1 minute read
Spezialmöbelfabriken
from Primary school
PantoSwing-LuPo
Forward-sprung cantilevered chair
Hokki Stool
Shift+ Base
Pupil’s table, concave/convex, stackable
Shift+ Landscape Movable shelving Shift+ Landscape Mobile shelving elements with Gratnells plastic trays
The step towards open teaching.
In primary school and lower grade in particular, self-organised work is an interesting way to promote individual capabilities. When working like this, children have the freedom to choose the content they want to learn and the way they want to do it, effectively designing their own personal learning process. This way, it's possible to organise individualised, differentiated learning in mixed learning groups.
This variety places special demands on the furniture that go beyond the capabilities of standard solutions. What's needed is highly flexible, extremely mobile and easily combinable furniture that can be rearranged quickly and easily. The Shift+ Base single-seater and group tables, or the lightweight PantoSwing-LuPo cantilevered chairs are perfect examples.
PantoSwing-LuPo
Forward-sprung cantilevered chair
Shift+ Landscape Movable shelving Shift+ Landscape Mobile shelving elements with Gratnells plastic trays
Finding one's place in the group. With the right furniture, group work can be integrated seamlessly and organically into teaching practises, allowing pupils to work together in smaller or larger groups during certain teaching phases.
In this learning environment, the TriTable-III triangular tables have an unmatched advantage - they can be moved together to form assemblies which cater for groups of almost any size. They are conveniently equipped with castors, so even young pupils can move them. The lightweight PantoSwing-LuPo cantilevered chair is an ideal partner to the triangular tables. The Shift+ Base teacher’s desk allows the teacher to freely to move around the room, between table-group configurations.
Group work also highlights the need for certain social skills. Everyone must take into account the viewpoint of others, while simultaneously inputting their own ideas. Cooperative work like this provides not only content, but also a valuable social education.
Islands for concentrated work. There are times when learning simply needs peace and quiet. How can we provide enough individual workplaces for pupils, whilst still leaving enough space for other activities? Space is often a scarce resource in a school, so a clever solution is needed.
Our suggested solution named 'Learning Office' is a dedicated space for homework, concentrated learning and other self-organised learning processes. These workplaces consist of the compact LearnBox cabinet element, combined with the Cross rectangular table, or the space-saving TriTable-III triangular table. To allow pupils of different age groups and physical sizes to use these workplaces effectively, the PantoMoveLuPo (Plus) chair possesses a particularly large height-adjustment range, complete with a supporting foot ring.
