Play & Help

Learning English through play and community engagement

Each year, student teachers bring English to life through an engaging community outreach initiative that combines language learning, play and social responsibility.

Designed and facilitated by student teachers from Instituto Superior Juan XXIII the initiative offers interactive English games and activities for primary school children, creating enjoyable opportunities to learn and communicate through play.

The initiative also connects language education with community engagement and social responsibility, with activities linked to charitable donations. In this way, student teachers develop their teaching practice while contributing to the wider community.

By bringing together teacher education, schools and the local community, the initiative strengthens connections between the teacher education programme and the wider community, while giving future teachers valuable experience of learning beyond the classroom.

To find out more, watch this YouTube video featuring Magíster María Gabriela Atena discussing the project and its impact.

Media coverage

The Play and Help initiative has received coverage in two local newspapers, La Brújula 24 and La Nueva, highlighting its combination of English learning, play, teacher education and community solidarity.