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Outdoor Classrooms

Kingswood School grounds

At East Tilbury Junior School we have created a seating area for 30 children.

We created a bio-diverse roof  by using different materials and substrate depths, to attract a wider range of plants and animals onto the roof. We included an off-cut of roof liner to produce a temporary pool and bird bath, added log piles and used crushed concrete to form drainage channels.

We have organised a regular survey by a local conservation group to monitor the wildlife, especially invertebrates, on the roof.

These photos show the outdoor classroom as it was almost complete in November 2007; all the building was lacking was the artwork from the kids.


 

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New outdoor classroom clad with oak and ash from local park seats 30




Creating an outdoor classroom (above) and (below) close-up of
the Bio diverse roof before planting, showing different waste substrates and depths


Outdoor classroom with stage and story telling chair/table

Outdoor classroom with stage and story telling chair/table

Living roof shelter Deneholm school

Living roof shelter at Deneholm school