Rising traffic levels, the fears of parents (and children), public attitudes to street play and anti-social behaviour associated with street use have all conspired to drive young children off the streets and into their homes.
 

Yet play is vital to helping children develop identity, it provides them with vital downtime and helps them make friends. The net result of the loss of a such a valuable outdoor play space reports Play England, part of the National Childrens Bureau is that childhood across the UK has been transformed over three decades.
 

How important therefore is todays school playground not simply as an area to be kitted out as a well-equipped hamster cage but somewhere where children can be involved in imaginative play as they also develop social skills, let off steam and above all, have fun!

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