Nursery World - Wales sets up play strategy

Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to adopt a national strategy for play. Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched an eight-week public consultation that will inform a national play strategy for Wales.

Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched an eight-week public consultation that will inform a national play strategy for Wales.

The strategy is based on the principles set out in the 2002 Play Policy for Wales, which focuses on the importance of play as an elemental learning process in a child's life.

In September 2003, Jane Hutt, minister for education, set up a Play Policy Implementation Group to look at play in all areas of a child's life.

Led by Play Wales and Children in Wales, the PPIG is made up of members from the Welsh Assembly and campaigners from national play and children's organisations.

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