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Product Description

The Outdoor Learning Pods by Sycamore Creations are bespoke timber structures specifically engineered to enhance the school environment. Designed as a "classroom without walls," it provides a high-quality, durable space that blends expert craftsmanship with the functional needs of a modern school.

  • Bespoke Educational Design: Handcrafted to create a dedicated "Outdoor Learning Village" that supports forest school activities and collaborative learning.

  • Child-Friendly Ergonomics: Seating and table heights can be custom-lowered during the build process to ensure they are perfectly suited for primary-aged pupils.

  • Durable Timber Construction: Built using high-quality materials designed to withstand the rigors of daily use in a busy school environment.

  • Weather-Protected Learning: Features a covered curved timber canopy and optional bespoke PVC doors, allowing for outdoor lessons and interventions to continue in all weather conditions. 
  • Integrated Learning Hub: Every pod comes standard with integrated bench seating and a central learning table to facilitate group work and focused tasks.
Group use: Approx 6

What's in the box

  • Hand built wooden pod
  • Bespoke options, with or without back panel

  • What Happens After You Buy?

    Order Processing: Contractors are notified as soon as payment is confirmed or a valid Purchase Order (PO) is received.

    Scheduling: Our contractors will reach out to arrange a convenient installation date.

    Speeding Up Delivery: Providing clear images of your designated installation area in advance helps us prepare the site quickly and avoid delays.

    Groundworks Note: If site preparation or groundworks are required to ensure a level base, an additional charge of £150 per pod applies.

Product Specifications

Target age group 3+
Brand Sycamore Creations
Composition Wood
Country of origin England
Dimensions Signature Pod: 2.4m Width x 1.8m Depth, Shingle Pod: 2.4m Width x 2.4m Depth
Model name / number SKU:Signature-Pod

Curriculum Alignment

Outdoor Learning Pod
  • Science and Geography: The pods serve as a base for environmental education and fieldwork, allowing pupils to engage directly with their natural surroundings, observing insects, exploring plants and investigating the weather to name a few.
  • Literacy and Communication: They provide a calm, inspiring setting for reading, storytelling, and oral communication exercises, build meaningful connections between learning and the real world.
  • PSHE and Wellbeing: By providing a sheltered, quiet space, pods support social and emotional learning, offering a retreat for mindfulness and pastoral support.
  • STEM and Creative Arts: The central table and sheltered environment create an ideal workshop space for outdoor art projects and inquiry-based teaching. A place to use technology, such as taking photos, videos, for evidence and cause and effect. Build engineering and maths skills, den making, construction or use as a place for counting findings, comparing, sequencing and discovering patterns.
  • Inclusive Education: The pods provide a sensory-friendly, low-stress environment that can be particularly beneficial for pupils with additional needs who may struggle in a traditional classroom.

  • A special place to encourage curiosity and a love of discovery. Develop critical thinking and problem solving, buiidng communication and teamwork through collbrative play

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