Researchers are calling for increased attention to the design of schoolyards and provision of diverse spaces for play in primary schools, to address issues of exclusion, bullying and racism in Irish schoolyards.
policies and practices contradicts with inclusive school ideals and government commitments to children's rights. The study has been published in theMore than half a million children share schoolyards in over 3000 IrishOver a three-year period, the multi-study research project investigated play in Irish schoolyards as central to the production of intersectional inequities central to exclusion particularly for disabled and minoritized children.
Irish schoolyards were described as hard surfaced, restrictive, empty spaces with few, often broken objects and limited access to natural areas.to understand each particular context and identify possibilities for change is central when planning schoolyards that will increase play choice and inclusion in schoolyards.
Researchers are calling on the government to harness the new Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2023–2028 which forefronts children's rights and integrated policy and practices to review how to integrate school breaktimes in inclusive, intercultural, and sustainableThis will require dialog regarding the provision of play rights but also clarity on funding, practice guidelines and the challenges of litigation fears, racism, bullying and exclusion in schoolyards.
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