St Thomas More RC Primary School

Thorndale Road, Belmont, Durham. DH1 2AQ

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Home / About Us / OPAL – Outdoor Play and Learning

OPAL – Outdoor Play and Learning

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Research has shown that children spend 20% of their time in school playing. To ensure that this time and our fantastic school grounds are used to their full potential our school has adopted an OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) philosophy that allows the children freedom to explore play in their own imaginative ways, often using found and gathered resources in the natural outdoor environment.

An OPAL approach promotes a more inclusive play environment in which all children can feel comfortable to express themselves. Our OPAL journey began in Spring 2019 and quickly we are transforming our outdoor environment.

OPAL offers an exciting alternative to the standard playground activities. Through this approach to play children are not only more active at lunch or break times, but they are also having the opportunity to further develop life skills such as cooperation, team work and problem solving. They are becoming motivated and enthusiastic builders, engineers, explorers and designers.

Click here to go to the OPAL website and find out more.

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Thorndale Road

Belmont

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DH1 2AQ

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