Natural Play Settings for Day Nurseries and Schools

“Our promise is to provide the very best in innovative play spaces. Intelligent design and creative problem solving provide motivation and direction in all our schemes. Your voice, priorities and aspirations will become real, your practice and visions inspired”.

Dave Colville – Head of Design

“Making great outdoors from the great outdoors”

Outdoor Play Settings

“All children have the right to experience and enjoy

the essential and special nature of being outdoors.”

Learning Through Landscapes

Priorities

• To harness the special nature of the outdoors and stimulate the senses in a natural setting. • To provide a well designed, well organised and safe

outdoor environment in which children are challenged yet able to develop at their own pace.

• To provide solutions to the challenges associated with fostering a shared outdoor vision.

• To be fully inclusive and meet the needs of individuals

offering a diverse and exciting range of outdoor play based experiences.

Design and Content

Multi sensory

All Encompassing Freeflow Settings

Working with limited spaces

‘Natural’ Play Areas

Opportunities

• Mark Making

• Sand play

• Role play

• Climbing • Water play • Discovery & Exploration • Challenge

• Language & Communication

• Image Play

• Sound & Music

• Planting & Growing

• Touch & Feel • Natural Play • Dizzy play

Imageplay

Waterplay

Challenge & Physical

Challenge & Roleplay

Communication Friendly Spaces

Sound & Music

Discovery

All-Weather Play

Landscaping

Growing & Planting

Natural Water Play

Natural Sand Play

First phase

Site preparation

Main build

Final phase

This is a full design and installation service for your existing outdoor space utilising all areas to achieve the best possible setting incorporating all aspects of outdoor play requirements and opportunities.

Bespoke Play Settings

We have a broad understanding of the rationale behind the current thinking in outdoor play provision allowing us to deliver the right setting no matter the environment.

Specific design for your space is provided by our setting designers who are with you every step of the way from the initial informal meeting right through to completion.

3D Design

Overall Perspective

Close-up detail

The Big Picture - Aughton Merseyside West Lancashire appointed lead setting

Total places for Childern : 36 Age range : 3 – 5 years

The Big Picture - Aughton Merseyside

The Big Picture - Aughton Merseyside

“Our outdoor space has had a significant impact on children’s learning and development, it now enables children to explore, discover and investigate the natural world around them.

It provides a safe and secure environment which challenges children to take safe risks supporting children to reach their full potential

The introduction of freeflow play to the setting encourages children’s choices and learning opportunities”

Nicci Adkins – EYFS Quality Co-ordinator

The Big Picture - Aughton Merseyside

The Big Picture - Southport Merseyside

Total places for Children : 62 Age range : 0 – 5 years

The Big Picture - Southport Merseyside “Our new natural environment has provided a wealth of open ended play, where practitioners have observed fabulous ideas, language and knowledge from our children. Our planning has developed and become more inspired resulting in passionate motivated practice” Jane Marsh – Nursery Director

The Big Picture - Southport

Lilliput - Chorley Lancashire

Previously the children using this setting were only allowed to use the climbing frame & slide four at a time. Bibs had to be handed out to identify which children were having their ‘turn’. Now they can play safely, unrestricted and with

less focused supervision making the setting a much happier place for all.

Total places for Children : 30 Age range : 2 – 5 years

Lilliput - Chorley Lancashire

Now that the setting has a covered area the children can still enjoy the benefits of being outdoors, even when the weather isn’t at its best! Storytelling becomes even more exciting when they are cosy and warm under the UV protected cover.

Lilliput - Chorley Lancashire

Lilliput - Chorley Lancashire

Lilliput - Chorley Lancashire

Young children thrive and their minds and bodies develop best when they have free access to stimulating outdoor environments for learning through play and real experiences.

Natural Play Settings

Natural Play Settings for Day Nurseries and Schools

Full Setting Design

Manufacture &

Installation

Limited Space Solutions

Intelligent Design

Setting Upgrade or Replacement

Part Settings

Natural Outdoor Play Settings - Tel: 01704 895300 Fax: 01704 895311 email: info@design2construct.co.uk

Company Registration Number: 7150109 1 Langley Place BURSCOUGH L40 8JS

VAT REG NO: 988 1258 71

Indoor Play Settings

‘The Pod’ Our designers came up with this innovative design providing the nursery with an exciting and very versatile enclosed space that has a multitude of practical uses.

Yet again clever design and use of space ensures that as many opportunities as possible are available to the children within a natural and safe environment. Sand Play, Climbing, Role Play, Communication, Planting & Growing all feature in this perfectly designed area of the room.

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“Making great outdoors from the great outdoors”