Playworkers’ Forum Returns
After a break of over a year, the Playworker’s Forum is back. To start with, its going to be on Zoom but after about 16 months of very strange and difficult times,…
BAND Webinar: Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy Updates (April 2021)
BAND Webinar: Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy Updates (April 2021) In this presentation BAND’s Development & Support Team review some recent changes & how you should update your Child Protection & Safeguarding…
Play and Playwork – 1 hour webinars
Something new for playworkers: Play and Playwork A series of 1 hour online webinars based on the Playwork Principles. These sessions are for playworkers working with 5 – 14 year olds, with…
Play Wales: Playwork Guides
Play Wales have just published the first of a new series of guides that explore some of the theories that influence the way adults understand children, the role of play and childhood,…
Cedar Park Play Scheme: A Corona Chronicle
Cedar Park Play Scheme: A Corona Chronicle So after 26 years of working and running Cedar Park Playscheme never would I have thought that I would be forced into closing our beautiful…
The Neuroscience of Play
The Neuroscience of Play A two part online course delivered by Ben Kingston-Hughes, Play Trainer of the year Part 1 Step aboard the miniature submarine as we prepare to journey deep into…
VE Day 2020: Bletchley Park and Code Breaking
VE Day 2020 …Bletchley Park and Code Breaking… Bletchley Park is an estate in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England. It was the site of the United Kingdom’s main codebreaking team during World War II….
VE Day 2020 – Celebration Ideas: Newspaper hats
VE Day 2020 …VE Day Hats… Across towns and local communities, the main focus of events on VE Day were usually on children. They celebrated with street parties, parades, fancy dress, and…
Advice, information & news about COVID-19 (Corona Virus) for Childcare & Early Years Professionals in Bristol
Advice & information sources 26/03
Advice & information sources 26/03 Social Distancing for Open Settings https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-social-distancing-in-education-and-childcare-settings/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-social-distancing-in-education-and-childcare-settings Flamingo Chicks – Helping Children Understand Coronavirus- https://flamingochicks.org/athome/ MIND – Supporting your Mental Health & Wellbeing https://mind.turtl.co/story/mindwork-march-2020/ Sec of State for…
