Peace is in our Hands

Build Community

To learn how to improve our playground community,
we joined the Playground Pals
project at Montage

We played games from America, Australia, Plains Cree Indians, Thailand, Pakistan, Canada, Ireland and Wales

Here's some we found or made up ourselves

Duck Duck Goose

By Leanne, 8

Rules: when they say duck or goose when they tap you on the head and say goose you have to run if the person doesn't DOB the person they are not on. If they do DOB the person they are on if you want to play and there are 12 they can't play the game. Next time they can play the game. If it's fun they might play again. But if I'm not here someone can do it for me. Sometimes I give them some more minutes when playtime is over we play next time all that fun.

Outdoor: 10 players

Scores

  • Simplicity 1
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 1
  • Space Required 5

How to win : If someone is on they are the winner. top

Knockout

by Ronan, 9

The people get in a circle made of rope and they try to push each other out, the one that gets pushed out loses and the other one wins.

Indoor/Outdoor: 2 players: length varies

Scores

  • Simplicity 4
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 1
  • Space Required 3

How to win : Push the other one out top

Double Decker

By Danielle, 9

Rules: Someone is on and they choose a category like fruit and then the other people choose a fruit then somebody tells the person that's on, then the other people turn and face the wall and the person that's on calls a name of a fruit and if it's not you you say "No", and if it is you, you say "No" and then when they go on to the next person you run and spell out the name of the object.

Indoor or outdoor: 10 players
Length: 20 minutes

Scores

  • Simplicity 1
  • Interest to watch 1
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 1
  • Space Required 3

How to win: The person that spells out the name the quickest top

Cat and Dog

By Chrystia, 9

Rules: You have to get 55 people first. Somebody has to be a dog. They stand in the middle and say cat for the first name and rthen they say the last name like cat Zacharko. If the dog calls the cat she runs and the dog has to catch you. If you want all the others to run you say cats run. If the dog gets some cats the cats are on the dog's side and become dogs.

Outdoor: 55 people: 2 hours if all the cats are caught

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 2
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 4
  • Space Required 4

How to win : If the dog gets all the cats you have won top

Miami

By Naomi, 8

Rules: Well, you have to get in a circle. Then you get a ball and you roll the ball to someone and when the person gets the ball they have say a country. If they get the country you have thought of, you say Miami and they have won, and the person who threw the ball is out.

Outdoor: 20 players

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment
  • Space Required 4

How to win : Guess the right answer top

Magic (St Augustine's Way)

Latrice, 9

Rules: You can;'t cheat or take any more steps if the person turns around. They've got to count how many steps they've taken. There have to be two rows and the person has to say magic, magic, then they have to say St Augustine's and tap them on their heads. They haven't to run back and the person is facing the wall and you got to say to them stop, then they stop, and they have spelled your name.

Indoor or outdoor: any number of players

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 4
  • Equipment 1
  • Space Required 1

How to win : If you have spelled your name right you are on top

Polo

By Christina, 9

Rules: A person is on and s'he chooses an object. Say if it's clothes, the people that aren't on go to the person that is and tell him/her the clothes that they've chosen. Then the person that is on shouts a type of clothes from those chosen by the players. That person runs and they run in the letters of their type of clothes.

Scores

  • Simplicity 2
  • Interest to watch 4
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment
  • Space Required 3

How to win : On the last letter in the word whoever gets there at the end first wins. top

Chocolate Ice-cream

by Josie, 9

Rules: someone's on and they turn around to face the wall. The players then have to run towards the wall, but then when the person who is on turns round the players freeze. The first one to get to the wall has to shout "chocolate ice-cream". Then there will be two people on, etc.

Scores

  • Simplicity 5
  • Interest to watch 4
  • Fun Playing 4
  • Equipment
  • Space Required 5

How to win : The first one to get to the wall and shout "chocolate ice-cream" top

Throw it over the skipping rope

By Demi, 7

Rules: One person throws the ball to another over the skipping rope held by two others. You take turns. You are not allowed to throw the ball too high, and not stand too far away, if you do, you will lose.

Outdoor: 4 players: 30 minutes

Scores

  • Simplicity 5
  • Interest to watch
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 3
  • Space Required 5

How to win : If the person doesn't catch the ball top

Crocodiles

by Dominique, 8

When a child is off the ground you can't get them, but if they are on the ground you can. If you do get them they are on with you.

Indoor/Outdoor: 20 players: lasts until everyone is on

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 4
  • Equipment 4
  • Space Required 5

How to win : Don't get caught top

Bucketball

by Kelly, 8

You have 6 buckets in a square and 12 players. 6 players have to put balls into their buckets and 6 others have to remove the balls, and the one with the most at the end wins. But the people who are removing the balls have to go round in a square and are not allowed to turn round.

Indoor: 12 players: 2 hours

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 4
  • Equipment 2
  • Space Required 5

How to win : Get the most balls in the bucket top

Cops and Robbers I

by Thomas, 7

You take a robber to the prison and if the robber has escaped the cop has to get the robber again.

Outdoor: 6 players: 1 hour

Scores

  • Simplicity 1
  • Interest to watch 1
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 1
  • Space Required 5

How to win : You can't win top

Spud

by Samuel, 8

Somebody is the spud and the spud has to throw a ball as high as they can and the person who catches it is the spud. Only the original spud can't catch the ball.

Outdoor: 3-10 players: 30 minutes

Scores

  • Simplicity 5
  • Interest to watch 3
  • Fun Playing 4
  • Equipment 2
  • Space Required 5

How to win : You can't win top

Stone throw

by Ashley. 9

You have to throw a stone and see how far it goes. If you get it all the way from one goal to the other you have 100 points, and halfway is 50 points

Outdoor: 5 players: 30 minutes

Scores

  • Simplicity 1
  • Interest to watch 5
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 5
  • Space Required 5

How to win : Throw the stone furthest top

How far?

by Luke. 9

You have to beat the time of another person. Like Ashley got to the wall in 20 seconds but Samuel did it in 17 seconds.

Outdoor: any number of players: as long as you want

Scores

  • Simplicity 1
  • Interest to watch 3
  • Fun Playing 2
  • Equipment 2
  • Space Required 5

How to win : Be fastest top

Tennis football

by Anthony, 9

You have to hit the ball in the air without it bouncing. Then you have got to hit it into the goal. If it touches the ground you lose.

Outdoor: any number of players: 30 minutes

Scores

  • Simplicity 3
  • Interest to watch 3
  • Fun Playing 5
  • Equipment 2
  • Space Required 3

How to win : Score lots of goals top

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