The Playtime! Project Training

Playtime! Practicals is our highly successful and effective one-day training course for lunchtime supervisors. Playtime! Practicals has already been run by several local authorities across England for schools in their area, and you can read more about what the participants have said about the course at the sides of this page.

Course Content

Playtime! Practicals introduces participants to playwork theory within the context of working in primary school playgrounds. The course content is based on our innovative approach which has successfully resulted in putting play back into playtime in many primary schools (click here for more details). Whilst grounded in playwork theory, Playtime! Practicals takes a realistic approach to the practicalities of play at playtime and includes easily achievable, low-cost solutions to barriers that we have come across when working with schools.

By the end of the course participants will have;

  developed skills in facilitating play in the playwork sense

  improved their knowledge regarding playwork theory

  examined their attitudes regarding barriers to facilitating play

  developed their reflective practice

  increased their confidence in being able to explain the value of a playwork approach to others.

We use unique audio-visual materials from our work in schools to show examples of what a playful playtime looks like and to promote reflection and discussion of key learning points. We also spend time throughout the day discussing how to use and adapt the knowledge and skills covered, which enables participants to return to their schools with lots of workable ideas to put into practice.

Please do contact us if we can help further.