FUSS - September

After the summer off and under new management we started again with Fuss. We didn't advertise this one a great deal but still got a reasonable turn out. We played a few simple games to start with and then split off into the three zones as per usual.
The games we palyed were:
Musical chairs (with paper instead of chairs).
Stuck in the mud
and Musical statues.

FUSS - June

It's that time of the month again. Only this month and then we are having a party next month and then we are having August off.
I'm not sure what activities to do yet but am mulling over ideas in my head. I find it hard with such a busy life to find time to sit down and plan things like this. Is is easier to let it fester away at the back of my mind until things coalesce into a meaningful whole. I'll let you know what coalesces.

Well it did finally coalesce - though into a rather complicated game. I am just glad the other leaders are very resourceful at taking my instructions and turning them into constructive activities. The games we played were:
Pictorial Simon Says
and
DIY Obstacle Course
The children seemed to enjoy it. It was a bit chaotic and I think the teams should have been smaller - we had 2 teams of 15, whereas teams of 8 or less would have worked better.

FUSS - May

I didn't go to FUSS this month as I was at the new wine kid's worker's day. It is good to be able to allow those who lead at children's things to have the freedom to not be present every week We shouldn't feel trapped into beng made to be there, we should feel a commitment to the work we are doing but not a guilt if we are unalbe to come everytime.

One of the activities that was done were building structures from spagetti (uncooked). I loved doing this when I was younger. I'm not sure how it went but I bet it was fun to clean up!.

Monthly Saturday Club

I help run a Saturday morning club on the third Saturday in each month. The church I go to has run a very sucessful holiday club in the October half term for a number of years and people felt that there needed to be something to invite children too that was in between our normal activities and this once a year event. The idea of a once a month club was proposed and it has been going for a few months now. The format is of half an hour programmed activity - with fun games, competitions, quizes etc followed by the oppourtunity for children to go into different zones for half an hour, a break for a drink and then zones again for another half an hour.

It seems to be working quite well - the children certainly enjoy it and once a month is manageable for the leaders to commit to. I'll let you know how things progress...