Be safe – Opal Play

After the assembly, we were incredibly excited to launch a completely new lunchtime for the children. For the first time at Lady Bay, the children were completely mixed up and were able to access all areas of the school site. It was incredibly liberating for the children and the feedback from them has been extremely positive. A year 1 child stated, “I just love being able to play with my sister at lunchtime.”

We have set the playground up into zones and have each zone being supported by a member of the play team. Mr Dearnley, Mrs Keane and I were also on had to support the children with their play choices. They have had access to water play, the mud kitchen, sporting activities including hockey, dress-up clothes, small world activities, building with crates and planks, suitcases and wheelbarrows and much more. Thank you to the parents who have stopped to give feedback or sent in emails, it has been much appreciated. Thank you to all the play team for their efforts so far. I have captured some of their play in a few photos below with much more to come in the future.

If you have had a sort out after Christmas or you have anything else form the list to donate, please do so. We particularly need any old helmets so we can set up the scooter section and any small world (cars, dinosaurs, figures etc…)  and construction items _building, Lego, Duplo etc...) The dress up has been a huge hit too! The suitcases have been really popular as have the wheelbarrows and pushchairs.

It really is making a huge difference to the children’s happiness at lunchtime. In the first week, there has also been a significant decrease in first aid instances because so many of the children are busy.