The Mobile Outdoor Classroom

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 some kind but want it installed quickly and want to know if it can be moved at a later date. But when I say outdoor classroom, I am referring to a building which is fully enclosed and can be used all year round  – as opposed to the classic open-sided, gazebo style of outdoor classroom you find so often in school playgrounds.

These buildings are typically used or required for a whole host of reasons and applications – extra nurture or break out space for more intimate one and one teaching or emotional well-being sessions between pupils and teachers; outdoor learning space; library; meeting room; staff room; after school club; community room/space etc

And nearly always the requirement is for a building which is no more thirty square metres in internal floor space, needs to be heated, needs to be insulated and has electrics. And in some cases a WC is required. We are able to supply and install/build these on site with our traditional range of enclosed outdoor classrooms but here again, we can borrow from our other leisure side of the business where we supply mini lodges to holiday parks and other sites. These buildings are all pre-manufactured units which come already manufactured and pre-assembled directly from the factory and are brought to site on the back of a low loader truck. They are then craned into position (as above image)

The great advantage to a school is that on-site time is minimal in this respect. Assuming a pre-prepared base is down (or if we are siting onto an existing hard surface such as a tarmac playground no base is required at all) and services are running to site (electricity etc), a school can be up and running in a matter of days. As opposed to a couple of weeks if we were having to build on site. And there is no need to get in other local trades such as a plumber or electrician as the internal electrics, heating, lighting and sockets will have already been fitted in the factory.

And we are able to fit external decking areas for extra teaching space.

And as these deemed to technically be mobile units (like the bigger mobile classrooms supplied by the likes of Portakabin), they can be moved to another site or location at a later date if so required.

For more information, please contact the Hideout House Company on 01832 275902 or email: info@hideouthouse.com