Re-imagining Physical Spaces
Contributed by YAO LING YUN, SHANNI GURCHARAN KAUR, ONG SHU WEN
Current Situation:
Notice boards are becoming under-utilised in our school. Most information is disseminated via email. A few years ago, a study was conducted by Infrastructure team on whether we should remove the notice boards around the school, but the decision was made to have them remain. Many notice boards are used to display publicity materials from our external partners.
Improvement:
The English department has made our notice board one that is interactive and promotes reading and writing (literature) with the "Take 1 Leave 1" reading project where books are left for students to pick up and read (and also to leave one/return). There is a display (table or book shelf that is put up every term. In addition, the notice board is interactive. While students wait for the teachers they can pick up a writing prompt which is based on a famous literary quote. They can also share their writing. This not only makes the physical infrastructure more attractive and increases the functionality of the space, but it also makes reading and writing accessible and part of everyday life.
Current Situation:
Notice boards are becoming under-utilised in our school. Most information is disseminated via email. A few years ago, a study was conducted by Infrastructure team on whether we should remove the notice boards around the school, but the decision was made to have them remain. Many notice boards are used to display publicity materials from our external partners.
Improvement:
The English department has made our notice board one that is interactive and promotes reading and writing (literature) with the "Take 1 Leave 1" reading project where books are left for students to pick up and read (and also to leave one/return). There is a display (table or book shelf that is put up every term. In addition, the notice board is interactive. While students wait for the teachers they can pick up a writing prompt which is based on a famous literary quote. They can also share their writing. This not only makes the physical infrastructure more attractive and increases the functionality of the space, but it also makes reading and writing accessible and part of everyday life.
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