25TRA608 Play in Senior Classes

 

 

 

 

Date:     Wednesday 24th September 2025
Time:     7:00 - 8.00 pm
Venue:  Online via Zoom

Target Audience: Primary

For older children, play remains a vital part of development, offering a space to explore complex emotions, build critical thinking skills and foster creativity. Including play in teaching and learning for senior classes helps older children to navigate social dynamics, teamwork and problem-solving. It encourages independence, self-expression and resilience. Play can help all children to access the curriculum by providing opportunities for learning, social interaction, creativity and enjoyment through, as the new curriculum states, playful and engaging activities. Play should be included every day, in all classrooms, for all children.

 

Bio of Presenter: Gillian Corbally

Gillian Corbally is a primary school teacher and Assistant Principal. She has been a teacher for 15 years and has a passion for playfulness in the classroom and play-led learning. Recently Gillian wrote a CPD course called Learning to Play; Playing to Learn and is the owner and creator of the Instagram page The Glitter and Coffee Teacher. She loves all things sparkly and playful and can always be relied on to have stashes of both glitter and coffee! 

www.theglitterandcoffeeteacher.com

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