NSW schools to open playgrounds for public use over summer holidays
Submitted by Admin on 18 December, 2017 - 09:41The ABC news website has this week reported that the NSW State government will run a trial over the summer holidays. Read more here.
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The ABC news website has this week reported that the NSW State government will run a trial over the summer holidays. Read more here.
An article re posted here in full from the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australsia.
Words by: Emily Ditchburn.
Can there be such a thing as keeping children ‘too safe’? Absolutely – and councils shouldn’t be scared to play their part by introducing a little risk into playgrounds.
Praise for Play Australia member Kym Simoncini from the University of Canberra, who has co-authored this article for the very popular website - 'The Conversation'.
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