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# Students at Lichfield school to see playground creations come to life
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/students-at-lichfield-school-to-see-playground-creations-come-to-life/
- Published: 2019-07-04T07:45:10.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-04T07:45:35.000Z
- Description: Creative students at a junior school in Lichfield are set to see their ideas come to life in a new play area.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

Creative students at a junior school in Lichfield are set to see their ideas come to life in a new play area.

![George Eardley Taylor and Nadia Fallouh, are pictured with their prize alongside teachers Julie Peters and Laura Rack](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/playgroundpr.jpg)

George Eardley Taylor and Nadia Fallouh, are pictured with their prize alongside teachers Julie Peters and Laura Rack

Ideas – including a mini rollercoaster ride – will be made into a reality on an unused piece of ground at Lichfield Cathedral School’s Longdon site during the next academic year.

It comes after the school’s primary science lead Julie Peters set a competition for pupils to come up with playground feature ideas using their science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) knowledge.

The challenge also saw children thing about how sustainable and upcycled materials could be used.

Among the ideas were fairy gardens, kitchens, marble runs, mazes, dens, obstacle courses and a mini ride.

Mrs Peters said: “I’m delighted that all the children thoroughly enjoyed this STEM event.

“Their amazing designs included a marble run made from plastic bottles and old chairs embedded in the ground to make a crazy rollercoaster ride.

“All in all, the children used sensible ideas, with materials that would withstand all weathers.

“The children could design whatever they wished, however, the design needed to be replicable as we’re now looking to build on this project by actually creating this new play area and have started to source the materials required, which is very exciting.”

As well as the added bonus of knowing their ideas will become a reality, the talented creators of the best feature also won an indoor play marble run set.

The play area is the latest STEM competition at the school. The last one saw children using spaghetti and marshmallows to recreate famous building structures.