Playgrounds, great for a childs development!

As an independent family run business, Bridge Timber Products Limited has provided a service often overlooked and shrugged aside in social and communal development. The playground is an imperative factor in child development, representing a safe haven for them to socialise, relax and grow. It occurred to us that West Yorkshire needed a business focusing on efficient, quality and safe playground installation and thus Bridge Timber was born. Our service is bespoke so please feel free to get in touch to request a free site survey and to discuss your ideal playground design.

What are the key benefits a safely constructed playground can offer your child’s development?   

Social

A playground is the social hub of child development, think how we treat coffee chops and bars – this is their social life. They learn to co-operate, share and engage with one another, it’s also where most childhood friendships will be made and broken. Neglecting a child the opportunity to socialise from a young age can be damning in later life and a well constructed playground can hugely benefit the sense of co-operative play among children.

Fitness

While curriculum based physical education may cover sport, playground activity is arguably just as essential if not more so. Monkey bars, trim trails, climbing frames and climbing walls all offer your child a healthy variation in physical development. A playground represents excitement, adventure and a sense of freedom to a child, let them embrace these feelings.

Education

Yes, a playground is also hugely beneficial to education. Think back to your school years, how different would your learning have been had you not had access to a playground or break area? It allows children the opportunity to let knowledge settle and that breather, however short it may be is essential to instilling knowledge. If a child is happy in the environment they learn they will be more inclined to concentrate and partake in lesson and a great playground can be hugely beneficial to this.

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Southborough Primary School

Brief: To provide ideas for outdoor learning area, timber structures.

The school requested a varied quotation for our outdoor timber shelters.  The customer was provided with various options to accommodate the area he had.

The customer accepted and ordered a 4m x 4m Apex Timber Shelter, manufactured using Swedish Redwood with bitumen shingle roof.   The structure included bench seating to the perimeter, decked floor with T&G to the side panels, giving an enclosure feel.  In addition this structure was fully boarded to the back, with Polycarbonate sheets fitted to the sides, creating a weather block.

The feedback we received from the customer regarding one of our school shelters was excellent, please view below:

“"Dear Becky Copping

I have just been out to see our new shelter which is wonderful.  I am really pleased.  It was also great to meet the 2 carpenters who livened the place up and endeared themselves to everyone.  If I order from you again I will insist on those 2 doing the installation.  They did a terrific job and cheered us up.

Please pass on my thanks and I hope they both got back o.k. without too much delay on Friday.

Best wishes

Simon Paine”