The curriculum through play series: Creating an effective lesson plan - 3 part series - 24LCAU08 (Facilitator Miriea Lopez)

WEBINAR SERIES DESCRIPTION:
At the end of the 3 webinar series, learners will be able to create meaningful, engaging and effective lesson plans that will be inspired by the interests and needs of the students, so the activities are meaningful for them and, therefore, they will become more motivated and engaged in their own learning process. 

SESSION 1 - 24.09.2024
Learners will be able to focus on their own values and mission and use this to understand the importance of learning through play and meaningful experiences in the classroom. With this in mind, learners will be able to introduce new learning topics in a more engaging and meaningful way for the children. While doing this, learners will gain more experience in blending subjects together when creating activities and lesson plans, as the new curriculum framework suggests. 

CHILDREN’S INTERESTS AND TOPICS
• Find your why - your values and mission
• Difference between traditional / meaningful learning
• Learning indoors / playing outdoors now this has changed over time
• Understanding the importance of play in the classroom
• Blending subjects (why and how)
• Gathering children’s needs and interests
• Choosing a topic from children’s interests
• Creating an engaging introduction to your topic - intrinsical motivation

SESSION 2 - 01.10.2024
Learners will continue their lesson plans and we will learn how to extract contents and competences from our engaging topics so children will develop skills as they learn and grow their motivation and interest in the topic. We will explore different types of play and use this to create a variety of activities, resources and tools that will make your lesson plans inclusive and interactive.

MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES AND COMPETENCES 
• Contents VS competences
• New curriculum framework updates
• Types of play
• Project examples
• Create activities from your topic
• Extract contents from activities
• Extract competences from activities
• Fill out lesson plan (except for assessment)

SESSION 3 - 08.10.2024
In this session, we will get familiar with the 3 different types of assessment from the new curriculum framework and explore different examples of assessment that can be easily implemented in the classroom and added to your lesson plans. We will look at the importance of the learning cycle when planning activities, as well as the combination of different learning styles for a more inclusive education. Learners will be able create activities that support the child’s development as a whole.

ONGOING ASSESSMENT AND INCLUSION
• Types of assessment
• Examples of ongoing and final assessments
• Child led learning and emergent curriculum
• The role of the teacher
• The learning cycle / scientific method
• Learning styles
• Multiple intelligences / hidden talents / whole child development
• Group learning activities / assessment
• Other resources

Bio - Mireia Lopez is qualified as a primary school teacher with a MA in Psychology of Education, a certificate in therapeutical play skills and a train the trainer level 6. She also qualified as a Spanish teacher and as a children entertainer before becoming a teacher. In 2017, after becoming a mum of her second child, she set up Discovery Playtime, a business that promotes the use of play in many areas to help, encourage, and inspire parents and teachers to create more meaningful experiences for their children to support their positive development.

Mireia Lopez originally qualified in Barcelona where she worked as a teacher in 2010 before coming to Ireland in 2011. During her training as a teacher, she specialised in play and art. The curriculum she studied with, is very similar to the new primary curriculum framework that’s just launched in Ireland, so she has used her training and experience to create training courses that help teachers turn the concepts and competences of the curriculum into interesting and exciting activities for the children.

EACH SESSION DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO REGISTER. YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REGISTERED FOR SESSIONS 2 AND 3 AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED TO ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION.

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