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Our Ambassador Customer Referral Programme

We are currently looking to talk with schools who might be interested in our “Ambassador” customer referral programme. Before committing to a final decision, we understand and appreciate that some schools like to see our products “in the flesh” as it were before purchasing so if your school were prepared to allow other schools/interested parties to […]

Answers to FAQs on Outdoor Classrooms

We frequently get asked about certain information relating to our outdoor classrooms so we thought that we would provide answers to the most common ones below: What size do I need? The answer to this is usually driven by three mitigating factors – how many children are you wanting to accommodate in the building; will […]

More school playground products in recycled plastic

Such has been the success of our playground trim trail equipment manufactured out of recycled plastic, we have now extended out the range to make other products out of this special material. We have especially focused on those products which are most likely to be exposed to damaging elements or materials daily through the sheer application […]

School takes delivery of 5 Outdoor Classroom Pods

Last year Castle Primary School in Northampton ordered one of our outdoor classroom pods to be used as an outdoor learning/library hub. The unique pod – with its distinctive features of a green round Hobbit style circular door and arched roof – was an immediate success with both teachers and children alike. So much so […]

New Ground Fixing System for Our Outdoor Classroom Pods

Our outdoor classroom pods are becoming increasingly popular in schools who are using them for a whole variety or reasons – outdoor classroom, forest school shelter, library, nurture room and even as an office! They are pre-manufactured units which come delivered off the back of a truck and are then either lifted into position with […]

Why We Are Now Using Recycled Plastic For Our Play Equipment

Play equipment in schools has traditionally been made out of timber (in public play parks steel is more common due to vandalism issues) and for good reasons. It is attractive and easy to work with but it can’t withstand the rain and the cold for too long. Time consuming on-going maintenance does certainly help but […]

New Fire Pit Shelter with Canvas Roof

We have a lot of enquiries from schools who run forest school programmes and who are looking to provide for some kind of shelter for the children but usually it is a request to cover an existing fire pit area. The schools want to have the facility of being able to light fires outdoors but […]

Creative Ideas for Your Forest School Or School Playground

We have created an imaginative product for forest schools (or school playgrounds for that matter) and that is the Gateway to the Enchanted Forest…or perhaps we should say the gateway to children’s imaginations. It features a large Hobbit style double leaf round door  – one side of which has a viewing hatch which children can […]

How We Prove “Value for Money”

We totally understand that if a school is looking to buy a product that is over a certain amount of money (usually £3-5k), then this capital expenditure has to be approved by the Board of Governors. And we also totally appreciate that a school has to get a minimum of three quotes and as part […]

Low Maintenance School Playground Equipment

The Problem Facing Schools Regarding The On-going Maintenance of School Play Equipment Like anything that is used constantly, is outside the whole time and is subject to all weathers and all seasons, school playground equipment needs regularly maintaining with thorough inspection checks undertaken every month or so. Children’s safety is paramount of course but maintenance checks conducted […]