Join us on Wednesday 25 March 2026 for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning. The event is tailored for primary practitioners working with children between 5 and 12 years old, but colleagues teaching younger or older learners are warmly welcome. If you’ve used playful pedagogies in your classroom or school and would like to share your experience, please contact us to join the roundtable.

Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event. Click here for more information and to apply.

Speakers:

• Prof Kathy Sylva OBE, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford
• Dr Faidra Faitaki, Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Course Director, MSc ALLT, University of Oxford
• Dr Cate Hamilton, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods and EAL, University of Oxford
• Dr Sara Ratner, Research Officer & Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project, University of Oxford
• Jasen Booten, Education Consultant

For: Primary practitioners (Early Years and secondary practitioners also welcome)

Date/Time: Wednesday 25 March 2026, 10:00-16:30 GMT

Location: Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, OX2 6PY (in person attendance only)

Ticket Types: 

• Standard (standard in-person attendee ticket) - £45
• ECT (in-person attendee ticket for teachers that have received QTS within the last 2 years) - £35
• Student (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £25
• Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation) - £70
• Sch'ship (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option) - £9