Prominently located near the corner of Glenroy and Cardinal Roads, Glenroy College’s new architecture will enhance the local streetscape and define the area’s education precinct.
Front of house
The new administration centre will support teachers in offering a broad curriculum with improved access for students, families and visitors.
A new way of learning
Separate junior and senior learning centres will be made up of general and multipurpose teaching spaces with connections to specialist areas, helping students tailor individual pathways from a wide curriculum offering.
Staff work areas co-located within the senior and junior learning centres will strengthen student-teacher bonds and increase opportunities for gaining feedback and support. Spaces for collaborative learning in ‘neighbourhoods’ and ‘communities’ will promote creativity and innovation.
Junior learning centre with a small community feel
The welcoming and nurturing junior learning centre is designed to help Years 7-9 students transition smoothly and thrive in their secondary school journey with the support they need.
Senior learning centre empowering students
We have designed the new senior learning centre to meet the learning and wider needs of Years 10-12 students in VCE and VCAL programs. As well as extending and supporting them academically, they will be able to access dedicated careers and wellbeing services. New facilities will support independent learning, empowering students to be engaged learners and leaders, and preparing them for tertiary or vocational education and future employment.
Features
- Senior staff hub and shared staff/student kitchenette ·
- Year level homerooms and locker hubs
- Lecture style seating, smaller break-out spaces for tutorials, seminar and social spaces
- Outdoor learning and reflection spaces include decks and a private courtyard.
Extended learning
In the learning resource centre’s flexible, multipurpose spaces, students can discover and participate in research, study, quiet reflection, reading, creation, tutorials, group meetings or discussions.
Community gains
The Glenroy community is set to have access to new meeting rooms in the college’s library – which along with the popular gymnasium and performing arts centre is bookable for after-hours use.
Building community
The junior and senior learning communities are arranged around outdoor ‘green campus hearts’ (landscaped piazzas), one for junior and one for senior students. Centrally located, the campus hearts provide an inviting and safe place for school or casual gatherings, collaboration, eating, passive recreation and socialising.
The great outdoors
All indoor and outdoor spaces are considered as opportunities to inspire learning, enquiry and engagement. For improved health and wellbeing, each new learning environment opens onto or has an outdoor aspect.
Inclusive design for student wellbeing
The diversity of modern indoor and outdoor learning environments caters for students’ different abilities and learning styles. Inclusive spaces create a secure and social experience for students and stronger sense of belonging. Examples include small to large classrooms; reflection nooks; one-on-one meeting rooms; breakout areas for pairs, individuals or small groups; university style tutorials through to outdoor courtyards, decks, gardens and piazzas.
21st century teaching
We have designed the new staff hub to support teachers’ professional development, collaboration and planning – somewhere to share ideas and resources. A separate lunch area for gatherings and quiet contemplation will offer respite from the staff workspaces within the senior and junior learning centres. To better support contemporary and evolving teaching methods, be more inclusive of all student abilities, and provide a better teaching experience, learning environments feature:
- comfortable, fresh modern materials and generous natural light
- diversity of space types and sizes
- opportunities for interaction, personalisation and collaboration
- learning neighbourhoods with breakout spaces and nooks for focus work or specialist education
- space for creative and flexible delivery of the curriculum ·
- collegiate workspaces and collaborative staff hubs ·
- agile spaces that can easily adapt to change.
