Date: 10 July Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm Platform: Zoom As the Childcare Sector begins to emerge from the impact of lockdown, in order to maintain safe play spaces for our children certain restrictions have been put in place. Normally, busy Summer Schemes are underway with the frenzy of activities [...]
** FULLY BOOKED ** Play, the Curriculum and Practical based learning. Returning to school in September 2020 will be a time of change for everyone involved; school staff, school communities and most importantly for school children. PlayBoard, as the lead agency for the promotion of play [...]
We talk a lot about legacy and how it impacts on our ‘everyday’. Of course we all have a legacy. It’s the one that gets our foot to tap when a bit of music comes on, or to jump and head an imaginary ball when the winger puts the [...]
Mental Health Awareness Week, led by the Mental Health Foundation, runs from 18-24 May across the UK. The theme of the week this year is Kindness. Play is instrumental in supporting children and young people’s mental health and resilience and can have similar benefits for adults too. Through play [...]
National Children’s Day is celebrated across the UK on 17 May 2020. To mark the day PlayBoard shared a challenge for children and young people to celebrate 35 years since the organisation was established. The challenge was to recreate our 35th anniversary logo (see the story image). This could [...]
How many of us as children, wished to have an endless summer where we didn’t have to go to school and we could play all day in the sunshine? I’m “just” old enough to remember 1976 when we enjoyed long, hot summer days which brought an eventual drought because [...]
Playday 2020 will take place on Wednesday 5 August. The theme for this year’s Playday is ... Everyday Freedoms Everyday Adventures. The Playday 2020 theme aims to highlight the importance of giving children and teenagers the freedom to play and have everyday adventures – at home. As well as [...]
The Childcare Partnerships aim to develop and support quality play and learning environments within the early years sector to ensure quality play and learning experiences for children. Services within the early years sector include Out of School services, Childminders, Day Care and Playgroups. The Childcare Partnerships have developed an [...]
Safer Internet Day takes place on Tuesday 11 February, with the aim to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. This year Safer Internet Day in the UK is encouraging young people to explore how they manage their online identity, and how the internet [...]
To support the Government strategy in relation to Covid-19 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council have made decisions in response to public safety and have postponed all future play sessions in the Play in the Community Programme at this time. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. [...]
