Time for play
Emma Griffin profiles a selection of products for playgrounds
Kitcamp This modular play system is made up of interlocking panels, suitable for imaginative indoor or outdoor play. The panels are robust, yet lightweight enough for children to manipulate and create their own play spaces. There’s scope for encouraging role play by building a spaceship, submarine or hospital. It’s also possible to create activity tables, painting and mark-making stations or to build a set for a celebration assembly. Panels are made from expanded polypropylene (EPP), a highly durable and weather-resistant material, and are safety tested for stability, fl ammability and toxicity. Supported by a team of teachers who actively contribute to creating curriculum-based learning through play, Kitcamp offers resources and toolkits to download (including real-life examples of how the system can improve and transform learning environments for children).
iamkitcamp.com
Kitcamp mini kit, starting from £1,375
OPAL Outdoor Play and
Prices depending on requirements
Learning Playtime takes up a substantial amount of the primary school day and OPAL has helped more than 1,000 British schools make playtimes more enjoyable for children. Its Primary Programme helps schools develop the quality of their play, addressing policy, strategy, planning, staffi ng, health and safety, resourcing, community participation and environment. By focusing on improvements that can be sustained in the long term, schools that invested in the OPAL programme often see an 80 per cent drop in reported behaviour issues and fi rst aid incidents.
outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk
Commercial Play Alongside supplying high quality playground equipment, Commercial Play offers a range of surfacing solutions for schools to keep children safe while they play and learn outdoors. Whether you want brand new surfacing or upgrades and repairs, the supplier manages all aspects of a project, from the initial site visit to design and installation. Refresh your playground in exciting and imaginative ways with designs such as rivers, sandy beaches, city roads and pathways created from coloured UV-protected wet-pour surfacing. Or turn your playground into space for games and activities, choosing from a wide variety of coloured thermoplastic designs and markings. Available surfaces include rubber crumb, bonded mulch, bark chip, artifi cial grass, shockpad, rubber tiles and matting, decking and Tarmac. commercialplay.
co.uk/school-playground-surfacing/
‘Using the programme has given us a clear structure to help us transform the play experiences for our children. We are still on our journey, but can already identify the benefi ts to the whole school community.’ Sarah Jeffery, deputy headteacher, Manor Park Primary School, Knutsford
Costs from £4,999
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