Preston based recruitment agency builds school playground for Blackpool school

Monday, 9 September 2024 13:20

A Preston based education recruitment agency has built a new school playground for Mereside Primary Academy.

Part of the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT), Mereside Primary Academy welcomes over 200 children through its door with the motto “Learning Together, Achieving Together.”

Over the school summer holiday, local tradespeople PGA Contractors and Spencer Clarke Group agency employees themselves overhauled the playground which now boasts an outdoor library, an arts & crafts wall, a construction zone, a music wall, and a curiosity shed.

Designed for nursery and reception children, the playground adheres to the Curiosity Approach, a practice under the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework.

The EYFS framework sets the standards that early years providers must meet to help children gain the knowledge and skills they need to begin school. The playground provides early years with a safe place to socialise, have fun and engage in construction play.

Throughout the build, consideration was made to conservation and sustainability, with existing materials lovingly upcycled and repurposed where possible.

Reception Teacher and EYFS Lead at Mereside Primary Academy Vicky Meeks, said “We can’t thank Spencer Clarke Group enough for their time, generosity and hard work.

‘’They have made such a difference to the playground and the children's experience within the school.”

Head of Marketing Debbie Holde, who headed up the project, said “Through the agency, we always give back where we can but this has been our most ambitious project to date.

“We had a few challenges along the way, one being the great British weather disrupting our plans, but we got there in the end and I couldn’t be prouder of what we have achieved.”

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