Building Schools for the Future - NSFG

[Alkaz]

This is the new heart space in our new school. Its got loads of big open areas and this is the largest but its not very big cause there is like 4 of them across the site. Anyway, this is the new business centre and basically in that area there is space for 4 classes + there is 2 small seperate classes both of which have no doors. Its an american mans way of thinking and all schools in the UK will end up looking like this. On the balcony there is about 6 classes, all open plan and only seperated by several stand alone dividers.

In this picture, where the woman is standing infront of the class teaching is my new form room lmao and it looks a tiny bit different to that as its not all real furniture

library + dance area
learning space near main corridor (upstairs)

But ye, with the new learning formatt the schools literally doubled in size. Phase 2/3 is complete and now they have just started the bit inbetween the main enterance and the library so its madness atm but its awsome.

+ Obviously there is no food and drink in the new skl and first lesson in there our business teacher decided it would be good to have an activity where we get to eat and drink for it... bit contradictive much. Also there is a one way system and we have to go ALL around the outside just to get into the business bit which is gay. Yet the teachers dont have to use that rule even though its only been there for 2 days

Anyway, thoughts on learning / spaces like that. Its the way things are going for the future lol.

[Mathew]

My school has also been chosen to have millions of pounds spent on it to make it into something like that. Plans are already being drawn up, and construction starts in a couple of years. It was one of four which had the threat of being closed down in our area.

I really like buildings with glass and natural light, makes everything look cleaner and more appealing.

[Alkaz]

Ye all schools will eventually get it done. The school I am curretnly at is only getting a refurb and extensions not a total re-build but the Gov gave my local council £25m to do that to 10 secondary schools in my town. My schools in phase 2/3 of a £20m refurb and extension. If anyones interested I can show whats new/old lol but ye.

It is REALLY nice and already people are learning they have to be quiet and it is really good because you can actually hear yourself and there are different areas where you can go to talk normally etc but generally for lesson time its alot better.

Only like 2/10 schools in my area are getting a total rebuild because they were quick 1960 fixes and the walls are liky polystyrene its not good but all the other schools are like 1910 things so cant do much knocking down with them lol.

Ye I think where I live is the first place in the UK to actually have work done on ALL schools in that specific town at one time. Some schools have had it done here and there but ye its still awsome

[Nixt]

My school was one of the first in the country to get a brand new school built for it. Think it cost like 18 million or something. All became more open plan and modern and ting. It was quite cool.

[Suspective]

Looks pretty spacious.

[Alkaz]

red = existing
yellow = new

there were some other bits linking but would overlap with new

[-:Undertaker:-]

I think instead of spending money on expensive builds such as these which in reality end up being wrecked, and don't work in practice (as having no doors allows noise to travel into the room/disturbances) they should build some proper schools, as grades are dropping, maybes its the past we should look at, not the future.

[BeanEgg]

They've spent 30million on our school and it's perfect, however it's still in progress.

I find it funny that it has been designed pretty much the same way as our house, plasterboard windows, built in air conditioning exact same double glazing windows etc. LOL!

Even though they have nothing to do with each other. Like school, like home.

[Alkaz]

Plasterboard windows? You have no windows if thats the case.
Also Dan I dont think its a waste, schools need to be refurbished/built across the country. I know my parents would rather see a new school be built with their tax money than paying tax for fuel, cars, roads etc and have shoddy roads. Also, I think the open plan thing is so that people simple cant have massive, loud class discussions. It should help improve the behavious or children when they get to secondary schools as they will soon start to learn that they cant just shout out etc.

[Inseriousity.]

Is it just me who likes the traditional buildings then? I don't like those seats!!
My old school is merging with another (ironically, the one right next door to my college). Whether that's a good idea remains to be seen though. The traffic on that road is going to be immense (it's one road with a 'bad behaviour' school, college, secondary school)!