Play Leaders
The Brookside Play Leaders Scheme provides children in the infants with active, healthy and fun playtimes through collaborative play with some of the children in Year 6.
Training is given to the Year 6 pupils to enable them to work safely and responsibly with younger pupils at lunchtimes. Opportunities are provided for the children who choose to partake in the scheme to learn leadership skills, how to play team games with younger children and how to organise structured play activities in an appropriate environment.
Play leaders are then supported in the delivery of lunchtime sessions where they can practise the skills they have learnt in teaching younger pupils to co-operate with each other in a safe and caring environment.
For the infants involved, it provides a fantastic opportunity to enjoy organised games that keep them entertained over a long playtime session!
