Pelton Community Primary School

Ouston Lane, Pelton, Chester-le-Street DH2 1EZ

Pelton Community Primary

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Home / Pupils / OPAL – Outdoor Play and Learning

OPAL – Outdoor Play and Learning

What is OPAL?

Research has shown that children spend 20% of their time in school playing. To ensure that this time and our fantastic school grounds are used to their full potential our school has adopted an OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) philosophy that allows the children freedom to explore play in their own imaginative ways, often using found and gathered resources in the natural outdoor environment.

An OPAL approach promotes a more inclusive play environment in which all children can feel comfortable to express themselves. Our OPAL journey began in Spring 2017 and since this time, we have quickly transformed our outdoor environment. Our children love the new outdoor opportunities that OPAL offers with so much more for them to do, no matter the weather! From playing with tyres and digging in the sand pit, to enjoying imaginative play in the small world area or cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen, OPAL offers an exciting alternative to the standard playground activities.

Through this approach to play children are not only more active at lunch or break times, but they are also having the opportunity to further develop life skills such as cooperation, team work and problem solving. They are becoming motivated and enthusiastic builders, engineers, explorers and designers.

 

We are currently developing our new OPAL areas which include a large digging area, mud kitchen, sandpit, pallet houses, hills and tunnels. Please take a look at our progress so far below!

 

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Ouston Lane

Pelton

Chester-le-Street

Co. Durham

DH2 1EZ

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