BBST Schools

–Through the state funded, Building Better Schools Today (BBST) program, 1:1 Architects were commissioned to refurbish 3 regional Primary Schools out from Bendigo; Tarnagulla (refer to images), Inglewood and Elmore Primary School. The key BBST objectives are to:

• Provide open teaching and learning areas where staff can work as a learning team observing a range of teaching methods and styles;
• Provide spaces that enable staff and students to work in flexible groupings;
• Provide positive and stimulating learning environments that support and encourage students to learn;
• Provide a staff preparation area to remove teacher’s desks from G.P.C.’s and enable small focus teaching area;
• Create seamless indoor outdoor teaching spaces to promote different learning styles and provide visual connection to the school surrounds;
• Provide additional toilets in main school building to minimise losses in learning time and improve safety for students;
• Provide central, purpose built storage to promote staff and students using a wide variety of teaching resources;
• Improve use of new technology for teaching and learning by spreading the computer access around the learning areas rather than having one designated pocket; and
• Create spaces that are effective to heat and cool and that employ energy efficiency principles.