to operate as separate establishments, the fact that they will share a building will facilitate the development of similar projects in the future. There will also be educational benefits from the fact that professional dialogue among the staff of the two schools will be enhanced by the fact that they share the same building. For example, teachers of P7 classes in the two schools will be able to share ideas for learning and teaching approaches. The design of St Peter’s Primary School will contain specific elements aimed at stressing the Catholic ethos of the school and the spiritual dimension of its work. Benefits for pre-school children will be similar to those benefits listed in 6.2.1 for primary pupils. In addition, the EECC will be designed to facilitate structured play both within the building and in the external play areas. Transition from pre-school to Primary 1 will be enhanced by the fact that the two schools will share their building with a large EECC. For instance, it will be a simple matter to organise multiple visits to the primary schools for children in their pre-school year. The fact that the new EECC will be much larger than the two establishments it is replacing will afford the head of centre greater flexibility in the deployment of staff and the grouping of children for educational and structured play activities. Likely effect of Proposal on Users of the Schools 6.3.1 As part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s efficiency measures, the Council has greatly reduced the number of external lets in primary schools, instead concentrating lets in secondary schools which are generally already open in the evenings. Currently, the following regular lets take place in the two affected primary schools: Special Needs Group (St Peter’s Primary School) Lennox Church 5.45 Group (Aitkenbar Primary School) Active Schools (Aitkenbar Primary School) Councillors’ surgeries (Aitkenbar Primary School) All of the above lets could be accommodated within the new campus building. The one regular let currently using St Peter’s Primary School could be accommodated within Aitkenbar during the period of the temporary decant.
to operate as separate establishments, the fact that they will share a building will facilitate the development of similar projects in the future. There will also be educational benefits from the fact that professional dialogue among the staff of the two schools will be enhanced by the fact that they share the same building. For example, teachers of P7 classes in the two schools will be able to share ideas for learning and teaching approaches. The design of St Peter’s Primary School will contain specific elements aimed at stressing the Catholic ethos of the school and the spiritual dimension of its work. Benefits for pre-school children will be similar to those benefits listed in 6.2.1 for primary pupils. In addition, the EECC will be designed to facilitate structured play both within the building and in the external play areas. Transition from pre-school to Primary 1 will be enhanced by the fact that the two schools will share their building with a large EECC. For instance, it will be a simple matter to organise multiple visits to the primary schools for children in their pre-school year. The fact that the new EECC will be much larger than the two establishments it is replacing will afford the head of centre greater flexibility in the deployment of staff and the grouping of children for educational and structured play activities. Likely effect of Proposal on Users of the Schools 6.3.1 As part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s efficiency measures, the Council has greatly reduced the number of external lets in primary schools, instead concentrating lets in secondary schools which are generally already open in the evenings. Currently, the following regular lets take place in the two affected primary schools: Special Needs Group (St Peter’s Primary School) Lennox Church 5.45 Group (Aitkenbar Primary School) Active Schools (Aitkenbar Primary School) Councillors’ surgeries (Aitkenbar Primary School) All of the above lets could be accommodated within the new campus building. The one regular let currently using St Peter’s Primary School could be accommodated within Aitkenbar during the period of the temporary decant.
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