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What is Thermoplastic?
Thermoplastic is a plastic material that is soft when heated and hard when cooled. Many thermoplastics are so strong when they are cooled they are used in place of metals. Thermoplastics are defined as polymers [...]
Use Your School’s Sports Premium To Redesign Your School Playground
Since it was introduced in 2013, the government-allocated PE and Sport Premium funding has been a key focus of Ofsted, to make sure that it’s being spent properly. It’s never too early or late to [...]
The Installation of Athena’s Winning Playground Design
It was last year that we launched the TPDAL playground design competition. Open the students around the UK, we asked for budding applicants to send in their best playground game designs to our team. The [...]
The Playground Politics of the Parents’ Chat Group
The difference between WhatsApp and traditional playground gossip, the headteacher says, is that carping can “run and run and merge into ... read more Talking to Dads at the Playground Is Hard for a Reason There are two types of playground dads: [...]
Learning About Nature at Kew Gardens Playground
A new playground where children will be able to see all the things that plants need to grow is set to open at Kew Gardens in south-west London ... read more Keeping Children Active and [...]
Lessons on Road Safety Need to Start Early
The training starts even earlier in some schools, where the city has repurposed the asphalt around playgrounds with traffic markings ... read more Reduce One Hour Lunch Break and Everyone Loses Out ... An increase [...]
Old Tyres Get a Second Run in Playgrounds
Nandini Reddy. A journey that began in IIT Kharagpur in 2015 with five architecture students getting together to provide a playground for ... read more Kids Get Together in Heath Town Estate for New Playgrounds [...]
TPDAL Install Winning Playground Design with the Help of Child Designer
This week, the team at TPDAL had the absolute privilege of returning to St Mary Prittlewell’s School to install Athena’s winning playground design. Athena and a number of her friends were chosen to partake in [...]
13 Parents in The Playground You’re Bound to Meet
Growing up, I didn't go to a lot of playgrounds, probably because my mom didn't feel like taking four young children when we had a backyard ... read more Children from Warrington Primary School Celebrate [...]
