Events

Please send details of your conference, seminar or training course to info@playscotland.org and we can put it on our website.

 

 

 

 

UK: 4th Physical Activity and Health Alliance Conference 25th February 2010, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot Watt University

 This year's conference has been developed under the theme of "Getting the Message Across" and aims to inspire, motivate and bring alive some of the latest developments in the Physical Activity and Health agenda in Scotland.

For more information and to register: http://www.regonline.co.uk/Checkin.asp?EventId=803735

 

Expand your classroom - delivering Curriculum for Excellence in your grounds.

 Grounds for Learning's annual National Networking Event
SNH Battleby [near Perth]  Friday 12 March 2010

We're all in the business of nurturing confident, responsible young people who enjoy success in learning and can communicate effectively.  School grounds offer a great opportunity on your doorstep to open up learning in a practical, fun & meaningful way where you can deliver an excellent curriculum that's inclusive to all.

Whether you're an enthusiastic outdoor practitioner or a nervous novice, our 2010 National Networking Event will equip you to use grounds to deliver A Curriculum for Excellence and enhance the educational experience of your children & young people.

  • hands-on workshops exploring innovative, effective & achievable outdoor learning approaches
  • thought-provoking presentations to inspire and challenge
  • practical examples of how to deliver ACE experiences & outcomes in your outdoor spaces
  • market place stalls to visit and time to network with each other

 Workshops will cover a wide range of areas including outdoor literacy, numeracy, physics and art as well as Authority-wide approaches to risk assessment, construction in the early years and learning journeys.

The event is open to anyone interested in school grounds - primary and secondary teachers, early years practitioners, local authority staff and individuals & organisations who support schools & settings with the use & development of their outdoor spaces.

Workshops themes will be based around the broad curricular areas of numeracy, literacy, health & wellbeing, science, social studies and expressive arts and will include examples of good practice from early years, primary & secondary settings.

For further details email:  gfl@ltl.org.uk

 

 
 

5 & 6 May 2010
The Spirit of Adventure Play, Cardiff


Play Wales will start taking bookings for this event early 2010.

Please contact Kate on 029 2048 6050 or  kate@playwales.org.uk for further information.

 

27 March 2010
Play - 'The Feel Good Factor'

A Conference for all Playworkers and Early Years Staff in West Lothian.
9.30am to 4pm.

Free to those working in West Lothan and outwith £30.

Keynote Speakers: Dr Fraser Brown and Fiona Dalgetty

For further information please contact eileen@broxburnfamilycentre.org

by 26 February 2010.

 

Too safe to Play?

A Practical Gudie to Managing Risk in Play Provision

Thursday 20 May 2010 - Scottish Borders
Tuesday 25 May 2010 - South Ayrshire
Saturday 19 June 2010 - Aberdeen
One day seminar


Following on from our popular and successful conference in October 2009 which addressed issues around play and risk, we are responding to the rising demand from providers to support the implementation of a Managing Risk ethos in Play Provision. Three seminars are now being organised aimed at those directly involved in play in different parts of Scotland. At the October 2009 conference, Ronnie Hill, Director of Children`s Services Regulation, Care Commission said "The
importance of appropriate risk taking in children`s physical and emotional development is crucial.

All activities will have some degree of risk associated with them. We want to encourage good risk management, not risk aversion." The seminars will directly address these issues.

Link to flyer and booking form