This Shared Withdrawal Room provides a learning and social environment for up to three IO/IS/P students who are participating in learning and social support activities. The room is designed for activities that include discussion, reading and storytelling, explicit teaching and demonstrations as well as activities involving individuals in quiet reflection, research or consolidation.
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 and removal of furniture will provide opportunities for behavioural management and physical therapy activities.
LEARNING IMPLICATIONS
Collaborative planning in regards to room usage will be required between teachers sharing the room given the small size of the space and acoustic and spatial implications depending on the type of learning activities planned. Access to the room via the single doors might restrict access for some students with physical disabilities. Noise interference from the adjacent Special Education Home Base areas can be a factor if learning processes with different acoustic requirements are operated at the same time. Investigate and construct activities will be limited to those that require small media and technology resources and activities that are not dependent on close wet area access and durable surfaces. Furniture can be moderately rearranged for IO classes however careful consideration will need to be given to IS/P individual student physical, learning and behaviour requirements if timetabled to use this space.
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.