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13 May 2011 ISSN 2044-2165

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A very, very full issue for you this week! It seems that the advertising is slowly picking up. Please do check out the advertising pages at the back of the magazine and if you make contact please do let them know that you saw it in iP-D!P.

I got involved in a discussion about childhood and have been pondering the question ‘when did the concept of childhood first appear?’ This weeks book takes this further but I think that you are going to have to write in with your views!

The debate about the Royal Wedding continues on page 6, but it is not over yet. Please do respond and get involved.

Elsewhere we have a feature on play and recess from America, information on an interesting organisation in the Scottish Highlands and details of the ‘right to play’ organi-sation.

In our continuing look at HE and playwork we have a review from an HE graduate on their experiences at one Univer-sity and a feature announcement about ‘Britain’s ’Top Tree House’

All in all - lots to read and take in.

I do hope you enjoy it.

Ed.

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newsYesterday, 12th May was the 50th Anniversary of the start of the International Play Association and it was marked by the England, Wales and Northern Ireland branch holding it’s AGM at the launch of a new organisation: The Centre for Study in Play and Recreations at the University of Greenwich.

At this auspicious occasion the membership of IPA [EWNI] agreed a new statement of their Aims [an extract from this can be found on page 8]

Five playgrounds have beaten more than 1000 entries, to become winners of the Robinsons Fruit Shoot’s Parents for Playgrounds campaign.

The campaign is supported by Play England and celebrity mum Patsy Kensit, and has seen parents from across the UK nominating local playgrounds for a chance of winning one of five renovation bursaries of up to £15,000.

Local parents in 20 shortlisted areas spent last month canvassing for as many votes for their playground as possible. The five playgrounds that received the most votes have now been announced. They are:

Chardstock Play Area, Axminster Cockshaugh Park, St Andrews Kings Heath Park, Birmingham Ropsley Playground, Lincs St Margaret’s Park, Edinburgh

With help from Play England they will now be renovated throughout May, June and July, so they’re ready for play at the beginning of the summer holidays.

Play England is delighted to have partnered with Robinsons Fruit Shoot to make sure more children and young people have great places to play. We hope that Parents for Playgrounds has inspired local parents and wider communities to rally behind the places where their children play, to sustain them into the future. We’re looking forward to working with the five winning communities in the coming months

A community in Wrexham has taken a pro – active approach for the children’s Right to Play today by displaying alternative Play Priority Street signs courtesy of London Play.

Residents in Idwal, Plas Madoc celebrated the importance of children playing in the community by erecting the second Play Priority sign on the estate. The signs are a

Word on the street is that Leeds Metropolitan University has replaced the retiring Stephen Rennie with another graduate of it’s playwork degree programme.

Alexandra Long, currently with Camden Play Service will be leaving Camden shortly to join the team in Leeds

Good luck - Ali!!

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what’s onFundraising Event

Environmental games workshops

Tepee at Decoy Park

Thursday 16th June 2011

6.30pm-9.00pm

Minimum donation of £5 per family or £3.50 per individual (pay on the day).

Meet by the information centre at Decoy Country Park, Newton Abbot. Wear strong, comfortable shoes and dress for the weather, as all activities will be outdoors.

Booking is essential so that we have an idea of numbers coming, so please contact us by email at info@tepee.org.uk leaving names and contact number of people attending OR you can phone on 07773 987430.

This event is suitable for play and childcare workers and aims to give you a fun evening full of ideas for outdoor play with experiential learning and a resource booklet to take away.

It will also give you an opportunity to support your local play network, sharing ideas for future activities, and give you possibility of becoming more involved with Tepee e.g. contributing skills, ideas, or being on the committee. It is also a chance to meet play people and build new relationships and contacts.

Children are welcome but are the responsibility of the parents or adults who bring them.

Refreshments will be available.

Water play, tree faces, environmental art, earth pigment painting

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Hi Ed

Re. the royal wedding - people may be getting bored with this debate by now, but in case not, here’s my two penn’orth.

Any excuse for a party is good, and I’m sure that everybody (who could) enjoyed the day off work. I hope that lots of children enjoyed a day’s play.

As a republican, I have no objection to monarchists having their parties. There was also a big republican street party in London on the day. If I’d had the time, I would have liked to organise a republican event in my home town.

I do object to my taxes being used to pay for wedding security which the royals could very well have paid for themselves. (It was made clear this was a family, not a state occasion, hence it was ok not to invite two Labour former prime ministers, despite two Tory ones being on the guest list; therefore, the family should have paid.

That the taxpayer paid, shows how the royal family are willing to blur the private / public distinction when it suits them, just like they do over Freedom of Information).

But I object a whole lot more that my taxes pay for Trident missiles - the royal wedding is a fleabite in comparison.

The real problem is not the cost of the monarchy, nor the fact that some of the royal family are plonkers, but that even in this day and age, the monarchy, through the principle of “crown prerogative”, underpins unaccountable and anti-democratic use of power by governments of the day - such as Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq.

Until we have sovereignty vested in the people, not the “crown in parliament”, this problem will continue. Events like the royal wedding are used by the establishment to boost support for the monarchy.

So although Kate and William seem nice enough, and I hope they have a very happy life together, from a political perspective, the whole thing is a bit like putting lipstick on a pig.

regards

Mark Gladwin

The Royal Republican Debate

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Dear Ed

I must respond to your pathetic attempts to convince us that the Royal Wedding was worth the money.

Firstly, your figures are wrong. The estimate for the policing and security alone were £20Million (Police were on ‘Double Pay’ overtime for the Bank Holiday!) The total cost of the wedding and honeymoon and associated expenses are expected to be close to £100 Million. And will the Windsor’s pay for this? NO, we will.

We give the Royal Family nearly £180 Million EVERY YEAR. The Queen is one of the richest people in the world and has never done a day’s work in her life. She lives in a £1Billion pound palace – the most valuable house in the world – and owns 12 other properties including the 1000 room Windsor Castle all paid for by us. She has 4 kids and 8 grandkids all paid for by you and me. Her scrounging puts anything from ‘Shameless’ in the shade.

‘What price on joy and happiness’ you ask. A book published last year called ‘The Spirit Level’ by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argues (and backs up with serious research) that societies where the gap between the richest and poorest is small are better and people happier than societies where the gap is greater. In Britain the gap between the richest and poorest is one of the highest in the world, has never been greater and continues to widen.

Outmoded, reactionary, expensive institutions like the Monarchy do not help our society in Britain, they make it worse, and a party once every couple of decades does not justify the expense.

Nick Jackson

Dear Ed,Ip-Dip is stimulating and thought provoking, so though your royal wedding comments initially made me cringe I accepted your views as part of a majority position and let them pass. But your economic analysis in response to Barry Walden’s letter made me despair.The royal family is super rich; they are rich because their ancestors were ruthless. They maintain their wealth because the system that props them up is also ruthless. The rich are rich because the poor are poor.The ostentatious display of military strength and wealth was a useful way for the state to display its power. Wouldn’t we prefer a peaceful world where soldiers did not march down our streets? You say context is not important; it is. Even in ‘joyous events’. We can have street parties and provide wonderful play opportunities without waving union jacks or any other national flags.This time of year has been a time for celebration in this country for centuries, probably millenniums. May Day is a time of rebellion and Beltane is a time of wild abandon. The state always takes our own expression, repackages it, and then sells it back to us. We don’t need a royal endorsement to reclaim our streets for our communities.Finally, you are right that of the £10,000,000 of public money spent on a wedding for some of the richest people in the world not a ‘single penny extra would have been found for any of the services that are being cut?’ That doesn’t make it alright. It’s not easy to steal from those who have nothing, but it can be done.Lucy Benson

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featureA statement of the IPA EWNI Aims – May 2011

IPA (EWNI) Aims in support of play and provision for play

IPA (EWNI) aims to uphold the right of all children and young people to the opportunity, time and space to play in their own way, as explained above. IPA (EWNI) welcomes as members all individuals and groups who share these aims and are able to contribute by:

• Fostering and facilitating evidence gathering and exchange (beyond and between international borders) to inform, invigorate, critique and enhance practice, research and policy relating to play, environments for play and provision for play

• Fostering global bonding:o promoting the premise that playing is a universal human behaviour and

that the benefits to children and young people achieving their right to play are shared by all races and people around the world

o recognising that international professional networking and relationship building encourages mutual support and promotes understanding

This can be achieved through:

• Debating in all relevant national and international areas, the philosophical and practical rationales for intervening in children’s play and the appropriateness and effectiveness of the various responses that have arisen from them

• Advising and supporting the IPA International Board to effectively work to influence international bodies and agencies

• Facilitating the international exchange of evidence and experience (for instance events, articles, papers, contribution to PlayRights magazine, website and supporting study visits)

• Contributing to global consultation initiatives• Facilitating ‘cross-fertilisation’ between disciplines that have an interest or impact

on children and young people’s play, environments for play and provision for play• Setting up working groups as necessary to support activities in line with our aims

Dear iP-D!P readers

We’re glad to see Playday was highlighted in last week’s iP-D!P. Play England, who coordinate the campaign in partnership with Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland, is available to support anyone who is getting involved in Playday 2011 – the other national organisations are on-hand too.

Last week’s piece may have inadvertently suggested that the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has a pot of money to support Playday this year. This is not the case. BIG and other funders do, of course, have other programmes of funding you could consider applying for to support Playday and your other play plans. For information and advice on funding for Playday, visit the Playday website at www.playday.org.uk/events.

Playday 2011 is on Wednesday 3 August. In the run up, why not write to iP-D!P and share your Playday ideas and plans - don’t forget to register your event on the Playday website too. However you’re getting involved this year; help spread the Playday word far and wide! If you do one thing next week – order your free Playday posters and stick them up around your local community.

Many thanks

Play England Campaigns Team

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I first came into contact with the University of Gloucestershire via a Playwork Partnerships tutor training course in 2009. I was developing an inclusive play provision and needed some inspiration and direction for the future of the project and I had the pleasure of meeting some of the playwork programme leaders, lecturers and staff. Initially due to previous negative educational experiences, I did not consider myself capable of moving onto an undergraduate programme, as I felt I lacked in confidence, self-esteem and the motivation required to study at higher education level. During the course I was inspired by the programme leader Hilary Smith, to look into enrolling on the Cert HE in Playwork. Hilary was very supportive and following discussions with the playwork team, I quickly became enthused to become part of the playwork learning programme, and for the first time became passionate about a career in playwork, and motivated to further my education.

During my time as a student on the distance learning programme I feel the support, encouragement and commitment from the teaching team have exceeded my expectations. The team share an uncanny dedication to supporting the development of play, equally considering the individual learners and professional development of the course participants. I believe I have seldom found a higher level of support on offer in any learning environment; the team are unique in providing individualised support, and providing high quality, flexible teaching and assessment methods and differentiating for a variety of participant support requirements. During the programme, prior, during and after assessments and assignments completion, all lecturers provided extra modular support,

whether early morning or late evenings, arranging additional tuition, face to face contact and tutorials, which all contributed to the successful completion of the course.

Since graduating in November 2010, I have had the opportunity to reflect on my learning opportunity, and feel a great deal of thanks and appreciation is owed to the project, the team and the lecturers.

Two years ago, achieving a higher education qualification was an unimaginable possibility, two years on and the playwork programme has enabled me to develop the confidence and skills needed to move onto delivering play training and build a career in playwork development and consultancy. Without the input and support given, this would not have been achievable, and has given me a positive outlook for the future as a freelance training consultant. The experience of learning with the playwork programme at the University of Gloucestershire has been invaluable, made even more remarkable as delivered through distance learning!

I feel proud and privileged to have been part of the programme over the past couple of years, learning in what I believe is a ‘first class’ learning provision, in which any playworker, manager or provider would be envious to be part of. I really look forward to continuing my educational journey with the University and the playwork programme and hope the future for this vital and unique programme, its participants and lecturers is secured and supported in the current difficult climate for many years to come!

Garry

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University of Gloucester:A students view!

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featureBRITAINʼS TOP TREE HOUSE

THE PROJECT

ÒBritainʼs Top Tree HouseÓ is an exciting community project and TV series initiated by SKY Television as part of their pioneering Sky Rainforest Rescue mission, in association with WWF.

With Top Tree House the focus is firmly on the UK; and the call is going out to local communities and designers across the country to work together to imagine and design amazing tree-houses that will be an outstanding, inspiring and bespoke asset for their community; be it a radical play area, an interactive educational resource, a dynamic community space or a multipurpose combination of all three.

From all of the submissions, six semi-finalists will be chosen and awarded grants to take their Top Tree House ideas to the next level of design and feasibility study. From these six, three will be chosen as finalists and supported by SKY to go on to be fully built.

THE TV SERIES

The whole process initiated by Top Tree House will be turned into a high profile two part TV series presented by TV property guru Sarah Beeney. Intended to promote and encourage a love for our native woodlands and community action, the series will be heavily promoted by SKY. Transmission is scheduled for November 2011.

THE TEAM BEHIND TOP TREE HOUSE

Top Tree House was devised by October Films, a multi-award winning independent production company of twenty one yearʼs standing. They will produce the TV series for SKY. October Films have engaged David Barrie and Associates to project manage the planning and community aspects of Top Tree House from beginning to end.

David Barrie and Associates have created and delivered several large-scale initiatives in the public realm, including the creation of playgrounds, artworks, community enterprise and other facilities across the UK -some have also been shown on TV, including the area-wide regeneration of public spaces in Castleford and most recently, the creation of a new community food enterprise in Camden.

Top Tree House has a budget to invest in the process and final tree house builds.

SOÉ THE BIG QUESTIONS

1. Is there a community in your area that you think would be interested in creating a Top Tree House in their area, ideally using salvaged materials?

2. Does the idea of creating a Top Tree House amplify a strategic intent for the land that you own or manage?

3. Can you help an initiative that will be inspired by the needs of local people who want to create a difference to the area in which they live?

WE NEED YOUR HELP

The community aspirations and environmental ideals of Top Tree House will struggle to be fully realised without your support and input. Time is short and we need active and willing partners in local government to make this exciting idea to work.

Many thanks for you consideration; your earliest response and advice would be greatly appreciated. Please email TreeHouse.Competition@gmail.com

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Right To Play is the leading international humanitarian and development organisation using the power of sport and play to build essential skills in children and drive social change in communities affected by war, poverty and disease.

It works with over 600,000 children and young people on a regular basis, creating safe play spaces for them to learn and fostering the hope that is essential for them to envision and realise a brighter future. The UN convention on the rights of the child guides our work and our education programmes target the most marginalised and vulnerable children and young people, including girls, children with disabilities, young people affected by HIV and AIDs, street children, former child combatants and refugees.

Right To Play’s ultimate programming goal is this: Encouraging behaviour change. This complex process involves more than simple knowledge and awareness building. It involves adopting and

maintaining behaviours and attitudes such as self-esteem, resisting peer pressure, problem-solving and building a capacity for communication.

The organisation works to improve health, teach basic life skills and helps children and youth to develop skills to resolve conflict peacefully in some of the most disadvantaged areas in the world. Role models, family, coaches, teachers, peers and our Athlete Ambassadors all play an important role in helping people adopt new behaviours. Through sport and play, they learn about team work, co-operation and respect.

To find out more about Right To Play visit our website www.righttoplay.org.uk

Registered Charity Number: 1112404

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Last year, Christopher Gomillion, a fifth-grade math teacher at Atlanta’s Bethune Elementary School in Vine City, took a gamble. Every day, for the first few minutes of each class, he gathered the children in a circle, flipped on some Lil Bow Wow tunes, and tossed a basketball around in unexpected patterns. His theory was that a little bit of movement and fun might help the kids burn off extra energy and pay more attention during class.

Even when annual standardized testing approached in April, Gomillion stuck to his agenda. And all but one of his students passed—a significant improvement over the previous year’s math students.

Across the nation, play is being squeezed out of our children’s pressure-cooker school days. In fact, recess itself has become increasingly rare. Some schools have it daily, some occasionally, and others don’t have it at all. In metro Atlanta, DeKalb County is the only system that unequivocally mandates recess.

Most of us adults took recess for granted as children. Play was sacrosanct. I went to Morris Brandon Elementary School in Buckhead, and we had recess every day. Some forty-five years later, the smell of honeysuckle still sends me back to that playing field. Not one to jump into sports, I would gather my friends in a quiet corner to write and direct plays. We were creating stories, writing dialogue, learning how to work together, and having great fun. It’s hardly a coincidence that I grew up to be a writer, artist, and organizer.

I didn’t become an advocate for play until long after my son was grown. My activism began accidentally, when a powerful summer storm blew into my Virginia-Highland neighborhood. The winds knocked a 100-year-old oak tree onto my next-door neighbors’ car as they were

driving home from work. Lisa Cunard, three-year-old Max, and five-month-old Owen, all sitting in the backseat, were killed instantly. Brad, who was driving, was left unharmed. After the tragedy, our neighborhood and the entire city rallied behind Brad—showing support by building a memorial playground and garden. Running that effort changed my life. I witnessed the power of community and began to appreciate the power of play.

I also discovered KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit working to put a playground within walking distance of every child in the country. Inspired, I helped the City of Atlanta successfully apply for KaBOOM!’s Playful City USA designation. One of the requirements was establishing a task force, and so the Atlanta Taskforce on Play was born. Little did I know it would become my new career. As director of ATOP, I have worked on playscapes all over the city, and we have become increasingly concerned about recess disappearing from metro-area public schools.

Since the onset of No Child Left Behind in 2001, and with it the renewed emphasis

Play with a Purpose; Why children need recess By Cynthia J. GentryJanuary 2011

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on standardized testing, recess has often been one of the first things to go. Even earlier, in the late nineties, Atlanta nearly banned recess completely. In 1998, the then superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools told the New York Times, “We are intent on improving academic performance. You don’t do that by having kids hanging on the monkey bars.”

The public outcry was immediate. Eventually, Georgia’s State Board of Education required all systems to establish a policy for what it called “unstructured break time.” Currently, Atlanta, Cobb, and Gwinnett allow for, but do not require, a fifteen-minute break on days when there is no physical education class for kindergarten through grade five—and few breaks at all for grades six and up. DeKalb and Fulton mandate elementary school breaks, although Fulton principals may revoke them for disciplinary reasons. Each principal, and often each teacher, decides whether there will be recess that day. Free time may be used to do homework or just stay indoors. At ATOP, we have seen that unless the principal is a strong advocate of play, breaks often disappear altogether.

Parents must become advocates for their children. DeKalb’s recess policies are stronger because a loosely knit group of dedicated parents petitioned the county.

A daily break, however brief, is critical. It may be the only physical activity some children enjoy all day. American children spend almost eight hours per day with media of some kind. In the past twenty years, they have lost an average of eight hours of play per week, and barely over a third of them get the recommended daily sixty minutes of physical activity.

This sedentary lifestyle is taking its toll. Georgia has the second-highest rate of

childhood obesity in the nation. Hypertension, diabetes, vitamin D deficiency, and poor conditioning are all on the rise. In fact, the Mayo Clinic estimates today’s generation will be the first to live fewer years than their parents.

Active play helps children fight obesity and ease the symptoms of diabetes, depression, and ADHD. Moreover, play helps children solve problems, learn to negotiate, develop self-esteem, and assess risk. It also helps them retain information more efficiently. Anyone who has taught boys can tell you that they become more attentive after recess. The fifteen minutes “lost” from class time isn’t lost at all.

A former banker now working with the Atlanta Development Authority was shocked to see his ten-year-old son, an honor-roll student, come home with plummeting grades. “I just don’t like going to school anymore,” the fourth grader confessed. “It makes me so bored. We just sit, read straight from the books, do worksheets, and we never go outside anymore. I get so tired.”

“Boys have to have physical activity,” the father told me. “They’re competitive by nature and need physical competition. School has robbed them of that.”

Moreover, for free time to be truly effective, children must be allowed to be spontaneous. When ATOP installed an Imagination Playground at Bethune, the kids loved the wild assortment of blue blocks. Several girls built a house; some boys made a slide. A creative first grader walked around with a rectangular block on his shoulder with a piece of noodle sticking out. Asked what he was doing, he rolled his eyes and replied, “I’m filming!”

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Training, play sessions and resources to support children to

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For more information:T: 01349 865 186 E: info@youthhighland.org.uk

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