Australia and New Zealand schools | Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

Wesley Primary School embarks on the PLSiP journey

by Bhavini Pandya | Nov 30, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Blog, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice, Wesley School

We are pleased to have Wesley Primary School in New Zealand be part of the PLS in Practice journey, and this week we will hear directly from the staff about their thoughts on the PLS in Practice process and what it has enabled them to do so far. Lou (Principal): As a...

Official Opening at Oranga School

by Bhavini Pandya | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Oranga School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

This week we are back at Oranga School for the Official Opening of their two new collaborative learning spaces, Block 2 and 3. Such an important event for a school needs an equally important visitor to cut the ribbon and who better than New Zealand’s Prime Minister,...

Year groups 1 and 2

by Bhavini Pandya | Jul 16, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Grey Lynn School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

This week we are back in Grey Lynn School to catch up with the year 1 and 2s to see how they are defining learning activities within their use of space. Transitioning into the use of more collaborative learning environments is a learning journey for students and all...

Learning Activity zones

by Bhavini Pandya | Jul 2, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Grey Lynn School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

I last updated you about Grey Lynn School in week 11, where we saw the ‘Activity Poster’ project come together. The posters have now made their way into the ‘Learning Hubs’ where both teachers and children have had a chance to use them to support their daily...

Moving into the new learning space

by Bhavini Pandya | Jun 18, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Oranga School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

The students in Year 3 and 4 at Oranga School have now moved into their newly refurbished two Hub modern learning environment. It was previously a standard series of 6 single cell classrooms. An early morning blessing was held the week before the school moved in, and...

Developing the building design

by Bhavini Pandya | May 26, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Oranga School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

This week’s post is back to Oranga School in central Auckland, where we look a little closer at the two major building initiatives under development on the school site, and some of the support Planning Learning Spaces was able to offer Bridget Lummis, the newly...