{"id":2911,"date":"2019-05-27T22:27:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T22:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2019-05-27T22:27:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T22:27:40","slug":"new-playground-for-wallsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/27\/new-playground-for-wallsend\/","title":{"rendered":"New playground for Wallsend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of primary school students from Wallsend had special permission to test drive the suburb\u2019s new playground.
\nWallsend South Public School\u2019s year-six leadership group were joined by Newcastle\u2019s Lord Mayor as they scaled nets, flashed down slides and swung on revamped swings at the rejuvenated Cressington Way playground.
\n\"Cressingtoninside1.jpg\"The Lord Mayor with Amber Hunt, 3, and year six students from Wallsend South Public School\u00a0<\/strong>
\nToday\u2019s opening takes the total number of playgrounds replaced in the past four years to 14 across 11 different suburbs and more than $5 million worth of fun new facilities for the community.
\n\u201cI\u2019m delighted to open this wonderful new $150,000 playground,\u201d the Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said.
\n\"Cressingtoninside5.jpg\"
\n\"3784-Playground-Upgrade-Map-inside.jpg\"A snapshot of suburbs\u00a0across the Newcastle LGA which have received upgraded playgrounds<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe timber and steel-structured playground, which includes a tepee tower with stainless steel slide and a shop counter, among other great aspects to exercise little bodies and develop young minds, was built as part of the City\u2019s playground replacement program.
\n\u201cUnder this annual renewal scheme, the City\u2019s Parks and Projects teams completely overhaul old, weathered equipment, replacing them with more modern materials that meet ever-rising standards and service expectations.\u201d
\n\"Cressingtoninside2.jpg\"Elijah Maltby, 2, enjoying all there is to offer at Cressington Way playground<\/strong>
\n\"Cressingtoninside8-(1).jpg\"\"Cressingtoninside3.jpg\"Alex Maltby, 4, enjoying the playground’s teepee\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes with three-year-old Amber Hunt<\/strong>
\nCr Nelmes said this spoke to the City\u2019s commitment to upgrading community assets as a core component of its annual capital works program.
\n\u201cWe’ve also just recently celebrated the opening of the South Stockton Active Hub along the Stockton foreshore, and an adventure playground at Richley Reserve as a part our ongoing commitment to make Blackbutt Reserve one of the Hunter’s premier attractions.”
\nFor further information, please visit the City of Newcastle’s Playground Replacement Program page\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A group of primary school students from Wallsend had special permission to test drive the suburb\u2019s new playground. Wallsend South Public School\u2019s year-six leadership group were joined by Newcastle\u2019s Lord Mayor as they scaled nets, flashed down slides and swung on revamped swings at the rejuvenated Cressington Way playground. The Lord Mayor with Amber Hunt, … Continue reading “New playground for Wallsend”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}