Room with a view

This is the view from one of the classrooms on the top floor out onto the field. It doesn't look particularly pretty at the moment what with the skip; but the view will be totally different at the start of the new school year. The view across the field will be beautiful. It's suprising how high up you actually are. 

Remember the Elves and the shoe maker?

Ha! Look who managed to sneak in at the end of the day yesterday!

Like the Elves and the shoemaker, the teachers decided to offer their help with the inside of the new building while the builders were having some tea. I'm not entirely sure how helpful they were though.

The space is absolutley huge because there are no partitions between all of the rooms yet. They will be fitted at the start of next week.

A sneaky peek inside!

No don't tell the builders, but here is a sneaky peek around the inside of the building. Doesn't it look amazing?

It looks like one huge space at the moment because there aren't any 'walls' yet. They get fitted over the coming days.

The space for the windows looks incredible so there will be lots of light streaming into the classrooms. Dont worry though - the new windows are photovoltaic  so they will generate electricity when it is sunny! Cool huh?

From the other side

Here's the view from the other side. If you look closely you can see the gap between the two classrooms on the ground floor. This is where the covered walkway will be to take you around the corner and into the main school building (through what is now the main office).

The main office will move to the front of the new build and the 'old' office will then be turned into a teaching space.

Finished! (well, almost)

So here we are; it's all in. All of the units have arrived and the crane has gone.

We've been reliably informed that now, the hard work begins. The next step is for the windows to be delivered and fitted to make the building totally watertight.

Hopefully, we'll be allowed in soon so we can share a photograph of the inside ...

Day 1 nearly finished

Wow! 10 of the 12 units for today have been fitted. All have gone in without a hitch. Let's hope days 2 and 3 go just as smoothly! 

A close up!

Here's a close up of number two! The fit one next to the other and then bolt them together.

The green sheeting is a membrane that will fold up into the next unit. This is insulation and stops mositure from building up.

Fist one in place

And that's it! First one in place! We've been told that all of the plinths that the units are being placed on are exactly the same height aprt from three which are 3 mm out!

Unit being lowered

Lower it carefully ! 

Lift!

This is the crane lifting the first unit! 

Much better

There you go - much more room! The builders will put all the gates back on Monday morning so everything will go back to normal.

We need more room!

The gate is too small for the lorries to turn!

Rip the gate out then! 

D-Day is here!

And we're off! Here is a picture of the crane first thing this morning. It is going to lift each unit from the road onto the concrete pillars that you can see. Once all of the units are in place they will be bolted together.

We'll upload more photographs later!

They're cracking on!

Wow! The builders are really making progress now. They have cleared all of the tarmac from the site and are now digging out 20 or so large holes into the ground. These are being filled with concrete and will be the pillars that the main building will stand on.

We were a few days behind schedule but they have caught up!

The new building will be arriving on site next Thursday 20th June. How exciting!

It's all go!

It's the children's first day back from the holidays and the builders have built up quite some interest.

The children love watching the work developing.

The new entrance worked brilliantly this morning, which is great. Fingers crossed that 'home time' goes just as smoothly!