TG Escapes Blog – Education
The latest articles from the TG Escapes team. Read on to keep up to date on the latest innovations and stories in the world of modular eco building for education.
How to Design the Perfect Eco-classroom
A perfect eco-classroom is a fairly tall order and must fulfil many criteria if it is to be worthy of the title. For starters, the building must be genuinely environmentally friendly, from the materials and methods used in its construction and its energy efficiency...
Building Design for Eco Classrooms
To learn and experience the outdoor environment you have to be out in it. Our climate dictates that we canât sit outside under a fig tree in the shade all year, so where possible, ensure all the elements of the design is based around the philosophy of minimising the...
Video featuring the team at Shotton Hall Academy in Peterlee County Durham
We were thrilled to be appointed by the Academy at Shotton Hall last year, to create a learning centre that incorporates additional classroom space; a dedicated teacher training facility to support the schoolâs role as a National Teaching School and a new...
What is an Eco-classroom?
The term eco-classroom is an abridgement of the more accurate, but unwieldy, title ecologically friendly classroom. The commonly used phrase eco-friendly can be applied to products (from food and clothing to cars and washing machines), practices and buildings. The...
What is a Modular Building?
A modular building is one that is constructed off-site and delivered in pieces for installation. Within the building industry, the modular method is used to create a vast array of buildings, ranging from temporary structures to the sort of high-quality permanent...
How could you make use of a modular school building?
As many schools are experiencing growth in the number of pupils, they are increasingly finding that every available space within the main school building has been used for additional classroom capacity. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that there is...
Itâs World Mental Health Day on October 10th
The best way to deal with a crisis is to prevent it from happening. Hosted by the World Federation of Mental Health, this yearâs World Mental Health Day will take place on Saturday 10th October and the emphasis will be upon challenging the stigma surrounding mental...
Studios for learning
Many schools choose to create a learning studio in order to give their pupils a space that differs from the traditional classroom. The subjects taught in these studios may require unique equipment, mirrored walls for dance or instruments for music, or need an...
World Green Building Week
This week, from 21st to 27th September, is the 7th annual World Green Building Week. Organised by the World Green Building Council, the aim of the campaign is to create an engaging and connected public conversation about the role buildings play in our sustainable...
Mental Health Champion for Schools
One of the first tangible actions undertaken by the Department for Education this new school year, has been its appointment of a mental health champion for schools, Natasha Devon, MBE. She is to spearhead a campaign to raise awareness of, and reduce the stigma around,...
Building Futures Conference
The DRB Ignite team will be hosting the fifth Building Futures conference on 16th and 17th September at the Birmingham NEC, and the Learning Escape are looking forward to running an exhibition stand in the eventâs Marketplace. DRB have a reputation for combining...
Eco-classroom slideshow from the 2014-15 academic year
At the end of the academic year, we at The Learning Escape are really very proud of all the additional learning space we have created for primary, secondary and early years settings. Here we share pictures of some of these stunning, inspirational eco-classrooms....