The School of Play Curriculum

Primary School Foundation - Grade Two

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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
Curriculum Overview

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.

Superpowers of Play

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 & Numeracy

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

Movement, Gratitude & Giving

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