Healesville Primary School junior students received a surprise gift when they arrived at school on Monday 23 June.
The school installed a new interactive play space comprising a giant snail, a curvy snake, hopscotch, animal paw prints and a toy car track outside the junior students’ building over the weekend but had kept it secret to maximise students’ happiness.
Principal Tracey Robertson-Smith said the school was able to install the new play space through a PACH (Parents’ Club at Healesville Primary School) fundraising, Colour Fun Run.
“A chunk of the money that we raised through the Colour Fun Run has gone to this area here, and then we’re getting a fairy garden as well but that’s not been installed yet,” she said.
“With the PACH fundraising, the Colour Fun Run, we wanted to put back into the kids. That’s why we’ve gone for the interactive play spaces.
“We wouldn’t be able to do it without our parent community.”
Grade 2 student Brooke said she loved the new play space.
“My favourite thing is the hopscotch because I like to jump,” she said.
“I’m going to use this space every morning.”
