Get Your Game On - Face to Face Interactive Workshop

Facilitated by Rarni Rothwell

Active supervision is more than watching — it's reading the room and knowing when to step in with something that shifts the energy. This session equips OSHC educators with a practical toolkit of small and large group games, and the confidence to use them at the right moment.

Educators will learn to spot the early signs of boredom, restlessness and under-stimulation before they escalate, and respond with structured, high-engagement play that draws children in rather than shutting behaviour down. Along the way, participants will explore how well-facilitated games build the social skills that matter most in OSHC settings — turn-taking, negotiating rules, managing frustration, losing well, including others — and how deliberate game design can stretch children's resilience in a safe, playful way.

Expect to be on your feet. Participants will play the games, unpack what…