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| These beautifully styled shelters come in a variety of sizes and designs and make a peaceful retreat or an exciting environrment in which to learn. Many are used as story telling areas, outdoor classrooms and performance areas for music and dance. Also in some instances funding can be used from school travel plan initiatives, if used as a meeting space for parents. | |
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| A range of seating solutions and scultptures that encourage both fun and learning, making an excellent outdoor classroom or story circle. | |
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| Our musical items help to encourage and motivate a child's playful exploration and interpretation, and understanding of musical sound. | |
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| Our outdoor classrooms provide an opporunity for each and every child to learn and enjoy the process of learning through a natural connection to the outdoors. The classrooms are designed specifcially to provide shelter from the sun, wind and traffic noise. | |
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| Our activity centres and climbarounds are designed to offer stimulating and challenging play activities for younger children; where they are strengthening their bodies and minds and developing a sense of independence and accomplishment. This social play opportunity teaches how to communicate, share and take turns. | |
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| Play is the language of our children. Our creative play range has been designed to encourage children to use their imagination and to help promote original thinking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy and the ability to generate multiple solutions to a problem. | |
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| Playground equipment is not just for fun but for socialising, health, co-ordination, confidence, adventure and education. The variety of construction allows for endless combinations in layout and are designed to develop physical agility and adventurous play. We offer a bespoke design service where together we can create a unique solution to your space requirements and budgets. | |
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| Fencing need not be a barrier to fun, when balance between function and imagination is achieved, by using the versatile range of innovative fencing available from Hand Made Places. Unlike many fencing enclosures placed around children's play areas, this fencing forms part of the play experience. It is manufactured to the same stringent standards that the play equipment its self is made to, with rounded over edges and thoroughly prepared timber. | |
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| In developing this range of both large and medium sized play structures, Hand Made Places have worked with a range of SEN schools across the country creating play areas that match the needs of a wide variety of pupils. From this experience of working with experts in this feild, some smaller specialist items have also evolved, including wheel chair accessible sandpits and bridges. | |
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| Impact absorbing surfaces are often required in certain playground environments. Creative use of the surface can enhance the play experience, by utilising a variation of texture and contours, as well as provide an essential safety requirement. | |
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| Our activity panels can be incorporated into our play equipment, attached to posts or fixed directly to the wall. many of our activity panels come as standard on our Special Needs multiplay units to create further stimulation but are also available to buy separately. | |
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| The bright and colourful textures of our finger mazes offer a sensory adventure whilst developing motor neuron skills such dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination. They make a wonderful addition to any play area, are visually pleasing and are suitable for special needs. They can make a great starting point for many school projects relating to the particular finger maze you choose. | |
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| Our enormously popular totems, sensory and finger posts may be used in a variety of ways. They make unique class assembly points, help develop orientation skills and in gaining an understanding of ones bearing in relation to the environment. | |
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| Hand Made Places are able to supply a variety of planters to offer a heightened sensory experience to suit the needs of your school. From simple sleeper and pole planters, to specially designed sculptures like our dragon and environments such as the virtual pond. | |
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| A selection of child friendly play equipment suitable for children of all ages. | |
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