Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How to Make 20% of the School Day 100% Better
Michael Follett
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Description for Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How to Make 20% of the School Day 100% Better
Paperback. Helping schools to develop a long-term playtime strategy, this book shows how schools can overcome barriers to excellent play for child development and wellbeing. With proven examples that are workable within schools' playtime budgets, the strategies show how to tackle and improve upon common issues including behaviour, staffing and facilities. Num Pages: 144 pages, 2 black and white figures. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLA; JNLB; JNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
School playtimes account for 20% of a child's school life, but how can schools ensure that this time is as beneficial as possible for primary school pupils? Emphasising the importance of play in child development, this book identifies the key challenges facing schools during break times and sets out a complete strategy for effectively managing playtimes that are fun-filled and offer children greater long-term benefits. With before and after case studies showing how school playtimes have been transformed through the author's OPAL Primary Programme, this book demonstrates how to improve common issues such as behaviour, staffing, space ... Read more
School playtimes account for 20% of a child's school life, but how can schools ensure that this time is as beneficial as possible for primary school pupils? Emphasising the importance of play in child development, this book identifies the key challenges facing schools during break times and sets out a complete strategy for effectively managing playtimes that are fun-filled and offer children greater long-term benefits. With before and after case studies showing how school playtimes have been transformed through the author's OPAL Primary Programme, this book demonstrates how to improve common issues such as behaviour, staffing, space ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785920981
SKU
V9781785920981
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michael Follett
Michael Follett is founder of OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) which delivers training and consultancy on play in schools, play equipment and landscapes development, and development of play policy.
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