Playforce Offers £1500 Playground Prize for Big Science Event 2012
Posted by Science Oxford on November 28, 2011 | comments
Playforce has been revealed as the headline sponsor for The Big Science Event 2012 coordinated by Science Oxford. Playforce has offered a set of their signature Poddely playground equipment or a Flow Wall from their new Discovery range as the grand prize for the 2012 primary school competition. The equipment is worth over £1,500 making the prize the largest ever offered for The Big Science Event. In 2012 one lucky Oxfordshire primary school will walk away with their choice of prize.
Dr. Colin MacAdam, the Managing Director at Playforce, said “At Playforce we believe that learning should be fun and that’s why it’s such a treat to be able to work with Science Oxford. Not only do they share our passion for exploring science and learning through play, as well as classroom time, but also our love of innovation and imagination. We’re delighted to be able to work with them, not only on The Big Science Event, but also through the day-to-day activities that their dedicated team lead with Oxfordshire’s schools.”
Natalie Ford, coordinator of The Big Science Event, said, “We are thrilled to be able to offer such an exciting prize this year as a result of Playforce sponsoring the event. The standard of entry in the competition is always high and I hope the prize will encourage schools to get even more excited about the competition.”
Playforce has over 13 years’ experience of providing the very best, most innovative play environments for children – from outdoor classrooms and shelters to creative drawing and active trails to the award winning innovation Poddely.
The Big Science Event is coordinated by Science Oxford and is Oxfordshire’s county wide event celebrating the achievements of our youngest scientists. The competition is expected to involve over 3,000 pupils from 30 primary schools across Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire schools wanting to participate in The Big Science Event can register online at www.bigscienceevent.org. The registration deadline for primary schools is Friday 6th January 2012.
You can read about the winners of the Big Science Event 2011 here.
For more information on this, and other Science Oxford school programmes, visit www.scienceoxfordnext.com
WHAT IS THE BIG SCIENCE EVENT?
The Big Science Event is a competition for primary schools coordinated by Science Oxford. It was set up in 2009 to encourage more schools to give pupils an opportunity to design and carry out their own creative science investigations, as a way of helping to engage and motivate pupils in science and to develop their scientific inquiry skills. The competition is expected to attract over 3,000 pupils from 30 primary schools across Oxfordshire. Science Oxford is an independent charitable trust that was set up ‘to encourage the pursuit of science and enterprise’. It has been working with local schools for nearly 25 years and each year involves nearly 20,000 local school pupils with its educational programmes.
PLAYFORCE
Having worked with over 7000 schools and early years settings over the past 13 years, Playforce is the UK’s leader in the design and creation of innovative, curriculum-linked play environments for all children.
The Playforce designers work alongside practitioners, and of course children, to create everything from timber trails to outdoor classrooms and even non-fixed equipment to support the curriculum with innovative, award winning new range, Poddely. Our design team can also create bespoke equipment to meet your settings’ needs, ensuring your pupils benefit from all the outdoor environment offers. We have been lucky enough to win numerous awards for our designs, including a Gold 5 to 7 award for our Mini Beast Exploration Table.
Our trusted consultative approach means that our education experts take the time needed to not only meet your objectives but to work within your, already stretched, budget and even provide advice on fundraising and working with PTAs to make sure your children benefit from their outdoor environment, both in free play and in support of the curriculum
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