The Board and staff are acutely aware of the need for a senior playground; since the gap left by the removal of our old senior playground due to it not meeting health and safety requirements. As you know, we were working on the idea of a supernova for the back area, but when we fully understood the requirements and costs for the surfacing required under the supernova, as well as students being clear in what they wanted, we decided this was no longer the best use of the funds that have been raised and allocated for the playground (the surfacing costing more than the equipment). Since then we have been looking at a wider range of options for the senior playground, including researching suppliers and speaking to professional playground designers (who have designed other successful school playgrounds). We will be involving our students and whānau as the project progresses and will share a timeline once this has been established. We wanted to assure you that all the funds raised through our community’s hard work are still available and will be invested in a way that meets our students' need for physical play.