After three lessons working with the students introducing them to new ideas and exploring what they knew, we were set to physically transform the classroom allowing them and others at the school to experience different spaces. Using a variety of everyday items ranging from fabrics, sand bags, cushions, lamps to washing lines and bulldog clips, we split into three groups, each group looking at a different scale space and idea.
Group one focused on performance and cat walks, exploring large scale spaces with the students and ways that lessons could be presented. The second group took on the theme of 'an artisit's garden', focusing on light and ways to work. Group three went for a small scale space entitled 'star gazing' and was interested in creating a space in which you could escape and undertake activities such as reading and quiet group work.
Despite a slightly manic start, the students were excited and quickly went through a series of self-led processes exploring their ideas. Working in group three, Tim and myself watched as the students changed the direction dramatically within a few minutes. Starting with a large space surrounded by hanging fabric, the idea quickly evolved into a small scale space using the traditional tables as a cave like environment until finally they settled on a den type structure, explaining that they liked the fact that you could come into the space and escape the classroom environment, not being distracted by the others around.
One Mock UpWe had arranged a double period with the some of the students and spent the second lesson evolving the topics the students had raised into a usable space for a class.
Since the creation of this prototype space, three class have taken place and we are now working with the feedback, or own observations and the ideas raised to create a workable space which can be implemented within the next few weeks.
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