Playtime for school pupils is a fundamental human right, children’s author says

Break times at school should not be reduced, because play is a fundamental human right, a children’s author and poet says.

Michael Rosen, a former Children’s Laureate and author of We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, has joined a campaign to stop the erosion of break times, urging for play to be seen as more than an “extra”.

His comments come after a study last year found that school-break times have been cut by as much as an hour over the past two decades amid funding cuts and a drive to tackle bad behaviour.

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