Playground Buddies

Playground buddies consist of our Year 4 pupils; who help the playtime supervisors to ensure playtimes are a happy and safe time for all children.

A rota is in place so all buddies have the same opportunity to be a playground buddy once a week.

The role of playground buddies involve:

• Helping children find new friends

• Making children feel comfortable and welcome

• Including children who are lonely and help them to play games

• Being positive role models 

• Demonstrate positive play

• Giving support to children to find solutions to a problem

• Being fair and not taking sides

• Helping children if they fall over and comforting them

• Helping children to find something they may have lost on the playground

• Teaching new games

• Helping to put away playtime equipment