| Description |
1 online resource (146 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes: How to make 20% of the school day 100% better by Michael Follett; Introduction ; PART I: Background, Theory and School Culture; 1. What Is Play and Why Is It Important?; 2. Where Has Play Gone and Why?; 3. Why Should Schools Improve Play?; 4. The Limitations of Existing Solutions; 5. What Works? ; 6. Leadership and the Culture of Play; 7. Managing Risk; 8. Values and Policy; 9. Supervision: From Policing to Playwork ; 10. Equality; Use it!: Site Access and All-Season Use ; PART II: The Environment of Play Design Theory. |
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12. Creating a Landscape for Play in a School13. Social Space; 14. Journey ; 15. Affordance, Difference and Material Richness; 16. Change ; Conclusion; Notes; Index; Blank Page. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Play -- Great Britain.
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Play. |
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Great Britain. |
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Education, Elementary -- Great Britain.
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Education, Elementary. |
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School recess breaks -- Great Britain.
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School recess breaks. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Follett, Michael. Creating Excellence in Primary School Playtimes : How to Make 20% of the School Day 100% Better. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2017 9781785920981 |
| ISBN |
9781784503611 (electronic book) |
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1784503614 (electronic book) |
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1784503614 |
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9781785920981 (paperback) |
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