“Very fun, engaging and hands-on. Dale was very enthusiastic and had lots of brilliant ideas and activities suitable for all. The best workshop I have attended in years.”
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Sarah Mc
Bangkok Patana College
One-hour energisers to two-day conferences. Designed for students, staff and parents. Delivered in 25+ countries by Dale, Paul and the School of Play team.
What a room of 200 students looks like, three minutes in. Sound up.
What a room of 200 students looks like, three minutes in. Sound up. This is the actual energy in the room when a School of Play FunShop hits its stride: students moving, staff laughing, and a shared language of play forming in real time.
Enquire about a FunShop →From Bangkok to Brisbane, Singapore to Qatar — FunShops travel wherever the school community is.
We tailor every FunShop to the room. Tell us your week, your size and your goals and we'll design the session.
Single class or staff session
Year level or staff PD
Whole-school takeover
Conference or retreat
Send a quick brief: age group, audience, goals, date. We will be back to you within one business day.
30 minutes to understand your school, your culture and what success looks like.
We design a session tailored to your context: agenda, activities, equipment, run sheet.
We arrive ready. Kids, staff and parents have the kind of session they will still talk about next term.
Photos, debrief and follow-up resources in your inbox within 48 hours.
FunShops are designed for every person in the building — students, teachers, parents and conference audiences alike.
Movement, mindfulness and connection games tailored to age group.
Energising team sessions that double as wellbeing PD.
Family play nights that bring the whole school community together.
Keynotes and breakout sessions, fully customised to the audience.
Every FunShop is end-to-end facilitated. Show up, make space, and let us handle the rest.
Every FunShop follows the same arc, from arrival energy to genuine connection. Here's what a typical session looks like.
Big energy, music up, instant ice-breakers. The room finds its pulse.
Cooperative games that shift the body and the mood; laughter is mandatory.
Smaller-circle reflections, partner challenges, gratitude rituals.
Real stories from real schools: what changed, what stuck, what to take home.
Each participant walks out with three things they will try this week.
Photos, session notes and follow-up resources land in your inbox within 48 hours.
Every FunShop is led by Dale, Paul or a vetted member of the core team, never an outsourced trainer with a script. The energy in the room comes from people who've done it five hundred times before.
Founding Director
TEDx speaker, two-time Wiley author, founder of ClassBreak and The School of Play. Twenty years across primary teaching, PE, personal training and corporate wellbeing. Has run FunShops in 25+ countries.
Director
Former PE Lead, leadership coach and Director of The School of Play. Specialises in adult and student leadership facilitation; the workshops where you actually feel the room shift.
School of Play core facilitators
For multi-day events or back-to-back regional tours, our core team of vetted educators co-facilitates with Dale and Paul. Every facilitator is trained on the same play-based methodology.
We send a custom version of this to your team two weeks before the event. The shape stays the same; the games, examples and language change to fit your school.
A 30-minute call with your team. We confirm goals, audience size, year levels, sensitivities and the room. You get a one-page logistics checklist; we get a custom run sheet.
Music up, energy up. High-success ice-breakers that reset the social dynamic. By minute 20, every student is connected to at least three others they didn't arrive next to.
The bigger movement-based games: chase, tag, parachute, lap-the-room challenges. Skill-stacked so the most-experienced student isn't always winning, and the least-confident still gets a "yes" moment.
Smaller circles. Partner challenges, gratitude rituals, peer-led mini-games. Students take turns running short games for each other; most schools see their quietest kid speak first here.
Each participant walks out with three things they'll try this week and a piece of physical equipment (badge, card or sticker pack) so the play continues without us in the room.
Photos, a written debrief, the unprompted student quotes that surprised us, and follow-up resources for staff. The "what now?" is in your inbox before the next staff meeting.
Custom 1-hour, half-day or 2-day run sheets follow the same arc, scaled for time.
Real words from real schools. No cherry-picking — these are the messages that land in our inbox after every session.
“Very fun, engaging and hands-on. Dale was very enthusiastic and had lots of brilliant ideas and activities suitable for all. The best workshop I have attended in years.”
“Dale's keynote was the opening session and we couldn't have asked for a better start. Within the first few minutes he had the audience moving and laughing. He provided simple practical tips that we can all use every day to support mental health and well-being.”
“Unprecedented times, yet one thing stays true: people want to find happiness and joy in life. Dale did such a great job with our staff, we put on a second session for our clients.”
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Real answers, real humans.
No bots, no run-arounds.
Most schools book 4–8 weeks ahead. We can sometimes accommodate shorter notice, just ask. International bookings need 8–12 weeks for travel logistics.
Anywhere. We've delivered FunShops across 25+ countries, from Singapore to Singapore, Melbourne to Manchester. International travel costs are added at cost.
Every FunShop has indoor and outdoor formats baked in. We arrive ready to flip the plan; kids barely notice the difference.
Yes, and many schools do. A morning FunShop with students, an afternoon PD session with staff. Everyone walks away with the same shared experience.
Almost nothing. We send a one-page logistics checklist two weeks out: usually just a hall or oval, basic AV (mic + speakers if available), a list of any kids who can't run/jump, and a friendly staff face for arrival. We bring everything else.
We facilitate end-to-end. Staff are welcome to join in (we encourage it, modelling matters), but you don't need to assign anyone to run anything. We arrive, deliver and pack up.
Yes. We tailor the format to age: primary skews toward cooperative games and storytelling, secondary toward leadership challenges and reflective rituals. Same arc, different language.
Yes. We've worked with schools navigating bereavement, restructure, conflict and SEL crisis. Tell us the context on the discovery call and we'll design accordingly; no one outside your team ever hears specifics.
Pre-event consultation call, full facilitation, all equipment + materials, photos and a session debrief, plus optional follow-up resources for staff. International travel is added at cost; nothing else is hidden.
Tell us what you need and we will design the rest. Every FunShop is custom-built around your goals, your students and your context.
