Name: New schools: OPAL school visit - Healdswood Infant and Nursery School
Start: 2024-11-20T11:45:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-20T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Healdswood Infant and Nursery School

New schools: OPAL school visit - Healdswood Infant and Nursery School

Play makes up 20% of children's primary school life. See how this OPAL school is making playtime a key part of their day.
About this Event

Play makes up 20% of children's primary school life. How do schools plan for this 20%? What are the roles of the play team?

How do we develop our best teams? How can playtime support us to foster our school's values in all our children - resilience, courage, tenacity, kindness? How do children get their playthings out and put them away? What are the solutions to foxes and sandpits?

See for yourself what an amazing playtime looks like at Healdswood Infant and Nursery School.

Agenda

1 1:45am-1pm Observation of playtime

Come see a platinum OPAL playtime in action - ask the children about how they manage risk and the grown-ups about the changes they have seen.

1pm-2pm - OPAL introduction meeting

Hear about the school's OPAL journey and learn more about the OPAL Primary Programme.

About Healdswood Infant and Nursery School

Healdswood is an infant and nursery school that has made excellent progress on their OPAL journey. They have a wonderful site that the team have developed into an interesting play space for the children. They have used contacts within the community to help with building a sandpit and have a caravan on site! The school began their OPAL journey in September 2023 and is keen to share their journey with you.

Additional information

We will be indoors and outdoors; please come dressed whatever the weather. OPAL schools play outdoors in all weathers.

The school will provide tea and coffee.

Car parking is available next to the school or on adjacent roads.

Only two tickets per schools. If you can no longer come, please let us know so we can release your place to another school.

About the OPAL Primary Programme

The OPAL Primary Programme is an award-winning mentor supported school improvement programme that addresses all the areas that schools must plan for if they want to strategically and sustainably improve the quality of their play opportunities.

Find out more: www.outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk