Whoop! We're relaunching our "challenge" course with @learningpit.bsky.social Including: 🔥 TWO "live" sessions with James 🔥 Four *NEW* units 🔥 Video provocations, a book study and quality coaching feedback from our team to embed challenge. Find out more: learningpioneers.co/course/chall... RT

This has started with a BANG! Brilliant inquiry leaders across the world are gathering with @kminquiry.bsky.social to fine-tune how to lead their schools into inquiry. You can still join us here: www.learningpioneers.co/inquiry #pyp #inquiryleadership #inquirylearning #collectiveefficacy

In our international learning community, PressPlay, we put play at the centre of learning. With over 20 interviews and Learning Journeys with lead play thinkers and no stone left unturned in developing play-based practice, this is THE place to be to develop play this year: www.letspressplay.co

In our international learning community, PressPlay, we put play at the centre of learning. With over 20 interviews and Learning Journeys with lead play thinkers and no stone left unturned in developing play-based practice, this is THE place to be to develop play this year: www.letspressplay.co

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@mareewhiteley.bsky.social @bevanholloway.com @hywelroberts.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social Please repost :)

This is happening 👇👇 If you're committed to create a culture of thinking in your classrooms and schools IN community WITH incredible aligned educators across the globe, consider joining us below: @ronritchhart.bsky.social www.learningpioneers.co/thinking-in-...

Meeting with @kminquiry.bsky.social & @beckycarlzon.bsky.social soon but love to drop by and chat about #play✨💕

Pick up and use stuff here, including questions and prompts, plus links to language in the curriculum you can point to say, I can. I know, because I made it, and it’s built off the dispositions framework I helped create with Guy Claxton and @beckycarlzon.bsky.social

Love the metaphor if a palette of learning. I agree we need to keep our teaching fresh and engaging for our students. Our teachers also need to keep trying new strategies to stay fresh and engaged. Pick something new and Ready-Fire-Aim

*NEW* blogpost: What's in your Palette of Learning? Name checks: @mareewhiteley.bsky.social @learningpit.bsky.social learningpowerkids.com/whats-in-you...

What's the difference, if any, between ... ❓ Documentation ❓ Displays ❓ Learning Walls? What makes you say that? Share your thinking in the chat below 👇 👇 👇

If you had to pick three teacher values, what would your top three be? What impact on learning does living and embodying these values have on you and your students? How does living these values impact on the learning moves you take in your classroom?

Perth peeps, join us for a full day of learning with @amiefabry.bsky.social & @beckycarlzon.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/playfully-ch... #EduSkyAU #LPA #play #challenge @annaritzy.bsky.social @brookssensei.bsky.social

In just 2 days, Kym Scott and I will be diving into: ▶️ High ROI actions to embed play and enthuse your team ▶️ Strategical and playful planning to prioritise your focus in play ▶️ Connected ideas from play experts from across the world. Sign up for FREE below: www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

Experimentation, reflective practice, iteration, dialogue…

Oo there’s so many! Creative thinking 🎨 Problem solving 🔎 Collaboration 👯‍♂️ Motivating ☀️ Active learners 👋🏻

What's one word you would associate with play? Share in the chat below ... www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

What's the adult's role in play? Debra Kidd speaks wisely with our community about "deliberate difficulty" in play. What playful and demanding questions do you ask in play? How do you create deliberate difficulty in play? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni07...

Due to popular demand, we are now running our the webinar: "Play Beyond Early Years: High Impact; High Return Strategies" TWICE! 📍 8.30am BST and, 📍 3.30pm BST Join us by signing up for FREE below: www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

What links do you see between play and inquiry? Share in the chat below ... www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

Just 1 week until our FREE webinar You’ll leave with: ✅ Practical, high-impact play strategies ✅ Tools to build whole-staff buy-in ✅ Confidence to start ✅ A shift in how you think about curriculum and outcomes Snap up your spot below: www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

"I feel like adults need to play more ..." is what Year 6 students at the The British School of Brussels had to say when we interviewed them about play and playful learning throughout primary and beyond. What do you think? Do adults need to play more? youtu.be/2cDSxfcPnWE?...

If play ran your school or workplace for a week what would be different? There would be MORE: 🌿 Meetings outside in green spaces 🧠 Opportunities for flexible thinking 🌊 Creative flow. Want to sign up to that workplace?! Me too! www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

Once the box is made it is continuously available for play, and ‘replay’ I’ve learned, through observation, that children will return to ‘play with the learning’ in different ways - exploring lifecycles, creating designs, narratives and story telling. Joy!

I make the resources alongside the children as they play so they see the ideas develop. They join in with the design, making suggestions & additions as I work. Often they play with the developing prototype & the learning grows. Below two children make suggertions by drawing out lifecycles as I work.

With pressures in schools, it can be hard to prioritise play. If you value play, how do you make time for it? @joolone.bsky.social makes study boxes for and with his children ... Check them out in this thread ...

Educators know that play matters.They value it.They want it Then come the hurdles "How do I get my team on board?" "Where do I even begin?" "Will this improve outcomes?" We’re tackling these questions in our webinar, Play: High Impact, High Return Strategies: www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

Absolutely! That curiosity, motivation & confidence comes from hands-on, meaningful experiences that children connect with & that’s what play offers but we need to shift the mindset. Play isn’t a reward or an extra, it IS the learning! It’s how children explore, make sense of things & stay engaged.

We need play right across the school, not just in the early years or used to spark interest but to stop children disengaging from learning, If we wait until they’ve switched off, we’re already too late.

We need to realise that play changes as children grow & it should. It doesn't become less important, just different! We must keep it central & responsive to their needs, interests & ideas. Play still drives thinking, creativity, collaboration & agency.

Yes! More and more Scottish schools are recognising that when play drops off, social skills, perseverance & critical thinking can too. Embedding play beyond early years is vital – we need to protect space for it, especially as pressures increase.

If you had a playful rule for life what would it be? Here's mine: "See a swing, swing on it" How do you get playful as an adult?! Share in the chat below ... www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

If you could create a play alphabet, what would it be?! Share a few letters in the chat below-Let's see if we can create one together! P.S. If you curious about strategising for play, check out this FREE webinar on "High Impact; High Return Strategies" for play beyond Early Years lnkd.in/gpE67g2J

Exciting news! @kymscott5 and I are running a FREE webinar on "High Impact; High Return Strategies" to take play beyond EYFS Including: ✅ Practical, high-impact play strategies ✅ Tools to build whole-staff buy-in ✅ Confidence to start : Sign up here: www.letspressplay.co/play-beyond-...

And, from what I’ve seen when the inverse is true, quite likely lower trust in themselves. I noticed the growth of this sense of trust when I did my research into play pedagogy in a year 11 English classroom. It was transformative.

That connection between risk and focus (ie, deep play) is so strong. And the thing with it is no one can determine where that risk line is for you where that connection is triggered. And in a highly controlled classroom setting it’s unlikely to be triggered at all.

Have you noticed this too? That KS2 pupils who don't have the chance to play, develop less social skills, lower levels of perseverance and less critical thinking skills ...

They have also allowed children to a develop relationships with peers and staff. The safety element is a huge learning opportunity for our pupils. The pupils have shown huge enjoyment for these sessions." #outdoorlearning #edusky

...these challenges are often presented by undesired behaviour. These sessions have allowed children who are less confident in core subjects to achieve in non-curricular activities....

I've just completed a long term funded project called Roots and Wings where outdoor learning was found to have a positive impact on re-engagement of children who were excluded or at risk of exclusion. The external evaluator established that risky activities...

...such as climbing, which Csikszentmihalyi referred to as deep play were particularly effective. A teacher at an AP commented: "they are struggling to access the everyday expectations of school life....

Love these points from @bevanholloway.com Play matters. And it's challenging to prioritise play with a focus on academics. If play matters to you, how do you find ways around those challenges? @minilebowski.bsky.social @joolone.bsky.social @fiplayscotland.bsky.social

Play is a key experience and skill that underpins lifelong learning. Playful learning for graduates is both a course to follow and a teaching strategy in Finland.

"Play skills are life skills and schools that do not embrace a play-based approach are not preparing children adequately for their lives in the 21st-Century." Do you agree with Professor Julie Fisher? Share your thinking in the chat below ... youtu.be/ksxlrA4n45M

If play ran your school or workplace for a week, what would be different? Share your thinking in the chat below ...

3 world leaders in how to create powerful classroom talk with be joining forces to inspire us, as educators, to embed enabling conversations into our practice. 💥Snap up your spot below. Equity discounts available; please don't let money hold you back www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/enabling-c...

Here's a simple, practical resource to help teachers see HOW they can nurture positive learning dispositions. These practice cards were developed in collaboration with Guy Claxton and @beckycarlzon.bsky.social, and drew on the work they had done on Learning Power. #edusky

We’re also incredibly grateful to @beckycarlzon.bsky.social, Mike Rutherford, & Rachel Pickett for joining us virtually & delivering such insightful presentations.

Yesterday’s hashtag#TCFLEdSummit was incredible! Over 100 educators came together to exchange ideas, share experiences, and learn from one another. The energy was electric!