A better place to play
The academy already has a playground, built by hand at the church and well used every day. The next step is equipment that will last and a soft surface underneath — room to play freely, and somewhere safe to land.
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- Equipment
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- Safe surface
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The playground today — welded on site and painted by hand at the church.
Made by hand, and ready for the next step
Nothing in that yard was bought. Somebody at the church cut it, welded it and painted it, and it has given the children somewhere to play for years. Galvanised equipment is what carries that forward — built to stand in the weather, and to serve the classes still to come.
- Two swing frames welded from angle iron, with seats cut and folded by hand
- A slide frame, ready for a deck to be fitted to it
- A see-saw, made on site like the rest of it
- Bare packed earth underfoot, waiting for a soft surface
- All of it made at the church rather than bought, and out in the weather for years
What they play on, and what they land on
Neither half needs the other. Surfacing the yard makes everything already standing in it safer; new equipment on a surfaced yard completes it.
What they play on
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Five pieces of galvanised equipment — three that carry on from what is standing there now, and two that are new to the school.
What they land on
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80 m² of rubber crumb across the fall zone, on a base that drains, plus the footings that hold every frame in it.
What it is made of
What they play on
Five pieces of galvanised equipment — three that carry on from what is standing there now, and two that are new to the school.
Swing set — four seats, galvanised steel frame
Replaces the two welded frames standing there now
Climbing frame with monkey bars
New to the school
Slide — 2.4 m, moulded deck on a steel frame
Takes over from the frame standing in the yard
Merry-go-round — six seats
New to the school
See-saw — two seats, galvanised steel
Replaces the one made on site
Comes later
Costed, and waiting its turn. These open for giving as the work in front of them is paid for.
What they land on
- Rubber crumb safety surfacing — 80 m² of fall zone
- Installation — concrete footings and fitting
- Levelling, edging and drainage under the surfacing
Still needed for all of it
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What the whole job comes to
The job splits in two and each half stands on its own: the equipment the children play on, and the ground they land on. The line-by-line estimate behind these totals is shared with partners who take on part of the work rather than published here.
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Give the children a safe place to play
The whole job is Hidden — sign in to see the figures, and nothing has to arrive all at once — Hidden — sign in to see the figures surfaces the yard on its own.
Give to the playgroundRead next
- Jepegomi AcademyThe school whose children play on it — kindergarten to Grade 6, in Kahawa Sukari.
- Kitchen BuildThe other thing built in this yard: a kitchen that replaced open fires, and what is left to finish it.
- What's neededThe open ledger — the playground alongside every other costed ask, with what is still short.