CURRENT schools: OPAL school visit - Berry Hill Primary School, Mansfield

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 Berry Hill Primary School.

Agenda

8:45am Arrive

9am Presentation and networking

Discuss your journey with other OPAL school colleagues – share your successes, top tips and ways to overcome some of the challenges.

9:30am –10:30am Observation of playtime

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

About Berry Hill Primary School

Berry Hill began their OPAL journey almost 18 months ago and showcase some of the best play seen in the county. Berry Hill's site is definitely worth checking out! With no large field, they have thought creatively about how to use their space for more than 400 children. Whether it is making potions in the messy cafe, swinging on rope swings, building sandcastles, tobogganing down the cobble stones in crates, reading in the willow dome, or running the wild parkour course, all children are having fun and are fully engaged in something they have chosen to do.

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.

The car park is small, so please park on the street outside.

We keep numbers small so please do sign up soon. Only 2 tickets per schools please. Also if you can no longer come do let us know so we can release your place to another school.