April and spring is in the air...

School is taking on a new look now as the steel framework is boxed in and the windows start being fixed into place. Our friendly builder gave me some facts:

The inside, looking out, of the new theatre

The building has now started to be enclosed. Key items that are underway are:-

• Roofing works to the IWA block is virtually complete
• Roofing to the General teaching block has commenced
• External walling is progressing well
• Windows have been fitted to all elevations other than the main entrance
• Mechanical and Electrical services have started to be installed
• The lecture theatre cladding has commenced
• A number of the large diameter drains have been installed between Kings and Tettenhall
• We have installed a 700 cu m attenuation tank to control the future run off of surface water.
• Coupled with this we have fitted a petrol/oil interceptor to the main storm outfall sewer.
• Internal partitioning is underway with rooms now taking shape.
• On Tettenhall the foundations have been completed allowing the steel frame to start



Cladding for theatre

• We have also built the brick work on Tettenhall up to the level of the floor slab. This will allow the floor slab to be cast.

Work over the next few weeks include

• Forming new entrances off Regis Road
• Continuing with floor slabs and brickwork to Tettenhall
• Continuing with partitions to Kings
• Erecting the faith centre
• Instantiation of main service routes through the buildings and campus.
• Commencing construction of the energy centre.

School council get first look!

We have had no accidents so far and have worked virtually 60,000 hrs to date.

We have taken the School Council round the site and they were extremely interested asking lots of questions. We have helped out the local allotment holders with free topsoil and wood chippings.

So... we can see that a lot is happening albeit some might say it doesn't appear so! In the coming months when fitting out really gets under way less and less will be visible from outside but, hopefully, we will get some impressive internal shots and our first sight of the new building!

 
On a different note... I am going to ask staff and pupils, past and present, to forward anecdotes of the school. (Keep them clean) I intend to let people do it by email and then I can vet the posts first and hopefully we can have a page of memories that may mean something to some of you... here is the email address:
stories@kings-wton.co.uk


Finally, should we have a caption competition?

"I've had a hard day at the office dear!"