Thursday 16th February 2012

BRIEF:
Improve the school environment using the resources you have in the workshop.

Task:
Go through your design opportunity list and discard of ideas which are not realistic eg; No design opportunity, no resources to create, no technology to create, not a physical aspect, etc. Consider your brief and what it requires- delete of ideas which don't fit the brief.


Design Opportunity

1. More rubbish bins X- No design opportunity.
2. Fix Chairs and TV's X- No design opportunity.
3. More Tables.
4. Homeroom Clocks.
5. Murals of student art placed around the school.
6. Create Computers X- No technology to create.
7. Design new computer programmes X- No technology to create.
8. Grow a huge garden.
9. Herb garden for students to maintain.
10. New uniform- Cost effective.
11. Air conditioning in all classrooms.X- No design opportunity.
12. Field layout lines X- No design opportunity.
13. Plant new trees for more shade.  X- No design opportunity.
14. Field Drainage system. X- No design opportunity.
15. Build a new Chapel Hall. X- Lack of resources to create.
16. Build a sportshed.
17. Free Breakfast X- No design opportunity.
18. Activities X- No design opportunity.
19. More frequent visits from Prinicipal- more assosciation. X- No design opportunity.
20. Organised sport, art and music during lunch X- No design opportunity- not a physical aspect.
21. New Flower Boxes for infront of Rooms 1-4 TO DO

-Lorna Crallan. :-)

Thursday 16th February 2012

NEW DEFINITIONS:

Prototype- First realised finished product that works.
System- Way things and organised.
Ulturistic- Purely for the good of others.


-Lorna Crallan. :-)

Friday 10th February 2012

 

LETS BRAINSTORM! :-)))))

Improving the School Environment

-here goes...

• Social Clubs,etc → Music during Lunch, hobbies and activities to do → Sport/Music Programmes → Workshops.
• More teacher-student interaction → More so Principal to Student.
  
• Develop Spiritual Education → Poster, inspirational Bible Verses in each room,etc.
  
• Improving the school newsletter → Oriented about the students, eg; photographs, quotes and entries of the students,etc →  Upcoming Events.
  
• Nutritional Education → Health Talks → Nurse speak more about good nutrition.
  
• Improving Layout of school → No blindspots for teachers on duty → More 'permanent' rubbish bins → New Chapel Hall.
  
• Higher technology → More computers → Computer room open at lunch.
  
• Music During Chapel → Band, not always akapella → Up-beat worship → Students being trained to play for chapel, eg; guitarist, drummer, etc.
  
• Gym open for use at Lunch and Recess → Balls for use and hiring during Lunch Hour → Organized Sport Programmes → Lunch Games, eg; Basketball, Touch, Soft-ball, Volleyball, etc → Build Sportshed to hire out balls for at lunch.
• PE sessions → Enthusiastic about giving out equipment.
  
• Removal of Chewing Gum → Detention Kids→ Pick up rubbish Under the Stairs near the FoodTech Room and Dtech Room and in the front of rooms 14 + 15.
• School be involved in programmes outside of school → Sport programmes, eg; Inter-school  Comps.
• Flower Beds → Maintained and Watered by students or group of → Weeded, seeded, watered and harvested.
• Tuckshop Menu → Permanent price-board → Cheaper food → MEAT DAY! → More options daily → Sell juice and flavoured milk again. :-)
• Uniform → Re-design → More Cost Effective for larger families → Girls; Sock and Stockings be acceptable all year round.
• Fields → Not regularly used (back fields mainly) → Regularly mowed → Leveled → Track painted / Touch Rugby Lines being marked.
• Swimming Pool → Build one → Behind rooms 19, 14+15 and Dtech shed.

 

TO DO:

 

Narrow down list. Focus just on 'physical environment' now...
-Lorna Crallan :-)