Year 10 Design and Technology
In Design and Technology this term, we have been given the very important task to revive the College library. Our task is to choose a section of the library and make some minor improvements to the furniture and decor based on the feedback from the staff and students. Our class brief is to design and produce a range of furnishings for a space in the library. As a class we decided that we would like to focus on, and renovate, the social area of the library to promote learning, creativity and social interactions for all year groups.
We recently sent out a survey to gather what students and staff thought about the library and how they think it could be improved. As you can see in the infographic image, we received the following feedback:
67.3% of students believe that the library is too bare and needs more decoration.
60% of students think that the current furnishings in the library are comfortable.
Some words people associate with the library are warm, helpful, peaceful, knowledge, open, quiet, social and pleasant.
Some ways students said the library could be improved are more plants, open spaces, more colours, more artwork and signs.
We took all these results into consideration and came up with lots of ideas that we think would improve the library space. We would like to make bean bags to improve the comfort of the space, hanging plants to bring the outdoors in, a library word artwork to improve the look of the space, recover the red chairs in more vibrant colours, a charging station for student devices and make bench seats and cushions near the library windows.
We have presented our research, ideas and budget to Mrs Lennox and Mrs Feely, the College Librarian, who have both given their tick of approval. We are so excited to get started on these and revive the library and cannot wait to show you our finished products. The library is officially under construction by the Year 10DT class. Stay tuned for updates on progress throughout the term.
Imogen M, Jessica-Leigh R, Ines H & Zara H - Year 10 Design & Technology students
Olivia Matti - TAS Teacher
