Since its very first playground installed in a schoolyard, Proludic has designed and developed hundreds of spaces in school settings. Thanks to this extensive experience and close collaboration with education professionals, Proludic offers relevant and tailored solutions for the development of daycare centers, primary schools, middle schools, and high schools. From Oasis playgrounds to inclusive spaces and recreational sports facilities, Proludic supports you in all your playground development projects.
Proludic designs and manufactures playground equipment that, beyond its obvious play value, also has an educational value aligned with the school’s educational program.
The school playground fulfills two missions:
- An educational mission, with a guided play activity and a defined educational objective that facilitates the child’s learning and progress. The playground offers teachers the opportunity to diversify their teaching techniques.
- A recreational mission, with spontaneous play, without rules, where children explore their environment while developing new knowledge. A recreational break helps children return to class more available and receptive.
A playground or sports area for every age in a school setting
The play equipment provided must meet the needs of children according to their age and abilities. Compliant with current safety standards (EN1176 for play and EN16630 for sports), it must also meet the expectations of educational teams.
1 – Early Childhood
Play in daycare or preschool offers toddlers multiple opportunities for motor and sensory experiences: developing their intelligence, their relationships with others, and their body control.
Outdoor equipment or indoor structures, such as play panels or tables, balance games, playhouses, sand games, etc., can also allow teaching teams to implement a program linked to young children’s motor development outside of recess.
Our “early childhood” selection for your nursery or preschool:
2 – Childhood
Play allows children aged 4 to 8 to develop their motor, psychomotor, sensory, and social skills. Outdoor play equipment such as springers, slides, and balance trails offer a more dynamic environment, creating challenges to surpass themselves or measure themselves against others. Physical activity then becomes a means of expression, interaction, and communication.
Our “childhood” selection for your primary school:
3 – Pre-adolescence
Play gives pre-adolescents opportunities to move and engage in physical activity while having fun and enjoying the process: they can go higher and faster on climbing structures and unstable balance courses. They gain greater mastery of crossing, hanging, and balancing. Play leads young people toward more complex learning.
Our “pre-teen” selection for your middle school:
4 – Adolescence
Play meets adolescents’ need for physical and sporting activities. It helps improve their physical fitness (strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, balance, agility, coordination) and plays a role in their psychological well-being (mood, self-esteem, sense of self-efficacy, reduction of stress and anxiety).
Our “teenage” selection for your high school:
Theming the Playground
Consider our Grafic Games decorative technique to personalize your playground. In a themed space, children can let their imagination run wild with enchanting or familiar equipment. The layout becomes unique, in perfect harmony with the history or name of the school. Grafic Games transforms your playground into a unique and innovative space.
Do you have a project to renovate a school yard?
Several criteria must be considered when choosing schoolyard equipment. It is essential to analyze the needs of the children, who are the primary stakeholders: age group, number of students attending the facility, and the types of activities desired. Safety is the second selection criterion: the equipment must comply with current European standards. Finally, it is important to ensure the diversity of children’s play equipment, its educational value, and its durability. Play equipment in schools will allow children to develop and improve their motor skills. Proludic has been supporting daycare centers, schools, middle schools, and high schools with their school playground development projects for over 35 years. Contact our account manager for personalized support.
What safety criteria must be met for a schoolyard?
Children’s playgrounds in schools must comply with current standards: EN1176 for playground equipment and EN16630 for sports equipment. Flooring must be shock-absorbing and suitable.
Greening schoolyards is a key aspect of Oasis playgrounds. Proludic supports local authorities and various stakeholders in the school environment in creating greener, more natural schoolyards.
An inclusive schoolyard allows all children to access play and the same games. An inclusive schoolyard promotes equality and fairness, allows children to develop tolerance and empathy, and stimulates their overall development. An inclusive schoolyard improves the school environment and encourages independence. Proludic is an expert in designing inclusive schoolyards, offering equipment adapted to different types of disabilities: motor, sensory, and mental.
Proludic offers support from A to Z: design, conception, manufacturing, project management, upkeep, and maintenance. It has provided turnkey support for over 35 years.
