Best Playground Equipment For KS2
Updated on: October 23, 2024
Play for older children is just as important as it was in the early days, so you’ll want to take some time to ensure you select the best playground equipment for KS2 children.
For contemporary children aged 7-11, all too often there’s not enough time to play so when they do, you want to ensure KS2 children have high-quality play experiences.
The Importance of High-Quality Playground Equipment at KS2
Playground equipment provides children with unique opportunities to discover new ways to:
- solve problems,
- collaborate with others,
- think creatively,
- uncover new talents and abilities,
- enjoy physical activity,
- release pent up emotions,
- build perseverance and resilience,
- develop physical strength and stamina and more
Outdoor Learning & Ofsted
Positioned in one of the most visible areas of the school, the best playground equipment for KS2 has the capacity to elevate the appearance of the site.
If well-planned, a really good selection of outdoor playground apparatus could be used as evidence on a SEF form to demonstrate how your school thinks creatively and holistically about children’s education.
If you can show OFSTED evidence of how outdoor learning is used to enhance the curriculum as well as children’s emotional and social development, you could get extra brownie points for thinking outside the box.
More about OFSTED and outdoor learning
What to consider when choosing children’s playground equipment
As a top playground equipment supplier, these are all elements we consider when designing high-grade apparatus for schools, parks, and other play spaces.
When it comes to play, KS2 children are frequently an after-thought. At Fun & Active Playgrounds, playground resources for older children go far beyond climbing frames.
Working from our priorities of safe playground equipment that’s long-lasting, fun, and educational, we create a wide variety of high-quality resources for play.
Each of those priorities are things you should consider when choosing equipment for children’s playgrounds.
The best KS2 playground equipment is:
Safe & Long-Lasting: Play equipment comes in for some tough love from children! From angry kicks to excited yanks and curious investigations into how fittings work, playground equipment for older children needs to be really well made.
As a specialist supplier of playground equipment for schools across the UK, you can be sure our apparatus will provide the endurance you need.
We carefully select the most robust and reliable materials to build equipment that’s hardwearing and long-lasting. The materials we use won’t crack, fade or warp and we implement meticulous processes to ensure our fittings and fixtures are secure.
The team at Fun & Active Playgrounds are dedicated to producing the highest quality equipment so you’ll find all of our corners are rounded and each apparatus is weather-resistant and safe to use throughout the year.
Fun: Children want a playground with a sense of occasion. The playground is their space of relaxation and fun – somewhere children look forward to visiting.
The best playground equipment will live up to these expectations and provide children with unique, enjoyable, and interesting experiences they can’t get anywhere else.
We construct innovative designs which incorporate children’s interests. Our goal is to always meet children’s desire for apparatus that challenge, thrill and excite.
All of our playground equipment is not just child-friendly but fun from a child’s point of view. Sometimes our desire for purposeful learning experiences, especially as children get older, can mean enjoyment is an after-thought.
For us, the two go hand and hand so both education and fun are a priority.
Educational: We’ve already talked about how many learning opportunities the best types of play equipment offer. When choosing playground equipment, it’s really important to think about how much challenge and learning each piece offers.
Buy a range of playground equipment and furniture to ensure there’ provision for each of the different types of play as well as different interests.
Let’s take a quick look at some of our most popular playground equipment from our KS2 collection.
Best Playground Equipment For KS2
1. Outdoor Musical Instruments
Play panels are an exciting innovation that’s opened new doors of possibility for what children can do at playtime.
Each panel is made from hardwearing HDPE which is a superior material that’s robust, weather-resistant, and long-lasting.
Play panels can be used as freestanding play equipment or fixed to the wall. We sell a huge range of them, including play panels that are curriculum themed as well as rotogen panels which use movement to generate power. See play panel collection
For contemporary KS2 children, our outdoor musical instrument panels hold particular significance because musical instrument tuition has dwindled to almost nothing in UK schools.
It’s between the ages of 7 and 11 that so many children have a desire to learn an instrument. When you install an outdoor musical instrument in the playground, musical instruments are no longer the preserve of those who can pay.
Who knows how many budding Chopins are hidden in your school? It’s only by making opportunities available to children, that they can discover hidden talents.
So many children have an innate desire to express themselves through music.
When you install an outdoor guitar, piano or drum set in your school playground a diverse range of children can benefit from the outlet for daily self expression music offers. See outdoor musical instruments
2. Wall Panels
Space is always an important consideration when planning a play area for children so our space-saving wall play panels are a great way to create a play zone without taking up lots of room.
By making use of a wall, you transform a tired space whilst providing children with a new play experience.
We have a huge range of sports play panels that enable children to play lots of different types of ball games against the wall.
Too often, KS2 children are limited to playing football which takes up an enormous chunk of the playground.
Our sports panels provide space for children to enjoy quieter, smaller ball games, such as target ball. In target ball, children must hit the ball on the targets to win points.
We also have panels for team games, such as cricket, as well as other sports and workouts. See wall panels
3. Timers
Why not pair a wall panel with one of our outdoor timers? Our collection of outdoor clocks and timers includes both freestanding and wall-mounted designs.
Outdoor clocks and timers are brilliant for both playtimes and outdoor lessons, such as PE.
Giving children the opportunity to put classroom learning to the test, the chance to practice reading time daily is a great way to build children’s understanding about the topic.
Outdoor clocks also save all those questions about how long it is until the next lesson for example!
See our brilliant outdoor clocks, timers and other KS2 playground equipment now.
Jess Sparks
Jess is deeply committed to supporting our mission of positively impacting UK outdoor play environments to promote healthy lifestyles in children.
With a CIM Level 6 Diploma in Sustainable Marketing, Jess channels her passion for sustainability into her marketing role, using her skills to promote eco-conscious practices and raise awareness for our initiatives.
Jess’ experience within the industry is instrumental in driving engagement and supporting connections with those who require ultra-durable, high-grade playground markings both locally and internationally.
