9.00 am Admissions and virtual tea/coffee to start the session
9.10 am Welcome & introductions & a warm up activity
9.15 am Session 1: The importance of using messy play to support mental wellbeingThis session will identify the key benefits of messy play and explore ways to support learners who have complex needs who may not be able to verbalise their fears, worries and anxieties. You will learn why getting messy and having fun is so important to release happy hormones for our learners and discover how to create an enabling and calming environment for messy play. This session will also look at the stages of play and explore how to bridge the transition between the stages using messy play.
10.35 am COFFEE BREAK
10.50 am Session 2: Ready, Steady, Cook! Be prepared to get messy!
You are invited to take part in a live cookery demonstration with a difference.
In this session, we will share recipes for messy play and give you lots of practical ideas and resources to support SEMH for learners who have complex needs, and learners who have a physical and or a sensory barrier preventing them from accessing messy play.
If you want to join in on the live cookery session, please let us know so that we can email you a shopping list.
Please note: You will need to follow your COSH guidelines and risk assessments for messy play during the current Coronavirus pandemic.
11.45 am Questions and Answers
Please add questions to Zoom chat, so any unanswered live can be followed up after the session.
11.55 am Plenary & Reflective Practice
Delegates to list 3 things they will follow up/action/share as a result of this course – can be put in Zoom chat or any resource of your choice.
12 noon Thank you and close of session!
Testimonial
‘What was the best thing about this course?’ (November 2020)
‘Fabulous course some great ideas and theories. So glad I attended!’ ‘ideas to support some of my more challenging children with their behaviour’‘explained the stages of messy play…how to encourage tactile defensive students to engage with messy play and ideas to stop them eating everything!’
‘new ideas of both dry and wet messy play. Also tools like plastic bags and bubble wrap so messy play is less messy.’ ‘live demonstration of using different ingredients to create recipes for messy play’11 March 2022: 9am – 12pm
With Helen Dillon and Julie Cowpe-Stephens
Messy play helps children stay physically and mentally well, which is especially important during the Coronavirus crisis.
The virus has impacted so many of our learners who have SEND, complex needs and severe mental health problems. We need to incorporate messy play into their daily routines to give them the tools to express their feelings and worries.Who should attend?
This will be appropriate for classroom practitioners from special schools and colleges, mainstream settings with specialist SEN provision and early years settings, who are working with pupils with complex learning needs and/or autism.
Cost?
Each place costs £60 plus VAT (£72 in total.)
DIGITAL RESOURCE PACK
The following resources will be available in your account for one week after the course date: a digital recording of this event, any resources shared/signposted during the session and a transcript of Zoom chat.GROUP BOOKINGS FOR SCHOOLS/SETTINGS
If you wish to make a group booking for this course – we can do this quickly and easily for you! Please email a spreadsheet with the first name/surname/email addresses of the delegates you wish to book for. Email to lois@hirstwood.com. We will then create access to this course for your colleagues. A Purchase Order Number will secure your booking.Video Description
Important information before you book
The ‘Book now!’ button will take you to a new page where you can book and pay for this course. Please note: if you are booking for someone else, please create the account using their name and email address. You will still be able to pay by credit card (even it has a different name/school name on it.)