Story: Aislinn Adams and Sarah Marsh
A ‘Play for Fun’ course for the ‘Feeling Good on Verdon Street’ volunteers has been hosted by Sheffield Out of School Network.
The course, held at Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, was about exactly that: playing and having fun. It covered making something-from-nothing, using our own imaginations; creating hideaways; dressing up; creating a fairground and a 3D zoo!
The possibilities were endless. We even talked about making good food more attractive to children by creating fruit characters.
Tutor Sarah Marsh who delivered the course said the response was amazing. The learners who took part really got involved and stretched themselves over the sessions, and at the end they received their certificates from the national football referee, Uriah Rennie, who said:
“It is good to see so much joy in the faces of the local people: the local > community can now play together. Great facility, great people, with so ? >much to give.”
Course participants had the following to say:
“I found the course very informative and a lot of fun, I'll be taking ideas from the course into my Adventure Playground job.” Julius
“The course was fun as well as informative. The ideas and creativity I took from the course I can use with my son and in my volunteer work at > school.” Joanne
“I loved it so much because I have learned new things to do with children > and have great fun at home.”Katja Amina
“I really enjoyed being on this course.” Suad Ali
“The course was a whole heap of fun, creative and well worth attending. More need to be laid on in the area.” Diane
“Thanks everybody who helped us to do this course because we have learned > so much from them. Thanks again!” Khadidja
“I am really happy to be enjoying and learning a lot of great new ideas from each other. Thank you for everything.” Aster
“I'm very happy about this course and I learned a lot of ideas for playing > with my son. Sarah is the best teacher.” Chahinez-Warda
“The course was fun, plenty of resources, informative, good group discussion, participation, very creative.” Denise
Playwork is very much alive in this community. Anyone wanting further information should contact Lynda Ray, Training Manager at Sheffield Out of School Network on 0114 249 4941.