Slide the counters on our Phonics Tree Play Panel and write down on the chalkboard how many words you can spell with the letters! Ideal for taking literacy lessons outdoors. Other colours available as well as other phonics letters, words, and graphics. Can be wall mounted or fixed to recycled plastic posts.
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Whiteboard Station Play Panel
Pupils can practice their artistry with our dry-wipe Whiteboard Station Play Panel, supplied with 4 coloured marker pens and 1 cloth. Made from hard-wearing HDPE and an exterior grade dry-wipe whiteboard insert, this play panel can be mounted onto a wall or fixed to recycled plastic posts. Other colours available to choose from.
Giant Chalkboard Station Play Panel
Our Giant Chalkboard Station Play Panel measures 2400mm x 1210mm and allows for pupils to be creative alongside their classmates! With an exterior grade chalkboard inserted into a durable HDPE panel which can either be wall-mounted or fixed to recycled plastic posts. Includes artists shelves and 3 packs of soft chalks. Available in other colours.
5 Fun Games You Can Play On A Tennis Court
When we are thinking about dynamic and fun sports games, tennis often comes to the front of the mind, being so physically demanding yet enjoyable.
A tennis court, however, can be used for a multitude of other fun games as well, some of them being tennis variations. In this blog, we are going to take a look at 5 fun games you can play on a tennis court!
1. Badminton
Another super fun sport that will encourage children to move and have a blast at the same, time is badminton. While badminton courts are slightly different, a casual version of the game can easily be played on a tennis court too.
On tennis courts where the net can be elevated, it is even easier to achieve the full badminton experience, creating another entertaining, healthy sport that will improve the stamina and agility of your pupils.
You will need racquets, a shuttlecock, and a number of eager participants to join in on the fun!
2. Target Practice
Want to train your accuracy and aim? Set up some targets on the other side of the court. You can either create one big target or use smaller items to create a number of targets each worth different points.
Perfect for both solo and group play. More participants are always welcome and will make the game more exciting. Get your racquets ready and take turns going for all the targets. Whoever ends up taking down more on their try is the winner!
If your playground has the space for it, you could even invest in one of our vibrant target playground markings.
3. Dodgeball
Easily played with more than just four players and with no need for a racquet or a tennis ball. Make sure to take down the net and you are ready to go, as a tennis court has the perfect dimensions for a great game of dodgeball.
Reflexes, awareness, accuracy, and teamwork are some of the skills that dodgeball will help you to train. All you really need is enough people, as well as a ball which is easy enough to catch and throw!
4. Foot-Tennis
If you love football and tennis, you have to try this one. Instead of using a tennis ball and a racquet, simply grab your football and hop over to the closest tennis court.
The rules can be pretty much the same as tennis, however, you can use your feet, head, or torso to play the ball and send it on to the other side of the court, where the other team can let it bounce only once before returning it. You can modify the game even more, to the point where the ball cannot bounce on your side at all but allows more than a single touch of it with your foot instead.
You can play this with just two players and definitely with more than four. It’s a fantastic way to hone your passing skills as well as get active with your classmates and friends.
5. Line Tag
This is by far the simplest game on this list to play on a tennis court, as you don’t need anything specific to play it. Just like normal tag games, the goal is for ‘it’ to tag someone so they can take over their role.
In Line Tag though, the play area is marked by only the line of the tennis court, which makes the game even more interesting to play. You could make it possible to tag from across the lines for a more exciting experience, or, if you need more of a challenge, ‘it’ can tag players who are on the same lane as them. It’s a little like Pac-Man!
Those are a few of the fun games that you can enjoy on a tennis court if you don’t feel like playing tennis, or you simply do not have the right equipment. Be sure to check our selection for all kinds of top-quality thermoplastic playground markings, including tennis court line markings!
Traffic Lights Street Sign Play Panel
Give playtime the green light with our Traffic Lights Street Sign Play Panel. Made from hard-wearing HDPE with a ten year warranty, this play panel will help teach children the rules of the road. Available with optional recycled plastic posts.
3 Underestimated Playground Markings For Primary Schools
Creating a play area with a fantastic look and feel is always easier when it includes colourful and well designed playground markings. Fun games, popular sports, and lesson material-turned-fun playground markings are the most durable and least invasive way of making a playground as welcoming and as interesting as possible for your pupils.
In this article we will take a look at 3 underestimated playground markings for your primary school that you may overlook, but can enhance play or be used for games and other activities – making your play area somewhere to remember!
1. Dice Playground Marking
The enjoyment that board game playground markings offer is undeniable and our dice playground marking is the perfect addition to complement them! Using our dice design adds an extra challenge for your primary school pupils by combining hand eye coordination elements into their Snakes and Ladders game.
Not only is the dice playground marking a fantastic add-on to your board games, but it can also be used on its own to play a variety of fun games. Here’s some of our suggestions:
Dice Knock-Out
Choose a random number to go up to and then select a further few random numbers along the way to be your knock-out numbers. For example, the goal is 20 and the knockout numbers are 6, 11 and 18.
Each player takes turns to throw a pebble or beanbag onto the dice marking and add up their numbers, while trying to avoid being knocked-out and reach the goal first. This game can be very beneficial for improving maths for children, as well as their accuracy. You could even add multiplication and multiply throws per turn for more advanced gameplay.
Pig Dice
While the risk is lessened here, the overall experience is enhanced by the vibrant colour of the dice playground markings as the pupils improve their accuracy and maths too.
The game starts with a throw and the participants with the lowest number go first. The goal of the game is to reach 100. Each participant has unlimited throws, and their numbers add up. Beware, though! If you happen to throw on 1 or above 100, your score is erased and you start from 0, automatically passing your turn. A participant can pass their turn at any time and keep their accumulated sum while allowing their friends to do their throws.
Those are just two of numerous games making this playground marking a fantastic choice for both solo and group play, while making your play area even more inviting. Speaking of throwing dice, another great playground marking that ties perfectly into the theme is…
2. Throw Line Markings
Apart from going perfectly well with the dice playground markings, where they can be used for deciding distances, they are a fantastic choice for a multitude of other games. Target games, for example, become much more immersive and easier to regulate with throw line markings.
They can be used to put even more emphasis on health too. Jumps, medicine ball throws, and other fitness related activities that help teachers test the physical capabilities of their pupils become much more enjoyable for the children with these vibrant designs.
Can they be used for educational purposes? Yes, they can! Phonics Ponds are super fun to play around and jump in, but instead children can use a beanbag to improve their accuracy and learn too. Hopscotch is very beneficial for maths and with throw line markings you can make these games even more interesting, having the pupils aim a stone or beanbag where they want to land from further away!
3. Active Spots
One of the greatest benefits that playground markings bring to your play area is keeping children happier and healthier. The active spot markings help achieve that with ease.
Spin, stretch, squat, and jump are just some of our active spots and when added into your play area, they will be the source of a lot of laughter both during break times and in class too.
Adding multiple active spots that are close to each other will create a circuit for children to complete and see how many reps they can do of each activity. The Active Spot Circuit is the best way to test the theory, combining all those activities within several feet.
Apart from being super beneficial for fitness and mental well-being of the pupils, they can also contribute a lot when it comes to the development of their social skills!
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