When it came to the design of the new playground Sunnyhills had a unique idea. A student named Chloe had recently won a competition to be “Principal for a day” and one of the key tasks for her short tenure was to consult with the wider student body on the elements of the new playground and put together a design.

Jenny from Park Supplies & Playgrounds came in to meet with Chloe and show her all the options, together they came up with an ideas board which Chloe could take around all the classrooms.

The kids were extremely excited about the Orex Spinner. They loved the fact that you could get so many kids on it at once and climb up high. They chose elements such as the Mega Cube, Spiders Web and Overhead Ladder as climbing was key and it was very important that they could move from one space to another without touching the ground.

Important to Justine was the ability of the playground to re-iterate the Sunnyhills School values or GEMs as they are known which stand for Growth, Empathy, Mana and Self-Belief.

Jenny took the ideas and came back to Sunnyhills with a draft design. Justine and Chloe made some small change requests and then were presented with a final design plan. The final design included custom printing of the Sunnyhills GEMs along the side of the Mega Cube and a Shine Clubhouse sign which were unique features that really anchored the playground as part of the school.