Introduction
The Games We Play project was developed with Southern Voices, an organisation presenting the views, ideas and experiences of Southern people on local and global issues. The project also worked closely with Manchester Healthy Schools and artists from the South. It was funded by Government Office North West, Community Foundation Manchester, Christian Aid and Oxfam.
A pilot project was carried out in 2002. This was subsequently developed and expanded into a larger project that ran in 2004.
Brief overview
Four primary schools were selected to participate in the 2004 project. Two of the schools were linked to enable pupils from different cultural backgrounds to work together.
The schools were supported to undertake a pupil research project on popular games played within their communities, and to develop classroom activities based on cooperation.
Aims
The Games We Play project aimed to:
- enable children to develop a greater understanding of their communities as a whole
- increase positive interaction between cultural communities to reduce tensions around diversity and encourage intercultural understanding
- encourage children to value their roots and traditions encourage children in creative, active and cooperative play
- promote the development of school-to-school and school-to-community links.
Activities
The Games We Play project included a number of activities, including:
- opportunities to learn games from a number of countries around the world
- global music and games workshops delivered by Southern artists
- peer education - pupils teaching each other how to play the games they had researched
- art-based evaluation activities, producing pieces of artwork for participating schools to display.
Resources
The Games We Play teaching pack, featuring a teachers' booklet, DVD and ten laminated games cards is available for £16 from our online bookshop. Click here to buy it.
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