The Next Generation Leadership gives students hands-on opportunities to build confidence, strengthen trust, lead peers & turn ideas into action through purposeful play. Half-day and full-day workshops for Grades 5–6 & Years 7–12. 📩 Enquire at [email protected]

What if your kids don’t like it? They might roll their eyes at first. 😅 Keep it light, drop the pressure and find a time that works. Small moments of play can grow into family connection. Download the free School of Play app. Explore at theschoolofplay.co

How can schools move from listening to student voice to supporting student agency? Student Voice, Agency & Leadership Program helps students explore their strengths, collaborate and build a culture where students make a difference. 📩 Learn more at [email protected]

Turn professional learning into classroom practice with The School of Play Academy. Explore a five-module certificate in play-based wellbeing, featuring 45+ guest expert sessions, practical challenges and 12 months of access. Enrol for $295 AUD: theschoolofplay.co

The School of Play is heading to Hong Kong for 21CLHK, 12–13 March 2027! Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell will present on play, learning and leadership. We’re excited to connect with educators and explore the future of education together. #21CLHK #21CL

Introducing Play Makers! Dale Sidebottom and Claire Bartlett combine the power of play with play-based pedagogy to help Early Learning–Year 6 educators design, extend and evidence learning through play. Programs start at $7,999. Register your interest: theschoolofplay.co/schools/p…

The Superpowers of Play & Connection is a high-energy, play-based staff PD helping educators build connection, boost engagement and create positive classroom cultures. Staff leave with practical activities they can use and adapt. 📩 Book now: [email protected]

A big day for The School of Play! 🙌 Back with Caulfield Grammar’s Year 11s and launched our first session with Year 9 girls from all four Haileybury campuses. The connection, courage and camaraderie were incredible. Tomorrow: 250 Year 9 boys!

Wellbeing belongs in everyday learning. The School of Play Curriculum offers structured, play-based resources across 7 curricula & 236 weeks of content, mapped to 11 standards, helping educators build connection & student agency. 📩 Enquire today at [email protected]

The Best of Us helps young people build confidence, emotional intelligence & healthier relationships through play-based experiences. RADIANT explores girls’ self-worth & voice. FORGE focuses on boys’ respect, responsibility & integrity. 📩 Book now: [email protected]

Leadership is more than a badge or title. The Next Generation Student Leadership Workshop helps students in Grades 5–6 and Years 7–12 build confidence, practise facilitation and turn ideas into action through play. 📩 Enquire today: [email protected]

The Better Us Project brings student wellbeing and school culture together through engaging activities, challenges and school missions, alongside real-time insights that help educators understand the needs of their school community. 📩 Learn more: [email protected]

This is exactly why we give teachers a play day at our staff PD workshops. THEY NEED IT. 😂

We delivered a keynote at the Australian Principals Federation annual conference! We explored play-based leadership & creating brave spaces where staff & students can take risks, try new things & have fun. Huge thanks to APF & great to see Timothy Arnold in action. Powerful! 🙌

The School of Play’s staff PD workshops help educators strengthen connection, engagement, wellbeing & school culture through play-based experiences. Explore formats from 60 minutes to a full day. 📩 Book now: [email protected]

When did fun become something we have to earn after finishing everything else? For educators and leaders, the to-do list never really ends. But making time to play, laugh and connect matters, too. You spend so much time helping others thrive. Don’t forget yourself 💗

The Trust Lab helps staff teams strengthen trust, psychological safety, belonging & shared responsibility through play-based PD. Choose 60 minutes, 90–120 minutes, 3–4 hours or a full day. Teams leave with a shared culture commitment. 📩 Enquire today: [email protected]

A practical, play-based wellbeing curriculum for K–12. The School of Play gives educators ready-to-use activities, video tutorials, learning intentions and success criteria, mapped against 10 global curricula. 📩 Book a walkthrough: [email protected]

Attention is the currency of connection! 🙌 Paul joined 80 educators at Caulfield Grammar to explore THRIVE, intentional presence and how play builds connection and positive classroom cultures. Thanks for a brilliant afternoon! 🌱 #TheSchoolOfPlay #THRIVE

Trust is revealed in moments of disagreement or mistakes. The Trust Lab helps school teams explore psychological safety, belonging & professional trust through play-based experiences finishing with a shared commitment to their school culture. 📩 Enquire: [email protected]