With the school being adequately resourced in terms of active play zones, our brief was to enrich an area of the existing school ground as a quiet play space with a focus on socialising and creative play. This space included an extensive section of concrete which was required to stay as part of the brief.
The end result is a quiet play area complete with informal seating in the form of rocks and tractor tyres, a synthetic turf checkers/chess board which doubles as more informal seating when a checkers game is not in session and a decked stage area. The stage is designed to 4kPa and will hold an entire classroom if need be, becoming an outdoor classroom or a performance stage depending on the need.
It is all abilities compliant and built out of Modwood to save the school time and money on maintenance down the track. Six picnic tables are on order for the refurbished gazebos providing additional seating and meeting places for the children.
Upright cypress pine sleeper walls help enclose the area from the adjacent carpark and will hold plaques which may be relocated in future.
A planting plan has been prepared with soft landscaping to be completed by the school community in Autumn 2016. This will bring much needed colour and softness to the space.
It's a big thumbs up from the kids!
