The value of creative play

The school wanted an activity area for creative, active play and physical development, with equipment that challenges children’s balance and builds motor skills. The aim was to create a schoolyard that encourages varied movement—also beyond school hours. Rampline’s balance park is combined with a swing set, an area for free play and natural boulders.

Play that builds balance and motor skills

The Motor Skills Park™ includes trampolines, multi-activity frames, climbing poles with sound features at the top, a slackline, jumping pads, balance balls and balance beams. The park offers children, young people and adults the chance to develop motor skills through creative balance play—at their own level.

Research indicates that open-ended, self-directed play can be especially effective in encouraging girls to be physically active. At the Hop schoolyard, there is plenty of space for free play—cartwheels, handstands and skipping—on a safe, attractive and inviting surface. In the artificial turf, a simple but effective feature has also been added: a white painted line that invites children to balance and move along a straight path.

Playful and durable ground covers

The playground surfacing is a combination of artificial turf and wet-pour rubber. While these surfaces offer different play experiences, they share key advantages: they are impact-attenuating, durable and relatively easy to keep clean.

The client is Askøy Municipality together with the Hop School parents’ association. Rampline was responsible for the playground design and delivery of the equipment. The surfacing was supplied by Safeplay, and the groundwork was carried out by Hordaland Entreprenør.