Product Details
The Nine Square Grid sports markings feature heavily throughout our Multi-Skills zones and has proved to be a fantastic addition to any primary school playground. It has been installed in thousands of Primary schools across the UK. The Nine Square Grid marking is designed to improve foot work, spatial awareness, catching, communication skills speed agility and quickness. This sports marking, installed using thermoplastic, will develop the transferable movement skills that all young people need to become better at PE and sport and that are applicable to all sporting pathways.
Independent research has confirmed ESP deliver huge improvements in movement competencies of primary aged children along with significant improvements in the confidence of individuals, behaviour patterns, participation in daily high quality physical activity and obesity prevention and health.
Children can use the Nine Square Grid sports marking to develop skills such as hopping, jumping, running or skipping. The marking is designed to provide young people with movement experiences that develop their coordination and movement vocabulary. Our Nine Square Grid Playground Marking can also be used to help develop children’s stability when turning, landing and controlling their movements as part of custom made activities delivered by our CPD Training Awards.
ESP are the only playground supplier to support playground markings with nationally accredited teacher training awards. Our accreditation from AfPE provides a quality mark against the product. The Association for Physical Education (afPE) is the only physical education subject association in the UK.
They are committed to being the representative organisation of choice for people and organisations delivering or supporting the delivery of physical education in schools and in the wider community.
Their purpose is to promote and maintain high standards and safe practice in all aspects and at all levels of physical education, influencing developments in physical education at national and local levels.
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Material Specifications
Laminated Timber
Glulam redwood timber poles provide exceptional strength, have a greater resistance to splitting, and offer a high quality smooth finish.
Sawn Timber
Sawn redwood timber from FSC sustainable sources, all pressure treated to class 4 after all manufacturing processes have been completed.
Quality Steel Fixings
All nuts, bolts, screws and brackets are zinc plated or stainless steel to prevent against corrosion and to ensure longevity and safety.
Steel Cored Ropes
Colourful steel cored polypropylene ropes are used to ensure safety, durability, and vandal resistance.
Anti-slip Panels
Anti-slip panels are available with a grey or red rubberised all-weather anti-slip coating with a button profile bonded to a black HDPE plastic sheet.
HDPE Panels
High Density Polyethylene panel are highly durable and vandal resistant. The multicolored panels allow for intricate designs to be routed for additional play value.
Handholds
Large size professional handholds made from resin bound sand with stainless steel threaded inserts and anti-spin secondary fixing point.
Timber Paint
A high quality, satin finish, oil-based wood stain that is child-friendly and won’t stain clothes or peel away from the timber.
Painted Steelwork
Steelwork is either aluminium or galvanised mild steel and is treated and primed prior to receiving a vibrant painted finish.
Product Labels
Aluminium labels are affixed to all our equipment at quality control stage prior to dispatch. Each label contains our details, the product ID, and year of manufacture.
FSC Sourced Timber
We only use timber that has been responsibly sourced from managed forests with the FSC accreditation.
Timber Treatment
We pressure treat all our timber with Tanalith E wood preservative after all of our manufacturing processes are complete to class 4 which prevents against all forms of wood decay and insect attack.
