The Uniplay blog

Ideas, inspiration and news on playground markings, active play, design and school funding. 51 posts to browse. Looking for our in-depth advice pieces? See the guides.

Inclusive Playground Design: Markings That Work for Every Child

How inclusive playground design helps every pupil play, including children with SEND, with sensory paths, calm zones, emotion markings and planning tips.

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Road Track Playground Markings: Safe & Fun Learning Spaces

Discover how road track playground markings create safe, engaging spaces for teaching road safety and active play in UK schools. Designed by Uniplay.

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Walking into the Future: Celebrating Walk to School Week 2025

This week, from 19 to 23 May 2025, schools across the UK are lacing up their trainers for Walk to School Week, a national campaign led by Living Streets to promote healthier, greener, and more enjoyable s

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Playground Grants for UK Schools, Nurseries and PTAs

Where UK schools, nurseries and PTAs can find playground grants, what the PE and Sport Premium covers, and how to write a strong funding bid.

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EYFS Outdoor Area Ideas: Playground Design for Early Years

EYFS outdoor area ideas using playground markings: phonics trails, number caterpillars, roadways and zoning tips for nurseries and reception classes.

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Small Playground Ideas for Schools with Limited Space

Small playground ideas for schools: multi-use markings, scaled-down games and smart zoning to get more play and learning from a compact space.

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MUGA Markings: Creating a Multi-Use Games Area for Schools

What a MUGA (multi-use games area) is, which sports and drills its markings can include, how schools use one and how a new MUGA is funded.

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Playground Trails: Types, Benefits and Ideas for Schools

Playground trails explained: the main trail types, how they support fitness and learning, and how schools and nurseries can plan and use them.

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How Can Playground Line Markings Transform School Play Areas?

Playground line markings are an essential feature of school and nursery outdoor spaces, providing structure and inspiration for play, learning, and physical

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School Playground Design: A Practical Guide for Schools

How to plan a school playground design: set goals, survey the site, zone for each age group, involve pupils and choose the right markings.

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The Importance of Playground Lines in Playground design

When designing a playground, playground lines are more than just colourful decorations. These lines serve multiple purposes, from organising play activities

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Enhancing School Sports with High Quality Sports Surfacing

In the vibrant world of school sports, the quality of the playing surface can make a significant difference. At Uniplay, we specialise in providing top-tier

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Playground Marking Trends: What Schools Are Choosing and Why

The playground marking trends shaping UK schools, from outdoor learning, sensory and 3D designs to themed playgrounds, and why thermoplastic leads.

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The Unbeatable Benefits of New Sports Coatings

The installation of new sports coatings is revolutionising sports courts across the country, offering benefits that go beyond the surface. There are a huge

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A school's guide to maintaining playground markings

How schools can keep their thermoplastic playground markings safe, bright and long-lasting, from monthly inspections and gentle cleaning to repairs and an annual professional check.

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5 Ways to Encourage Participation in Sports Clubs

However, one of the significant challenges schools and their teaching staff face is how to encourage participation in sports clubs. Here, we delve into five

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Encouraging Play and Learning with Playground Lines

Our commitment extends beyond aesthetics; it's about creating spaces that inspire children's physical activity, cognitive growth, and social interaction. A

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Road Safety and Efficiency with Corporate Line Markings

In conclusion, corporate line markings, particularly those made with thermoplastic materials, are an integral aspect of safety-focused infrastructure projects

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Enhancing Phonics Education with Phonic Markings

Enhanced Engagement: Phonic markings create an immersive learning experience, making phonics lessons more engaging and enjoyable for children. The vibrant

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Thermoplastic Road Markings: Benefits, Uses and Application

What thermoplastic road markings are made of, how they are applied, why they outlast paint and where councils and private sites use them.

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School Playground Ideas for Primary Schools and Nurseries

School playground ideas that work: games, learning markings, zones and active play for primary schools and nurseries, using thermoplastic markings.

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Enhancing Playtime in Schools with Playground Line Marking

Playgrounds are an essential part of any school or park, providing children with an opportunity to play, socialise and learn. Playground line marking is a

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The importance of Thermoplastic EV Charging Bay Markings for driver safety

As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity in the UK, it's becoming increasingly important for businesses and public places to provide charging

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Tips for choosing interactive playground markings

Our interactive playground markings are multi-purpose and can be used in a range of activities including education. However, we always advise the schools we

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Why Choose Uniplay for Your Playground Marking Project?

Why schools choose Uniplay: in-house design, our own DBS-checked installers, long-lasting thermoplastic markings and a free quote.

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Reasons to Install Bespoke Outdoor Floor Markings for Your Business

Bespoke outdoor markings can help your business stand out and even go a long way in supporting your advertising efforts. Business owners across the UK are

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Schematic Play in the Early Years and How to Support It

What schematic play is, the common schemas and four levels, and how early years practitioners and playground markings can support children's schemas.

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How to Remove Playground Markings

We can remove playground markings using different methods to suit your needs. Once we have removed old markings, we also ensure your playground is clean by

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How much do thermoplastic pavement markings cost?

When working with our commercial clients on their pavement and road safety marking projects, we are often asked about the cost of our thermoplastic pavement

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EYFS Playground Markings: Supporting Early Years Development

How EYFS playground markings support the early years framework, group and independent play, creative play and activity in nurseries and reception.

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Choosing the right playground games for KS2

Some examples of popular playground games for KS2 include:

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Learning with math playground clock games

Math playground clock games continue to be one of the most sought-after playground markings, with many teachers keen to develop their pupil’s understanding of

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5 top playground games for kids

At Uniplay we are often asked for inspiration and ideas on the best playground games for kids which will keep them engaged throughout breaktimes. To help you

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Preformed Thermoplastic Markings: Why Choose Them Over Paint

What preformed thermoplastic is, why it outperforms line paint on precision and durability, and how it improves pedestrian safety outside schools.

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How to Choose a Road Marking Contractor in the UK

What to look for in a road marking contractor: experience, reputation, services, thermoplastic materials, regulations and the questions to ask first.

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Maths Playground Markings: Games, Ideas and Curriculum Links

Maths playground markings turn the playground into an outdoor maths lesson. Designs, games and curriculum links for EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

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Benefits of Outdoor Play for Primary School Children

The benefits of outdoor play for primary school children, from health and friendships to learning and confidence, and how playgrounds can boost them.

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Highway Thermoplastic Markings vs. Line Paint

One of the most common questions we are asked by our clients are the benefits of using thermoplastic highway markings over traditional line painting. As

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The Daily Mile: What It Is and How Schools Can Run It

What The Daily Mile is, who started it, how it benefits children and how schools can set up a route, with or without a marked track.

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5 tips to improve playtime on the playground

Throughout our time working with schools and nurseries, we have seen a huge range of different playtime areas, being used in a variety of ways by children and

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How to Teach Road Safety: Creative Ideas for Schools

How schools can teach road safety with classroom resources and playground road markings, from traffic lights and zebra crossings to the Green Cross Code.

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How-to encourage self-awareness at your school

Self-awareness is an important part of childhood development, particularly in the primary school years, which will set the foundation for children to develop

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What Is Creative Play? Benefits and Playground Ideas for Schools

What creative play is, how it differs from imaginative and role play, why it matters for development and which playground markings encourage it.

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How to play hopscotch

Hopscotch is a classic playground game which has some interesting origins. It first came to the UK during Roman times, though it is said to have originated in

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Supporting Sport and Physical Development Clubs

We absolutely love to promote grassroots sport and physical development in young people, and whenever possible try to assist in promoting all types of sport

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How Outdoor Play Supports Children's Mental Health

How outdoor play supports children's mental health through daylight, exercise and social play, and how playground markings help schools.

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Traditional Playground Games: Why They Last and How to Play

Why traditional playground games like hopscotch, duck duck goose and Twister stay popular, how to play them and how schools mark them out.

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Benefits of Playground Markings for Schools and Pupils

Playground markings give schools more active break times, better PE, stronger social skills, calmer playtimes and learning that carries on outside.

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Geveko Markings, Denmark

Last month saw 3 of our team fly out of a very snowy Manchester Airport for an educational visit to Geveko in Denmark.

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Not just playground markings: Carparks and corporate

More and more we are asked to use our expertise to improve business premises and make them safe for traffic.

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St Barnabas get active with 1k a day

Uniplay were delighted to be asked to install a 1 kilometre circuit in thermoplastic footprints at St Barnabas Primary School in Darwen.

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