Tell Unicef UK the playground games you loved as a child - £300 voucher to be won!

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Unicef UK are launching this years Soccer Aid Playground Challenge and would love to hear about the playground games you used to play at school and what games your children play now. The playground is the highlight of the school day where children can burn off all their energy and play with their friends; share below what you loved to play when you were at school and if any of the games have passed down generations.

Here’s what Unicef has to say: “This year, we’re asking all schools across the UK to join us for the Soccer Aid Playground Challenge to help raise money to help give more children around the world a childhood full of play. The idea is simple – teachers team up with their pupils, design an obstacle course that they will take on together, and fundraise to help children in danger in June 2019. Ask your school to sign up here and we’ll send everything you need for kick off - including fundraising and teaching resources to bring Soccer Aid to life for the whole school.”

Alex, Head of Sports for St Dunstan’s RC Primary School, Manchester says: “The Playground Challenge was the perfect way to get the whole school together for a great cause. Everyone (including staff!) had the best time raising money to help children all over the world.”

So what playground games did you love as a child? Were you Queen of hopscotch? Or perhaps you practised your circus skills with stilts? Maybe you created your own playground football league or were seriously skilled at skipping? Do you know if your children still play the same games now at school?

Everyone who posts below will be entered into a prize draw where one Mumsnetter will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list)

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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we loved good old hide and seek or my favourite game of all was hop scotch or british bulldog . Everyone used to play together

We didn't have much in our school so we had to use imagination. We 'borrowed' some chalk from the classroom and drew a goal on the wall so we could play football

My dad painted a brick gold coloured, and at school we use to hide it and play hunting the tresure with it in the school grounds

Elastics. And throwing a ball against a wall with rules about the ball going under a leg or throw, turnaround, catch.

Hopscotch and Irish hopscotch.

Skipping, hopscotch, two ball and British Bulldog.

Hopscotch and what's the time mr wolf!

Football, Mob, British Bulldog, Tag, and Spot.
Great fun.

We used to play hopscotch, skipping and kerby x

I loved the skipping games and playing marbles

Duck duck goose
Make believe animal games
Hopscotch
Clapping games
Catch

Marbles. Shinies, biggies, littlies, swirlies, chinas, oilies and the prized clearies! 😊

Hopscotch, skipping, bulldog, rounders I loved all of them!

Marbles!

Our junior school had a front and back play ground so any games involving running or hiding were great fun. Tag and hide and seek were brilliant fun as you could have a whole class joining in.

Hopscotch, run outs - add, football, Mr Fox and British Bulldog...

I loved hop scotch, it used to keep me entertained for ages! And was a great distraction when I had a falling out with my friends, I loved that my primary school and sqaures drawn on the ground so I would follow them like a path.

Skipping, Hopscotch and British Bulldog were all favourites. I would be horrified if my kids played British Bulldog now though because I am shocked no one broke an arm when we played it at school!

Games i loved were: Tig, red rover, British bulldog, theres a witch in the well andhide and seek.

Have so many happy memories of childhood games in the playground - skipping, stuck in the mud, marbles, clapping games, British bulldog, elastic - still remember rhymes we used to sing when skipping or doing the clapping games - though we didn't realise it at the time games like these really helped with memory, coordination and skill building! Learning through play without knowing it!!

Kiss chase,whilst wearing running spikes to catch more kisses 💋

As there were very few girls at my school we were very limited so skipping was always a big one and The big ship sails on the alley alley oh.

I was hopeless at skipping and wasn't much of a runner, but enjoyed 'stuck in the mud' and Mr Wolf!

Oooh also, who remembers 'duck, duck, goose?' :D

Space Invaders
Wally
Tag
Football with a tennis ball

British bulldog
Kiss chase
Whats the time Mr wolf