Claremont High School in Harrow Cover Outdoor Dining Area

Claremont High School had ‘space’ for outdoor dining but no ‘shade’ or ‘shelter’. They pride themselves on providing the best environment possible for their pupils so a designated dining canopy was something that we helped them design for their campus.

Project Specification

Product: Motiva Duo™
Size: 23236mm x 12384mm
Steelwork:
- Ultramarine Blue - RAL NO. 5002
Roof:
- Opal

A&S Landscape installed a large canopy from our Motiva Duo range. It measured 23,236mm x 12,384mm, had opal roofing and steelwork in Marine Blue (RAL 5002).

The children were delighted to have a new space to enjoy. No more worrying about finding a seat to eat their lunch. Now they can socialise and eat at their leisure, encouraging social interaction and better eating habits. As we all know, when children have eaten well they can concentrate better and this leads to improved focus and learning. All this from a new canopy. A great result!

Visual we created for Claremont High School

The Benefits of Eating Outdoors and Its Effect on Student Welfare

There is a lot of research that shows us the merits of spending time outside; alleviating heart rate, blood pressure, stress hormones and muscle tension. It can even brighten your mood. enhancements in attention, memory and concentration have also been proved.

How does this effect children in school? Well, being inside for most of the day is linked to increased anxiety and depression. Couple this with the appeal of computer games and social media at home and you can see how important it is to offer children as many opportunities to be outdoors during the school day as possible.

Spending time outdoors raises Vitamin D levels (an important hormone that helps to protect against a collection of diseases such as osteoporosis, depression, heart attacks and stroke). It is shown in research that many of us do not get an adequate amount of this important vitamin, so more time outside is central to help address this deficiency.

Continue reading our blog post to explore how schools can resolve this issue and allow their pupils to spend more time outside.

With pupil numbers increasing in many schools, adding an outdoor dining area is something that we are seeing more and more schools doing. Creating new space on the school campus without adding a formal building or requiring planning permission. Definitely worth considering if your pupils are struggling to find a seat at lunchtime.

From Shade Sails, Umbrellas and Tepees, to straight or curved roof steel canopies, A&S Landscape have a range which is sure to offer you something special. Our Maxima Plaza is a popular fabric roof canopy, which is ideal for creating an outdoor dining area. We can help you from the beginning planning stages, right through to installation. Feel free to look through our gallery, which has more than 1500 images to inspire you.

Take a look at some other canopy projects we completed in Greater London

Bexleyheath Academy Add Fabric Tepee Canopy to School

In combination with a business partner we created a tensile fabric roof Tepee at Bexleyheath Academy Woolwich Rd, Bexleyheath, Greater London. The contract included the supply and fitting of one Maxima™ Tepee tensile waterproof fabric roof structure measuring 7000mm X 7000mm.

Wooden Planter Sail Designed for Little Engineers Nursery

We built a planter sail structure for Little Engineers Nursery Tottenham Hale, London, Greater London. The full contract involved the supply and installation of one Planter sail structure comprising of 1 Monotec fabric sail measuring 6m x 3m, 4 uprights and 4 planters including for all fixtures and fittings.

The Olive School Add Straight Roof Canopy to Play Area

We created a straight polycarbonate roof canopy in The Olive School Hackney, London, Greater London. The full contract involved one steel framed Motiva™ Linear monopitch straight coloured polycarbonate roof canopy measuring 9000mm X 3900mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish and six post protection pads.

Timber Planter Sail Structure Fitted at Durants School

We built a planter sail structure for Durants School Enfield, London, Greater London. The contract included 5m x 5m planter sail, monotec fabric, games board covered planters and installation.

St John’s School Add Fabric Tensile Tepee Structure With Post Pads

A&S built a tensile fabric roof Tepee at St John’s School Potter Street Hill, Northwood, Greater London. The full contract involved the supply and installation of one Maxima™ Tepee tensile waterproof fabric roof structure measuring 6000mm X 5400mm including for 2m length splash plate and post protector pads.

Five Triangle Sails Added to Grazebrook Primary School

Our team made five triangle sails for Grazebrook Primary School Lordship Road, London, Greater London. The job involved supply and installation of five bespoke triangular sails from monotec 370 fabric.

Shade Sail Structure Made For Isle Of Dogs

Working for a business partner our engineers built a shade sail structure for Isle Of Dogs Stewart Street, London, Greater London. The contract included one 5000mm x 5000mm Maxima™ tensile shade cloth fabric sail structure comprising of one square sail on four uprights including for all stainless steel fixtures and fittings.

Studio Xag Ltd Add Polycarbonate Roof Canopy

In collaboration with this valued client we erected a canopy at Studio Xag Ltd London, Greater London. The job involved 114m System 60 polycarbonate sheets.

Roehampton Club Add Bespoke Cantilever Shelter to Site

Working for our building contractor client A&S created a cantilever canopy at Roehampton Club Putney, London, Greater London. The job involved one Bespoke Motiva™ Cantilever straight roof canopy measuring 27000mm X 1500mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.

Red School Shelter Added to Tulse Hill Early Years Hub

Working with our building contractor client A&S constructed a straight polycarbonate roof canopy in Tulse Hill Early Years Hub Tulse Hill, London, Greater London. The contract included the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy measuring 10400mm X 3850mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes which were coated in a matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.

Uxendon Manor Primary School Add Two School Shelters

Working for the building contractor we created two straight polycarbonate roof canopies for Uxendon Manor Primary School Vista Way, Kenton, Harrow. The full contract involved two Motiva™ Linear monopitch straight roof canopies measuring 21000mm X 3000mm with Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes which were coated in a matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.