OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning)
We are delighted to announce that Beech Hill has started it’s OPAL journey.
OPAL is an award-winning, mentor supported school improvement programme that addresses all the areas that schools must plan for if they want to improve the quality of their play opportunities. OPAL is the only programme of its kind that has been independently proven to sustainably improve the quality of play in British primary schools.
For more information, please click on the link below.
https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/
Summer Update
The playground has been developed further with the introduction of dolls and road planks for the car area. Children can sail away with their imagination in the boats and the gardening club have been painting tyres to brighten up the areas as well as planting some herbs and sweet peas. Forest School has been opened for all to enjoy with the addition of a giant dinosaur that Forest School club will repaint in the new academic year. The Golden Welly Award has been introduced! The play team members nominate children and the winners get drawn every Friday. We held our first OPAL Parent Stay and Play sessions which were well supported. We can’t wait to see what other developments happen in September and beyond.
Spring update
We’ve been working hard since September to grow and develop our provision and play opportunities for the children within the playground. The children are loving the wheeled play—the balance bikes are loved by children of all ages and now the Roktagon is open, it means that more children are challenging themselves to have a go and scale to great heights. The basketball hoops are also proving very popular whether that be just shooting hoops or having a small game between friends, and the fitness challenge board is another addition that children are getting involved in. Our range of small world toys has been developed with children having access to toy cars and Lego to play with. There will be dolls and road planks coming very soon.
OPAL Parent Stay and Play sessions