This Withdrawal Room provides a learning and social environment for up to six students. It is configured to support seating plans for individual and small groups participating in learning and social support activities. The room is suitable for activities that include discussion, reading and storytelling, explicit teaching and demonstrations. Students can work individually or in small groups on research and reflective activities. The room 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 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
Given the size of the room consideration will need to be given to acoustic and spatial implications depending on the number of groups and the types of learning activities planned. Noise interference from the adjacent Home Base area 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 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.