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PPP1 for Canadian Educators
Join us for this free introduction to PARS playwork practice!
January 29th 2025
9.30 -10.30am (Mountain Time)
January 29th 2025
9.30 -10.30am (Mountain Time)
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Why PARS
playwork practice?
Let kids be kids!
Learning PARS helps adults to provide fun and freedom for children in their out of school time. The PARS model enables adults to make decisions about when and how to get involved in children's activities in real time.
A professional approach
Learning PARS provides adults with a technical language to describe their professional playwork approach to other adults and an NCFE certificate to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.
Empowered adults, happy children!
Adults who use PARS tell us they are more relaxed and happier at work, and teams work better together when they are all using PARS playwork practice. Children have much more fun and are more relaxed too!
How does this PPP1 work?
Teaching
This special PPP1 course just for Canadian Educators is a gentle introduction to PARS theory and practice. Join this free one hour session to learn more about how PARS playwork practice works and whether it could work for you!
Interactive
During the PPP1 course you will be asked to reflect on what you are learning about the PARS model of playwork practice and to discuss the course content with the other participants.
Assessment
PPP1 is not an assessed course. You will receive a digital certificate of attendance from Common Threads. You will find out more about our PARS accredited courses on the PPP1.
free ppp1 training - exclusively for Canadian educators
29th January 9.30-10.30am (Mountain time)
29th January 9.30-10.30am (Mountain time)
Meet your PPP1 Trainers
Heather Boomhower
PPP4 Qualified PARS Licensed Trainer, PARS Canada Hub
Heather Boomhower joined the PARS training team three years ago and has been putting PARS into practice in several settings across the Child's Play Canada out of school provision.
Dr Shelly Newstead
Creator of the PARS model of playwork practice, UK
Shelly has worked in playwork for over thirty years and created the PARS model of playwork practice as part of her doctoral research. Shelly is an international playwork presenter and is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia.
Join Heather and Shelly for your free PPP1 training on 29th January 9.30am
(Mountain Time)
My staff really benefit from having the PARS framework which helps them not only to describe their playwork practice, but also to make those playwork decisions in the first place. We now have a model which helps us to describe our practice in a professional way without having to resort to programming activities to demonstrate that we are professionals who know what we are doing.
Adam Smart, Smartkidz, Cambridge, UK