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 […]
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 […]
Schools always need to provide for some shade and shelter from the UK’s ever changing elements and the products they can buy or use range from literally hanging up a tarpaulin sheet right over to the more grandiose shade sails. But true to form, we at the Hideout House Company always like to innovate when it comes […]
You would like to think that it was fairly straightforward developing your playground but sometimes it can be quite daunting. So over the years we have developed our levels of service to ensure that we can help you every step of the way right from the initial concept through to final completion. Below are some of […]
Yet again, it has been featured in the news quite a lot recently about the whole issue of global warming and its catastrophic effects on the planet if we do not get to grips with controlling the earth’s temperature rises. And of course within this whole environmental issue is the very important matter of plastic waste. Of the 6.3 […]
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” Theodore Roosevelt I love this quotation and when it comes to defining your marketing strategies and positioning your school, this should sit at the heart of how you think and what you do. Some of us operate in Primary Schools in isolated […]
The whole reason of outdoor learning is, of course, to take lessons outside of the classroom and as this is an area of specialisation for our company, we have developed a unique idea which can help school children understand some basic principles of curriculum based science whilst also actively engaging them in their studies. The concept is […]
I used to have a company called Timberline which manufactured a whole range of play equipment and outdoor classrooms for schools in the UK and as the name of the organisation would suggest, everything we produced was made out of timber. That was a few years ago now. Then recently on my many visits to […]
We know that budgets are tight at the moment and a lot of schools are now looking to commercial opportunities/sponsorship etc in order to raise non school budget ancillary income. So we would like to help in this respect too and there are a couple of programmes we are running at the moment. Firstly if we […]
I always find that the best ideas come from people telling you the same problem time and time again and especially when they cannot find a solution to it. Such is the case in this instance – we are always approached by schools and other educational establishments who are wanting an outdoor classroom provision of […]