School Playground Equipment Archives • The Hideout House Company https://www.hideouthouse.com/category/school-playground-equipment/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:06:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 199193118 Eco Plastic and Recycled Material Playground Equipment https://www.hideouthouse.com/eco-plastic-and-recycled-material-playground-equipment/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:05:55 +0000 https://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=6258 I went on a site visit this week to see a school who were interested in replacing their trim trail play equipment on their playground as it had been deemed unsafe to use and was beginning to rot and splinter quite badly (especially around the posts where it is dug into the ground). The school […]

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]]> 6258 School Case Study For Replacing Wooden Trim Trail With Recycled Plastic Play Equipment https://www.hideouthouse.com/school-case-study-for-replacing-wooden-trim-trail-with-recycled-plastic-play-equipment/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:34:46 +0000 https://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=6012 This is a case study for a particular school in Staffordshire but it is now happening time and time again. It goes a bit like this – we get an initial call from a school who are looking to either replace or repair some items on their trim trail play equipment. Or in many cases, […]

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]]> 6012 The World Of Recycled Plastic For School Playgrounds https://www.hideouthouse.com/the-world-of-recycled-plastic-for-school-playgrounds/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:53:09 +0000 https://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=5815 We pioneered using this material a few years ago but we have found of late that it is really building momentum as a lot of schools are now beginning to see the benefits of using this material over timber. Lasts 5 times longer than timber  *   Maintenance free  * Doesn’t rot, corrode or splinter   *  […]

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]]> 5815 Creative Ideas for Your Forest School Or School Playground https://www.hideouthouse.com/creative-ideas-for-your-forest-school-or-school-playground/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:29:08 +0000 https://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=2812 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 […]

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]]> 2812 Recycled Plastic Is The Future of School Playground Equipment https://www.hideouthouse.com/recycled-plastic-is-the-future-of-school-playground-equipment/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:04:24 +0000 https://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=2073 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 […]

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]]> 2073 Why You Should Buy Trim Trail Play Equipment Made Out Of Recycled Plastic https://www.hideouthouse.com/why-you-should-buy-trim-trail-play-equipment-made-out-of-recycled-plastic/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:39:35 +0000 http://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=1803 There are so many times that I have visited schools and seen picnic tables made out of recycled plastic sitting on the school playground. Not just one but typically quite a few of them. You then ask the school staff why they purchased them and the response is always the same – they simply just last […]

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]]> 1803 Nature Play Area at Buckminster Primary School https://www.hideouthouse.com/nature-play-area-buckminster-primary-school/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:16:09 +0000 http://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=1332 This school near Grantham had an existing play area by their pre-school facility which they wanted us to replace and to update as a nature and freeflow creative play area. We jumped at the brief and the challenge! The project was recently completed and has included the following: Nature garden – this includes hardwood play chips, […]

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]]> 1332 Nature Play Environments in Schools https://www.hideouthouse.com/natural-play-environments-in-schools/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:20:09 +0000 http://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=1301 The average child spends over 2,000 hours in a school playground so nature play equipment incorporates a number of elements that enable play spaces to blend in with their natural surroundings. Sadly wild and natural outdoor spaces can be a rare sight in urban settings or environments and sometimes children can be totally unfamiliar with […]

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]]> 1301 How To Choose Which Outdoor Shelter You Need For Your School https://www.hideouthouse.com/choose-outdoor-shelter-need-school/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=1107 The first question to ask your self is what do you actually need this outdoor shelter to do? i.e. is it just for protecting the children against the elements of the British climate or do you want to be able to use it for outdoor learning and to double up as an outdoor classroom too? […]

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]]> 1107 Why You Should Buy School Playground Equipment Made From Recycled Plastic https://www.hideouthouse.com/why-you-should-buy-school-playground-equipment-made-from-recycled-plastic/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:56:42 +0000 http://www.hideouthouse.com/?p=1003 If you are looking to replace your existing school playground equipment or indeed are looking to purchase some additional items, then we would advise you to strongly consider buying it out of recycled plastic as opposed to traditional timber. I was at a school just last week who are wanting to replace some existing adventure trim […]

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