we revisited the story and everyone remembered it brilliantly. We also talked about our Heart's Desires: H – Play with My little ponies T – Make a play of Margaret and Margaret, Happy Birthday O – Be with Mum, Birthday C – Riding a dolphin V – Play with my brother J – pencils [...]

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 12019-09-26T13:07:24+00:00

Picnic & Play is Back!

2019-09-25T12:15:03+00:00

25th September 2019 We are delighted to announce that Picnic & Play is back! Licketyspit's Picnic & Play sessions are free inter-generational drama-led play sessions for families with 3-8 year olds, in cultural centres around Glasgow and Edinburgh. Sessions include a delicious, healthy picnic and reflective drawing, where participants can share their thoughts and opinions about the games, rhymes, songs and imaginary play activities. Picnic & Play is a Licketyspit Children & Families Network (CFN) project which aims to bring families with experience of the Lickety Playcard games together to play and explore new parts of their city. Partner venues - like museums, galleries and parks - introduce participating families to their activities, and Licketyspit creates trails, games and play ideas to help families explore the venues after the family play session. Picnic & Play is made possible thanks to Awards for All funding from the National Lottery. Priority is given to members of the CFN when allocating places, and to families from our Storyplay Schools. FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE HERE.

Picnic & Play is Back!2019-09-25T12:15:03+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

We’ve moved!

2019-08-30T11:07:01+00:00

Licketyspit has moved to Glasgow! 30th August Earlier this month, Licketyspit moved into a new office at Community Central Hall, 292-316 Maryhill Road, Glasgow. This is a very exciting move, with the company now based a stone's throw away from one of our Storyplay Schools, St Mary's R.C. Primary, Maryhill, and one of our Big Porridge & Play communities, Ruchill! With the majority of our work now being delivered in Glasgow, we decided it made sense for the company to move west. We had a lovely send off from our old office at North Edinburgh Arts, and hope to be back soon with some more drama-led play sessions. We remain committed to delivering our work in Muirhouse and north Edinburgh, and indeed across whole Edinburgh, for our Children & Families Network members.

We’ve moved!2019-08-30T11:07:01+00:00

Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary!

2020-01-31T17:22:40+00:00

26th August 2019 We are very excited to be coming back to St Mary's R.C. Primary in Maryhill next month for another Storyplay Schools residency! Ruby, one of our lead actor-pedagogues, will be in this week to meet with the Primary One teachers ahead of LicketyLeap starting on September 11th, with our artistic director Virginia, and lead actor-pedagogue Taz. Every child in Primary One will take part in LicketyLeap and parents and carers will be getting a letter about this unique immersive theatre experience soon. Parents and carers will also be invited to attend Session 2 of LicketyLeap with your child(ren), on September 17th, 18th or 19th in the morning or afternoon. Your child's teacher will let you know which day to come. 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. 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 later this year. Parents and carers are warmly invited to take part in Porridge & Play so look out for a letter home inviting you [...]

Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary!2020-01-31T17:22:40+00:00

Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary

2019-08-26T11:29:10+00:00

26th August 2019 We are very excited to be coming back to St Mary's R.C. Primary in Maryhill next month for another Storyplay Schools residency! Our Lead Actor-Pedagogue Ruby will be in this week to meet with the Primary One teachers ahead of LicketyLeap starting on September 11th, with Virginia and Taz. Every child in Primary One will take part in LicketyLeap - our unique immersive theatre experience for ten children at a time. Parents and carers will also be invited to attend Session 2 of LicketyLeap on September 17th, 18th or 19th in the morning or afternoon. Over 3000 children and their families have taken part in LicketyLeap since 2008. This two session project has a high impact on children's confidence, use and knowledge of language, social skills and emotional resilience. Later this year we will also be bringing Playcard Play and Porridge & Play to St Mary's. To find out more about Storyplay, click here or visit the St Mary's Storyplay page to find out more about previous sessions and see photos and drawings from Storyplay at St Mary's.

Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary2019-08-26T11:29:10+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 7

2022-07-13T15:55:08+00:00

15th June 2019 The final session in Ruchill was the last Big Porridge and Play 2019 and we were really moved and delighted to have so many people join us to send the project off in style. We had to add and extra table to fit all 44 people - plus Virginia, Rita, Jack and Ruby round the table when it came to the meal, and it was lovely to share our games, songs and story with our guests. That included loads of your great Funky Chicken animals, like the Dancing Tiger, the Shy Butteryfly and the Slithering Snake. We also played a great game of Witches Fingers, with confident cackling witches of all ages sending us from quiet suspense into laughter and joyous running off. It was clear at the beginning that having guests and a videographer there made a difference, but any shyness was soon forgotten as we got swept up in the worlds of the games. Our Grannies in Monsters' Footsteps were all very keen to tell us about the castles and caves they lived in, even the youngest ones! And everyone was focused on the game together as the grimacing trees crept towards the Grannies and they admired their un-treelike expressions! After the meal, where we enjoyed trying Emma's Jollof rice and plantain, as well as tucking into Edie and Nikki's cakes, we had another go at On Off, which never fails [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 72022-07-13T15:55:08+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 7

2022-07-13T15:56:22+00:00

13th June 2019 Our last session at the St Francis Centre was a wonderful celebration of what Porridge & Play can be, with families bringing countless delicious things to share in the meal, guests dressing up with the same gusto as everyone else, and big, collective games together in the circle. We started with Big as a Bear, during which we could hear several people joining in with the whole thing word for word. Then we played Funky Chicken, with lots of people revisiting their favourite invented animals one last time, and everyone joining in the actions - like the Happy Lion, the Sneaky Fox and the Slithery Snake.   There was an incredible level of focus on what the funny witches would say when we played Witches Fingers,and it was fantastic to have our wonderful Lickety Volunteer Saliha becoming a brilliant first witch! We sang Grandma Grandma, which was particularly enjoyed by the visitors as it's such an inclusive, feel good song for joining in the first time. Much the same could be said for Letter to my Love, kicked off by Arush and Jack, which could have gone on for hours before anyone got bored. And we finished with our story, Anoo the Alien and Jack the Deer, with a dozen people reading a line or two each round the circle. The story is a real achievement that everyone should feel so proud of, and it was lovely to end the play session with this before we sat down to eat. What a treat we had [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 72022-07-13T15:56:22+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 7

2022-07-13T15:59:11+00:00

12th June 2019 The last Big Porridge & Play 2019 at the Whiteinch library was the biggest yet - with nearly 60 of us singing, playing and dressing up together, before sitting down for a meal. It was very characteristic of the project as a whole, with a lot going on but a wonderful, vibrant energy - just like a big family party! It was great to introduce our guests to Jelly on his Head and Grandma Grandma. With loud enthusiastic singing across the circle, encouraging grandparents, neighbours and friends to join in. Lots of people took the floor to lead us in different Funky Chicken animals - like Rhiannon's Naughty Unicorn, Yu's Silly Dinosaur and Ava's Cheeky Snake. We had fun remembering the body-part names in Ickerickeroo,with even the youngest in the group joining in and concentrating intently from our Toe Pointers to our Brainboxers! Letter to my Love was really fun, with those dropping the letter taking great delight in guessing who had picked it up. Everyone really went to town with their Dressing Up - the best yet - gathering into a huddle for a quick group photo before we played our final game, Monsters' Footsteps. Here, we met Granny Carson and Granny Jennifer, and Granny Frankey and Granny Sofia, before everyone else turned into brilliant Monster Trees, dancing and creeping their way towards them. We were so thrilled that so many people wanted to bring something to share at the meal - we were certainly not short of food! From Anzelika, Frankey and [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 72022-07-13T15:59:11+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 6

2022-07-13T15:55:17+00:00

8th June 2019 We had a really fab sixth session at the Ruchill Community Centre. You could really see how everyone has got to know each other over the last six weeks, with the group chatting away at the start of the afternoon and during the meal, and other parents supporting those with the youngest children. We all put on jam trousers and custard in Mucky Brew, which was hilarious, and went back to the Button Factory for Hello my Name is Joe. Flying Balloons was lots of peoples' favourite game. We saw a volcano, a pink and green whale and even a rocket going into space and the moon! We saw lots of little animals which turned out to be kites being flown along a beach, then one of them was lifted up into the air - with the man holding it attached, and we had to help pull him back down so he wouldn't be carried off into space! We also wrote an epic story together, sitting rapt for more than twenty minutes while Ruby helped us thread together everyone's ideas. We started with a character, a place and an object, and ended with a rich and colourful tale of adventure, revenge and inclusion. The tale of Emily and the Magic Mountain is the longest and most detailed Big Porridge & Play story yet, click here to [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 62022-07-13T15:55:17+00:00

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