first4playgrounds new range of MUGA (multi use games areas)

first4playgrounds are now installing and supplying MUGA (muti use games areas)  for your school playground sports area/ recreational sports areas. Multi sports games areas are ideal to encourage children of all areas to play sports and interact socially through playing sports. Some sports that can be played include Basketball, Netball, Football, and Tennis. Please visit our website www.first4playgrounds.co.uk for more information.

 

first4playgrounds new wall panels for imaginative play and educational learning.

first4playground are introducing a new line of educational tools for the school playground. You can find our new range on our website at www.first4playgrounds.co.uk. Our new range include durable wall panels and bespoke chalk boards that encourage imaginative and creative play and learning. Role play games encourage creative thinking and develop decision making and social skills and a way to make sense of the world they live in. We also have wall panels that encourage numeracy and literacy skills such as counting and spelling, word and number and phonics  recognition.

NEW WORLD MAPS AND UK MAPS FOR NEW GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM

first4playgrounds have designed a new range of UK and World Maps for outdoor learning and teaching of the new Geography curriculum. The school playground can be a great place for teaching children in an exciting and engaging way. Thermoplastic playground markings are environmentally friendly and  durable, lasting upto 10 years and we can design bespoke playground markings to suit your school playground area.

first4playgrounds are introducing a new range of fitness equipment and updating their website with the full range available The fitness equipment can be installed in the school play areas or in parks and recreational areas. The fitness help exercise specific muscle groups whilst also being fun to use. One popular  piece is  the Children's Double health walker . This is designed to exercise the lower body but also encourage social interaction  of the children .




Please visit our website for more information and new range of products available at www.first4playgrounds.co.uk

first4playgrounds new maps for geography curriculum

first4playgrounds has just introduced new playground markings that help teachers implement the new Geography curriculum, the new curriculum requires ks1 children to learn about Uk capital cities, main rivers, world continents north and south  poles, ks2 are required to learn  the uk capital cities , counties and rivers, world contents and hemispheres, equator and north and south poles .Our colourful thermoplastic playground maps help lean through play. To  see our new range of maps visit  our website at www.first4playgrounds.co.uk .  We have had a positive response to our new markings from schools  which now see this as a great way to support geography learning.

first4playgrounds solar system with dwarf planets

In the recent months we have been anticipating the rare Solar Eclipse which happened on March  20th. This was a fantastic opportunity for schools to introduce astrology teaching into the curriculum and learn more about the solar system and our planets. first4playgrounds have introduced  solar system playground markings  which can be a fun way for children to familiarise themselves with planets,  learn about their sizes in relation to one another and their order and distance from the earth. Scientists controversially   changed pluto to a dwarf planet in 2006. Dwarf planets have a direct orbit with the sun but are not big enough to  have cleared  its path of other masses around its orbit . Scientists believe with exploration of the Kuiper belt,  many more dwarf planets will be found.
At present time 5  Dwarf planets are recognised in our solar system. Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris .
first4playgrounds are now offering schools the choice of adding these dwarf planets to the solar system playground markings design, giving children a greater knowledge of how are solar system works.

Solar system playground markings

The planets in the solar system

                                                           

Playground markings Saint Mary's Primary School in Stanley

first4playgrounds were very pleased for all of the positive feedback we received from Saint Marys primary school teacher Mrs Souter we have a full blog on our  playground installation on our website which can be found at www.first4playgrounds.co.uk .  The school was keen to have playground markings that encouraged physical activity at playtimes and we designed an exercise trail  to be used in their Physical Education lessons . We also installed markings that develop numeracy and literacy skills the markings included a Rocket Hopscotch, 0-20 colourful Dragon and a Sunflower Hopscotch and 1- 100 grid 
The children loved their new markings and the school was very pleased with the new markings, adding colour and excitement to their playground .