{"id":19249,"date":"2026-01-22T10:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19249"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:33:41","slug":"play-skills-development-morning-30-march-in-exeter-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/play-skills-development-morning-30-march-in-exeter-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Play skills development morning \u2013 30 March in Exeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to offer this event fully funded to all Devon school age childcare settings who provide wraparound childcare, Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) and access to Early Access Breakfast Club (EABC).<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to have two speakers return to expand on their topics and delve deeper into understanding the importance of play skills in a child\u2019s development and continue to celebrate school aged children\u2019s play in Devon.<\/p>\n<p>Information around all aspects of running school age childcare including Wraparound Childcare, Holiday and Food Programme (HAF) and the Breakfast Club programme will also be available during the morning.<\/p>\n<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iinspired.org.uk\/about\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Kingston-Hughes<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 discussing the impact of playwork<\/li>\n<li>Dan Rees-Jones \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playtorbay.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Play Torbay<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 discussing outdoor, active and risky play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Date and location<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday 30 March 2026 (9.30am to 1.15pm) \u2013 Westpoint, Exeter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This event is fully funded to all Devon school age childcare settings who provide wraparound childcare, Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) and access to Early Access Breakfast Club (EABC). If you are a provider but outside of Devon, the event is chargeable at \u00a350.<\/p>\n<h2>Book now!<\/h2>\n<p>Book your place by visiting the Devon Education Services Shop:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devoneducationservices.co.uk\/events\/9433be77-2f99-4cc5-b364-97feea9a1997\/Play-skills-development-morning\" rel=\"noopener\">Play skills development morning | DES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will need a Shop account in order to book your place:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devoneducationservices.co.uk\/register\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop registration page | DES<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19252 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/01\/Playskills-development-morning2026-promo-slide-002.jpg\" alt=\"Play skills conference.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/01\/Playskills-development-morning2026-promo-slide-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/01\/Playskills-development-morning2026-promo-slide-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/01\/Playskills-development-morning2026-promo-slide-002-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/01\/Playskills-development-morning2026-promo-slide-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fully funded half day event for Devon school age childcare settings who provide wraparound childcare, Holiday Activities and Food and access to Early Access Breakfast Club. We will delve into understanding the importance of play skills in a child\u2019s development and continue to celebrate school aged children\u2019s play in Devon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 19:21:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19253,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249\/revisions\/19253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}