Bingo is a favourite at #Oxstalls amongst our #youngvolunteers who decided to add a twist to the game, creating ‘challenge’ counters amongst the numbers
When picked from the bag, players had to take part games such as freeze tag, hot potato and ‘Simon says’ 🏃🏿♀️🏃♂️
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At #Oxstalls yesterday our #P2N2 group plus #youngvolunteers began the day with a bug hunt, followed by Pooh sticks by the river, cricket and chilling in hammocks.
Endless ways to play in this amazing outdoor space 🌳 🐛 🐜 🐞 🏏
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What a wonderful sunny day in #AylandGardens ☀️ more than 60 children and their families came to join us for non-stop #communityplay 🫧
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For our group’s final session they requested a movie night 🍿🎥
This didn’t last long before we headed outside to play.
Kind #YoungVolunteer Teddy chose to buy a brand new basketball for the group as a farewell (for now) gift
🥹🏀
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We had ALL the weather during yesterdays #P2N2 session, rain, wind and bright sunshine!
A surprise hailstorm brought everyone outside to play in the elements ❄️ 💨 🌪️
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #ElementalPlay #LoveOutdoorPlay
Our Wednesday #P2N2 group enjoyed some collaborative sandpit play involving toilet humour (never gets old! 💩), followed by Uno and a trip to the park ☀️
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It’s often the simplest play materials that bring the most joy
Our #P2N2 group used sellotape to create a spider’s web at the park, experimenting to see how many children could use it as a seat before it broke 🕸️
Then it was back to the #PlaySanctuary for food and Uno 🥯
#ChildLedPlay #TimeToBe
We witnessed a lovely extended period of play with our afternoon #SuperSaturday group.
It began with one player building a moat in the sand pit and became a huge project with others joining to help with the structure, adding volcanoes, cities and forts
🌋🏖️🏰
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We had a lively morning on #SuperSaturday with shop role play, circus skills on stilts and #PlayRanger Joe had a painty makeover 🎨😅
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Thanks to a kind donation from Play Ranger Mel T we had lots of musical instruments in the #PlaySanctuary which were used by our #P2N2 group - who even took them to the park 🎶 🥁 🎷
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We’ve had a guest playworker from Australia visit us during half term. It’s a brilliant way to broaden horizons for children, caregivers and Rangers. A curious child asked if everyone in Oz walked around barefoot. Snakes and sharks were also hot topics! #P2N2 #ThanksCate
We hunkered down for a chilly #P2N2 session at #OxstallsCampus today, Ranger Mel kept a roaring fire going throughout the day to warm hands and cook feasts to fuel play 🍳
Our players made dens, bows and arrows and tested their balance on the slack line 🏹
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #ChildLedPlay
We enjoyed a busy and bustling #communityplay day in #AylandGardens on Tuesday 🌈
Activities included clay modelling, den building, gymnastics displays and so many more #childled inspirations 🤸🏿♀️
Thanks to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for funding these sessions
#P2N2 #PlayMatters #PlayWorkWorks
Our Young Volunteers put in an incredible shift at #P2N2 Super Saturday. They were kind and playful and are gaining some useful life skills including patience, tolerance and coping with the unexpected!
#Thanks
It was one of those #P2N2 Super Saturdays where our players immersed themselves in their play and time flew (whilst having a lot of fun) #AaronIsSmelly!
Contortions in the swing during #P2N2 Super Saturday at The Play Sanctuary. Tots to teens love this swing (and Rangers too if they get the chance)
Our players also enjoyed relaxing on the swings, challenging themselves on the zip wire and playing with #YoungVolunteer Teddy who is a fantastic role model - and also pretty good at basketball 🏀
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #P2N2 #TimeToBe #ChildLedPlay #BraveSafeSpaces #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
We witnessed the evolution of water balloon ‘wars’ this week 🎈💦
Our #P2N2 crew gathered their ammo & transported the balloons to the park for the final battle.
They navigated some big emotions with the excitement, suspense & trepidation of getting soaked 💦
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #childledplay
Our Wednesday #P2N2 group chose to play in the park then head to the #PlaySanctuary for Lego building, cricket and fireside snacks
Two players asked Ranger Joe if he could bury them in the sandpit - resulting in lots of laughter 🏖️
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #ChildLedPlay #PlayWorkWorks #TimeToBe
A rare glimpse of sunshine for our Wednesday #P2N2 crew ☀️
We headed to the park to burn off some post-school fizziness, then it was back to the #PlaySanctuary for music, sword fights and warming up by the fire 🔥
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #SafeSpaces #PlayMatters #TimeToBe #ChildLedPlay
The afternoon got messy with foam ice creams, slime and painting.
One child decided to experiment with a roll of masking tape to see how far it would stretch until it ran out, starting inside the #PlaySanctuary 🧶
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The label maker was popular, used to identify magic potions and when the famous peg game was in full swing they used it to identify the ‘victims!’
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Potions, card games, crafts and plenty of role play kicked off our morning on #SuperSaturday
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Our new #P2N2 group enjoyed exploring the newly decorated #PlaySanctuary on Wednesday.
Plenty of #active fun followed by marshmallows on the fire 🔥
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #P2N2 #TimeToBe #PlayWorkWorks
The final product 🪩
The team are so excited to see how what the children think of the changes to their space and find out what they’d like to add/change in the future ☺️
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #P2N2 #SpringClean #PlayMatters #SafeSpaces
The #PlaySanctuary was rather quiet during the first two weeks of January as it underwent a revamp and much needed lick of paint! 🎨
Thanks to the creative talents of Play Rangers Jasmin, Ellie and the rest of the team it is refreshed ready for play…
#P2N2 @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk #SpringClean
The care and attention put into this creation highlights the importance of trusted adults and investment in relationships to allow for life affirming and changing moments, that only happen when playwork works.
#P2N2
An update on the Lego diorama created by one of our amazing #YoungVolunteers.
Spending time and money, Jacob wanted to build something as thanks for all the play (we met him aged 6 - he’s now a teen!)
Starting with Play Ranger Jasmin, he’s added Ben, Charlie and office dog Dory 🐾
#P2N2 #lego
Each week this term we have walked to #ThePlaySanctuary via our local park with our after school #PlayNurture group. Some older boys we know from community play meet us there for a very inclusive game of football on their way home from secondary school #EnjoyableRitual #P2N2
