How can you help?...
We are starting to prepare for our exciting new project to make our playtimes even better, in conjunction with Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) CIC. In 2018, OPAL won the best active schools’ programme in Europe award and has been cited in two parliamentary reports as delivering outstanding practice. OPAL is working closely with Sport England to promote more active childhoods, which is one of the many reasons we are improving our playtime, as well as to improve opportunities for socialisation, cooperation, coordination, resilience, creativity, imagination and enjoyment for your child.
We strongly believe that:
“Play is freely chosen, personally directed, intrinsically motivated behaviour that actively engages the child. Play can be fun or serious. Through play children explore social, material and imaginary worlds and their relationship with them, elaborating all the while a flexible range of responses to the challenges they encounter. By playing, children learn and develop as individuals, and as members of the community.” (Children’s Play Council 2001).
We are beginning to prepare for the project, and our hopes are that it will change the way we think and how we play together. To facilitate this project, we will need to buy some new resources, move some things around on the playground and require some loose parts. Loose parts are any materials that can be easily moved, combined, and incorporated into children's free play. The items we are initially looking for will enable us to enjoy a wider range of play experiences during playtime:
We strongly believe that:
“Play is freely chosen, personally directed, intrinsically motivated behaviour that actively engages the child. Play can be fun or serious. Through play children explore social, material and imaginary worlds and their relationship with them, elaborating all the while a flexible range of responses to the challenges they encounter. By playing, children learn and develop as individuals, and as members of the community.” (Children’s Play Council 2001).
We are beginning to prepare for the project, and our hopes are that it will change the way we think and how we play together. To facilitate this project, we will need to buy some new resources, move some things around on the playground and require some loose parts. Loose parts are any materials that can be easily moved, combined, and incorporated into children's free play. The items we are initially looking for will enable us to enjoy a wider range of play experiences during playtime:
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Natural resources:
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We will be holding a collection on Wednesday 3rd December. The sooner we do this, the sooner the children will be able to play with the items! Please do not bring your donations in before this date as we will have nowhere to store them. If objects are really large, such as wooden pallets, we will ensure that there is someone available to help you carry them into school. We will collect the items just inside the junior gates onto the junior playground. We will have buckets ready for collection. If there are any parents who would be able to help us to collect and sort the items that are donated that would be fantastic between 8.40 and 9.30 am and we will meet at the junior entrance. If you can offer your services please contact us on:
[email protected]
There will be more information to follow and requests for additional items. We are really excited about this project and hope that you will support us in our efforts to improve playtimes for all children.
[email protected]
There will be more information to follow and requests for additional items. We are really excited about this project and hope that you will support us in our efforts to improve playtimes for all children.
Different areas of play...
Mud Kitchen |
Den Building |
Small World |
Music and Performance |
Large Loose Parts |
Wheeled Play |
Arts and Craft |
