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Practising playwork

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Playwork guide

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01.03.2021

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Practising playwork

Author: Play Wales
Date: March 2021

This guide is aimed at those who work in settings where children play. It is ideal for those who are new to playwork.

It looks at:

  • ideas that enable those practicing playwork to identify, create or enhance places for playing – for example, affordance and the affective environment
  • ideas that have influenced – and continue to influence – direct work in settings where children play
  • issues relating to risk and uncertainty in children’s play, including approaches to risk and risk-benefit assessment (RBA).


We worked with Ludicology to produce this series of playwork guides.

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