Another brilliant week with The Playful Researchers who have enlightened us with their modelling of a fantastic range of creative approaches to elicit pupil voice.  Our pupils are highly motivated to engage and keen share their ‘voice’. #MultiSensory #PupilVoice #Atelier #Empowering

Tickets for the International Creative Research Methods Conference 2023, in Manchester, England on 11-12 Sept are now on sale creativeresearchmethods.com in-person and online tickets available. Hope to see you there!

Here are some of the Playful Researchers who had a great time at the University of Dundee graduation, celebrating our wonderful students 🌟 We were all very proud to be part of this special day. @laburke_1 दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape Susan Whyte @bkeatch Mhairi Wallace

Delighted to share our latest comic: Multiple and Multi-dimensional Primary-Secondary School Transitions: Using Drama to Facilitate Transitions discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles… with @DrWillBarlow Dr Beth Hannah SFHEA @trtooman and Tony Goode, Clio Ding, Monica Burns, Tasha Santiago

It was great to have Sandy from ScrapAntics CIC join some of the Playful Researchers at our Development Day yesterday. Excited about future possibilities for collaboration! #LoosePartsPlay #CreativeResearchMethods Education and Society at UoD

Big thanks to दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape for a brilliant keynote, Multiple & Multi-dimensional Primary Secondary School Transitions #SchooTransitions Excellence in International Transitions Research IJELT University of Dundee

Absolutely delighted to be starting our new child led early years participation project with @laburke_1 & दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape from University of Dundee. #play #childrensvoices @ProfLauraLundy Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Children's Right's

We had some new members join us in some Playful Research today! Great first day of collaboration, thinking and most importantly - playing! TalkingMats University of Dundee #ChildrensVoices #PlayfulResearch

Coming to the end of the pilot of ‘Leading by Listening: A Playful Approach’ project with the Redwell PS & ELC co-researchers. Excited to share how we got on and next steps. Watch this space for an event happening soon 👀 #AmplifyingChildrensVoices #LeadingByListening #PlayfulApproach

We are delighted to be co-researchers and excited to share our learning with everyone next term. Huge thank you @laburke_1

Really enjoyed being part of this pilot. Already planning where to take my learning next. #Qualityimprovement #Leadingbylistening

Delighted to share our latest open access article. Shall we play?: listening to children’s voices using a playful approach tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @laburke_1 The Playful Researchers Open Research, University of Dundee University of Dundee #EYs #YoungChildren #Voice #Ethics #Play #Methodology

Fabulous session with दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape an hour is just not long enough to hear more about MMT theory. For me MMT theory resonates so much with early childhood transitions research. #BeingMe

Amazing day presenting Siobhan O'Connor conference sharing our play journey and how we value children's voices at Redwell. @laburke_1 University of Dundee Redwell PS & ELC

Delighted to be part of this network to support us in leading by listening JacktonPS. It was brilliant to hear about the innovative and authentic approaches to amplifying children's voices through creative and playful methods. Thanks to @laburke_1 Redwell PS & ELC The Playful Researchers ☺️

Thank you ⁦Redwell PS & ELC⁩ for an inspiring morning, listening to children’s voices, sharing their thoughts on what play means to them. #BeingMe ⁦दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape⁩ ⁦Lynn Taylor⁩

Great things happen when you truly listen to children. When everyone shares and understands the vision for play pedagogy the children stand to gain, they then demonstrate in spades the four cfe capacities.

Glad to hear that. Well done @laburke_1 and Redwell PS & ELC They are always inspirational! The Playful Researchers University of Dundee Education and Society at UoD

Such a fantastic & inspiring morning at Leading by Listening: A Playful Approach! Lots of food for thought on exploring children’s voices in more creative ways! Thanks again @laburke_1 and Redwell PS & ELC 🌟

Redwell PS & ELC @laburke_1 The Playful Researchers Mrs McKenna Thank you for sharing your inspirational work. Your children were outstanding and I am looking forward to exploring this approach with our children JacktonPS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐