Festival of Learning 2021
Play workshops to inspire you to learn new play ideas that you can take back and share with the tamariki at your centre and at home.
Haere mai, nau ki te hui ahurei ākonga – the Playcentre Festival of Learning! The Playcentre PLD and Education teams, with funding from ACE Aotearoa, are bringing a series of Play Days and online learning events to you as part of the national Adult Learner’s Week (6-12 September). In fact, there is so much learning that we are spreading the festival out over six weeks so that we can make it across Aotearoa.
Playcentre is about our whānau growing together and these workshops give parents, grandparents and caregivers in Playcentre the opportunity to grow and learn as kaiako.
What’s happening?
A series of fun play workshops and online Zoom hui for adults in Playcentre. Some of the topics on offer:
- Science
- Blocks
- Poi and Pepeha
- Ephemeral Art & Natural Collage
- Uku Clay
- Under 2s
- Maths in Early Learning
- Messy Play
- Carpentry
These workshops and online Zooms will inspire you to learn new play ideas that you can take back and share with the tamariki at your centre and at home.
We will also take this opportunity to recognise over seventy Playcentre Education graduates across the country.
Can I bring my children?
Young babies are welcome. These workshops are aimed at celebrating and growing adults within Playcentre. Please team up with your centre whānau to share care of other children so that adults can be fully involved in the workshops as learners.
Are these workshops part of the Playcentre Education programme (eg PIA)?
No, these workshops are short workshops just for your own learning. They’ll give you a taster of what the Playcentre Education programme offers though! Playcentre tutors will be on hand to help you learn more about the Playcentre Education programme and how to enrol.
When and where?
Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatāne, Rotorua, Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Masteron, Hutt Valley, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Oamaru, Queenstown and Dunedin. With more locations still TBC. Here is the list of play days confirmed so far
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Region |
Location |
Workshops |
Date and time |
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UNI |
Auckland |
Ephemeral Art & Natural Collage Early Maths Kōrero mai – weaving Te Reo Māori into play
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21 August |
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North Shore |
Kōrero mai – weaving Te Reo Māori into play
Blocks
Science |
18 September |
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Whangarei |
Clay/messy play Collage/Paint and other art mediums |
4 September |
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Mid North |
Clay/messy play Collage/Paint and other art mediums
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11 September |
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CNI |
Hamilton |
Maths Carpentry Science |
18 September |
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Tauranga |
Water Science Weaving te ao and te reo Māori into play. |
18 September |
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Rotorua |
Collage Paint
Under Twos Clay Science Crayon and die |
4 September
4 September |
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Gisborne |
Clay Carpentry Blocks |
14 August |
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LNI |
Wellington |
Poi and Pepeha |
28 August |
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Hutt |
Poi and Pepeha |
Sat 4 September |
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Stratford (Taranaki) |
Painting Collage Clay |
Sat 11 September |
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Whanganui |
Painting Collage Clay |
Sat 25 September |
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Wairarapa/ CHB |
Waiata, Sand, Clay |
Fri 27 Aug with tamariki |
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USI |
Nelson |
Waiata Clay Sand Clay Painting Carpentry Junk construction |
Saturday TBC |
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Christchurch |
Rūaumoko Fire and Ice |
Sat 4 September |
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LSI |
Dunedin |
Imaginative play, Storytelling and waterplay |
4th September |
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How do I register?
A registration link for events in your region are available here: (they have also been emailed to your centre email address)
Upper North Island Playday workshop registration 2021 click here
Central North Island Playday workshop registration 2021 click here
Lower North Island Playday workshop registration 2021 click here
Southern South Island Playday workshop registration 2021 click here
