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Starting these school holidays, there is a new fun app available for your next adventure in York: Be active, have fun, and learn together by taking part in the York Play Trail, starting from the Town Hall down to the Avon River. Play Trails take traditional scavenger hunt games to a whole new level! Read […]

Since the establishment of Nature Play WA in 2009, with their mission to spread the word about the benefits of unstructured outdoor play for kid’s development, nature playgrounds have sprung up all over Western Australia, giving WA kids amazing opportunities to get muddy, scrape knees and navigate risk. With new nature playgrounds popping up everywhere

by Steve Mills Phase 3 Covid-19 restrictions are being put in place as of midnight, Friday June 5, which means pubs and restaurants will be able to have up to 100 patrons, beauty salons and cinemas will reopen, and our children will be able to get back and enjoy PLAYGROUNDS! It was the topic of

by Gareth Parker WA Premier Mark McGowan announced they will be easing restrictions and people will be allowed to gather in a group with a maximum of 10 people and can do activities like camping. Regional travel restrictions are still in place, but the CEO of Nature Play WA says the Perth and Peel regions

Even though WA and the rest of the country seem to be doing a great job at slowing the spread of coronavirus, returning to normal life is still a long way off. And once things start going back to some kind of normal, travel outside of WA is still going to be restricted. Fortunately our

Record 308,000-plus Australian students take part in WA-led initiative Over 80,000 WA children take part in Outdoor Classroom Day to combine learning and play Learning resource developed by Nature Play WA and Department of Education now used in 36 countries McGowan Government provides strong support to Nature Play WA Western Australia’s outdoor play champion Nature

Cubby building, mud kitchens, pebble painting and stories! We teamed up with Nature Play WA to host a free community morning of exciting activities. Read the full story at Wesley College’s website

by Jacquelin Robson The scale of Perth’s urban development has been revealed, with new ground-breaking imagery of several popular suburbs. Nearmap’s 3D technology shows the coastal suburb of Scarborough, packed full of subdivided blocks and triplex development. “People are taking advantage of the zoning opportunities and subdividing, and potentially selling off their backyard or building

by Janene Sproul and Griffin Longley The screen-time dilemma is one of the great challenges of modern parenting, for educators and the health community alike. There is no doubt that the use of screens is accelerating and it is occupying a disproportionate amount of children’s time. It is really important that we understand technology and

PERTH is well into Spring based on this week’s weather forecast, leading to more outdoors activities popping up for the weekend. After a string of sunny days, Saturday and Sunday has a forecast of partly cloudy with a slight chance of shower but still has a maximum of over 20 degrees. … Thousands of people