PlayBoard has developed new materials for primary schools, highlighting the importance of playing, and playing and learning outdoors as a vital ingredient for a healthy and happy childhood. Time spent playing outdoors is of vital importance to children, boosting their physical and mental health, building their resilience, developing their self-confidence, [...]
** 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 [...]
This information sheet has been designed in cooperation with the Department of Education’s Play Matters project, to assist teachers, playworkers, parents and those offering care to children in these challenging times, to consider how they might provide quality play opportunities and experiences. Regardless of the back drop it is [...]
King’s Park Primary School in Newtownabbey has achieved a quality award that recognises their outstanding outdoor play offer. The prestigious TOPS (Taking Outdoor Play Seriously) award conferred by PlayBoard NI, the lead organisation for play in Northern Ireland, is in recognition of the school’s commitment to making their pupils’ [...]
The importance of school environments for play cannot be understated. For many children and young people the school playground may be the only open, accessible space available to them on a regular basis that allows them to engage in physically challenging and socially developmental outdoor play. TOPS (taking outdoor [...]
Today (Wednesday 15th June) saw four local Primary Schools – Termoncanice PS (Limavady), Rathcoole PS (Belfast), St. Pauls PS (Belfast) and Holy Evangelist PS (Dunmurry) – receive the PlayBoard TOPS (Taking Outdoor Play Seriously) Quality Assurance Award for outdoor play in schools. The award, developed and overseen by PlayBoard [...]
On Wednesday 8th June newly appointed Minister for Education, Peter Weir MLA presented Ballymacash Primary School, Lisburn with the first ever PlayBoard ‘TOPS’ Quality Assurance Award for Outdoor Play in Schools. The award, developed and overseen by PlayBoard – the lead organisation for play in Northern Ireland, recognises the significant [...]
Minister for Education presents first ever PlayBoard ‘TOPS’ (Taking Outdoor Play Seriously) Quality Assurance Award for Outdoor Play in Schools to Ballymacash Primary School. Today (Wednesday 8th June) newly appointed Minister for Education, Peter Weir MLA presented Ballymacash Primary School, Lisburn with the first ever PlayBoard ‘TOPS' Quality Assurance Award for [...]
