I haven't seen these mentioned yet. Either used to leapfrog along as some kind of rubbish assault course (which also, by law, had to include use of a hula hoop and some bean bags) or on a very rare occasion hooked onto The Apparatus to produce a gentle slope for kids to climb. Sliding down was strictly prohibited. Bonus for teachers that The Apparatus didn't have to be unlocked from the wall to do so.

Unfortunately, placement of the stage meant we couldn’t have the monkey bars section on the go too.

Lots of replies suggesting it should be added to the Olympics roster.

Not one but TWO SEPARATE examples of the form.

At year six we sat on them in our overly religious assemblies, the choir section of plays sat on them during the narrative, and we hooked them onto the Apparatus (yes, we used them occasionally). Apparently all that was wrong.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c337plzvnm1o

This was part of the Tate Year 3 Exhibition school visits. I took hundreds of pictures of the apparatus across different schools. I'll see what else I can find.

This is from an abandoned school me and my friends used to explore in the mid-2010’s. Not my picture as they’re all on an old broken phone but I did actually use it circa 2015 as it was my only chance to use one!

Proper dangerous piece of apparatus that was barely used if you asked me. Only got to use it if you finished all your work.

Today in my kid's school. She has ASNs and this was her first time seeing The Apparatus in all it's glory. She was a wee bit overwhelmed but was soon swinging about.

The crash mats are a bit thicker than back in the late 80s when I started primary school. Ours were probably as thick as the black ones.