Play Strategy: Play Out of Hours!
A toolkit for the use of school grounds for playing out of teaching hours.
Acknowledgements
Thank you
We are grateful to the following for their support and contributions:
Helen Donaldson Head Teacher, Cramond PS, Edinburgh
Ross Dunn Play Imagineer, CultureNL, North Lanarkshire
Soozy Lai Aberdeen Play Forum
Diane Palmer Head Teacher, Buckstone Primary School, Edinburgh
Margaret Westwood City of Edinburgh Council
The Zone Dalmellington, Ayrshire
Inspiring Scotland
Resources
- Play Strategy for Scotland Our Vision (2013)
- Play Strategy for Scotland Our Action Plan (2013)
- National Children’s Bureau (2012) Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implementation guide. London: National Children’s Bureau
- Welsh Government (2002) Play Policy. Cardiff: Welsh Government
- Play Wales (2012) Developing and managing play spaces. Cardiff: Play Wales
- Play Wales (2012) Participation of children in planning and assessment. Cardiff: Play Wales
- Shackell, A., Butler, N., Doyle, P. and Ball, D. (2008) Design for play: A guide to creating successful play spaces. London: Play England
- Welsh Government (2012) Play Sufficiency Assessment Toolkit. Cardiff: Welsh Government
- Play Services www.playwales.org.uk/eng/playservices
References
i Health and Safety Executive (2012) Children’s Play and Leisure: promoting a balanced approach. Health and Safety Executive and Play Safety Forum
ii Welsh Government (2012) Creating a Play Friendly Wales – Statutory Guidance to Local Authorities on assessing for sufficient play opportunities for children in their areas.
Cardiff: Welsh Government
iii Lester, S. and Russell, W. (2008) Play for a Change: Play, policy and practice – a review of contemporary perspectives. London: National Children’s Bureau
iv Funky Dragon (2007) Why Do People’s Ages Go Up Not Down? Swansea: Funky Dragon
v Wales Assembly Government/Welsh Local Government Association Task and Finish Group (2002) Narrowing the Gap in the Performance of Schools
vi Shackell, A., Butler, N., Doyle, P. and Ball, D. (2008) Design for Play: A guide to creating successful play spaces. London: National Children’s Bureau
vii Children’s Play and Leisure: promoting a balanced approach
viii Ball, D., Gill, T., Spiegal, B. (2012) Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implementation Guide. London: National Children’s Bureau
ix Conwy & Wrexham Risk Management Group (2009) Conwy
& Wrexham Risk Management Framework: Policy, Routine
and Dynamic Risk-Benefit Assessment
x Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implementation guide
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