Outdoor Area Design Competition

JLT have been working hard liasing with children at school, FODS, governors and SLT to get this outdoor area redesign happening soon.

The old maze, now cordened off and unusable, is taking up precious space in our playground. So, JLT figured it would be the perfect opportunity for all of the Dorchester community to be involved in the redesign process. This is what it looks like currently.

This Easter, we are tasking all children at Dorchester who wish to take part with designing what their ideal outdoor area in place of this maze could be. Some ideas which have floated around out JLT meetings have been a sheltered outdoor comfortable reading area, but also some suggestions of a large sandpit! One thing it must include is the tree which as you can see is not going to be going anywere - otherwise, this is a blank canvas for creative ideas. One element which we do feel should be included also is the fact that this will be a sheltered space due to children every year in the height of Summer that there are not enough shaded spaces on the playground - so it needs shelter!

We would love to hear what our Dorchester children have in mind, and so they all have until the 29th April to submit their design ideas to the school. This could be a 3D drawing, a birds eye view diagram, it could include a written explanation or simply a labelled picture! Think, what would be a fun, useful and enjoyable space for all children to make use of.

You have until 29th April to submit your design. After this date, JLT will look over all the designs and use these to determine the best course of action for initially redesigning. 

Happy creative designing! You may either email your designs to ddennis14@dorchester.school or bring them in to hand to your teacher.