But as her classmates get bigger and faster, Sophie is at risk of being left behind when it comes to playtime.

Sophie, who turns eight next week, has Down syndrome, and cannot always move around the playground as easily as her classmates at Red Hill Public School.

Dad Jamie Way said Red Hill was one of three Wagga public schools with an integrated learning unit for students with special needs, but it is the only one of the three that does not have play equipment designed for children with different access capacities.

With this in mind, Jamie and his wife Samantha have decided they want to help the school raise money to install an all-abilities playground.

“Right now, because she is slower than most kids, it holds her back,” Mr Way said.

“And she wouldn’t be the only one who would benefit from the playground. 

“This playground would be useful and beneficial to other kids long after Sophie has moved on to high school.”

Plans for formal fundraising activities are not yet in place, but after posting about it on his own Facebook page, Mr Way has already had a massive response, with offers of support, donations and suggestions for events.

Mr Way, an entertainer, said his friends in the arts community had already approached him with the idea of a concert-style event.

Although their plans are in the early stages, the Ways are keen to start firming up some ideas on fundraising for the new playground.

Mr Way said as plans for fundraising events were put in place, announcements would be made with all the relevant details.

In August, the Livvi’s Place accessible playground was opened at Wagga’s Bolton Park.

The play space was built with a $100,000 contribution from Wagga City Council and $400,000 from the NSW Government.

Like Mr Way’s idea for a new playground at Red Hill school, the plan for a Livvi’s Place playground came after Wagga woman Leila Bright posted on Facebook.

Ms Bright’s daughter Mia Stewart was born with a severely underdeveloped hip and leg, and is heading to the US at the end of the year for major surgery.

But two years ago, when Mia was only two, Ms Bright commented that Wagga had no play spaces that little girl, who uses a prosthesis on her leg, could access.