Professor Andrew Burn has been leading a project on children's playground games and songs for the past two years working with members of the London Knowledge Lab, University of East London, the British Library and University of Sheffield.

The findings of the study were unveiled on Tuesday 15 March 2011 at the British Library as part of a conference launching a new British Library website. The unveiling of the study which has found that childrens playground games are as popular as ever has created national and international media interest.

New Website at the British Library:
Playtimes: a century of children's games and rhymes

Coverage of the IOE two-year research on playground games story, suggesting that children are using their experience of computer games and reality TV shows to give traditional playground games a modern twist:

• Reuters: Children still play the old schoolyard favorites
• Guardian: Children still delight in playground games.
• Mail Online: Let's play Harry Potter and Britain's Got Talent: The new games at playtime that compete with† skipping and tag.
• Guardian Cribsheet: Education news from around the web.
• BBC News: Children 'give playground games a modern twist'.
• Daily Express: CHANGING FACE OF PLAY.
• Mirror: Children pretend to be Harry Potter and Beyonce at playtime.
• Wales Online: Old favourites hang on as kids try some play acting.