Day 3 - Wednesday 29 March

Play to change the world

09:00 am - 11:00 am CET

(11:00 am -11:30 am optional reflection groups)

10:00 am - 12:00 am CAT (12:00 am -12:30 am optional reflection groups)

09:00 am - 09:15 am CET

10:00 am - 10:15 am CAT

PLENARY

Welcome back!

Relaunch and plan for the day.

Hosted by: Benjamin Mardell, Tanvi Sethi and Gabriela Salas Davila

09:15 am - 09:50 am CET

10:15 am - 10:50 am CAT

ROUNDTABLE

(Pre-recorded session)

Play, learning, and the future: The perspective of young people

Students from Denmark, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States talk about how playful learning — where they lead, explore, and find joy — helps them learn with and from others and imagine new possibilities when exploring the complex issues of global citizenship, cultural diversity, and sustainable development.

09:50 am - 10:25 am CET

10:50 am - 11:25 am CAT

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS:

Preparing ourselves for playful learning

Playful Schools inspire and support an approach to learning that is animated by the unique gifts of childhood: Imagination, empathy, curiosity, a sense of wonder, and possibility. Using stories from the classroom, we’ll consider ways that adults can prepare experiences and environments that are intentional about opening the door to collaborative, compassionate, playful schools in solidarity with children.

Susan Harris MacKay / Center for Playful Inquiry, Oregon, US Pre-recorded in English

Walking in another’s shoes: Middle school math projects that playfully explore social justice

Liz Caffrey will provide examples of how she teaches social justice in math through playful, empathic experiences where students imagine themselves in another’s shoes.

Liz Caffrey / Atrium School, Watertown, Massachusetts, US In English

Bringing different voices into the curriculum

This session will focus on the opportunities presented by working with local teachers and students from diverse backgrounds that allows different perspectives to be given voice in the Humanities classroom. The session will share how to build opportunities into the curriculum by sharing examples of planning process and activities across different contexts.

Natasha Haque / Aga Khan Academies, Kenya

In English

Reimagining school through play and nature

Due to gradual shifts within society, the context for raising and teaching children has changed. Most noticeably, a deficit of play and nature is impacting healthy child development and motivation for learning.

David’s presentation will unpack strategies and practices required to successfully adopt and sustain a school philosophy and culture to embrace outdoor learning (even in a Canadian winter). The presentation is relevant for any classroom teacher, school principal or school board director who would like to enhance student engagement by learning through play and nature.

David McFall / Western Quebec School Board, Canada

In English

Creating an anti-racist classroom

This workshop will focus on ways teachers can take a real-world issue or in-school incident and create a conversation about anti-racism, equality, and values. Chereen Rain hopes to discourage the ‘fear of saying the wrong thing’ and encourage classroom conversations that foster pupil agency and teacher confidence.

Chereen Rain / Education Scotland, Scotland

In English

Transitioning to playful learning

In 2019 Vorbasse School started a collaboration with the LEGO Foundation and Imagine IF to transform teaching using a playful approach. They have chosen Project-based learning as a method. Students (age 14) will explain what it looks and feels like from their perspective and share the pros and cons for this way of teaching. They will also share a current project with you.

Anna Merete Vester Jørgensen / Vorbasse School, Denmark

Josefine Carstensen 14 years old, Daniela Dvelyte 14 years old

Ella Dencker Sloth Andresen 14 years old

In English

Designing inclusive art experiences

This workshop will share Superhero Me’s practice and considerations when designing quality inclusive art experiences. Rooted in Superhero Me’s work, which spans visual arts, music, theatre and multi-disciplinary experiences, Jean will share specific case studies that illustrate actionable steps across the areas of staff development, programme accessibility and the arts as advocacy to actively enable stronger social mixing among children and families from diverse backgrounds.

Jean Loo / Superhero Me, Singapore

Pre-recorded in English

Possibilities, playful tools, and the curriculum: lessons from educators in rural schools of South Africa

Ms. Kgopotso Khumalo will provide a brief overview of Care for Education’s learning through play programs, including the number of teachers, learners, schools and districts reached. She will also provide an overview of how they continue to support educators to adopt and implement play-based pedagogies. Finally, she will facilitate a few activities which focus on the curriculum.

Kgopotso Khumalo / Care for Education, South Africa

In English

10:25 am - 10:50 am CET 11:25 am - 11:50 am CAT

PLENARY

A playful welcome: A journey of interculturality and new narratives between Venezuelan children and families in Colombia

“My house is very, very small and cold” … in recent years more than 2 million children and their families have moved from Venezuela to Colombia. Join 2022 LEGO Prize winner María Adelaida to reflect on how we can give new meanings to life moving from place to place while promoting a culture of peace, appreciation, and empathy. In this session you will find out about playful ways to learn with children and families understand how to embrace uncertainty and everyday life as a bridge for countless experiences while making sense of complex, human situations.

Hosted by: María Adelaida López / aeioTU, Colombia

In English

10:50 am - 11:00 am CET

11:50 am - 12:00 am CAT

PLENARY

Thanks and next steps

Hosted by: Benjamin Mardell, Tanvi Sethi and Gabriela Salas Davila

11:00 am - 11:30 am CET

12:00 am - 12:30 am CAT

Optional Reflection Groups

Time to reflect and connect

Hosted by: Benjamin Mardell, Tanvi Sethi and Gabriela Salas Davila

In English