Hassett Street kinders’ backyard blitz
What fun it is: from left, Bella Houston, Will Piasente, Josh Hunt and Amber Newton have fun on the magnificent new playground equipment.
HASSETT Street Kindergartens outdoor play area has undergone a makeover with the addition of a roadway that meanders its way throughout the yard.
Children have been having a ball using the pathway for different adventures including walking stilts, wheelie cars, hobby horses, running races and dump trucks.
‘The track is multipurpose’ said kindergarten teacher Jodie McGannon. Mrs McGannon seeded the idea which came to fruition late last year through the generous contributions of local businesses. The businesses involved are unified by their connections to the kinder through children or grandchildren that have attended in the past or present.
‘The track has been designed with road safety messages in mind’ Mrs McGannon said, ‘the roadway teaches and reinforces road safety lessons that are an essential life skill for children in preventing incidents and injury’.
The second step in the backyard makeover has been the replacement of the play equipment by Council in March this year. The old play equipment was no longer viable so a smart new playground has been installed, complete with monkey bars, slide, climbing net, tunnel and cubby house. The active kinder kids have given the new playground equipment the thumbs up for fun.
“The roadway project and new play equipment have added to Hassett Street Kindergartens fantastic facilities”, Mrs McGannon said.
“We would like to sincerely thank all those involved in the backyard blitz including Council and especially the businesses and families who supported the roadway project and made it come to life through their generous donations.”
These include:
- Alistair Dowling from Holcim for suppling concrete
- Dale Carruthers for concreting works
- Tim McGrath for earthmoving works
- Williams Signs for creating and donating line stencils
- Leongatha Lions Club for suppling labour
- Evens Petroleum for funding the new play cars
- Mitre 10 for donating line marking paint
- AW Smith & Sons Home Timber and Hardware for donating black road paint
- Parents who volunteered their time to the project cleaning and painting the roadway
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Posted by Jacob De Kunder on May 7 2013. Filed under Community, Featured. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
