tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405498834307154515.post851050764469162192..comments2023-03-09T07:49:59.766-08:00Comments on Blogging Schools for the Future: Of Elevations, Decant and PhasingJill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01726113806298215769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405498834307154515.post-19672035978297212862007-11-21T05:57:00.000-08:002007-11-21T05:57:00.000-08:00Thanks for the useful practical comments and the r...Thanks for the useful practical comments and the reassurance. Decant on this scale is new to all of us and staff and parents are understandably a bit daunted by the prospect and keen that it's done as well as possible. In the past the students have been pretty easy-going about change, though.Jill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726113806298215769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405498834307154515.post-43881027328899191512007-11-20T07:58:00.000-08:002007-11-20T07:58:00.000-08:00Decant is never as bad as people perceive it to be...Decant is never as bad as people perceive it to be. It’s important to have blocks of temporary classrooms so staff are together to provide companionship, supervision, security etc. (I’ve recently used blocks of 4 and 8 classrooms + store and office)<BR/>Data and heating are all problems. Best heaters for doing the job and robustness are high level heater blowers, like you find in shop doorways. Data needs doing right if required, wireless sounds good but if it keeps dropping off staff soon lose faith and complain.<BR/><BR/>We installed 10mm MDF on all corridor walls from floor to waist height to stand up to vandalism (kicking plaster board walls).<BR/><BR/>DDA is quite demanding so your classroom provider needs to be aware and understand that you expect all conditions to be met.<BR/><BR/>Finally, you may need to consider fencing to avoid locals drifting up and disturbing lessons and staff at the end of the day preparing. We managed with temporary Heras fencing and positioning the classrooms in a sensible location.<BR/><BR/>Phil (PD on 2 Academy projects)<BR/>Jill has my contact if needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405498834307154515.post-78287384150215182202007-11-17T05:56:00.000-08:002007-11-17T05:56:00.000-08:00Decant is going to have a major effect on the live...Decant is going to have a major effect on the lives of staff and students for the next two years so it is vital that the school holds a line and gets the best deal that it can.<BR/>Alan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com