The international conference "School as a Playful Space", in its second edition, aims to provide a framework for sharing theories, research findings and experiences in the field of Play-based Learning, with a specific focus on primary school.

Play-based Learning is considered here as an overarching framework for a range of experiences, spanning from free play to Teaching and Learning Games. The idea is to reflect together on play as a conceptual parenthesis for a future-oriented primary school education and all-day education.

We, therefore, consider both the dimensions of play and playfulness (Dewey) and aspects related to children's well-being, social relations, friendships, as well as play as a social practice. The focus is on the relation between learning/knowledge, body, emotions and materiality.

Following on from the first edition of the conference, we wish to explore the various dimensions of play in primary school and all-day education, with regard to the implementation of a child-oriented, inclusive education. In concrete terms, play will be reflected upon in relation to:

- playfulness

- participation

- embodied learning

- institutional structures (time and space)

- children's play cultures

- citizenship education

- teachers' professionalism, teachers' qualification

Any contribution inspired by these aspects and seeking to apply them to the question of the potential for the relationship between play and primary school is welcome.