The kinder was built within the Harcourt Valley Primary School grounds and has a high BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) rating of 29. The landscape design needed to provide excellent kinder education and play outcomes and required a strong response to bush fire threat including the provision of a 10m defendable space.
We developed the kinder yard design in collaboration with the Kindergarten and School staff, the VSBA, architects, access auditor and playground auditor.
The proposals include:
- Large loose parts play area,
- Sandpit with a mud kitchen and water play,
- Edible garden and henhouse
- Eating area and stage
- Mound slide with rock scramble and rope pull-up
- Cubbyhouse
- Swingset
- Ground labyrinth
- Integration of nature play elements with traditional equipment
