Story time is an important part of any child’s growing up, and our reading chair is the perfect way to bring reading to life.
Children can sit at this charming throne and get lost in a good book or read to their friends. – The reading chair is built to help everyone gathered around share their stories with each other.
“Are you sitting comfortably?
Then I’ll begin…”
Our impressive Teacher Storytelling Chairs are the newest addition to our outdoor literacy range.
Made with treated Scandinavian Redwood. Each backrest is hand selected from a range of hardwood ‘slabs’ that ensures each is truly unique.
This chair would be the focal point of your outdoor literacy area.
As with a large proportion of our product range this chair was designed in consultation with practicing educators.
Our Buddy Bench Is a simple idea to help children develop empathy, eliminate loneliness and foster friendship on the playground.
These rustic live/waney edge Swiss Larch benches are built with tanalised timber and given three coats of outdoor furniture oil.
Available as a 4ft, 5ft or 6ft bench – any inscription possible – prices vary please contact us first for details.
Perfect for friends this double bench (each bench measuring 1.2m) is perfect for friends to sit together and share their lunch and talk together.
Bench can be made to include three or four sections (price available on request)
Contempoary design, this very sturdy picnic bench would fit into any setting.
This wooden roleplay train allows children to take the imaginative potential of a train ride to its max! What is their destination – are they commuters or holiday-makers? Who will be the driver? Who will be ticket collector? What have the travellers decided to bring for their picnic? What will they do when they arrive?
This sturdy wooden roleplay train and carriage will provide endless hours of fun.
They say a picture paints a thousand words…
5ft long seats six
This disabled access picnic bench is made using high quality, pressure treated, heavy duty, joinery grade redwood timber, not to be confused with low grade construction timber or CLS.
We also use corrosion treated heavy duty fixings and protective black plastic screw caps throughout so that the components remain securely fastened year after year.
Heavy duty timber construction
Pressure treated to maximise durability
All bolts have black cover caps to maximise safety and to enhance the finished product
Timber sourced from responsibly managed forests
Free from rot and fungal attack for up to 15 years
45mm parasol hole
Dimensions: Top Width 75cm x Width 140cm x Height 72.5cm x Length 180cm
Please note: The product colours shown are representative only and may differ on the actual product due to natural variations in the timber used.
Seating is often overlooked in the playground but if you could have a Picnic Bench that would allow children to play games, write, record their findings… That would be the perfect way of creating an outdoor classroom.
The chalkboard picnic table will facilitate all of that and more! worktops which are mate with laminated marine ply provide longevity – not the cheaper alternatives such as painted MDF
UPVC Cover can be purchased as an optional extra.
A two seat version of the popular Children’s Story Chair that is both comfortable and practical.
The Duo Childs Story Bench Duo is carefully hand finished.
Seating for circle time, create a magical circle time space in your forest school.
Can be built with metal legs that can be surface mounted to concrete or tarmac or wooden legs that can be concreted into soil.
Set of 4 cube seats.
Handy little sturdy seating solutions can come with grass or chalkboard tops.
(For an additional charge price provided upon request)
H400mm x W400 D400
This planter and bench combo is made with sleepers will last many years.
Enhance your outdoor space with this charming planter and bench combo.
As well as housing different types of plants, the planter can also be used as a trough for different textures and materials.
This Wooden Planter Bench can complete the look to your existing setting. Whether you want to or read a book alone on a free sunny afternoon, or sit with friends. This bench perfect product to fit your needs and fit in your budget. Manufactured from Scandinavian redwood and treated, it is durable and water resistant. A simple attitude towards lifestyle is reflected directly on the design of this piece of furniture, creating a trend of simply nature.
It is recommended to treat with suitable wood oil at least once a year to maintain the original appearance.
A hand carved solid wooden stool, shaped to look like a mushroom, that will help bring some magic to storytelling sessions.
Designed for kids and sanded to a perfectly smooth finish, these stools are ideal for children to sit on while they listen to a magical story in the storytelling ring, or to go with a small table for creative time at the child’s level.
Just think how much more vivid children will find tales of the fey folk or long-forgotten lands when they’re sitting in ‘the faerie ring’ of mushrooms!
Solid and child-proof, they are built to survive the toughest treatment, from the kids or the weather!
The stools can be used as everyday furniture both indoors and outdoors, from their customary location at the bottom of the garden to the playgrounds and woods of schools, parks and community centres. They’re hand-carved from sustainable wood and are extremely robust.
Materials: Larch or Douglas Fir. These are both very durable and perfect for the extreme UK climate.
Table and stools can be supplied as freestanding pieces or secured to the ground for an additional fee.
Please contact prior to purchasing to discuss.
Shelter from the rain or sun with this simple but effective picnic seating area.
This 2m x 2m outdoor, open-sided gazebo structure is a fantastic alternative to a more formal outdoor learning environment. With bench seating on three sides and an open front, fitting 10-12 students, the structure is a sheltered, really versatile space for gathering in small groups to work outdoors.
Outdoor learning boosts confidence and communication as well as social and physical skills. It also improves motivation, knowledge, and understanding and nurtures a positive attitude towards learning!
A long lasting, robust railway sleeper mounted on two rustic tree stumps. Perfect option for seating in any forest school, or outdoor classroom.
Cable drums can be a great way to add a table and/or stools to an exciting outdoor classroom.
Please do not use old ones, we see them so many times in schools with rusty nails sticking out of them!
This new cable drum table and stool set offers a safe and attractive, seating solution. We’ve scribed the bottom base to house the stools perfectly, to offer children the impetus to engage them with the table at the end of a session.
186 X 110 X 68cm
Quality Round picnic table complete with seating, Ideal for gardens and BBQ areas
All Timber is pressure treated with 10 year anti rot guarentee
Heavy duty timber.
At just under a meter long, these lovely little benches enable a moment when children can stop and talk with their friends.
Our Yard Bench is small but very sturdy child sized bench. Children can spend hours outside enjoying the fresh air! The children’s bench is a great addition to any school yard. Manufactured in the Wales from Swedish Redwood this strong, bench is built to be left outside all year round and will last for years to come.
This handmade, chainsaw-carved squirrel bench would be a truly imaginative addition to any outdoor setting, whether it’s a space for formal learning or for more of a children’s outdoor communal seating area.
Children will love the animal theme of the bench style seating, and the squirrel design will create a friendly, informal, magical, inspiring, and ultimately child-friendly outdoor space, taking away any sense of intimidation that could accompany formal learning.
Our Swedish Redwood picnic table has a modern design with strong ridged lines and a smooth finish with rounded edges making this picnic bench very attractive. Manufactured from Swedish Redwood the picnic bench then follows a tanalising process which prolongs the life of the timber and enables the picnic bench to remain outside all year round with no further treatment. The square picnic bench has the benefit of stainless steel fixings and is suitable for public areas or your garden at home, they can also be purchased with or without parasol holes and backrests making these benches extremely versatile.
It’s the small things that make a big difference. We ensure with our range that there are no visible fixings on any tactile surface.
Only the best Scandinavian Redwood is used with all edged softened, and surfaces planed smooth, thus ensuring safety and longevity.
Beautifully hand crafted table and bench set with canopy.
These movable divides are ideal when permanent fencing is too expensive, or too inflexible for flow learning.
An essential, lightweight, portable wooden dividers are designed to offer a flexible solution to ‘zoning’ your outdoor area.
1.8m in length
1m in height
Developed to enable children that have a wheelchair to sit amount their friends.
Please email us for individual requirements.
We are happy to make any of our resources accessible to all at no extra cost.
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