It's all gone quiet! Or, perhaps not!!

So, what's going on at the school then?

Well, to the casual passer by not much really as its all going on behind the scenes with fitting out of the new build and ripping out the old build in what was the centre and end staircases and over parts of the bridge as it was once known. The new build we have moved into is bearing up under the strain of all the pupils and staff but I personally have a few worries about longevity of fixtures and fittings. I see paintwork being badly scuffed and door hinges getting bent making doors ill fitting and stiff to use. Sections of vinyl flooring seemed to be lifting and I suppose proof was during half term they relaid whole sections in the stairwell. I somehow feel that vinyl as warm and as practical as it can be, just is not up to the wear and tear of the old terrazzo flooring. Remember, at half term that was only six weeks of use!!
Other "problettes" that have appeared are fire/burglar alarm problems and the main front doors which took ages to get to work as they should.

It's that time for pranks again...
 

Every school has it's pranksters and we have our fair number, but of late, the pranks have become serious as well as tedious. For once and for all please spread the word...

THE PRANK OF SETTING OFF A FIRE ALARM IS STUPID!!

The good news is...the new CCTV works well and certain individuals were caught hook line and sinker! The continued use of remote controlled CCTV is a debatable point of which I will not go into here. It is a part of  our society that will, I fear, sadly have to remain as used well, its efficacy is unquestionable!

CCTV - the nerve centre

Finishing off on a high note...

If you look at the funny gurkin shaped structure towards the rear of the school, (Shown above) this is going to be our new Faith Centre. Have you seen the roof?  It is superb!!

It looks like panels of coloured stainless steel with millions of small indentations set into the surface. The effect is to make an iridescent bronze/green hued surface that in the sunshine looks absolutely drop dead gorgeous!! I just wish the same could have been done for the new theatre roof...

Have a good autumn and let's hope it's a dry mild winter!

Moriarty...

The "NEW" School is open for business!

One of the new English rooms

Well we have been open a few days now and as always there are some teething troubles!
Generally, the staff are delighted with the first impressions of their new classrooms/teaching areas, however, their is frustration at some of the ICT element, namely whiteboards and projectors and the time we had before pupils arrived to empty our belongings into the new building was just no where near long enough! We had to keep the students out a day or so longer than originally planned but that time was spent getting everything in order as best we could and learning all the "legal things" like fire, safety, dinner time queues and the like. The logistics are a nightmare to get your head around and due to the nature of the build, is constantly changing as the building work evolves!

First lesson in the "new sch

Areas that have opened  up this week are as follows:
English, Science, History, RE, Health and Social care and the SEN/Learning Zones.

However, these are a few piccies of the new classrooms that are finished and other areas that until now we could not get to to see or take pictures.

An open learning space

One day he will have his own office...

SEN and the Learning Zone

Steelwork for special school

SEN Dept.

A builder friend!

The summer shutdown is coming to an end...

Ok, September is now upon us, its Friday dinner time and school opens to staff on Monday morning! There are contractors EVERYWHERE, painting, fixing the handrails, levelling floors ready for carpeting and what looks like organised chaos rules the day. The difference I saw today from three weeks ago is amazing and you know what? They may just do it!! These are the first pictures of the inside that I have been able to take... lets hope Monday I can show some better ones!

Part of English Area

The back of the new theatre viewed from inside

A main landing passed the server room

More of English

Looking down one of the "voids"

The roof of the theatre viewed from inside from the middle floor

The most important room is nearly finished and its right by my server room!

The openess is every where...

Another classroom coming on...