“OPAL has become a huge part of our school culture. Children are extremely appreciative of having it and say they feel very lucky.” Before OPAL, we had a lot of children who were bored and many who struggled to interact and make friendships. Children who enjoy physical activities, like …
“Behaviour has improved greatly; our children have more to do and are therefore kept busy.” Before OPAL, our playtimes were very basic. Children couldn’t always access the field in all weathers and our yard was just a concrete square with two basketball hoops and a box of PE resources. …
Behaviour issues at lunchtime are very few and far between. It’s as if they don’t have time to argue anymore because they are too busy playing! Before OPAL, there wasn’t a great deal for the children to do. Football tended to dominate the yard and often led to disagreements …
