May 11, 2018 | Adventure Play, adventure playground, campference, Jill Wood, Play, play conference, Playwork, Risk Study
By Zan We are super excited and slightly giddy to be announcing the next Playwork Campference. Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be working with Jill Wood of Adventure Play at The Parish School in Houston, Texas, to host the second Playwork Campference on a...
Mar 5, 2017 | campference, Children, connections, fire, Photos, Play, play advocates, Playwork, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, weather, Zan
By Zan The five of us sat smiling at one another as we reaffirmed for the umpteenth time that organising our first-ever conference would be a fabulous idea. It was a year before the proposed date and our many play connections combined with our passion for play could...
Feb 28, 2017 | Andy, campference, Photos, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Professor Fraser Brown, stories, US, weather
By Andy I can’t quite believe that it’s been over a week already since the Playwork Campference came to an end! What an amazing whirlwind it has been. As I get ready to depart the US and head back to Europe, I spent a moment reflecting on my experiences of...
Feb 26, 2017 | adventure playground, campference, Children, Morgan, Photos, Play, Playwork, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play
By Morgan So, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we hosted a Campference with Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play in Val Verde, CA. It went pretty well. Welcoming folks at the Pacific Oak. Children played as we talked about playwork. Learning about ropes and knots....
Jan 18, 2017 | adventure playground, campference, free, Playwork, Professor Fraser Brown, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, screening, The Land Documentary
Team Pop-Up Adventure Play and Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play are extremely excited to be having a free film screening as part of the Playwork Campference 2017. It will feature The Land documentary, about Plas Madoc Adventure Playground in Wrexham, Wales and also...
Sep 28, 2016 | adventure playground, campference, connections, Morgan, play advocates, Playwork, playworkers, Tour
By Morgan On my first playwork assignment, I was lucky to join an existing team that worked together well. We’d make eye contact frequently during the session, and pull one another aside during slow moments to observe together and swap little funny anecdotes....