The School of Play Curriculum
Primary School Foundation - Grade Two








The School of Play Curriculum
Welcome to The School of Play's innovative primary school curriculum, where physical activity, emotional reflection, and cognitive challenges come together to create a holistic learning experience.
The School of Play curriculum is designed around the Daily PEGG framework, which stands for Play, Exercise, Gratitude, and Giving. These activities are designed to holistically nurture students' physical, emotional, social, and cognitive well-being. Each week, students engage in a blend of playful activities, physical movement, reflective gratitude practices, and opportunities to give back to others. This combination provides a well-rounded approach to promoting individual growth and collective empathy within the classroom.
The importance of structuring each week around the Daily PEGG framework lies in its ability to address the diverse aspects of student well-being. Play encourages creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction, while exercise promotes physical fitness and mental clarity. Gratitude helps students develop emotional resilience and a positive mindset, and giving fosters empathy, kindness, and social connection. Together, these elements ensure that students experience a balanced approach to well-being, helping them thrive both in and outside the classroom. Each of these activities complements the others, creating a powerful weekly rhythm that supports the holistic development of every student.
These guides have been specially created for you, the facilitators, as well as for families and the students who will be exploring the curriculum. Simply click on the names below to access the PDF.
Facilitator Guide
Family Guide
Student Guide
Full Unit Design
La Trobe University Research Project Results





Weekly Lessons
At The School of Play, learning isn’t just academic, it’s holistic. Our curriculum weaves together physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development through a weekly rhythm grounded in our Daily PEGG framework (Play, Exercise, Gratitude, Giving). Each week begins with lively play-based activities, which energise students, build connections, and foster creativity and problem-solving. These set the tone for deeper reflection in written activities, where students pause to articulate their feelings, set personal goals, and think critically about their growth.
Complementing these foundations, our gratitude and giving activities help cultivate empathy and generosity by encouraging students to reflect on both personal and community strengths. Exercise and movement sessions offer fun, inclusive ways to support physical well-being, mental clarity, and concentration. Finally, our Respectful Relationships modules are integrated through interactive games, discussions, and reflective tasks. These modules help students explore vital themes such as consent, diversity, power dynamics, conflict resolution, and emotional regulation.
The Six Superpowers of Play webinar by The School of Play is a dynamic 50-minute experience designed to equip educators and families with practical, research-backed strategies to counteract the growing challenges of screen time, stress, and disconnection. With technology increasingly dominating young people's lives, this session explores how intentional, play-based approaches can be the antidote to digital overload. Through six clearly defined "superpowers," participants discover how play can rebuild connection, enhance well-being, and bring joy and movement back into daily life. The webinar offers real-world examples, playful activities, and powerful insights that show just how easily play can be embedded into classrooms, even when time and resources are limited.
Whether you're looking to energise a tired class, nurture student voice, or build social-emotional skills, this webinar provides a simple yet powerful blueprint for using play as the glue that brings learning and people back together.




Literacy
My Kindness Journal WK1
My Empathy Tree WK2
The Best me Today WK3
Superpower Strengths WK4
The Happiness Boomerang WK4
My Healthy Body Plan WK5
Happy Thoughts Journal WK6
My Dream Day WK7
Kindness Starts With Me WK8
Compliment Time WK9
Gratitude Rainbow WK10
Numeracy
Six in a Row Emoji WK2
Set Go WK3
Jump Spin Fun WK7
Dice Eliminator Partner Challenge WK7
One Two Three WK9
Physical Exercise
Happy Face Mean Face WK1
Old McDonald Had a Fitness Farm WK1
Head Shoulders Knees Toes Add Up WK2
What Animal Would You Be? WK2
Off To The Big Game WK3
Walk, Stop, Name, Clap WK4
Tour De France Bike Race WK4
PSR Master WK5
Alice in Wonderland Movement Adventure WK5
PSR Cheer Squad WK6
Sports Adventure Story WK6
Jump Spin Fun WK7
African Safari Movement Adventure WK7
The Amazing Bank Robbery Movement Adventure WK8
Nursery Rhyme Mash-up WK9
Yay, Nay, Let’s Stay WK10
Five Little Monkeys Song WK10
Gratitude
Gratitude on Display WK1
Six in a Row Emoji WK2
Gratitude Charades WK3
The Happiness Boomerang WK4
Emoji Naughts and Crosses WK5
Gratitude Pictionary WK6
Dice Eliminator Partner Challenge WK7
5 Senses of Gratitude WK8
Master Chef Group Gratitude WK9
Gratitude Rainbow WK10
Wellness Guess Who WK10



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