Enhancing the early years play area at Pudsey Waterloo Primary School.

Are looking to develop your Early Years outdoor area?   Would you like a child-led learning-space for your Early Years children, packed with endless open-ended opportunities?  Well, you’ve come to the right place. Find out about our recent project at Pudsey Waterloo Primary School in West Yorkshire.

Our mission was clear: to work with the school to transform this space into a vibrant, stimulating environment that would spark imagination, encourage physical activity, language development and support learning in every corner.

Have a look at the pictures to see how levelling the area, adding lush artificial grass and adding a beautiful hardwood robinia fence, complete with interactive music panels, has transformed this part of the Early Years area.  The staff can now utilise this space all year round and the children are certainly loving being able to roll around on the grass!  The music panels are also a huge hit with the pupils – they’re developing their musical and expressive skills without even realising it!

Next, we created a dedicated bike track. We laid fresh tarmac and installed a fantastic thermoplastic track that’s perfect for little riders to build their balance and coordination. To keep those bikes safe and sound, we built the children a brand-new bike shed. However, gone are the days of dark, dingy bicycle storage. With its polycarbonate roof letting in lots of natural light, a Playscheme bike shed is light, airy and made from durable pressure treated timber meaning that it will last and last and last!

We know that early years children thrive on sensory experiences, so we introduced a stunning sensory pyramid. This colourful structure is a perfect hideaway for quiet moments, or a fantastic place for imaginative play. The coloured windows add an extra touch of magic.

To encourage creativity and language development, we built the school a brand-new outdoor stage complete with backdrop. The children have already started putting on their own plays, and using it as part of their class story…The Gingerbread Man. It’s incredible to see how their imaginations are running wild!

And finally let’s not forget about the importance of organisation. We’ve created for the school plenty of new storage spaces to keep the outdoor area tidy and everything easily accessible for the children and staff.  Our new cupboards are built to last, and they look great too!