This Shared Withdrawal Room provides a learning and social environment for up to 10 students. It is configured to support seating plans for individuals or pairs participating in learning and social support activities that support disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning. The room can be readily reconfigured for small to medium sized groups for activities that include discussion, reading or storytelling; and explicit teaching and demonstrations. Students can work individually or in small groups on research and reflective activities. The room allows for collaborative group work between classes and the sharing of information technologies and resources. The room also provides an area in which students’ work can be displayed. This space could also be used for small groups of students to rehearse or perform.
FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES
This Shared Withdrawal Room lends itself to dedicated use as a special purpose setting, a small information technology laboratory, or a literacy and numeracy space. Different choices of furnishings e.g. bean bags will support flexible seating plans.
LEARNING IMPLICATIONS
If more than one small group is working in this room, consideration will need to be given to acoustics and spatial layout. Noise interference from the adjacent Home Base areas can be a factor if learning processes with different acoustic requirements are operated at the same time. Collaborative planning with regards to room usage will be required between teachers and students sharing the room. Investigate and construct activities will be limited to those activities that are not dependent on close wet area access and durable surfaces.
Explore ideas, share and develop opinions, debate and decide.
This learning process is effective with small to large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Display, exchange and encounter learning artefacts.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Teachers and/or students demonstrate, communicate ideas and/or teach explicitly.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Hands on interaction, experimentation and evaluation with materials to discover, design and test.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Implement, build or assemble systems and media.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Use written, graphical and digital resources to personally reflect, consolidate and/or enquire.
This learning process is for individual or small groups and is effective provided specific criteria can be met.
Practise, refine and execute performance based activity.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Ratings against the Design Criteria

All criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met.

Most criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. Some consideration will need to be given to determine whether constraints on ease of use, group size or materials will compromise the learning outcomes.

Few of the criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. A lot of consideration will need to be given to determine how the constraints on ease of use, group size or materials can be overcome.

Very few of the criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. This space should only be used for this learning mode as a last resort.

This space is incapable of supporting this learning mode.

This learning process is not employed with this size group.