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Read about one of our recently completed projects at Fairy Meadow Pre-School written by Brendon Crabb for the Illawarra Mercury Newspaper, May 5, 2020.
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Youngsters will soon be able to explore a new nature playground at a Fairy Meadow pre-school.
Fairy Meadow Demonstration School’s new $180,000 pre-school playground was funded by a combination of school funds, community fundraising and grants from the Department of Education.
Principal Alison Rourke said in early 2019, it had been recommended they look at upgrading the playground area.
“I think the playground had been the same since the ’70s, with just a few extra things added in here and there,” she said.
The new playground was co-designed by the pre-school children last year.
“It is a fully landscaped naturescape, so it’s all using timber,” Ms Rourke said. “All the equipment is timber, except the shade shelters.
“We’ve got an indigenous yarning circle in the middle of the pre-school, some climbing equipment, there’s a water pump that runs down a dry river bed.
“And we have a mud kitchen in there as well.”
Ms Rourke said the construction took about three months to complete.
She said it had been “absolutely brilliant to do, we just haven’t had any children play there yet”.
“So we’re very much looking forward to next week when we can get at least some of our kids back to actually go in there and play,” she said.
Article: Illawarra Mercury Newspaper. Article written by Brendan Crabb
Photo: PLAYGROUND: (Left to right) Principal Alison Rourke and pre-school teacher Luci-May Bennie with the new nature playground at Fairy Meadow Demonstration School. Picture: Robert Peet