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Holy Family

Playground

Proposal

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VISION

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Outdoor play is increasingly recognized as

a foundation for children’s healthy development.

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Research shows that unstructured play

that takes place outdoors is vital to children’s social,

emotional, cognitive and physical development.

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Beyond the well-known health benefits of physical activity,

research has found that outdoor play and access to green space

is associated with higher vitamin D levels, improved mental well-being,

better attention behaviours, better self-regulation, and improved

spatial memory.

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Playground spaces

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AREAS

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1

Ramp & Stairs

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2

Adventure play

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Sandpit and sensory play

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COLA - outdoor learning space

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Native Bush Tucker

Prayer Garden

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Oval - mural and trees

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The playground is represented as six areas.

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AREA 1

CURRENT:

Stairs are too narrow and too steep

No access for parents with prams or students with disabilities

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PROPOSE:

Concrete ramp connecting undercroft to outside lift.

Replace steps with wider steps with platform deck

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2024 Facilities Plan - Catholic Schools Broken Bay to fund

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AREA 2

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ADVENTURE PLAY

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CURRENT:

  • Stone Sandpit
  • Shade shelter sails
  • Climbing equipment

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PROPOSE:

  • Keep existing shade shelter sails
  • Remove 13 year old playground climbing equipment
  • Remove sandpit
  • Replace with colourful creative play equipment including slide, climbing, imaginative
  • Soft fall

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P&F to fund

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AREA 3

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SANDPIT & SENSORY PLAY

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CURRENT:

  • musical instruments
  • pine chips walking area

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PROPOSE:

  • remove musical instruments
  • new sand pit
  • new mud kitchen
  • shady timber pergola to cover sandpit
  • sensory play equipment on fence
  • hardy native grasses

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P&F to fund

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CURRENT:

  • concrete floor
  • painted handball courts
  • 2x basketball hoops & stands

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PROPOSE:

  • 4 x wheelchair friendly aluminium tables and benches
  • 2x movable basketball hoops
  • painted games on concrete floor eg chess, naughts and crosses

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P&F to fund

AREA 4

COLA OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA

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AREA 5

NATIVE BUSH TUCKER & PRAYER AREA

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CURRENT:

  • grass

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PROPOSE:

  • 4 x Vegepods for herbs and bush tucker
  • Statue of the Holy Family 166cm x 85 x 50cm white fiberclay material $1 250
  • seating around statue -
  • Arch timber seating near statue to form prayer garden
  • Grass area

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P&F to fund

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OVAL

P&F funding

CURRENT:

  • artificial grass soccer field
  • goal posts

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PROPOSE:

  • new lockable boxes for balls $249 each
  • The Leader In Me painted Mural (painted by artist - no cost for labour)
  • Maple trees planted along timber fence with blueberry bushes underneath
  • Retain artificial grass & goal posts
  • Additional bubbler/water station
  • New plant s in border gardens

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Outdoor Spaces

Brick wall in Seniors’ Area - undercroft

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Outside staffroom & Kindergarten classroom

HABITS HOLLOW

Undercroft pole bumpers

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TIMELINE

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Term 2

  • Holy Family community presented with plans
  • plans shared with CSBB and landscape designer
  • plant trees along fence line
  • Bunnings - request support for trees, Buddy Bench, marine ply for Leader In Me artwork
  • Pressure wash concrete floor and Cola

Term 3

  • Concrete path repainted (temporary)
  • Gardens near oval - plant new shrubs
  • landscape designer to share drawings and costs

Term 4

  • Areas 2 & 3 - commence work

Term 1 2024

  • Projects completed

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