As part of the Playful Learning Schoolyard Redesign Program, new spaces for learning and play were designed and constructed at Joseph Pennell School and Louis H. Farrell School. Interviews and observations were conducted at each school before and after the construction of the new spaces. This report summarizes the impact of the Schoolyard Redesign Program on student activity and overall recess climate at the schools.

Future summaries will include results of teacher professional development surveys, examining how teachers use the playful learning areas and how they perceive student learning related to the redesigned spaces.