Outdoor Play And Learning (OPAL)
Each class has two OPAL ambassadors who help others and make sure their allocated zone is left tidy at the end of playtime and lunchtime.
They wear hi visibility jackets so other children know who they are.
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Our first Family OPAL Stay & Play - Saturday 11th May
The OPAL Primary Programme.
Children in British primary schools spend 20% – or 1.4 years – of their school attendance in play, yet many schools have no strategic or values-based approach to play across all ages.
The Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme is a mentor-supported school improvement programme. It addresses all of the areas schools must plan for if they want to strategically and sustainably improve the quality of their play opportunities.
The OPAL Primary Programme is the only programme of its kind that has been independently proven to sustainably improve the quality of play in British primary schools.
Research shows that play contributes to children’s physical and emotional health, wellbeing, approach to learning and enjoyment of school. Given the importance of play in children’s lives and current concerns about children’s health and opportunity to access time and space to initiate their own play outdoors, there are considerable benefits for children, parents, schools, and the wider community from participating in OPAL's programme. The OPAL
Primary Programme supports schools in developing a cultural shift in thinking about and supporting children’s play. Its success comes from a series of interrelated actions undertaken with the specialist support from the OPAL mentor. This embeds play into school’s policies and practices and establishes clear guiding principles and strategies for initiating changes at playtimes. The results can be transformational and – at best – spectacular and show progress even in more challenging school environments.
(The Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme)
Here are some photos from our previous grounds day:
Huge thank you to our parents/carer and volunteers who helped us on this day
-Saturday 25th November 2023
-Saturday 9th March 2024
