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Working Together in Slovakia
By Péter Urbán One of the foundations of free play is that it has enough space. In the Slovak pilot school, Majthényi Adolf Primary...
CAPS Project Team
Oct 31, 20191 min read
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Workshop "Ways to a play-friendly school" in St. Pölten
By Paul Schober, GeSoB On 28 September 2019 the workshop " Ways to a play-friendly school " took place in the premises of the chamber of...
CAPS Project Team
Oct 24, 20191 min read
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Adults playing and having fun!
Gábor Páll, Rogers Foundation, Hungary During a workshop in Petöfi Sándor Altalanos Iskola, a school in Janoshida, we had the most...
CAPS Project Team
Jul 12, 20191 min read
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It made us think of the relationship we have with play time...
Gábor Páll, Rogers Foundation, Hungary We were running a training for teachers in a very rainy, dark day in Laborc school. Teachers were...
CAPS Project Team
Jul 9, 20191 min read
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Quality Criteria Announcement Meeting in Slovakia
Written by Voda Zsófia , TANDEM,n.o. 22nd of March was the chosen date for the next multiplier event to be held in our CAPS –...
CAPS Project Team
May 29, 20191 min read
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CAPS and the Czech head teacher of the year 2019
The year 2017 was the beginning of the CAPS project and at the same time, it was the first year for Jiří Vymětal in the position of head...
CAPS Project Team
May 24, 20191 min read
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CAPS – Country Piloting Process in Hungarian Schools
The beginning of 2019 The piloting process of this project started many months before thinking about the training curriculum. Because of...
CAPS Project Team
Apr 25, 20193 min read
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Sprinkle liberally and mix up!
Written by: Sue Smith, Playworker and Trainer, Play Resource Co./PACT Birmingham, UK Take a ranch-style hotel, complete with real horses...
CAPS Project Team
Apr 16, 20192 min read
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A Damascene moment!
Written by Sian Wyman, Course Lead EYITT and Senior Lecturer Early Years, University of Gloucestershire, UK Can I firstly say a big thank...
CAPS Project Team
Mar 22, 20192 min read
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The training course for Play-Friendly Schools is a step closer to being ready
Six countries come together in Slovakia to pilot the draft course and train trainers to use the resources As a part of our Children’s...
Wendy Russell
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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UK Double Up on Multiplier Events!
We held one of our Multiplier Events Playworks, Nottingham’s play resource centre on December 5th 2018 We aim to be working with...
CAPS Project Team
Jan 14, 20191 min read
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Play and the Importance of Play - an introduction to Play-friendly schools quality criterium system
Written by Rogers Foundation for Person-Centred Education At Rogers our team organized an event for 36 people at the ELTE University in...
CAPS Project Team
Dec 4, 20181 min read
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Children should climb trees, says UK Education Minister
UK Education Secretary Damian Hinds announces a policy that recognises the importance of what goes on outside the classroom, including...
Wendy Russell
Nov 23, 20182 min read
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Developing Quality Criteria for a Play-friendly School
Written by Wendy Russell (university of Gloucestershire, UK) Hurrah! The CAPS project partners have now agreed a set of five Quality...
CAPS Project Team
Nov 20, 20182 min read
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An introduction to Play-friendly Schools in Budapest
CAPS Multiplier Event Report 30th October 2018, Budapest, Hungary. Hosted by and post written by Rogers. We have organised our CAPS...
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Nov 14, 20181 min read
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Introducing the playwork concept to parents in Olomouc
Written by Jana HOFFMANNOVÁ Email: jana.hoffmannova@upol.cz The pilot introduction of playwork at Svatoplukova Elementary School was...
CAPS Project Team
Nov 12, 20181 min read
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Pilot Playwork at Svatoplukova Elementary School in Olomouc
Written by Jana HOFFMANNOVÁ Email: jana.hoffmannova@upol.cz Students of the Master Program of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Faculty of...
CAPS Project Team
Nov 12, 20182 min read
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Meeting in Olomouc, Czech Republic, 11th and 12th June 2018
From cycling through parks, treasure trails around the city of Olomouc, teasing out the development of the new Quality Criteria for...
CAPS Project Team
Oct 24, 20181 min read
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