The ‘Big Idea’ for Chisnallwood Intermediate’s Room 2 was to improve facilities at Avondale Park.

The class researched facilities at the park, finding improvements could be made in seating, shading for play equipment, new rubbish bins and fencing to make the park safer. Designs were prepared to improve the Breezes Road park, traffic surveys were carried out, local people were asked for their input and pupils made a model to show how the concept would look.

Considering the Chisnallwood ‘big idea’ the Burwood/Pegasus Community Board found that the proposed improvements for seating, fencing and rubbish bins could be introduced to the park from within the Council’s existing budgets. Shading over the play equipment was more of a problem, however, as the Community Board believed it could become a target of vandalism. Planting trees to shade the playground was an alternative option.