Curriculum Leadership Journal
Deidre Thian

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It’s a well-known proverb. The wisdom underpinning the proverb, that if Jack works all the time he will be both boring and bored, seems forgotten in some schools in the United States.

For other schools, the a key question – what should the playground that Jack uses at school be like? Research would suggest that ‘good’ school playgrounds, that is grounds that supp…

Polly Curtis, education editor
Monday October 8, 2007
The Guardian

Boring playgrounds could be fuelling bullying in schools, a charity warns today after a survey suggested that many parents think their child's schools lacks green space. According to one in five parents polled, schools lack proper spaces for sports, and one in six children are bored at break times.

The poll of 1,100 parents paid for by the the charity Learning Through Landscapes …

Summer is over, school bells are ringing. It's time to have a talk with your students about bullying at school and some strategies for dealing with it.

Go to stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/ to get tips and expert advice on how to help your students outsmart the bully.

As most of the nation heads back to school facing triple digit heat schools face the challenges associated with outdoor recess and overheated classrooms.

Parents and schools working together can mitigate this problem and keep kids safe.






Parents can send their children to school ready to deal with the heat by:
sending students in light-weight, loose-fitting, cotton clothing
make sure kids have a caps with brims that protect the facesend child with …

The school playground is the hot spot for school injuries but good supervision can make all the difference. Download the free Peaceful Playgrounds Supervision Training Program and train your supervisors today.

Three out of four playground accidents occur on public playgrounds, including school facilities, as opposed to backyard play equipment. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issues guidelines for playground surfacing and age-appro…

The city will open up 69 school playgrounds to the public within a few weeks as part of its plan to have every New Yorker live within a 10-minute walk of a park by 2030. The majority of public school playgrounds are closed to the public after school hours, and the city wants to open up around 290 of them for public use. The plan, which will involve major construction work on about 190 of the schoolyards, is expected to cost about $114.5 million.…

Wamp, Simmons pump up exercise for school kids.U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., joined by fitness guru Richard Simmons, on unveiled House legislation aimed at making physical education a part of the federal No Child Left Behind education law’s core curriculum. This year Congress must reauthorize the measure, which uses annual standardized tests to hold schools accountable in science and math. He said the lack of physical activity among the nation…

Peaceful Playgrounds is pleased to support local community events planned by Hands On Inland Empire and LA Works. Both organizations support local schools in the Southern CA area.

One such example is Hands On Inland Empire Day! On June 9th, hundreds of volunteers will gather at multiple project sites in Redlands, Yucaipa, Ontario, Victorville and Pomona to enrich our schools and raise money for Inland Empire United Way's Hands On Inland Empi…