OPAL

OPAL stands for 'Outdoor Play and Learning' and is a big part of our school. Our aim is to enhance the play provision for our children so that their time outside is interesting and constructive. It may at times be messy and adventurous, however play time takes up roughly 20% of the school day so it is important that it is a positive experience. Good quality play enhances health and wellbeing, mental health, social and langueage development, understanding of risk and challenge. These are just a few of the benefits that good quality play provides - there are many, many more! This is why we are often asking for OPAL resources and for any help to support us. For example, two of our very kind parents, Mr Tennet & Mr Illy, made us a fantastic welly store so that the children can all keep their wellies dry and be easily accessible to use during playtimes.

In Autumn Term 2023, we held an OPAL day so that all the children could experience some OPAL activities and work together with different year groups on open ended outdoor activities, such as den building, making art from nature, playing problem solving games. We hope to hold an OPAL day every term as it was very successful. We were very grateful for all the donations you sent in - thank you!

Please let us know if you can help in any way and/or would like to join our OPAL team. 

We held another very successful OPAL day on Friday 19th July 2024 - it was great to see all of the children from different year groups working together on varying outside activities.  Thank you again for all of your very generous donations - this will really give us a boost to help rejuvenate our playtimes even more! 

OPAL Platinum Award

We are delighted to inform you that, in July 2024, our school was awarded the prestigious OPAL Platinum Award. This recognition is a testament to our ongoing commitment to providing high-quality outdoor play and learning experiences for our children. We would like to extend a special thank you to Mrs Odams for her dedication and hard work in driving this initiative forward.