Most educators would agree that play matters: It can fill children’s hearts, minds and imaginations; it can build independence, social skills and resilience; and, done effectively, is backed up by scientific research into motivation and learning.
and more with the world’s lead play thinkers,
gain perspective and depth in our playful
practice at an affordable price?
“Kym is an established conference speaker, trainer and consultant in the field of early years education. She has been a passionate advocate of meaningful, authentic play experiences for 30 years and has spent 20 of those years working in partnership with schools both in the UK and overseas, helping leaders grapple with effectively providing play based learning.
Over the years I have seen it all - the peaks and the pitfalls, what works, what doesn’t, and what might! In every single instance, the power of play and what it can enable children to achieve has shone through.”
”Becky is the co-founder of two professional educational online learning networks, Learning Pioneers and PressPlay. Both of these platforms are based on research into collective efficacy, the power of community and teacher agency and collaboration. As a classroom practitioner, the heart of Becky's practice is underpinned by the Design Principles of the Learning Power Approach (LPA) and are outlined in her book, *Powering up Children.* Through staying connected with LPA schools and fellow practitioners in her learning communities, Becky is at the forefront of impactful, innovative practice across the globe.
”We have been running the PressPlay learning community for over 3 years. Through listening to our community’s needs, grapples and desires to embed play, we have curated impactful content to bring your play vision to success.
"Being part of the PressPlay community has been exactly what we needed to drive our whole-school vision for play and inquiry-based learning to be at the heart of our curriculum. The incredible variety of speakers has meant we are able to explore different elements from a wide range of perspectives and collaborate with one another to implement strategies in line with our ethos."
“Rooted in inquiry, PressPlay invites and provokes insights and practices with and from motivating researchers, inspiring consultants and experienced practitioners to curate a space to wonder, reflect and enhance pedagogy. In my 3rd year as a member of PressPlay, I continue to question, deepen and broaden my understanding of play and playful learning because of the exchanges that take place.”
By bringing together perspectives and content from the world’s leading play minds into one place, PressPlay aims to inspire action and impact in our members.
From exploring how to assess through play, to covering curriculum content, to developing learning environments, to fine-tuning adult interactions, we have left no stone unturned in putting together useful content for you and your teams.
Not only that, content has been distilled into easy-to-follow, yet impactful Learning Journeys to use with your colleagues and teams to embed pedagogy into practice.
This rich perspective and expertise makes PressPlay unique in bringing together the world’s leading minds with key grapples faced by leaders and teachers in developing playful pedagogy.
By choosing 1-2 areas of playful practice to focus on, you can refine your understanding, explore impactful actions to take and embed ideas into your classroom. Having this targeted approach will ensure you are intentional in using our content.
Each speaker and inquiry has an hour-long Q and A with a lead thinker. Questions have been curated by our community members - educators just like you! This means the questions are quality, targeted and answer real-life problems in relation to play.
The joy of learning with an international learning community is that you get to make new like-minded friends, learn from a variety of perspectives and open your mind.
No more being stuck for ideas to implement - we have content, ideas and inspiration to suit every grapple in developing play.
Kym and Becky are ready, in the community, to feedback and connect you to other members and content to take you to the next step in your journey
We co-create speakers and content with our community. If there is a focus you’d like for your team, we’ll seek to include it in our next round of speakers and inquiries.
It is our intention to ensure PressPlay’s content delivers to your needs. We are ready to walk with you in your play journey and ensure you have the ideas to embed play in your school and classroom.
You get all this, plus the confidence that you’re doing the best for the children in your care
Curated, hyperlinked Learning Journeys enable you and your team to focus on the areas of play you most want to develop systematically over time. We have over 30 different Learning Journeys for you to choose from ranging from practical pedagogy like language and interactions, setting up learning environments for play and playful maths; to bigger picture thinking, like self-directed learning, leadership in play and how to be more playful as an adult.
Perfect if you’re an individual educator looking for inspiration in developing play; also perfect if you’re curious about PressPlay and want to get a feel for the impact of our community at a low cost.
Many schools sign up a group of educators, committed to developing play across the school. This could be a team member from each year group, or a whole year group focusing on play.
*5 team members (20% discount)
If you are serious about putting play front and centre in your school, we suggest signing your whole team up for access to PressPlay. Schools who have taken this option feed back that PressPlay was the driving factor to aligned their team vision for play.
*depending on team size. We offer 50% discounts to teams of 20 or more.
Check out this FREE Webinar on Making Play Work throughout Primary and Beyond
Play as a driver for higher level learning
We spent two years exploring how to embed play and playful learning. This hour-long webinar shares powerful insights from our learning journey.
We are an international online community
for educators committed to play-driven practice.
