Schools
Our passion for good school landscapes arises from our training on the Landscape course in the 1980's at Leeds Poly (as was) - and we have persued it whenever the opportunity has arisen. We have worked on several school landscape projects, both Primary and Secondary. Some have involved design and hands-on implementation - our daughters’ school for example! (North Cave, see right). On others, we have carried out design work for implementation by New Deal Labour.
In all cases, we believe strongly that a good school environment has a major role to play in education and development. A beautiful landscape is a welcoming place to play and learn, and the school landscape offers myriad opportunities for exciting extensions to the school curriculum.
Every subject can make use of outdoor learning - maths, english, science, art, geography, history - creative opportunities readily spring to mind.
At the very least, the outdoor classroom is a refreshing alternative to the indoor one! If you share our passion about the importance of the landscape setting of the school, and the social and curriculum opportunities it offers, do please get in touch.
Project examples:
North Cave Primary School
Parkstone & Sutton Schools
Marfleet Primary School
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