{"id":48,"date":"2024-11-21T08:48:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:00:42","slug":"our-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.webwisehosting.co.uk\/opal\/about-us\/our-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Our vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Our vision is that every child in every school has an amazing hour of high-quality play every day<\/em> – with no exceptions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"Rectangle-72\"\n\t

At OPAL we have seen how much of an impact improving play can have in a school.<\/h3>\n\t

We are not just talking about playtimes being a bit easier or about children being a bit happier. We are talking about lasting cultural transformation.<\/p>\n

When you address a need that is so fundamental to children’s physical and mental wellbeing as play, and you do it well, it is impossible to think of how you ran a school and didn’t do this.<\/p>\n

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If one child is not enjoying playtimes,
\nthen things still need improving.<\/h3>\n

We want every school to have a plan for play. We believe that play in schools should be approached as if it were an important human right, essential to all aspects of development and a unique source of joy and fulfilment, because it is all of these things and no child should miss out.<\/p>\n

When you sign up for the OPAL programme, you are starting a process that should change your school and your children’s lives forever.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart today\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Group-5222\"\n\t\t\t\t\"red-curve-w-beige\"\n\t

We believe in play for every child.<\/h2>\n\t

To help make this vision come true:<\/h3>\n\t