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

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

11am-12pm OPAL schools networking

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

12pm-1pm Observation of playtime

Come and 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.

About Healdswood Infant and Nursery School

Healdswood started the OPAL Primary Programme in September 2023 and has since achieved the OPAL Platinum Award. This infant and nursery school has a wonderful site that the team has developed into an interesting play space for the children. They have used contacts within the community to help with building a sandpit and even have a caravan on site!

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