What, no play !?

We have started our new inquiry for this term which is based around play, games, and creating new games using our imagination and innovation.



On Tuesday we headed outside with our base groups and spent 10 minutes doing anything we wanted but we were not allowed to play.



Obviously, this was tricky for many of us. There were a number of very sad and confused looking faces.



After our 10 minutes period of no-play we posed a set of questions to the students. Here are some of our first ideas.

• What would my world be like without play?

Boring, still, frustrating, we would get sick, lonely, exhausting, still, left out.

• What do we need play for?

Exercise, to learn how to play and make friends, to connect to other places and people, to get fit and stay healthy, to feel included.

• Is play only for kids?

We never stop playing though sometimes adults don't have enough energy!, adults like having fun too, adults teach children how to play, adults play sports and video games.

And then we went out for a game ! Awesome