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Queen Victoria Annex Elementary:  Playground Renewal Project

A new space to play and learn

Welcome to our campaign website!
Queen Victoria Annex Elementary School's Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is raising funds to build a dynamic new playground and natural outdoor learning space for our school and community. 
Please read on to find out more about our plans and how you can get involved!

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Where we are LOCATED

1850 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5N 1H2

  • two blocks from Commercial Drive

  • close to Commercial-Broadway skytrain

  • adjacent to a busy neighbourhood park

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About our SCHOOL

QVA is an English-language elementary school annexed to Laura Secord Elementary.
Our school has approximately 120 students from grades K to 5. 
Our school community is very close-knit with an active parent group.
The school is supported by a number of dedicated community partners.

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About our COMMUNITY

Grandview Woodland

Our community is vibrant and busy!

Festivals such as Car-Free Day, Italian Day, the McSpadden County Fair and our school’s own Spring Festival create great community spirit and bring thousands of visitors to our neighbourhood.


The population in our neighbourhood is diverse, we have lots of young families - children at our school come from a wide range of households.

Everyone is welcome.

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Our CURRENT Playground

Why it needs replacing...

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Wood

​​​All wooden play equipment is being removed by the Vancouver School Board due to issues with safety and maintenance.


QVA's playground is the last wooden play structure in a Vancouver school but it will be removed in 2020.

Condition of the equipment

The wooden play structure has served our school admirably - kids and parents love it! - but the equipment is showing its age...

Rust, chipped paint, areas of rot, algae and general wear and tear.​

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Limited play options

Our wooden structure has some great features but the range of play equipment is very limited. 


The structure is also very high and can be daunting, inaccessible and unsafe for younger or less able students.

Our kids deserve better

The playground is a really important part of school and community life.  It is a social hub for students before school, at recess, lunch and after school, and for the community outside of school hours.

Our playground is a key resource to help our kids learn to play!

We can do better.

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Our NEW Playground

We want to build a playground that is:

  • DYNAMIC

  • ACCESSIBLE

  • VISUALLY EXCITING and GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY

  • NATURE-FOCUSSED

  • AN EXTENSION OF OUR SCHOOL’S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

  • FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY

DYNAMIC

  • A wide range of play equipment

  • A range of heights and complexity

  • Different colours, materials and textures

  • Using all the available space

  • Creating a ‘circuit’ for fast-paced, energetic play

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ACCESSIBLE

  • Designed primarily with children age 5-12 in mind

  • Areas that are safe and suitable for younger children

  • Including a quieter area with play equipment suitable for children with sensory issues

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VISUALLY EXCITING & GOOD VALUE

We want our playground to look amazing... for a long time!

Landscape Structures make playground equipment that is:

  • Beautifully designed to appeal to children and adults

  • Supplied in a wide range of colours

  • Engineered to withstand aggressive use

  • Reasonably priced and great value for money!

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NATURE FOCUSSED

We cannot install wooden play equipment but we do plan to include the following natural elements...

  • a garden area with planters and potting table 

  • log-slice ‘cladding’ on our fence, planters and borders

  • a small outdoor learning area

  • additional trees and drought resistant shrubs 

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AN EXTENSION OF OUR SCHOOL'S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

An outdoor learning space and garden will provide our teachers with a dedicated space to conduct lessons out in the fresh air and promote connections to nature.

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FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY

This playground is being designed for both our school and our wider community.
QVA’s grounds serve as a gathering place for everyone in our neighbourhood.  We are a small school but our grounds are used by many more!  A wonderful new playground would become the centrepoint of this community hub.

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Our playground DESIGN

By Habitat Systems Inc.

We chose HABITAT SYSTEMS INC. - suppliers of LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES play equipment - to help us realise our vision

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