Term Dates Enrol Here
School staff Email Education Support Office Email Directorate Intranet
  • About us
  • Contact us

PLAY IS THE WAY

Play is the Way

PLAY IS THE WAY® is a social and emotional learning (SEL) methodology using:

It is a philosophy of behaviour education that fosters independent, self-managing, self-motivated, empathetic, life-long learners.

PLAY IS THE WAY® gives primary schools a way to develop, improve and embed the personal and social capabilities of students and is suitable for primary school children of all ages, abilities and ethnic backgrounds. No particular sporting or athletic ability is required to benefit from the process.

Requiring minimum, readily available games equipment and just one set of resource manuals for each classroom teacher, PLAY IS THE WAY® is an affordable SEL methodology with the flexibility to adapt to the individual needs and circumstances of classrooms and schools.

The manuals effectively guide teachers in the facilitation of the games, the embedding of the guiding concepts and the use of the self-reflective language.

PLAY IS THE WAY® is a social and emotional learning (SEL) methodology that helps schools develop empathetic, independent, self-managing, self-motivated young people of good character.

WHAT IS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)?

HOW DOES PLAY IS THE WAY® DELIVER SEL?

We call SEL, “behaviour education” and treat behaviour as a subject. We do not expect children to do well in it if they do not receive the appropriate and necessary education.

PITW uses:

It is our belief that personal and social capabilities must be addressed in all learning areas and at every stage of a student’s learning. And this is only possible if students and teachers have a language, concepts and understandings that are applicable in all contexts. Play Is The Way sees social and emotional learning as a tide that floats all boats.

Play Is The Way is suitable for primary school children of all ages, abilities and ethnicities. No particular sporting or athletic ability is required to successfully participate.

Play Is The Way is not a short-term behavioural intervention. It is a methodology that accompanies children for every year of their lives within a primary school.

The Play Is The Way is cross-curriculum methodology for social and emotional learning. Typically, students participate in 3 x 20 minute games sessions per week for every available week of the school year.

WHY GAMES?

LIFE RAFT CONCEPTS

PATHWAY TO EMPATHY VIRTUES