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Our building has been
up and running for nearly 3 years now. Here are the latest images.
Click on any thumbnail image to start a mini tour.
Classroom
of the Future - The Movie!
Watch short films of our new classroom taking shape inside
and out. |
Exterior
(2.7mb)
Interior (800kb) |
Overview
In late August
2000, the DfEE invited all Education Authorities to bid for funds
for a series of ‘Classroom of the Future’ projects. The challenge
was to conjure up what a ‘Classroom of the Future’ might be like,
and to communicate this vision effectively in the bid. The Royal
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea put forward such a bid in September
2000, and in February 2001 was notified by the DfEE of its success
in winning £750,000 to bring the project to fruition. The building,
which will be onsite at St Francis of Assisi Primary School, will
house one class of children permanently, and will have smaller rooms
attached to it so that other learners in the RBKC community can
have access to it as well. To date we have chosen Studio E Architects
as our building design firm, and have begun the learner consultation
process which will inform their final design by early autumn 2001.
Construction is set to commence in March 2002, and our intended
opening date is January 2003.
Project
Plan
We will publish online
project plan shortly. It will be a dynamic document that is updated
regularly. This feature will enable anyone to follow the project's
progress from theory into being. Stay tuned...
Consultation
The summer 2001 term was devoted to
learner and community consultation. Workshop 1: On June 14 a large
group of teachers, pupils, architects, artists, scientists, and
engineers gathered in the Isaac Newton Professional Development
Centre to work toward a concrete design for the building. The pupils
involved were the winners of the Classroom of the Future competition
that was held in May 2001. The quality of their design ideas they
submitted in the competition won them the right to brainstorm ideas
with the very people who will be designing the building. We will
publish feedback from this workshop shortly.
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