1 Shiny, new website! You’ll notice that we’ve moved to a new email and web address: https://playfullearningassoc.co.uk/ It’s still a bit of a work in progress, but will become the home for the Playful Learning Association and our annual Playful Learning conference. 2 Next in person PLA event – Playful Leadership You are all invited …
Playful Learning Association News The Playful Learning 2020/2021/2022 Conference was held from 6th – 8th July 2022 in Leicester To continue the learning and playing over the year, our presenters are starting to add resources, challenges and thoughts to the 20202122 programme overview. Look for the inset activity boxes and check back regularly for updates! Conference …
Playful Learning Association Events Read about our most recent in-person event:Space to Play – Cambridge meet-up May 2022 Our next in-person event will be November 17th and 18th in the north of England (theme and venue tbc). Save those dates if you want to join us! The Playful Learning Conference After two years of absence …
On the 19th and 20th May 2022, the Playful Learning Association held it’s first in person event for some years! 26 of us got together to spend some time thinking about playful spaces, hosted at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge by our co-chairs Alex and Katie. Here is a record of the event through photos! …
Playful Learning Conference After two years of absence (for obvious reasons) Playful Learning will be back on 6-8th July 2022, in Leicester. The audacious plan is to run three years of conference in one (and also an online-only version). Call for sessions is now open – time to release those pent-up creative juices! The Call …
Dates for your Diary: We had previously advised you to save the date on Nov 26th 2021 for a regional event. We have taken the decision to postpone this until the spring as we do not feel the time is right yet for in-person events. But one thing definitely going ahead in-person is the Playful …
Guest Blogger: Julia Reeve Hello and welcome to the final #PlayLearn21 blog. I have fond memories of the 2019 conference, where you could find me playing with Lego under a tree or doing some mindful cutting and sticking. The online iteration has offered a diverse range of activities, from the thought-provoking to the downright silly: …
Guest Blogger: Alex Moseley It was time to get serious on day 4 of #PlayLearn21. A day of #Rigour. A day of collaborative writing. A day of Churprise*! Playful Learning, as a young field of study without borders or a strong parent discipline (all metaphors intended) benefits and suffers from the same problems as any …
Guest Blogger: Elliott Spaeth (he/him) Hi, I’m Elliott and I’m a neurodivergent, disabled, trans guy. My job is teaching other lecturers how to teach in an inclusive way. I love video games, cats, cooking, and YA fiction. In the words of Helen Williams, “Getting up to #Mischief this morning was challenging and exhausting and fun.” …
Guest Blogger: Rachelle O’Brien Ahoy! I’m Rachelle, your guest blogger for today. I’m delighted to be blogging about innovation and hope I can do justice to some of the brilliant ideas we’ve seen generated in the last 24 hours. I expect I am relatively unknown in the playful community. I came to my first playful …
