Schools 'Outdoor Classroom' Projects
Newnham Primary School the Friends of Newnham School wanted to rework Katie's Garden creating a secluded, quiet, sensory storytelling area and to create an outdoor classroom for growing and learning on a small, currently underused banked area at the front of the school.
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Badby Primary School, to produce an overall design for the Key Stage 1 area, linking up three mobile classrooms currently separated by lots of fencing. To open the space up and create a series of areas to explore with varied feelings and functions that flow throughout the space.
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An important element of the design at Badby was to create different textures of ground surface, and a central circular feature has been created by the pupils' handprints.
Select here to view images >>>Weston Favell CEVA Infant School, to produce an overall concept masterplan for the entire school grounds, and a detailed design for a sensory garden.
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Artemis have also produced designs for;
Bridgewater Primary School, Northampton. The PTA has raised money for a new Trim Trail and Artemis were asked to produce a masterplan for the school grounds so that this could be situated in an appropriate space, forming Phase 1 of a coherent outdoor area design.
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Holbourn House Day Nursery, Dodford. Artemis and the nursery owners reworked the entire outdoor area to create an exciting freeflow space to challenge the senses and create different areas for carrying out outdoor activities. The site has been hugely successful, and nursery staff now use the space to its maximum potential. It has been cited as an exemplary space by the nursery's Early Years co-ordinator, and a number of local schools & nurseries have requested to visit it to take away ideas.
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Henry Hinde Primary School in Bilton.
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Whitefriars Junior School in Rushden to produce a detailed design to develop a wild, currently unusable corner of the grounds into a garden with a series of interlinked areas that offer different outdoor learning opportunities, and an adjoining allotment/ gardening area.
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Redwell Infant School in Wellingborough
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Oakley Vale Primary School in Corby to produce overall concept masterplans for the school grounds.
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School in Towcester.
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