{"id":1109,"date":"2018-06-25T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2019-07-11T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:58:38","slug":"brining-more-play-into-the-school-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/brining-more-play-into-the-school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing More Play into the School Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1237\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2018\/06\/11164157\/Play-Types-Toolkit-144x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"200\" \/>Play Scotland have created a new toolkit<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201cPlay is key to raising attainment\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nScottish Government<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playscotland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Play-Scotland-Play-Types-Tooolkit-bringing-more-play-into-the-school-day.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Play Scotland Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Play Scotland\u2019s Play Types Toolkit is for schools and education professionals, and others working with children in various settings.<\/p>\n<p>Playing is an integral part of children\u2019s day in many educational and childcare settings.\u00a0 Children play before the bell goes in the morning; at playtime and lunchtime; and after school ends.\u00a0 Increasingly, playing is part of class time across Scotland too.\u00a0 Falkirk Council staff\u00a0an use this resource to help\u00a0recognise the interconnections between playing, learning, growing, developing, being healthy and being happy.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is the Toolkit for?<\/h3>\n<p>The Play Types Toolkit is intended for schools and education professionals though we are sure people in other settings will also find it useful.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to highlight the range of types of play children experience, their vital contribution to learning and development, and to make integration of play into the curriculum simpler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playscotland.org\/playful-learning\/play-types\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What do we mean by play types?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Play types can simply be described as the different behaviors we can see when children are playing.<\/p>\n<p>This toolkit uses the play types from play theorist Bob Hughes\u2019 Play Types \u2013 Speculations and Possibilities in which he explains that \u2018each play type is both distinctly and subtly different from the others.\u00a0 It is useful to be able to recognise them since engaging in each one is a necessary conrollary for a child\u2019s healthy development.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Scotland have created a new toolkit \u201cPlay is key to raising attainment\u201d Scottish Government Play Scotland Toolkit Play Scotland\u2019s Play Types Toolkit is for schools and education professionals, and others working with children in various settings. 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