the pre-school playgroup, with a global perspecitve

leslee@risc.org.uk

0118 958 6692

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The Global Kidz project ended in March 2005, we are sorry but currently there are no sessions planned.

What parents have said so far about Global kidz

.."thought provoking... and fun!"

…"Global Kidz has given me more of an interest in global issues - it's not just got my kids but me thinking globally!"

"Living in Reading, with it's vast cultural diversity…it seems an ideal place for kids to grow up realising they are part of a much wider world, Global Kidz has given us the opportunity to link global information with the local environment in a fun and interesting way."

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Global Kidz ended in 2005, it was a pre-school playgroup, with a global perspecitve. This highly popular group had sessions every week in the main hall at RISC. Story telling, creative play and healthy fair traded snacks.

Global Kidz need Global Parents!

Global Kidz is a playgroup for pre-fives (min age 2) based in the RISC centre and meets on Tuesday mornings (term-time only). RISC staff and volunteers work together to plan the term and to facilitate the sessions, which are always fun and lively and encourage parents/ carers to get involved.
The aim of the group is to lay the foundations of 'global' awareness and to encourage the children of Reading to become 'global' citizens.

Global kidz attends the 'cummunity carnival' as part of Reading Children's festival

Opening Times
Doors open at 9.30,
sessions 10.00 until 12.00,
(11.30 - 12.00 free play).

Dates: Sessions are suspended for the duration. Funding for this project ended two years ago although activites only finished in May this year. RISC would like to thank all staff and volunteers, parents and of course the Kidz who helped make this project such a fabulous success.

Register your interest if you would like to see this continued

Please comment on the RISC Bulletin board about this project.

Session fee: £2 per child;
(£1 for second child of same family)
Fee can be waived by arrangment.

The fee covers costs of refreshments and some material costs.
Refreshments; fair trade tea or coffee for the adults and fresh fruit and juice from around the world . We try and use recycled materials as much as possible.

How you can help? Volunteer

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer on the Global Kidz project please get in touch with leslee@risc.org.uk
39London Street RG1 4PStel. 0118 958 6692

Donate The Global kidz project is under-funded at present, if you would like to make a financial contribution please make cheques payable to WEB/RISC
(World Education Berkshire/Reading International Solidarity Centre).

We have so far received grants from: Activities Sessional Daily activities depend on the 'area of learning'.

What we do in a typical session

Our 'area of learning' for this session/term is Environment - Water - Creativity.
9.30 - 10.00, children arrive and are settled in. We know some people are unable to make a prompt 9.30 start.
10.00 - 10.15: We sing songs, have a poem or short story, (relevant to our 'areas of learning').
10.15 - 10.30: We sing our fruit rhyme and have our break.
10.30 - 11.00. activity - water play
11.00 - 11.10 story about water
11.10 - 11.15 one more song
11.15 - 12.00 free play, tidy-up, some parents/carers leave.

Global Kidz story tent

We have found telling a story using puppets is much more effective at keeping the interest of this age group. During our first term we 'visited' the Caribbean using the alphabet. Each session we had three letters of the alphabet with the item it signified and a story would be woven round those items. The children could handle the objects therefore see them for themselves.