The school is adopting anew way of thinking to play time. Using items that pupils can build dens with etc it's hoped it will keep the children engaged in the learning mind set and be good for the pupils. They need the tools for the job though and are calling for donations of tyres, cable reels, planks etc..
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00:00 How you doing guys? We're here at Craigneath, Corngreaves Primary School. You okay?
00:04 Yeah.
00:05 Cool. So you've got some sticks of wood there with you and we've got some, what have we
00:09 got in the background? Some tyres and a cable reel. And you're asking for a bit more of
00:14 this kind of stuff from the community aren't you?
00:16 Yeah.
00:17 Fill us in miss, what is it you're after exactly and what is it all about?
00:20 So we are after lots of large loose parts for our children to build with. We're looking
00:24 for tyres, old pipes, carpet reels, planks of wood, anything that our children can den
00:32 build with.
00:33 Yep. And it's all part of a kind of a theory about creative play isn't it? Using that break
00:38 time but using it in a slightly different way that kind of keeps them engaged still
00:43 and ready for the next part of the day. What do you reckon then guys? Who likes building
00:48 dens then?
00:49 Me!
00:50 Yeah.
00:51 Do you know we spend 1.4 years of our lives at primary school out at playtime?
00:56 That's crazy isn't it?
00:57 It has to be quality don't we?
00:58 Yeah.
00:59 That's a big den you can build in 1.4 years. What is it you like about kind of building
01:03 things in? What is it that sounds fun to you about it all?
01:07 Making dens makes it fun for little children and elders to communicate and make more things
01:14 to experience for little kids to have a help and they can like do obstacles with the dens.
01:19 That's a good idea, yeah, little obstacle courses and stuff.
01:23 Yeah.
01:24 What about you lads? You enjoy building stuff?
01:26 Yeah, I enjoy building because it's fun to be creative and you can have fun with whatever
01:32 you build. It's just very fun to be creative and build what you imagine.
01:39 Cool. What about you on the end there boss?
01:41 Well, it will be fun because actually us, we like to play imaginary things for example
01:50 like build a house and then live in a role play or something.
01:53 A bit of role play, yeah that sounds good. Right guys, well we'll let you crack on moving
01:58 these around, the ones you have got. Cheers guys.
02:01 Corn breeze!