General Safety and Behavior Rules

• Immediately follow directions given by playground supervisors

• Use equipment responsibly – for the purpose intended

• Toys, balls, etc. from home need to stay in backpacks

• Pencils, paper, notebooks, art sets stay in the classroom or in backpacks

• Rocks, sticks, woodchips, snowballs, etc. stay on the ground

• Stay within playground boundaries (ramp and container are off limits, go no further than the well house)

• Ask permission to retrieve balls, toys, etc. that go over the fence

• Ask permission to go inside to use the restrooms

• Dress appropriately for the weather i.e. coats, hats, gloves, boots, in cold weather

• Place coats on a bench when taken off in warm weather

• Shoes must be worn at all times

• Stay out of mud and water puddles and off of ice

• When the bell rings, stop playing and line up quickly and quietly

• Always walk on concrete

• If you take equipment out, you bring it back in

• Play safely, be respectful, kind and inclusive of others and HAVE FUN!

Swings

• Sitting only

• Swing forward and backward only

• Push only from the back

  • Under-dogs are unsafe

• Dismount safely

  • Flying dismounts are unsafe

Slide

• Always sit, feet first

• One at a time

• Stay off the top and sides of slide

Red Wheel

• Maximum Capacity is 5, hang from wheel

• Do not hang upside down or sit on top

Jump Ropes

• Use for jumping only

• Jump only where it will not interfere with another student

Monkey Bars, Playground Structure

• Begin on one side, grasp the bars with your hands and use the bars to move to the other side

• Stay off the top

Tetherball/Four Square

• Use hands only

• Do not put body weight on, or hang from ball

Turtle Shell

• Climb on or under

• Can hang from the underside of the shell

Triple Station Chin Up Bars

• Hang, swing, do pull ups or chip ups

Football, Tag and Other Games

• Play respectfully -aggressive physical contact is unsafe

• Touch games only

• Play in open field away from equipment

• Decide rules before playing

Winter Safety

• Snow stays on the ground

• Snowballs only to be thrown at designated targets

• Stay off ice-covered concrete areas

• Stay off ice-covered field areas

• Respect other students’ snow structures -If you build it, only you dismantle it