Purplezilla spent the week sitting in the quad where he became the most popular person on campus (and the most photographed). I announced his name by putting it on a poster behind his head.
The second (dark brown - I ran out of white poster paper at the same time I ran out of money) poster is a list of rules for the new game. It only lasted one day though as it fell down and never quite recovered.
The smaller GPPE's are held up by their bases, but this one is so big that he has supports attached at hinges at about his eye level (which also allows him to fold flat). I was still worried about kids going behind him and knocking him over (or onto themselves) so I attached signs to the supports saying, 'Do Not Play Behind Giant, Purple, People-Eater.' We didn't have a single incident or problem (Yeah!)
Starting Monday the kids hunted for tiles during recess and lunch. I had volunteers from out Home and School Club sign up to help hide the tiles while the kids were in class. Some times we made tricky (like on top of poles too high for the kids to reach without getting clever or buried a bit in tanbark on the play ground), but none were truly hard. Here's a couple of examples:
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Week Three: Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
PurpleZilla sits in the quad every day. Every day he gets a large group of kids gathered around him to eat lunch. My team of helpers hide tiles and the kids continue to find them. I rigged the tiles so that no one could win until lunch on Thursday. Here's a few more hiding places:
Week Three: Friday
The last day of our GPPE project. I attended Friday Assembly again and announced the winners of the tile contest. There were six (I was hoping for less as that equals 30 homemade cupcakes times six) winners and everyone had a great time. The winners got cute, home-made certificates and a form for them to fill on the type of cupcakes they wanted.
Purplezilla got a new sign and the kids spent the day (sadly) saying goodby to him.
The kids, teachers, principal, me - we were all thrilled to have had a GPPE at our school. The event was considered a huge success (and the greatest activity I'VE ever been part of at school).
Purplezilla got a new sign and the kids spent the day (sadly) saying goodby to him.
The kids, teachers, principal, me - we were all thrilled to have had a GPPE at our school. The event was considered a huge success (and the greatest activity I'VE ever been part of at school).
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