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Top tips for celebrating Playday
Play Wales, July 2021
On Playday – Wednesday 4 August 2021 – we are encouraging all settings working with children to commit the day to play. To help settings, we have developed a list of top tips for a playful Playday. The list offers practical tips for giving children enough time, space and permission to play.
The theme for this year’s Playday is Summer of Play. The theme recognises the challenges children and teenagers have faced over the past year and the need to enjoy time for play free of restrictions, with their friends, having fun.
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Top tips: playing and being well
Play Wales, April 2020
Playing is the most natural and enjoyable way for children keep well and be happy. It can contribute to improved well-being for everyone during times of uncertainty. Despite the current pandemic, children will still need and want to play. Playing helps children manage their emotions and make sense of their situation.
To help parents to support children’s play during times of stress we have pulled together a list of top tips.
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Top tips: playworking and coronavirus
Play Wales, April 2020
Throughout Wales, playworkers are coming to terms with working in a different way to support children’s play. There’s been very little time to prepare and plan for this, but as playworkers we will want to work out how we can support children during these uncertain times.
So, to help playworkers to continue to support children during the coronavirus pandemic we have pulled together a list of top tips.
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Top tips – play, schools and coronavirus
Play Wales, April 2020
During times of uncertainty, playing helps children in a number of ways. So, to help staff and the children in their care we have put together a list of top tips for school settings to support play during times of stress.
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Top tips - Finding a playwork training provider
Plsy Wales, June 2019
Whether you are looking for a training workshop or a qualification, playwork training can vary greatly in quality.
These top tips are designed to support you to make the most of your training time and budget by providing considerations to help you when selecting your training provider.
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Top tips for reflective practice
Our top tips provide key points to consider in making our reflective practice as effective and useful as possible to support our ongoing learning.
The top tips are aimed at playworkers and other professionals involved in children’s play.
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Top tips: Continuing Professional Development
Play Wales, June 2017
The Top tips: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are aimed at playworkers and other professionals involved in children’s play.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is how individuals improve their performance in practice by undertaking learning in a broad range of activities. Everyone’s learning programme is personal to them – one size does not fit all.
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Top tips: screen time and digital play
Play Wales, May 2017
Many of us struggle with finding a solution to the challenges around screen time and how to support children and young people to access and interact with it in a way that is beneficial and balanced. As adults we have an important role to play in supporting children in a digitalised world.
To support a balanced approach to screen time and digital play we have developed top tips.
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Top tips for Outdoor Classroom Day
Play Wales, October 2016
Outdoor Classroom Day is a day for children everywhere to enjoy learning and playing outside the classroom. On Outdoor Classroom Day schools are pledging to spend at least one lesson in the day outside and Play Wales is encouraging schools to commit the day to play.
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Top tips – make time for play
Play Wales, August 2016
When asked what is important to them, children tell us that playing outside and being with their friends is one of the most important aspects of their lives.
Play Wales is advocating a low cost approach to making the most of children’s free time – give them time to play. We have pulled together our top tips for making time for children to play.
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Let us out of the bubble wrap
Play Wales, March 2016
Tips on how adults can support children's need for risky play.
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10 top tips for fundraising
Play Wales, February 2016
Top tips for fundraising to support play projects.
The tips are drawn from Professor Brown’s booklet The Venture: A Case Study of an Adventure Playground (Play Wales, 2007).
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