The Playground

By Andrew

The playground at St. Martins is one of the only things that has been here on school property since I came here for nursery school.  I loved the sand box and the cool tower near the entrance of the playground with all of the different ways to get up it.  The first couple times I played on the playground, it was kind of boring because I didn’t have any friends to play with.  The second week I had picked up some friends to play with on the playground and I had a lot more fun with them.

 By the time I was in kindergarten the playground was the best thing in the world to me.  I played on it with my friends every day and never wanted to leave when recess was over. 

Once we got into fourth grade the playground wasn’t as fun as it was before because a 12 of the people in the class before left over the summer.  Once we got into fifth grade we weren’t allowed to go on the playground anymore.  We were only allowed to go on the blacktop and sometimes on the field.  For the first couple months the blacktop was boring to me because there was nothing to do besides playing basketball.  I had missed the playground so much that every time at Mustang Club I went there and played with all of the little kids. 

When I got into sixth grade I didn’t miss the playground as much as I did and I started to like playing basketball on the blacktop.  At recess I had more fun playing basketball and almost forgot that the playground was there.

Now, every time we have recess or I’m at Mustang Club, I play basketball on the blacktop.  I think this is because there isn’t really anything to do on the playground once you get too tall.  All of the fun things that you do on the playground involve running under things and climbing though small places.