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Treehouse Outdoor Classroom

We have just completed a unique treehouse outdoor classroom for Marnel Infant School near Basingstoke. The school originally approached us looking for an outdoor classroom which they could use for their outdoor learning sessions. It had to be big enough to cater for a class of 30 and it had to be totally enclosed so […]

Outdoor Shelters for Forest Schools

The forest schools programme and initiative in the UK is definitely gaining momentum as we do now receive quite a few enquiries from schools who are looking for outdoor shelters for forest schools which they can use in these designated areas. A common request is to provide for some sort of outdoor shelter or outdoor classroom provision […]

Why We Use Cedar For Our Outdoor Classrooms

A lot of our outdoor classrooms and school classroom buildings feature cedar as the principal default timber or as external cladding on our timber framed buildings. And there are some very good reasons for this from a school’s point of view & perspective. We list below some of cedar’s principal qualities and why it is […]

A Unique Solution for a Temporary Mobile Classroom

We were recently approached with an interesting enquiry from the head teacher of a primary school with a nursery provision. Basically they wanted…or needed…some extra space to be used for a whole host of reasons – namely break out sessions, nurture room, outdoor learning, extra space for the 2 year olds for the nursery and last but […]

Planning Permission and Building Regs for Outdoor Classrooms

We are constantly asked as to whether outdoor classrooms require planning permission and if they are also subject to building regulation approval. Always a tricky subject to have a 100% definitive answer but there are certain guidelines to work to. I will list these below: Planning Permission – the majority of our outdoor classroom installations have […]

Yurts vs Outdoor Classrooms

  I have been to a few schools recently where they have been looking for some sort of structure for an outdoor learning or forest school provision. So could be an outdoor classroom, shelter, early years provision, reading hut, break out or nurture room etc And the school has been considering yurts into their overall mix […]

Aviva Community Trust Grant

We have just been made aware of a new grant from the Aviva Community Trust which schools could be eligible to apply for. You can apply for quite a bit of money (up to £25K) and having looked at how you enter (they have some very good and easy to use instructional videos on their […]