Katrina reached out to Park Supplies & Playgrounds to assist with the playground project after discovering them at a North Shore Principals Association conference. Dan Burger, Playground Consultant at Park Supplies & Playgrounds said, “We jumped at the opportunity to work with Sunnynook Primary School on this project, I knew it was going to be an interesting project having the students involved in the whole process”. 

The school’s main goal was to replace the existing playground, which was deemed too costly to maintain in the long run. Park Supplies & Playgrounds worked closely with the school and the students during the entire playground design process.“The first session focused on explaining different types of playground designs and things to consider when designing a playground” Dan explained. The following sessions involved measuring out the playground space, placing the measurements of the playground equipment they wanted into the space and working on fall zones. 

“Our students really led the whole process” Katrina recalls proudly. Dan popped in to visit and check in regularly and the students were able to call him and ask any questions they had. The group then came up with a list of questions and surveyed the rest of the student body to find out what they would like to see in the playground. They took this feedback and integrated their ideas into the playground design.

“After receiving their playground design ideas, our Playground Design team took these ideas and designed the playground based on the student feedback” Dan explained. The finished playground design was presented back to the students, and their next assignment involved a presentation of the playground design.