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PLANKS Workshops

Looking for a way to engage students in STEM whilst increasing student wellbeing?

Green Hat Workshop have re-imagined block-play, as a creative event that engages students of all abilities. Pioneering play-based incursions for all ages, in Victorian Schools, Green Hat Workshop's PLANKS incursions encourage a wide range of interpersonal skills, mathematics, engineering and design.

Overview

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Web presence

2011

Established

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Children

1

Countries
Updated
March 2018
Green Hat Workshop's PLANKS Workshop inspired our gifted and talented program. It was great to see students from grade 5 right up to year 11 working cooperatively, solving problems and communicating with each other.

About the innovation

STEM and interpersonal skills through open ended block play

Mathematics, forces and movement, fine motor skills, spatial cognition, iteration and design, structural engineering, co-operative problem solving, interpersonal skills and resilience - Block building integrates all these elements in abundance and preschools, kindergartens and early years centres around the world readily acknowledge the value of open-ended block play.

These elements are not exclusive to early years, they increase in sophistication as learners mature. Green Hat Workshop engages all abilities with a play-based pedagogy, re-introducing the rich learning environments of shared block play to builders young and old.


Implementation steps

Contact Green Hat Workshop

Please contact Green Hat Workshop for more information regarding the implementation of a PLANKS workshop, to receive tips tailored to implementation in your location.

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