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

[EmmaMumsnet]

NOW CLOSED

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

Terms and conditions apply

skipping was a big thing at our school although I was rubbish at it, at home in the street we used to play various games of which I've forgotten the rules of now but I remember running from each side of the street .

Bearing in mind the weather, snowball fight...

I remember playing classics like Hopscotch, What's the Time Mr Wolf and Simon Says. There were plenty of running around and skipping games too. Rounders was the absolute best though

British Bulldog was a favourite as well as Cats Cradle

I was a huge fan of marbles, skipping and tag. Brings back lots of fond playground memories.

So I used to love all running games. We used to play British bulldog, polo and grannies foot steps.
Also skipping games were always a hit.

tag!!

British Bulldog, two balls against the Wall, handstands, skipping, elastics
mums old tights with a ball in the toes for swinging round and jumping over.
Oranges and lemons, Mr Wolf, and lots of clapping and rhyming songs. Conkers, marbles (gridsies). Lucky dobbers and steelies.

Hide & seek and British bull dog were our favourites

we used to play elastics where you put a loop of elastic around two sets of legs and stood apart so it stretched and then played games of hopping over and twisting it going up in hardness - i LOVED it and i am sure my kids would love it too - they all play something called foursquare .... seems to involve a ball and a grid of 4 squares!

Elastics was the thing when i was at primary school. Skipping with 2 ropes was for the older girls. You knew you were top of the school when it was your turn to jump in when the ropes were in full swing!

I used to love French elastics and What time is it Mr Fox

We had a game called Red Rover (which got banned). Standing in a line holding hands with your team opposite the other team and shouting 'red rover red rover send [x name] right over!' and they had to run through the arms holding hands and try and force their way through and if they didn't they had to join the team that caught them.

We used to play kirby at school. at the side of the main playground was a driveway with kerbs each side. We loved it. I still play kirby now with my own children

Skipping, hopscotch, elastics, handclapping, kerby (we lived in a cul-de-sac, I can't imagine it now!)

I loved playing with the skipping rope!

Skipping and elastics were my favourite.

British Bulldogs and treasure hunts.

I loved playing marbles at school. We had a track that we made ourselves under the trees and each breaktime we would battle it out.

I vividly remember skipping round my school playground with my best friends singing “who wants to play Mummies and Daddies, no boys allowed”... I don’t remember playing it, just singing it!

I loved to play hopscotch with friends we used chalk to put the numbers on the pavement oh the fun we had x

Skipping. I loved it!

Tick and tack (Tag), High dellies, Leave-i-o, Dodgeball, Two man hunt, Hide and seek. I lived in North Scotland in case you never heard of some of these, but they were chase and catch type games.

We had a lot of skipping ropes, ball games, but played a lot of traditional playground games, too.

We played German skipping, normal skipping, and I remember playing bulldog bulldog and red rover as well as chase tag.