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Member Profile - Jane Webb Williams

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Play Australia Autumn Member Newsletter 2021

Roads and Playspaces

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Play Australia Risk Management Hub

ParticipACTION Report Card

This Report Card was developed by the ParticipACTION group in Canada. It discusses the vital role that families play in the physical activity outcomes for children. The family impact was highlighted even more through the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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ParticipACTION Canada 2020

Risk and Safety in Outdoor Play

In this chapter we discuss and apply Sandseter's (2007, 2009a) concept of children's outdoor risky play and discuss its conditions in light of the need to provide children with both safety and challenges. 

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/uMcmDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=…

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The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning

Parents report decline in children's physical wellbeing, increase in screen time amid COVID-19, according to national survey

Decreased physical wellbeing, increased screen time and feeling disconnected are the most significant impacts of COVID-19 on primary school-aged children, according to a survey.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-09/parents-concerned-about-children…

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National outside-of-school-hours (OOSH) 09 Feb 2021

Inclusive Play – Guidelines for accessible playspaces

Updated 2021

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State Government of South Australia 2021

The Fewer Toys Children Have, The More They Play

Two decades ago, a German project called, “Der Spielzeugfreie Kindergarten” (the nursery without toys) wanted to see what would happen if they took toys away from kindergartens. All toys from participating classrooms were removed for three months...

https://raisedgood.com/toys-children-less-play/?fbclid=IwAR1slcJoMNp42p…

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Raised Good Feb 2021

A reminder of the significance of Play in lockdown

But the truth is that no-one benefits if children or their parents are under constant stress. This is why finding some space and time for unstructured, open-ended play is so important. Play can act as a release valve that allows children to feel a sense of their own agency, and to make some kind of sense of their experiences on their own terms, with adult concerns fading into the background.

https://rethinkingchildhood.com/2021/01/11/reminder-value-of-play-in-lo…

 

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Tim Gill - Rethinking Childhood January 2021

Penned in: How public space is failing our children

Young people need opportunities to socialise and find their place in the world. Yet the opposite is happening in our public areas, which seem to be increasingly hostile to their presence...

https://www.foreground.com.au/parks-places/penned-in/

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Foreground