Case Study: Richardson Endowed Primary

The brief

The staff at Richardson Endowed wanted to transform their playground into an interactive play and learning environment for their Key Stage 1 classes. Before Red Monkey arrived, the playground was a square of grey tarmac with a canopy shelter at the centre and a few playground markings - not the most inspiring place for the children to play!

The Red Monkey design team set to work planning out a play area that includes favourites from our play and learning range, while making the most of the features already present in the play area. The final design included one of our popular Pirate Ship play units in a dedicated pirate play area, and a learning zone that incorporated the existing shelter.

From dusty tarmac...

...to a charming play area!

The H.M.S. Richard Endowed sets sail!

The result

The finished play area is a vibrant environment full of great ways to play and learn. The Crow’s Nest Pirate Ship takes centre stage, with palm trees and coloured safety flooring providing a great role play zone for the kids.

Hide away in the Explorer's Den.

The tarmac play area has been replaced with all-weather play grass, and the existing canopy shelter has been incorporated into the design, filled with play grass of its own and ringed by a path with thermoplastic road markings for children to race around.

The canopy itself has been filled with learning and play panels, perfect for taking the classroom outdoors. Some tables and benches have been added to create an ideal outdoor learning environment. 

The scenic story area.

Elsewhere, the new play area features some interactive learning panels, a reading circle feature our reading chair and rubber mushroom seats, an exciting water wall and our Explorer’s Den, a great hideaway for some creative play.

The reception

Both the kids and the staff at Richardson Endowed were overjoyed by their new play area - in fact, it sounds as though some of the staff are looking forward to playing on the H.M.S. Richardson even more than the kids.

Those smiles make all the work worthwhile!

You can see how pleased they are with the play area over at the Richardson Endowed Primary blog - we love to see children smiling on our newly-installed play equipment.

If you’d like to see similar smiles on the face of your kids, all you have to do is call us today on 0116 366 9922 and arrange a free site visit - we’ll bring some Red Monkey magic to your play area, just like we did at Richardson Endowed! If you'd like to browse our range of great play products, click here to view our online catalogue.