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Issue 15 - Friday 25 September 2026 Introduction Welcome from co-chairs Another week, another newsletter! There is quite a lot going on at the moment so another newsletter is finding its’ way to your email inbox. Hope that the start of the term is going well for everyone. The main news this week is surrounding the ECSDN awards – there is a big drum roll moment this week regarding our special guest master of ceremonies. It is very exciting! What we need now though is for
Issue 14 - September 2026 Introduction Welcome from co-chairs Welcome to the first newsletter for the new academic year. We hope that you had a wonderful summer and are feeling suitable recharged for the year ahead. We are aware that the academic year in front of us is likely to be challenging and this is where the network can be of great support and is something positive in an ever increasingly complex landscape. We have various events planned for this year; events to cel
Play is a fundamental children's right under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN, 1998) and is central to learning, wellbeing, creativity and participation. Despite this, accountability demands, policy pressures and attainment-focused agendas continue to constrain opportunities for meaningful, self-directed play in educational settings (Bradbury et al., 2025). This raises an important question: if play is a child's right, why is it so difficult to sus
