School Playground Equipment: Thinking Outside the Classroom | Edusentials

The Great Outdoors

In 2015, with a greater emphasis than ever being placed on dynamic lesson plans, and changes to children’s lifestyles and habits leading to rises in obesity and weight problems, there has never been more of a stark requirement to get students up and out of the classroom a bit more. As a teacher, you’ll naturally feel a responsibility not only to educate and inspire your students, but also to protect and safeguard them, making sure they’re able to go on to live full, healthy and happy lives. Encouraging outdoor play and physical activity through exciting school playground equipment is one of the many ways to do this, and, as we’ll go onto explore shortly, will have a myriad of social and physical benefits for your students.

Climbing Higher

For decades now, studies have shown a close correlation between physical activity and concentration; children (and adults, in fact) who exercise more and physically exert themselves on a regular basis have been proven to have longer concentration spans and greater abilities to focus. The outdoor climbing frames we supply have all been developed with this theory in mind; they look to make exercise and physical activity fun for students, getting them enthusiastic about being up and active. Our monkey dome climber, and indeed our range of climbing frames and towers have been specifically designed to be safe, easy to assemble and – most importantly – fun!

Setting a Scene

Thinking outside the classroom, however, shouldn’t just stop at climbing frames and conventional school playground equipment. Here at Edusentials, we also offer a range of outdoor role play items and play panels designed to help your students develop socially through fun and games. As a means of preparing your students for the everyday situations that they’ll face in later the life, the social benefits of school can hardly be called into question. Our range of outdoor role play items, from kitchen pieces through to shops and theatres have been designed to help children appreciate social norms and develop an awareness of our societal conventions through play, outside of the standard classroom environment.

Getting Out More

Here at Edusentials, we encourage all teachers to take a more pro-active, novel approach to their job, looking to constantly find new ways to stimulate and engage their students. By taking children outside of the classroom, you’re not only encouraging a healthier lifestyle, but also providing a more dynamic learning experience, one in which play goes hand in hand with social learning and development. Browse our full range of school playground equipment today.

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Originally written 8 September 2015