Implementing shade

To achieve a comprehensive shady school the the following steps are recommended -

1. Undertake a shade audit (refer to the Cancer Society's Undercover booklet)
2. Integrate findings into the master plan for the site
3. Commission a landscape and planting plan (for the benefit of future generations). Planting can then be gradually implemented as funds allow.
4. Prioritise (on basis of greater likely usage) new shade structures:
   • communal shade (for group gatherings, lunch-eating and play);
   • classroom verandahs (for class activities, eating lunch and play);
   • shade over junior courts;
   • shade over popular play equipment and sand-pits;
   • covered swimming pools (or at least spectator shade)
   • shade for staff and visitor areas.