Outdoor Spaces End of Year Update

The Outdoor Spaces Team have been busy behind the scenes making the final plans for the development of the main play space. The BOT funded the final design to be drafted by Kamo- Marsh. The school received this in Week 3 Term 4. Since then, we have have a variety of contractors come out to school to price up the development of this area according to the plan specifications. This plan, incorporates the student voice gathered in Term 2.



There have been many challenges with working in this space due the infrastructure underground that needs to be worked around. We had anticipated developing this space with our parent community in the format of working bees, however the complexity of this area has meant we have needed to seek the guidance and expertise of landscaping professionals.

We have so far received two quotes and are currently in the final phase of pricing with Greenscapes. Our aim is to construct the river and hill (mound) and the  basic landscaping of paths to be completed over the summer holidays while the children are off site.

The quotes that we have received have allowed us to also apply for grants to action some of the areas in this design. Nathlie is in the process collating this information to be sent off. We have had three companies in to give us quotes on line marking and painted games across the school. We are waiting for all the quotes to come in and again will apply for grants to action these for our tamariki.

We have penciled in working bees for 2020. These can be found on the school calendar and will have confirmed projects assigned to each working bee in early 2020.
Sunday 1st March - 8.30am - 1pm
Sunday 5th April - 8.30am - 1pm
Sunday 31st May - 9am - 1pm

Outdoor Spaces Team



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