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Issue CS4.2

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Resplendent refurb

How can you transform a Victorian building into an environmentally effcient, functional school? Sarah Curl explains how her practice won a 2008 BCSE award for their remodel of a Camden school.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Fenced in

Choosing school fencing is a challenge. It’s got to be environmentally friendly, robust and cheap. It’s got to beat bullies, encourage outside learning and encourage sports. Above all, it’s got to be safe – without looking like a prison! Richard Jackson shares his advice for school managers.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Crowning glory

A Sheffeld primary school is taking ‘learning outside the classroom’ to new heights - with a green roof. Paula Lightfoot and Emma MacDonald report.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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School of rock

The new music building at Solihull school offers its students professional-standard facilities. From wall panels that can adjust a room’s acoustics, to the ‘rock and percussion’ rooms for budding student bands, the building has changed the school, says Jayne Howarth.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Top ten tips for great school grounds

Government policy insists on ‘Learning outside the classroom’ opportunities, using BSF as a funding pot. But the charity Learning Through Landscapes says it hasn’t seen a single school offering the good practice they expect. Catherine Andrews explains.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Building schools for health

BSF provides the buildings, but Healthy Schools is changing the atmosphere of schools. We report from a Healthy Schools conference.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Cathedral splendour

A modern college was designed to complement its cathedral city surroundings – with a 130-metre long crucifx-shaped atrium. Philippa Clothier reports from Durham.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Human Scale Schools

BSF has become a monster – it’s all about building the biggest, most fabulous schools those budgets can stretch to. But is that how students learn best, asks Mary Tasker?

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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Glasgow’s pride

Karen James visits the phenomenal Motherwell college – part of a £1.2 billion Glaswegian new town built on the site of an old steelworks.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins
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BREEAM for beginners

The DCSF has demanded that all new schools achieve a BREEAM ‘Very good’ rating. But what is BREEAM – and how do you play the game? Kevin Couling and Ben Rouncefeld-Swales guide you through the process.

  • 17 Jan 2010
  • 24mins