All-weather canopies provide additional outdoor learning or play space, whatever the weather.
Our timber-framed Freeflow canopies are designed to provide additional covered outdoor learning or play space. They are constructed using a pressure-treated timber frame with a shatterproof multi-wall polycarbonate roof sheet set in an aluminium glazing bar with white sheet retention caps and fittings. The canopy normally has a single slope roof that can be fixed to an existing building or supported on a totally independent structure.
All of our canopies are designed to meet your requirements and can incorporate a range of seating, storage and enclosure options. Guttering is fixed to the eaves as standard, and a range of rainwater harvesting options are available.
School playground canopies and outdoor covered shelters are ideal for any school or nursery where an all-year-round outside recreational space is needed. Here are some great benefits of our versatile school canopies to encourage outdoor play, learning and development.
Nurseries and pre-schools will benefit from a covered learning environment that can be used all-year round. Our canopies block harmful UV rays – and provide a fun area for children to sit and safely enjoy lessons or storytime in the summer. Even when the weather is not so kind, the polycarbonate roof of our shelters keeps pupils dry while they learn.
Keep messy play outside with a covered learning environment where children can indulge their imagination. Think mud kitchens, vegetable patches and creative areas designed for water-play and painting!
Picking up your children from school in the rain is not much fun! Provide parents with a welcome respite from the drizzle under a covered area while they wait in the playground and they are sure to be appreciative.
Class sizes are increasing, and with less space inside a traditional classroom finding storage areas can soon become challenging. We can include a range of storage options in our wall-mounted school playground shelters, giving teachers more areas to store PE apparatus, wellington boots for messy play and outdoor equipment
Older children can also benefit from a covered shelter as a social meeting place to gather outdoors at break times or as a quiet area to work outside independently or in groups.
With space at a premium, a covered outdoor area can also be used as a dining hall. We can include seating and storage too – so children can eat in comfort and have a place to store their lunchboxes during school time.
