Creative Activity were pleased to work with the Harberton Special School to equip their new facility in North Belfast with Sensory & Soft Play Areas as well as some outdoor playground equipment.

Harberton North was set up in September 2021 and was established to assist with the ever-increasing need for capacity to facilitate children with additional needs.

We completed 3 rooms in total within the school Firstly there is the Sensory Room, which is mainly used by the post-primary students and has proved to be a great area where students can come to and calm down and relax. There has been a great response from the pupils in this room. Additionally, there are 2 soft play rooms situated within the Primary Department of the campus. One of these rooms is set on a timetable each day to ensure that all students/classes get the maximum benefit out of the room to keep students engaged with the school day. The 2nd Soft Playroom is the smallest of the 3 rooms that we competed in the school. This room is primarily used for 1-to-1 sessions, and for children to come along and use if they are feeling a bit overwhelmed with the demands of the classroom. Also within this room, there are the black-out blinds which can be used to darken the room down and enable the room to be transformed into a lovely calming room for the pupil to help with de-escalation. We were pleased to also supply 2 of our popular Portable Sensory Trolleys into the school also as space is a premium and these are an excellent option to transform any space into a Multi-Sensory Environment.

Outside we were pleased to supply a variety of our free-standing outdoor play equipment which helps to encourage & develop physical play and role play, and is a great way to keep the pupils active.

A special thanks to James Curran (Principal), Violet Kelly (Vive Principal) and all the staff at Harberton Special School for their continued custom and we look forward to supplying your campus again further.

Check out the video case study from the school below