William Lilley Primary School, Stapleford

Vale Sport and Leisure Ltd were asked to refurbish William Lilley’s Playground and sports facility with a clear play theme throughout the project in order to provide the children with endless hours of play and fun!

“From planning to completion, Vale Sport and Leisure Ltd have been professional and supportive, ensuring they have addressed our every request!”

 

Client Brief/The Problem

  • William Lilley’s Playground was experiencing drainage problems as the playground would often flood, leaving the children having no choice but having to play inside. The playground also lacked creativity and children were finding that at times there was little to do, proving that play was become increasingly challenging with minimum equipment.
  • William Lilley’s teachers had very creative ideas and were desperate to improve their school’s facilities to provide the children with the best possible play experience, whilst maintaining an attractive appearance and cleaning up the playground in general.
  • As a result, working alongside the headteacher, Vale Sport and Leisure Ltd designed a project that would tackle the drainage problems, was bright and aesthetic for both children and visitors and most importantly could offer a variety of play for almost any child foto enjoy on a daily basis.

The Solution

The design was well thought out with all features serving a great purpose and plays a huge part in completing the entire project as a whole.

  • The wetpour safety surface which is such arguably one of the main features of the project as it covers a high percentage of the playground, this permeable surface was ideal to tackle the lack of drainage within the area, whilst also providing a safety factor for the children’s play equipment. The bright colours also complement the environment extremely well as chosen by the head-teacher, with the surface relating to the equipment, for example, the sudden colour changes within the wetpour to work alongside the trim trail play items, this is also seen when the obstacle course is implemented into the surface with different coloured specs for added creativity within the play area.
  • The themed play equipment is all colour specific with a clear red and blue theme throughout, with yellow flecks within some of the wetpour. Some of the key pieces of play equipment with the project include;
  • A number of timber trim-trail courses, including balance beams, suspension bridges, rope walks and various other obstacles to overcome, which test children’s speed and coordination, proving quite the test and resulting in great fun for any pupil!
  • Themed Boat Play equipment for children to explore their imagination as pirates at sea or other games!
  • An outdoor Mini-Muga area, complete with Goal Ends, sport’s markings and a surrounding Rebound perimeter fencing! Allowing children to stay active and spend hours playing sports that they love.
  • An outdoor learning & socialising area with multi-coloured wetpour surfacing, complete with colourful learning shelters for children to sit down and relax and play games sat down on the playground, giving the children an area to enjoy the playground without having to run around.
  • Bespoke Musical play equipment was also installed to the playground, giving groups of the children a chance to socialise and enjoy music outdoors! Such a unique set of features allows children’s creativity to flow as their imagination runs wild whilst they play musical items with their friends at lunchtime.
 

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The Result

Since Vale Sport and Leisure Ltd carried out the various works for William Lilley our team has been delighted to receive nothing but outstanding feedback following the project.

Some of our favourite quotes include;

“The children love the playground, they are even more eager to get outside!”

“They often stay behind at the end of the day to play with their friends”

“The installation was quick and efficient!”

The entire theme of land vs sea theme, with the implemented wetpour surfacing colours and features, works alongside the bespoke play equipment fantastic, creating an outstanding environment for the children to explore and most importantly have fun, the bespoke equipment such as the playboat, play boat and various pirate features throughout the project allows a learning experience like no other, as this project has been planned with every child type in mind! A project that will continue to offer hours on end of limitless fun, is safe and low maintenance and also looks appealing to almost any set of eyes.

With the Wetpour safety surfacing offering a solution to the previous issues that the playground faced due to heavy rainfall, the playground looking the best it ever has for students and visitors and all involved parties being extremely happy with the outcome of the project, this refurbishment was, without doubt, a huge success and our team enjoyed working for such a fantastic school!