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Interactive Sensory Outdoor Classrooms

In recent years, the concept of outdoor classrooms has gained popularity as educators recognise the benefits of nature-based learning environments. Interactive sensory outdoor classrooms offer a unique and engaging way for students to connect with their surroundings, enhancing their educational experience through exploration and interaction with the natural world.

These classrooms are designed to stimulate the five senses — sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste — to create a rich learning environment. Here are some key elements and activities that can be incorporated into an interactive sensory outdoor classroom:

  • Natural Materials: Use logs, stones, leaves, and plants to create learning stations. For example, students can explore textures by feeling different bark or leaves, or observe the various shapes and colors found in nature.
  • Sensory Pathways: Establish a pathway with different surfaces such as grass, sand, pebbles, and mulch. Walking on these surfaces can help students develop motor skills and awareness of their surroundings.
  • Nature Sounds: Encourage students to listen to the sounds of nature. Set up a quiet area where they can close their eyes and identify sounds, such as birds chirping, leaves rustling, or water flowing.
  • Smell Stations: Create areas where students can engage their sense of smell by using herbs, flowers, and other fragrant plants. Discuss the significance of scents in nature and their uses.
  • Observation and Art: Provide materials for students to sketch, paint, or create natural art using found objects. This encourages creativity and enhances their ability to observe details in nature.
  • Gardening Projects: Involve students in planting and caring for a garden. This hands-on activity fosters responsibility and teaches them about plant life cycles.
  • Discovery Zones: Set up various zones dedicated to different aspects of nature, like a “bug hotel” for observing insects or a water play area for studying aquatic life.
  • Storytelling Circles: Use the outdoor setting to engage students with stories connected to nature. Storytelling can be enhanced by the sights and sounds around them.
  • Outdoor Science Experiments: Conduct simple science experiments that utilize natural elements, such as studying soil types, plant growth, or the water cycle.

By creating interactive sensory outdoor classrooms, educators can foster a love for learning, improve sensory awareness, and promote physical well-being. These environments not only enhance academic skills but also encourage curiosity, creativity, and respect for the natural world.

Why Choose Us?

Collaborate

We always aim to deliver a scheme that exceeds your expectations, whether it be an outdoor classroom, a daily mile track or soft play surfacing. It’s vital that we fully understand your requirements. Our experienced project surveyor will visit your site, offer valuable advice and recommendations, and perform a comprehensive site survey.

Design

Our commitment to delivering tailored solutions for soft play surfacing, outdoor classrooms and daily mile tracks is backed by our extensive experienceWe provide a complimentary survey and design service that’s geared towards creating an engaging outdoor play and learning environment that carefully considers the unique features of your school's grounds.

Environment

All of the timber used in our outdoor classrooms and timber climbing frames is responsibly sourced from suppliers who prioritise the sustainable management of forests, ensuring that all our timber products meet the rigorous Forest Stewardship Council standards. We have a strong commitment to environmental responsibility.

Installation

Our installations are exclusively completed by our in-house teams, all of whom are DBS-checked. Given our exclusive focus on schools and nurseries, our installers possess a deep understanding of the specific requirements and protocols necessary for working within an educational environment. We recognise the importance of minimising disruption to the school day during term-time installations.

Our Products

We design, manufacture, and install a wide range of play equipment and all-weather outdoor structures, we provide various options for shade & shelter, all-weather canopies, and sunblock sail shades along with a full range of all-weather soft play surfaces, outdoor classrooms and Daily Mile tracks.

Our Values

Our designs aim to foster an engaging and stimulating outdoor play, learning, and active environment, carefully considering the unique features of your school grounds and your specific requirements. We are dedicated to delivering cost-effective solutions that align with the design brief while utilising responsibly sourced materials.

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We offer dynamic and versatile outdoor classrooms for schools with a bespoke service dedicated to your needs.

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