Alexandra Park played host to Play in the Park every Wednesday in August 2005. A Play in the Park offered a wide and diverse range of play opportunities. There was also information available from various local agencies and organisations. All families were welcome at Play in the Park, and all children under eight were accompanied by a responsible adult.
We asked participants at last year’s Play in the Park to answer a few questions, telling us about themselves and what they thought about our play events. A summary of the results is given below:
About Magazine - 3 people
Flyer - 20 people
Sure Start - 13 people
Friend - 54 people
Other - 41 person
TN33 - 3 families
TN34 - 41 family
TN35 - 19 families
TN37 - 27 families
TN38 - 29 families
TN40 - 4 families
TN19 - 1 family
TN21 - 1 family
TN31 - 1 family
BN23 - 2 families
NW10 - 1 family
No address given - 4 families
White/British - 47 people
British - 27 people
White - 15 people
British/African - 1 person
British/European - 1 person
British/Irish - 1 person
Indian/British - 1 person
Ukrainian - 1 person
Iran - 1 person
Albanian - 1 person
Palestinian - 1 person
African - 1 person
Pakistani - 1 person
Yes - 28 people
No - 72 people
0 children - 10 people
1 children - 29 people
2 children - 42 people
3 children - 30 people
4 children - 8 people
5 children - 8 people
6 children - 0 people
7+ children - 1 person
1 children - 35 people
2 children - 42 people
3 children - 25 people
4 children - 23 people
4+ children - 13 people
(Note: Over 3,000 children attended play events each week during the 5 weeks of the school Summer holiday)
at home - 56 people
watching TV - 6 people
at the beach - 33 people
at a playground - 7 people
shopping - 4 people
other - 29 people
Very satisfied - 112 people
Satisfied - 26 people
Not very satisfied - 0 people
Dissatisfied - 0 people
Very important - 93 people
Fairly important - 52 people
Not very important - 1 people
Not important - 0 people
- Craft Activities
- Woodwork
- Under five’s play area
- Meeting friends
- Football
- Bouncy castle
- Obstacle course
- Sand
- Willow
- Painting
- All of it
- Being with mummy
- Dressing up
- Playing lots
- Gluing
- Playing with toys
- Art
(Note: When we asked families what they enjoyed least about the event, most families said they enjoyed it all but some)
- felt there was too much queuing/waiting in line
- felt it was too busy
- disliked the amount of rubbish left in the park
- didn’t like going home
- felt it was too short
When we asked families what could be improved at the events:
- use larger area for the play event - nothing could be improved - make the event longer - more for older children - bring back the water slide next year - change the activities each week
Some children said they felt the event was too crowded, not everyone got a turn at everything they wanted to do, and they would have liked more space between the activities.
the text in the children's letters pictured below reads:
'I thought today was a lot of fun and I think we are going to come again. There was one thing I was dissapointed with, which was I didnt get to do the walk, but overall I think it was a lot of fun and the staff where very helpful.'
'It was fun, but would like it to have been a bit spread out more.'
- Our likes and dislikes
- Dancing
- Being noisy
- Being quiet
- Hitting targets
- Having fun
- Staying safe
- Following instructions
- Sharing
- Healthy eating
- Taking Turns
- Trying out new skills
- Tree climbing
- Making a mess
the text in the children's letters pictured below reads:
'It was a lovely day out. A nice sunny day out to the park is lovely'
'I think that the clay making and footy was really fun!! and also the bouncy castle, music and everthing else was fun too.'
the text in the children's letters pictured below reads:
'I thought today's playday was fun and I enjoying. I come down every week'
'I thought it was so fun and I like doing the clay'
'I thought today was so good because there was lots of activities and lots of making things to do and I mostly enjoyed the dressing up'
- 1066 Housing
- Association
- Awards For All
- Claire Power
- Direct Dialog
- Environmental Bursary
- Gensing & Central St Leonards Forum
- Greater Hollington Partnership
- Halton Residents Assocoation
- Hastings & St Leonards Sure Start
- Hastings Chess Congress
- Hastings Lions Club
- Hastings Play Forum
- Iceland
- Isabel Blackman Foundation
- Kids Galore
- Magdelen & Lasher
- NSPCC
- Ore Valley Forum
- Ore Valley Sure Start
- Priory Playlink
- Robsack Playlink
- Tescos
- The Big Bounce Company
- The Childminding Association
- The Tree Climbers
- Young Volunteers
and the The Playworkers.
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This page last updated: 14/03/2006