Are your Playground Paths falling apart?
Are your Playground Paths Falling Apart? Then you need the right material and maintenance for your playground paths! Over time, regularly used playground paths can lose their stability, cracking and crumbling away under foot. This is a safety hazard, limits accessibility, and discourages people from visiting. Choosing the correct material and installation for your pathways […]
What is the Ofsted Guidance for School Playgrounds?
What is the Ofsted Guidance for School Playgrounds? PlaySmart playgrounds are not just places for fun. They act as quasi-outdoor classrooms for child-led development – a learning playground for schools. So, what legislation and Ofsted guidance applies here? In England and Wales, the Department for Education sets out statutory guidance for an ‘Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)’ framework, updated […]
Transform your Playground with Outdoor Flooring
Transform your Playground with Outdoor Flooring Explore PlaySmart’s outdoor flooring solutions to discover new ways to transform your playground. From hybrid grass and rubber mulch to cork surfacing, turning your old run-down playgrounds into safe, attractive spaces for fun, play and socialisation is easier than ever! Revitalise Your Lawns with Quick Installation New playground projects […]
Benefits of Outdoor Play- Supporting Childhood Mental Health
Benefits of Outdoor Play- Supporting Childhood Mental Health Are you looking for new ways to promote children’s physical, mental, and emotional development in your local parks or school playgrounds? As experts in the outdoor play industry, we understand the critical role of outdoor play spaces in facilitating healthy childhood development. This Mental Health Awareness Week, […]
Designing Playgrounds for Outdoor Free Play
Designing Playgrounds for Outdoor Free Play As more and more children have access to technology at younger and younger ages, it is important to stress the importance of outdoor free play activities. As you plan your outdoor playground developments, it is crucial to create a space to play where children can engage freely. These spaces […]
Top Tips to Keep Children’s Outdoor Play Safe and Fun
Top Tips to Keep Children’s Outdoor Play Safe and Fun Keeping children and infants safe when playing is essential when designing any children’s outdoor play site where they have free range to play, run, and explore. Playground ideas for schools, nurseries, and public playgrounds need to consider playground safety regulations in the surfacing choices. With […]
Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Playground
Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Playground In UK schools, there is often a wide range of ages and abilities. Therefore, an accessible playground needs to be slightly more varied to suit everyone. In a lot of cases, schools will be working with limited space. So PlaySmart have put together a guide to creating the perfect […]
Using Artificial Grass in schools & nurseries
School Artificial Grass Installation PlaySmart has undertaken a number of school artificial grass installation jobs since the launch of our artificial grass so we thought it was about time we shared a quick case study on one! Our most recent artificial grass job was on behalf of Red Monkey Play at Our Lady & St Huberts’ Catholic Primary […]
Muswell Hill Primary School – Case Study
Asbestos Removal – Muswell Hill – Case Study Read on to discover more about our case study on Muswell Hill Primary School. In this project we undertook asbestos removal and covered it with our JungleMulch playground surfacing. Asbestos. The world’s favourite building material. That was, until scientific studies linked exposure to asbestos to several diseases, including […]
New Surfacing – Rubber Mulch Fitted around Existing Play Equipment
Rubber Mulch Fitted as New Surfacing for Existing Play Equipment Our clients often ask us if it is possible to install new surfacing for existing play equipment. It absolutely is and this is often a great way to improve safety, lower maintenance and give your play area a new lease of life! Therefore, rubber Mulch […]
