Wednesday

Playwork Theory and Practice:

Theory influences practice and from practice comes theory. This is a track that will remind and refresh you about existing theory and also where you can be introduced to some emerging thought

Celebrating Gordon Sturrock:

Gordon Sturrock, who died in June 2019, had a significant impact on the way that we think about playwork. In this track we say thank you, by engaging with some of his final thinking before he died.

Forest school, prison, hospital, youth work, play in learning, woodland play centre, play therapy:

Hour long sessions exploring the meaning and understanding of play in different contexts

Play:

A playworker who does not understand play is likely to not be a playworker! So let’s think about play in these sessions from playworkers who address this in their working [and playing] lives. 

Conversations around the table:

A series of facilitated conversations on a range of different subjects

Practical Ideas:

A bit of possible playing for yourself and some ideas of experiences and opportunities you could be making available to the children you work with.