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OPAL

We are proud to be an OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) school, dedicated to transforming our playtimes into rich, imaginative, and active adventures. We believe that play is vital for children's physical health, mental wellbeing, and social development, with playtime making up roughly 20% of their total school life.

Through the OPAL programme, our outdoor spaces are designed to encourage creativity, resilience, and teamwork as children engage in a variety of zones which include: an outdoor gym, a climbing wall, trim trails, a sandpit, and many games, toys and loose parts to give every child an opportunity to explore and have fun every day. 

Because we embrace all-weather outdoor play, we ask that children always have appropriate outdoor clothing, such as wellies and a waterproof coat, so they can safely explore, learn, and have fun all year round.

Below, you can see images of our most recent lunchtime activities, as well as information about OPAL.

 

OPAL Lunchtime Gallery 2026-2027

OPAL Lunchtime Gallery 2025-2026

OPAL Launch Day 2025

  1. OPAL play and risk management policy Oct 26
    PDF File
  1. Helmet Policy
    PDF File
  1. First parent launch letter
    PDF File

June 2025

As part of our OPAL play scheme, we are looking for donations of the following items:

  • Suitcases of any size and type
  • Anything on wheels/castors
  • Plastic milk crates/supermarket delivery crates/plastic bread trays
  • Briefcases, especially hard-cased ones
  • Road signs and cones
  • Kitchen pots, pans, baking trays, work tables, wooden spoons, chopping boards
  • Tools like small spades/shovels, trowels and brooms
  • Tubes of various sizes and materials
  • Buckets
  • Nets and thick ropes
  • Keyboards/torches/laptops/calculators/mobile phones/desk phones/webcams/cameras that are no longer working
  • Fabric (large sheets/brightly coloured fabric)
  • Foam sheets/bodyboards/camping roll mats/yoga mats
  • Wooden pallets
  • Metal frames
  • Cable drums
  • Guttering
  • Noodles (the type you use in the swimming pool!)
  • Hats/scarves/jazzy shirts/elasticated skirts/waistcoats/wedding dresses/character costumes
  • Pegs (to help set up dens)

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COMING SOON TO CARNARVON…...

We have exciting news! We are now an OPAL school in progress.

The OPAL play scheme is a whole school play scheme that aims to sustainably  improve the quality of

children’s play.

We are pleased to announce that from September 2025 we will be beginning our OPAL journey. Work has

already started so you might notice a few changes in our outside areas. There will be lots of information to come, but for now, please follow this link if you’d like to know more.

Look out for a parent survey in the next few weeks so you can have your say.

https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/the-opal-primary-programme/

Thank you.

 

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