Elizabeth Selby Primary School
The works include:
- Extension to the staffroom.
- Extension to the headteacher's room.
- Extension to the print room and
reception office.
- New canopy between the main school block and
nursery to form an internal play area.
- New Early Literacy Support and Ethnic Minorities Achievements
rooms.
- New fully accessible parents room.
- Maintenance and condition repair works to
existing building fabric, including the roof.
The design team held a consultation workshop
with the key stakeholders, school staff and pupils and discussed
design issues associated with the existing school building
including access issues. One of the comments related to
improving the connection between the main school
building and the nursery. The new covered link play area between
the two buildings will be an obvious improvement
for the school pupils and staff.
The administration areas to the northwest corner of the existing
building are to be extended to increase the size
of the staffroom, headteacher's room, print room and reception
area. The indoor space of the main building, adjacent to the
extension, will be reconfigured to give a new Early Literacy
Support (ELS) and Ethnic Minorities Achievements (EMA) room. A
new parents' room will be provided which will be
fully accessible serving both the school and the wider
community.
The design and materials will complement the existing building
facades, creating a fresher looking external environment and more
dynamic spaces internally. The new indoor play
area will utilise large elements of glass to either end of
the space to create a light play area which is visually connected
with the landscape.
Some maintenance and refurbishment work has already been
completed in 2009 in the classrooms and corridor areas to install
skylights and repair roofing. The main works are currently under
construction and are due for completion towards
the end of 2010.