School aims to win funding for outdoor play equipment
12/07/2010 A school in Oxford is competing to win money to improve its facilities and purchase outdoor play equipment.
Launton Primary School is one of five schools taking part in a competition in association with the Oxford Mail to win thousands of pounds worth of improvements.
The newspaper reports that the school is having a new hall built on the site of their former playground and must now invest in outdoor play equipment for the school's outdoor playing field.
Mandy Terry, a year one teacher at the school, told the news provider that winning the £7,500 would mean a lot to the school.
"If we had the climbing apparatus, it would mean the children could be inventive and make up their own games and it would get them enjoying being outside," Ms Terry said.
She added: "There is only so much you can do with a bare field."
The other schools which have made it through to the final are New Marston in Oxford, Kingfisher School in Abingdon, as well as Wheatley Primary and Edith Moorhouse in Carterton.
Writing for the Independent last week, Sue Palmer, a former head teacher and the author of Toxic Childhood, said that outdoor play activities for young children should be made a priority in the UK.
Launton Primary School is one of five schools taking part in a competition in association with the Oxford Mail to win thousands of pounds worth of improvements.
The newspaper reports that the school is having a new hall built on the site of their former playground and must now invest in outdoor play equipment for the school's outdoor playing field.
Mandy Terry, a year one teacher at the school, told the news provider that winning the £7,500 would mean a lot to the school.
"If we had the climbing apparatus, it would mean the children could be inventive and make up their own games and it would get them enjoying being outside," Ms Terry said.
She added: "There is only so much you can do with a bare field."
The other schools which have made it through to the final are New Marston in Oxford, Kingfisher School in Abingdon, as well as Wheatley Primary and Edith Moorhouse in Carterton.
Writing for the Independent last week, Sue Palmer, a former head teacher and the author of Toxic Childhood, said that outdoor play activities for young children should be made a priority in the UK.
