[Year 12 IPM] (no subject)

[Keith Richardson]

Hi Ros - I am sure that the difficulties associated with noise has
occurred to most teachers reading this, because some teachers are noisy,
and many classes are too. Also, it can ve very inhibiting as a teacher
to have to refrain from exciting your kids in case their noise disturbs
others.
There are some audio engineers who specialise in installing sound
suppression systems (we had one visit us and he provided many excellent
examples of his designs that are now in use).
I trust that your architects really know what they are on about in this
area - sound suppression.
Regards, Keith.



On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:36:21 +1000, "Meadows, Roslyn M"
<Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au> said:
> Our IT rooms, Science block and several GPC's are to be demolished next
> year. These areas are to be attached to our exisitng library, and the
> whole space reorganised. (It will all be much smaller than the areas we
> have now - even though our enrolments have increased) 
>  
> Our principal is proposing to have an open plan area, where classrooms
> will be delineated only by a change of floor covering, or by furniture. I
> am just interested if anyone else has seen this open space learning
> system, how would it work with 175 kids and 7 staff in one large area? (4
> Science classes and 3 classes in the IT spaces).  I have not been given
> any information about what the advantages of this system might be, but
> numerous disadvantages spring to mind.
>  
> I have attached a pic of one of the Options - all 4 options we have been
> given are based on this open learning space system, they just change in
> the way the spaces are arranged. The light dashed lines do not indicate
> walls, but perhaps just different coloured carpet to "delineate" the
> areas. The bolder dashed lines indicate glass walls. The IT "spaces" are
> about 7m X 9m.
>  
> Any  positive or negative feedback about how this system would work, or
> how it has worked in other schools would be much appreciated. 
>  
> Ros Meadows
> Bentleigh SC
> 9579 1044
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
>  
> "Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." H. H. Williams 
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