Explore Play Wales
Here is a summary of the latest play related articles, blogs and videos to be published online.
Penarth stay-and-play scheme brings generations together
Elizabeth Birt, Barry & District News
This article reports on how a stay-and-play scheme is bringing together the oldest and youngest members of a community every week.
Opening school grounds for play
Marianne Mannello, Health Promoting Schools e-bulletin, Public Health Network Cymru
This article looks at the role of schools in address the urgent need to ensure more children have access to outdoor play spaces. It highlights the constraints that must be overcome to open school grounds for play.
Celebrating International Day of Play: The Importance of Play for All Children
James Cox, Save The Children
In this piece, James Cox, Education Policy and Advocacy Lead at Save the Children International, defends play as a vital right for every child.
‘The impact has been profound’: the headteacher bringing play back to the classroom
Harriet Grant, The Guardian
This article explores the positive impact of adding play-based learning into lessons beyond reception class, as experienced in a UK primary school.
Watch what happens when parents join children to play
UNICEF
This video, published in celebration of International Day of Play, shows parents and children from across the world playing together.
Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence
Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez and Gregor H. Mews, The Conversation
Locked playgrounds, broken paddling pools: it’s a heatwave, but where will our children play?
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian
UNICEF: ‘Why participation matters: The evidence for involving children and youth in policy and decision-making’
Simon Weedy, Child in the city
Play has therapeutic power in healthcare and humanitarian settings
Johanna Thomson, The BMJ
Children need the freedom to play on driveways and streets again – here’s how to make it happen
Debbie Watson, Lydia Collison and Tom Allport, The Conversation
What happened to the singing games Irish kids used to play?
Holly O’Grady, RTÉ
How ditching the ‘outdoor play versus screen time’ divide could improve kids’ education and wellbeing
Natalia Kucirkova, World Economic Forum
Children in poorest households are twice as likely to miss out on play – save the children analysis
Save The Children