Grey Lynn School | Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

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...

Identifying types of learning zones

by Bhavini Pandya | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Grey Lynn School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

In our last post from Grey Lynn School (NZ), the staff wanted to develop how they could clearly identify and convey what a learning activity involved and how it was going to be conducted in the specific zone within the learning space. Our New Zealand facilitator, Doug...

What are learning zones?

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

This week, our New Zealand co-ordinator, Doug Crutch, went to visit the staff and students at Grey Lynn to see how the school was progressing with their new way of learning. After being introduced to the PLS process and its take on zones and activities, the staff at...

Reflecting on the school’s vision

by Bhavini Pandya | Mar 26, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Grey Lynn School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

Making a reality of your vision It is rewarding to see as we are developing our PLS process in practice, how reflecting on the vision of a school, defining current and next practice are key design drivers for the design of new spaces in schools. This further supports...

The journey from single-cell spaces to open- plan collaborative spaces

by Bhavini Pandya | Feb 26, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand schools, Grey Lynn School, Planning Learning Spaces in Practice

Our Planning Learning Spaces in Practice project at Grey Lynn school, New Zealand, has continued to support the staff in re-thinking and further developing the critical links between pedagogy and space in their new collaborative learning environments. The staff and...