Waingels College in Berkshire Add Sheltered Areas

Waingels College in Berkshire recognised that they had a lack of sheltered areas around their school campus. A&S Landscape came on board to give the students more options of where to sit outside during their breaks and lunchtimes.

Project Specification

Product: Motiva Duo™
Sizes: 8000mm x 6000mm | 8000mm x 8000mm
Steelwork:
- Signal Yellow - RAL NO. 1003
Roof:
- Opal

Shelters we fitted at Waingels College The college installed three curved roof canopies from the Motiva range. The Motiva Duo shelters have ample room underneath for seating and many students can gather underneath to socialise. These three canopies are constructed from yellow steel with polycarbonate roofing. Underneath there is enough space for a total of 24 recycled plastic benches.

In addition, a fabric umbrella canopy from the Maxima range was also installed, made with waterproof PVC. This means the school can leave the fabric canopy up all-year-round, and the students can use it shelter from the rain. A practical, yet stylish, shelter solution.

The Benefits of Eating Outdoors and What Schools Can Do To Facilitate Alfresco Dining

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

How does this effect children in school? Well, being indoors for a large amount 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 vital it is to offer children as many opportunities to be outdoors during the school day as possible.

Spending time outdoors improves Vitamin D levels (an important hormone that helps to protect against a range of diseases such as osteoporosis, depression, heart attacks and stroke). It is revealed in studies that many of us do not get an adequate amount of this important vitamin, so more time outside is fundamental to help deal with this deficiency.

With the longest break in the school day being the lunch break, a good remedy is alfresco dining. More and more schools are bettering their outdoor areas, erecting outdoor dining spaces, with canopies, shade sails, umbrellas and even enclosed outdoor dining rooms. With growing pupil numbers, this is a solution to the increased pressure that existing dining rooms come under as schools grow.

Continue reading our blog post to discover how schools can resolve this problem and allow their students to spend more time outdoors.

Now the students of Waingels College have a choice of where to sit outside, even when the weather is poor. This allows them to enjoy the fresh air, which will refresh them ahead of their next lessons. Because the curved roof canopies are located next to the sports pitch, they can even be used when students are spectating. The new shelters are a real asset to the college campus and are very popular with both the students and staff. We’ve also installed a large curved roof canopy at Waingels College previously, and we hope to return again! And we’ve also worked with another great school in Berkshire, Southfield School, where we installed a cycle shelter.

A&S Landscape can help you complete your project successfully and stress-free. From the initial planning stages to installation, our installation team with be there every step of the way. Check out our gallery for inspiration or call us on 01743 444100 today. You can also request a free quote for any of our products on our website too.

We’ve worked with many other schools and businesses in Berkshire

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In combination with our building contractor client we created a straight polycarbonate roof canopy at Loddon Primary School Earley, Reading, Berkshire. The job involved the supply and installation of one Motiva™ monopitch straight roof canopy measuring 8610mm X 3000mm and included for our Alu-Tuff™ aluminium box profile guttering and downpipes in matching Dura-coat™ colour finish.