Doing ‘The Time Warp’ might be fun for ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ audience… but watching the wood warp is a horror no one wants when it comes to outdoor play and sports equipment. Natural wood is a marvellous material – versatile, strong, attractive and (when properly managed) sustainable, recyclable and biodegradable. Climbing frames, trim trails,…
t may seem like a real faff but prepping your sports equipment and facilities for winter is soooooooo worth it. After all, why spend all that money on quality kit only to ruin it through lack of care? The trick is to get ahead of the season. Climate change may be messing around with traditional…
‘No man is an island,’ (John Donne) and no school is a Hogwarts silo! Schools, like people, thrive on community spirit, care and support. It’s not magic; it’s common sense and common interest that make the world go round. This is all very well but, apart from occasional quiz nights, open days and activity sessions,…
In 1949, the Danish sculptor and architect Egon Möller-Nielsen created the sculpture, ‘Tufsen’, designed to bring together abstract art and play ‘based on a child’s desire to hide, slide and climb up high to feel that sense of danger.’ Somewhat amoebic in appearance, this artistic structure had the ulterior motive of also being an innovative…
According to the World Health Organisation, disability is part of being human. Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their life. An estimated 1.3 billion people – about 16% of the global population – currently experience significant disability. This number is increasing due in part to population ageing and an…
In 1922, the British Medical Journal confirmed the generally held view that Netball was beneficial to the ‘character of girls’, further reinforcing an earlier 1916 publication advising that ‘good temper, pluck, determination, extreme agility of mind and body are traits universally found among Net-Ball players and, best of all, perhaps, that inexpressibly happy attitude, esprit de corps.’…