Playwork
With playwork comes the responsibility to advocate for, resource, and promote a child's right to play.
What is Playwork?
We’ve learnt much about playwork, having set up many play spaces over the years and we deeply thank those path-makers who have led the way as playworkers, playwork theorists and play historians. These include Dorothy Howard, Fraser Brown, Bob Hughes, Morgan Leitcher-Saxby, Suzanna Law, Marc Armitage, Tim Gill, and Rusty Keeler to name but a few.
Playwork is hands-on, just-in-time, reflexive, non-judgemental support provided to children during their play. It pushes aside adult agendas and holds space for children to play freely in ways they choose and that is unique to them.
In addition to our combined 20+ years of educational and arts experience, we have completed the Playworker Development Course, an internationally recognised course developed and facilitated by Suzanna Law and Morgan Leichter-Saxby.
As members of Play Australia, an associated body of like-minded play advocates and supporters committed to promoting the value of play for all Australian families, we connect with likeminded people and organisations to drive the play agenda here in Australia.
Our playwork is framed by the Play Australia Play Charter, supported by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (and Article 31) along with the Playwork Foundation's playwork principles.
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“The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children’s play must be ‘Freely chosen, personally driven and intrinsically motivated.’ Children’s playing must not be ‘Adulterated’ by any adult or external agendas.”
Playworker, Marg, assisting with a costume at a community event.