OPAL

Outdoor Play and Learning

At Wallands, we are committed to ensuring quality play opportunities are available to all our children. We believe that play is essential for physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of each child. Most of our best childhood memories are from our experiences of playing outdoors, climbing trees and exploring the wide world around us. OPAL provides the opportunity to give those memories and experiences to our children. OPAL is all about using naturally and man-made resources to allow children to be inspired and creative at playtime.

Principle aims are:

· to provide children with a play setting which is enjoyable, stimulating and challenging; 

· to allow children to take risks;

· to provide children with a range of play opportunities which will support learning across the curriculum and about the world around them.

What are the benefits of OPAL?

· Happier and healthier children

· Children coming into class ready to learn

· A fully inclusive playtime offer

· Provides opportunities to be creative and make decisions

· Children develop independence and resilience skills

· Increased social skills

· Awareness of our environment and how to look after and preserve it

· …. and most importantly fun!

https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/the-opal-primary-programme/