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Playful Logan

What happens when a city adopts a Play Plan?

The Australian Institute of Play has been enchanting Logan with Play since 2020. During this time there has been immense collective efforts to increase play spaces and play time for children in Logan.  below are the highlights. You can read the the first part of the  story here: 

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To begin, AIP talked with 199 Logan Children about their play, and we shared these voices loud and proud at the 2021 Childhood Summit. The local Logan Community listened to their children, and together we created the Logan Play Action Plans. 

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These plans have 11 Key Priority areas, that children and adults from the Logan community, believe are detrimental to increased play in Logan on a city-wide scale.

 

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"Active, outdoor, genuine play is having more impact than any other partnership or program I have seen in my 14 years tenure as principal in Eagleby. It has had a seismic effect..”

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Andrew Barnes
Eagleby South State School Principal 

"If it wasn’t for the neighbourhood play network my children would still be addicted to their devices with very little connection to their community and in turn, not have gained the social, emotional and physical development benefits which they have from being involved.”

 

Emma Shamoun
Parent - Woodridge

"Our team has seen this work as so vital we are providing some funding to enable it to continue.”

 

Penny Goodall
Community Development Worker

Logan Communities for Children

"Children involved in all of the above activities have at a minimum been afforded additional opportunities to engage in play, which they have whole heartedly taken up with enthusiasm and increasing confidence”.

 

Angie Casella
Parent and Business Owner

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During 2025 AIP is continuing to be guided by the Four Play Pillars and the  2022 to 2025 Logan Play Action Plans.

 

Major achievements included:

  • Review of AIP's 2022-2025 Logan Play Action Plan demonstrating wide-spread impact of play across Logan. 

  • 2025 Childhood Summit - 58 Logan children shared their thoughts with 458 key-decision makers   

  • Eagleby and Yarrabilba benefit strongly from 25,086 child visits/attendance to high-quality child-led play sessions, producing 45,765 minutes of highly active and social, child-led high quality play.

  • Neighbourhood Backyards grows as a local resource supporting children to be able to play regularly where they live. 

  • Freedom Fortress  turns 1 year old - growing in value for the children and families of Yarrabilba and Logan Village

  • Joomunjie Land grows not only as a high-value hub for local play, it has grown into a cultural hub for local First Nations children and families to safely play in Eagleby. Now completely run by local First Nations people from this community. 100% community led, with their children at the heart. 

 

Other efforts include:

 

Consulting 577 Logan children on play. AIP led 42 child voice advocacy efforts, consulted 577 Logan children, growing children’s agency and expectations that adults will listen. Coordinated 11 Logan Child Reference Group meetings, where the members were consulted and provided feedback on seven community projects in Logan. AIP also conducted 4 Child Voice consultation workshops across Logan. Delivered 2025 Childhood Summit showcasing the voices of 58 Logan children to 458 attending key adult decision makers and stakeholders. 

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Capacity building for play: 44 x high quality play and child voice professional development opportunities to 2164 x grown-up’s who support over 15,600 Logan children and their families

 

Play-based strategies included: 

10x Large Play Events

661x High-quality child-led play sessions (mostly after school local play in Neighbourhood Backyards)

56x school holiday play sessions

10x Play incursions 

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25,086 child visits/attendance to play sessions, creating 45,765 minutes of highly active and social, child-led high quality play. Additionally 6,803 adult visits/attendance were recorded thus growing community exposure, awareness and understanding of the benefits of high quality play for Logan children and their families.

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Playful Research: Continue to be lead by community voice, constant review and child observations

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Bringing the Logan Play Action Plans to life and make Logan the Most Playful City in the World! 

2025

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During 2024 AIP is continuing to be guided by the Four Play Pillars and the  2022 to 2025 Logan Play Action Plans.

 

Major achievements included:

Launching Freedom Fortress - QLD's second Neighbourhood Backyard and local loose parts play space 

Joomunjie Land - Reached a major milestone of being 100% run by local community. Also won the prestigious Australia's Best Playground Award and grows in interest and value for the children of Eagleby. 

 

Other efforts include:

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Consulting 505 Logan children on play. AIP led 26 child voice advocacy efforts, consulted 505 Logan children, growing children’s agency and expectations that adults will listen. Coordinated 15 Logan Child Reference Group meetings, where the members were consulted and provided feedback on seven community projects in Logan. AIP also conducted 11 Child Voice consultation workshops across Logan. Providing crucial child-input into 8 Logan projects 

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Capacity building for play: 34x high quality play and child voice professional development opportunities to 912x grown-up’s who support over 18,726 Logan children and their families

 

Play-based strategies included: 

5 - Large scale play events

270 High-quality child-led play sessions in Joomunjie Land 

24x school holiday play sessions

8x Play incursions 

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17,460 child visits/attendance to play sessions, creating 17,460 minutes of highly active and social, child-led high quality play. Additionally 3,157adult visits/attendance were recorded thus growing community exposure, awareness and understanding of the benefits of high quality play for Logan children and their families.

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Playful Research: Continue to be lead by community voice, constant review and child observations

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Bringing the Logan Play Action Plans to life and make Logan the Most Playful City in the World! 

2024

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During 2023 AIP is continuing to be guided by the Four Play Pillars and the  2022 to 2025 Logan Play Action Plans.

 

Major achievements included:

2023 Childhood Summit - 42 Logan children  

Joomunjie Land grows in interest and value for the children of Eagleby

 

Other efforts include:

 

Consulting 305 Logan children on play. AIP led 13 child voice advocacy efforts, consulted 305 Logan children, growing children’s agency and expectations that adults will listen. Coordinated 17 Logan Child Reference Group meetings, where the members were consulted and provided feedback on seven community projects in Logan. AIP also conducted 12 Child Voice consultation workshops across Logan. Delivered 2023 Childhood Summit showcasing the voices of 42 Logan children to 255 attending key adult stakeholders. 

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Capacity building for play: 30 x high quality play and child voice professional development opportunities to 694 x grown-up’s who support over 12,000 Logan children and their families

 

Play-based strategies included: 

2 Days of Play Festival

130x High=quality child-led play sessions in Joomunjie Land 

2x Neighborhood Play sessions

14x school holiday play sessions

6x Play incursions 

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10,431 child visits/attendance to play sessions, creating 247.5 hrs of highly active and social, child-led high quality play. Additionally 3,637 adult visits/attendance were recorded thus growing community exposure, awareness and understanding of the benefits of high quality play for Logan children and their families.

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Playful Research: Continue to be lead by community voice, constant review and child observations

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Bringing the Logan Play Action Plans to life and make Logan the Most Playful City in the World! 

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2023

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During 2022 AIP is continuing to be guided by the Four Play Pillars and the  2022 to 2025 Logan Play Action Plans. AIP has secured funding with Communities for Children and Eagleby South State School to continue our playful efforts. A milestone was achieved by opening Joomunjie Land as Queensland First Neighbourhood Backyard for the children of the Eagleby community! Other efforts include:

 

Consulting 323 Logan children on play.

4 Child-Friendly Neighbourhood Workshops with children

Logan wide play survey including 199 Logan Children. 

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Capacity building for play included:

Professional development for 868 Logan adults from 179 Logan organisations, who support Logan children. 

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Play-based strategies included: 

Helping establish 4 Neighbourhood Play Networks 

Supported construction 5 loose parts play spaces across Logan

73 Play events for 9,300 Logan children

Playful Research: Continue to be lead by community voice, constant review and child observations

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Bringing the Logan Play Action Plans to life and make Logan the Most Playful City in the World! 

2022

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During 2021 Several key Logan community stakeholders, highly concerned with the decline of play for local children, are now involved in a long-term coordinated effort to revive play. This includes  a group of Logan community members, supported by play professionals, forming the not-for-profit charity ‘Australian Institute of Play’ (AIP). This local Logan authority on play launched on 19 February, 2021 and was charged with local advocacy, influencing conditions and opportunities, and supporting children to have voice on issues directly related to their play.

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Arising from the wealth of conversations captured as community voice, a 12-month review of the Play in Logan initiative tested the strategic direction. The Play Action Plans for Logan were redefined through local consultation at the 2021 Childhood Summit. Four play pillars were created to capture the community voice and drive direction for continued momentum and change.

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2021

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During 2020,  A huge amount of effort was invested into consulting with the Logan community to understand the needs, challenges, and solutions for increased physical and social activity. These efforts were concentrated in Eagleby, Woodridge and Kingston due to high levels of physical vulnerability recorded in the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC). To ensure a strong evidence-base, a strategic governance body was formed, to inform and guide direction

2019

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During 2019 The Queensland State Government launched its new Activate Strategy. A first ‘whole of government strategy’ aimed to increase physical activity for Queenslanders. From this strategy the Community Active Partnership Program (CAPP) was born; a place-based approach to generate active solutions, by the community, for the community. A partnership with a local Collective Impact initiative, Logan Together, was formed to deliver a pilot program to increase physical literacy and social cohesion for Logan children aged 0 to 8 and their families. A 3-year funding program for Logan, totalling just under $1,000,000 was launched in October 2019.

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2020

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Our play-full journey...

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So Many Playful Efforts in Logan

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Across Logan, we have been enthralled by the amount of people who are already engaging with and providing opportunities for great quality play with Logan children.

 

We call this collective; The Play People.

 

All hundreds these amazing individuals and organisations work in support of Play across Logan and aim to grow good quality child-led play for Logan children and families. Many have joined us in play professional development, provided by Australian Institute of Play in support of Logan children's capacity to play, every day, where they live.

  • Aboriginal Torres Strait

  • Islander Community Health

  • Services

  • ACCESS Community Services

  • AEIOU

  • AOTAS

  • Ariel Childcare Centre

  • Australian Institute of Play

  • Amnesty International

  • Beenleigh Family Centre

  • Berrinba East State School

  • Bethania C&K

  • Bethania Early Learning Centre

  • Bethania Lutheran OSHC

  • Browns Plains ECEC

  • Burnie Works

  • Burrowes State School

  • Busy Butterflies

  • Bush Kindy

  • Bryan Foundation

  • Children's Rights QLD

  • C&K Eagleby South

  • Community Kindergarten

  • C&K Ipswich

  • C&K Kingston

  • C&K Logan Reserve

  • C&K Mt Warren Park

  • C&K Rochedale

  • C&K Waterford Community 
    Kindergarten

  • C&K Windaroo

  • C&K Yarrabilba

  • Camphill OSHC

  • Charlie Place ECEC

  • Chatswood Goodstart ECEC

  • Chatswood State School

  • Children’s Centre of Beenleigh

  • Cities for Play

  • C&K Crestmead

  • C&K Woodridge North

  • C&K QLD

  • Communities for Children

  • Coomera Rivers OSHC

  • Cornubia ECEC

  • Crestmead Early Education Centre

  • Crestmead Play & Learn

  • Crestmead State School

  • Curious Me

  • Dance with Diversity

  • Deadly Kindies - Burragah

  • Deepening Democracy

  • Deru Creche Kindergarten and Family Daycare

  • Educated by Nature

  • Eagleby Neighbourhood Centre

  • Eagleby South State School

  • Eagleby State School

  • Early Birds Childcare

  • Edens Landing Childrens Centre

  • Element Photography

  • Family LinQ Kingston

  • First Five Forever

  • Goodstart Chatswood

  • Goodstart Crestmead Julie Street

  • Goodstart Third Avenue

  • Goodstart Shailer Park

  • Griffith University

  • Griffith Institute for Educational Research

  • Groves College

  • Groves ECEC

  • Growing Kind

  • Guardian OSHC

  • Gunya Meta

  • Guppy’s ELC

  • Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten

  • International Play Association

  • Jinndi Mibunn

  • Juba Star FDC

  • Jump Up for Kids Occupational Therapy

  • Kids ELC - Daisy Hill

  • Kids ELC - Rochedale

  • Kimberly College

  • Kimberly Park State School

  • Kingston East Community Centre

  • Kingston Guppy's ECEC

  • Kingston KindyLinQ

  • Kingston State School

  • Kingston Treehouse ELC

  • Kiwi Kids

  • KU Inclusion Support

  • KU Services

  • Kyabra Community Association

  • Learning Garden

  • Lendlease

  • Life Without Barriers

  • Little Monkeys

  • Logan City Council

  • Logan Rivers

  • Logan Together

  • Logan Village SS

  • Loganholme SS

  • Loganholme State School

  • Mabel Park Early Learing

  • Mabel Park State School

  • Mabel Mob Dancers

  • Macarthy Road Education and
    Childcare

  • Mansfield State School

  • Moorooka State School

  • Marsden Early Learning
    Centre

  • Marsden Kindergarten and 
    Child Care

  • Marsden Primary Community
    Hub

  • Marsden Primary School

  • Marshall Road State School

  • Matthew Flinders Anglican
    College

  • Melarki Playwork

  • Melton City Coiuncil

  • MJ Designs

  • Montessori Gardens Early

  • Childhood Centre

  • Multicultural Sports Club

  • Mums n' Bubs Logan

  • Natural Elements

  • Nature Play QLD

  • National Playwork Conference

  • PCYC

  • People In Place

  • Perfect Beginnings Childcare
    Centre

  • Play Matters QLD

  • Play Around the World

  • Play Australia

  • Play Wales

  • Play & Learn Underwood

  • QLEC

  • Queensland University of
    Technology

  • Queensland Youth Parliament

  • Reclink Australia

  • Regents Park OSHC

  • River View State SChool

  • Rochedale ECEC

  • Rochedale South OHSC

  • Rosie's Early Learning Centre

  • Saint Pauls Catholic Primary School

  • Salvation Army

  • Science Minded

  • Shailer Park Goodstart

  • Shailer Park State School

  • Shout Communications

  • Skills to Grow

  • Southern Cross University

  • South Rocks State School

  • Sparrows Early Learning Centre

  • Springwood High SS

  • Springwood Rd SS

  • St Bernardine OSHC

  • St Francis Community Hub

  • St Josephs Tobruk Community School

  • St Paul's Community Hub

  • Stacey's Independent
    Learning

  • Children Children's Partnership

  • QLD Government Communities 

  • Queensland Government  
    Education

  • QLD Gov Health

  • QLD Gov Housing

  • QLD Gov Recreation and Sport

  • QLD Mental Health Commission

  • QLD Family and Children's Commission

  • Settlement Services Internaitonal

  • Studio of Performing Arts

  • Stronger Beginnings 

  • Sunny Faces ECC

  • The Family Place

  • The Outsiders Play Advocates

  • Tiny Tots ELC

  • Twin Rivers

  • Underwood Play & Learn

  • Uniting Care

  • University of Queensland

  • Village Connect

  • Warril Yari-Go Karulbo

  • Waterford West Education and Care

  • Waterford West State School

  • We Belong Family Day Care

  • Wearthy

  • Wesley Mission QLD

  • Whaiflow

  • Woodridge Community Hub

  • Woodridge North Community Hub

  • Woodridge North Community State School

  • Wyndam City Council

  • Yarrabilba State School

  • Yarrabilba State High School

  • YFS

  • YMCA

  • Yourtown

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