VICTORIA INFANTS
SCHOOL, SANDWELL This school provides for 270 infants, and also has a 45-place nursery and community facilities. Some spaces are shared with the adjacent junior school, the kitchen serves both schools. The plan effects the range of activities accommodated. At one end of the linear plan is the infants’ entrance and at the other (close to the junior school) is a cluster of shared facilities (hall, studios and kitchen). Close to the road is a multi-agency centre, which supplies advice and social services to parents, and encourages them to participate in the life of the school. Next to it is the nursery, linked to the reception classes for the youngest infants. Classrooms curve round to the north, benefiting from the morning sun, with views into, and access to, the heart of the site. All the classes open into an internal 'street', which provides space for shared libraries, cookery, science and technology. |