Herzog Park Nature Play Area Herzog Nature Play Area ‘Help Nature & Have Fun’ Rathgar Primary School Stratford National School Top Left: Location of Nature Play Area within Herzog Park, & Zion National School. Right: Location of three participating schools in relation to Herzog Park, Bottom Left: School site visit to Herzog Park .
Herzog Park Nature Play Area - Thank You Thank you for participating in our workshops to develop ideas for Herzog Park Natural Play Area. The concepts displayed here are inspired by our work together and the nature of the area. Please note: the concepts will be further developed to tender and checked for health and safety. What we can build is subject to that process and our budgets. If you would like to comment on the design ideas please contact parks@dublincity.ie For comments on the participative process please contact play@dublincity.ie Herzog Nature Play Area ‘Help Nature & Have Fun’ Rathgar Primary School Stratford National School & Zion National School.
Herzog Park Nature Play Area - Our Workshops together Herzog Park Nature Play Area - Thank You The rich dept of seeing... Workshops began by asking the children questions about their ideas of “Having Fun + Helping Nature” In the second set of workshops, the children met us on site. We “Draw what you can see and What could be” Drawing was encouraged so every child could answer. did an exercise, The scrolls were given, so the children would know their thoughts and ideas were valued, whilst a fast pace encouraged, “Draw what you can see and What could be” This helps the ideas be more site specifjc to Herzog Park. with emphasis based on fun and ideas, rather than skill in drawing. In the fjnal workshops the children work together to build ideas, and present these ideas to their fellow classmates. In some schools we drew an elevation on the board, amalgamating all ideas on one image. Herzog Nature Play Area ‘Help Nature & Have Fun’ Rathgar Primary School Stratford National School Images of the three workshops each school participated in, these are documented in & Zion National School. book form to be presented along with original work at the schools presentation.
Herzog Park Nature Play Area - In our own words Have You Ever Climbed A Tree? Help Nature Ideas! Big Fun Ideas! Fun Is? Eight out of nine of us have climbed And don’t touch squirrels, Animal Zone, Barn – For Animals And Games. Baskets A Box in a Tree, Ladder + Slide. trees! Animal Hotel + Fairy Hotel (2), Benches. Big Climbing tree walk A Playground. A Trampoline, A triple loop d Artifjcial Nests For Any Species, adventure set, Bridge. loop slide. Art (Rathgar Primary School), Bee Hive – Hanging out of tree, Bees + Bunnies, Bench - Cart, Climbing Walls (4) Also On Trees A Zip Line! (3) You Have 6 Green Flags in Your es, Bird Houses (28) But Protect The Tree.Climbing Frames, Banter!! Being with my friends, Climbing, School, Tell Us About That? Kid House and Bird House Together, Climb Trees (3), Climbing Space Net. Circular Swing, Computer Games. Bird Box with seeds (3), Birds Have The Same Rights As Climbing Ship. Coffee Shop. Cool wobbly Excitement Yay!! “The pupils of Rathgar National We Have. Bird watching places. Bridge and water, Bug slide and climbing wall to climb up Family School are learning the values of be- Hotels (9) A Bug Hotel Slide! Dogs, Diggers – Sand Diggers, Friends + Sport (3) GAA, Gymnastics, ing a Global Citizen. Bug House in Trees (2), Butterfmy house + fmowers to at - Mud Diggers, Wooden Diggers, Drinking Hammock, Happiness. A Global Citizen is someone who: tract. Composting Fountain, Fairy House, Fairy Garden with Kart Racing, Is aware of the wider world and has Don’t Chop Down The Trees Don’t Chase Squirrels, En - Lights as Fairies. Forest for little kids, Laughter Ha Ha Ha !Monkey Bars (2), My a sense of their own role as a world vironmentally Friendly Equipment, Every time cut down Football (5), Fort, Go Karting Track. Ice Dogs citizen a tree plant 3 Feeders Grow Free Food - Plants, Food Cream, Information Signs. Ladders (9) Nerf Gun Wars, Painting Respects and values diversity Garden, Green Fields and Flowers (2) Lake, Log Balance, Loop d loop slides River + Fish Has an understanding of how the Help Flowers (4) by planting (7)of fencing off (1) Fox (4) Maze(2), Monkey Bars (13) Multi Lev - Playing With Friends (4) + Slide + Music world works Den, Fruit Trees, Home for the wild dog, the Stratford el Platforms. Music, Nerf Gun Wars Sitting Up In a Tree, Friend On a Swing, Is outraged by social injustice Fox. Help Squirrels, Green House, Herzog Park try get One Big Tree We Can Climb. Dog near. Slides (2), Swings (4)+ Birdhouse Participates in the community at a Green Flag, Insect huts, Loads of fmowers for the bees, Outdoor Gym – Exercise Equipment. (3) Sport. Ball sports Rugby, Football (2), Hock - range of levels, from the local to the Make more trees, Make animal homes, Maze (2) ‘Nature Place to Swim, Pond (2), Rock Climbing, ey. (16) Tag, Tree house (2), global House’ (2) with Grass Roof Nature Walk. (2), Pig Huts Rolling hills, Rolling down the hill, Soccer Tree trail/walks (2) Is willing to act to make the world a Pigs (2) the very little ones. Places for Bugs + Bats. Plac - Goal, Tree climbing. Tennis, To Swim, more equitable and sustainable place es of No Entry Spinners – You Sit In A Seat And Some - Writing Stories. Zipline. Takes responsibility for their actions.” Play Above [Ecology] Pond for wildlife - ducks, Places for one Spins It. Seesaw all types of birds. Slides (18), Soccer (3) Sports Place, Which SDGs are relevant to the Pond for wildlife (4) – ducks + Fish Sunshine, Swimming Pool, Swings(13), Play Area? Protect the Greenery (2) Swing Ropes. Protect Life on Land (17), Protect bugs - Keep Plants Green Towers, Tree Baskets Responsible Consumption and Rabbit Holes Recycled Soil, Sprinklers, Tree House, (10) Tree Maze, Tree Plat - Production(2), Solar Panels. Swing in Trees forms (5) Tree Walk (7) Trampolines, Climate Action (2), Telescope to Admire Nature, Tell people not to be scared Water Slide,Wobble Ladders Through Life Below Water (2), of bees because they help us. The Trees No Deforestation (2) Viewing Platforms in Trees 3 Level Zipline Zipline (31) Recycling and Reuse (2). Wooden Walkways with Glass Floors Zipline Into Treewalk (2) Adventure Cen - Healthy Environment. Wormery tre. Twirly Slide Herzog Nature Play Area ‘Help Nature & Have Fun’ Rathgar Primary School Stratford National School Throughout the drawing process we asked questions around how we could ‘Help Nature & Zion National School. and Have Fun’ The above ideas and answers illustrate so many possibilities.
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