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.
Why Swalcliffe Park School have chosen a second eco-building from TG Escapes
Kiran Hingorani CEO of Swalcliffe Park School explains why they have chosen a second eco-building from TG Escapes to provide breakout spaces for their students. Swalcliffe Park School is a day and residential school for secondary aged (10-19 yrs) for boys with autism....
Official opening of new canteen at St Bernard’s Grammar School
This week saw the official opening of the new canteen at St Bernard's Grammar School. Staff and pupils can now enjoy the new building designed and built by the team at TG Escapes. The business manager Angela Mellish said 'We always knew that it would be a great...
SCHOOL MYOPIA: A SILENT EPIDEMIC – Why Natural Light and Time Outdoors Can Help
Over the last 30 years short sightedness, or myopia, has become a global health problem. For example, nearly every child now leaving secondary school in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere in East Asia needs glasses or contact lenses to see clearly. Ten per...
What makes a good learning space
Whilst the practise and method of teaching are essential to the success of engaging pupils and stimulating learning, it must also be remembered that the very environment in which the learning process takes place can have a huge impact on children and how well they can...
4 Analogue Ways to Engage Digitally Distracted Children
Todayās young people cannot begin to imagine the world before the internet, the i-phone or the selfie. However, there is a growing body of evidence that the sheer power of the machines in every teenagerās hand or pocket (and a great many younger children), the...
Generation Z need help with their mental health NOW
FACT-Ā 1 in 10 British children aged 5 to 16 has a clinically diagnosable mental health problem. FACT-Ā 75% of young British people with a mental health problem are not receiving treatment. FACT-Ā 75% of British adults with a mental illness started experiencing...
What is biophilic design and what benefits does it offer?
āA love of life and the living world; the affinity of human beings for other life forms.ā Biophilic design is a series of principles that connect buildings to the natural world, aiming to create healthier, more pleasant interior environments for occupants, while...
Eight Reasons To Take Learning Outside
As children increasingly spend their free time inside indulging in ever more screen-based, sedentary pastimes, their physical and mental well-being has fallen into decline. Fitness levels are falling, obesity is on the rise and mental health is suffering, to name just...
Eco friendly tips in the classroom
School buildings are one of the biggest collective consumers of energy and, conversely, one of the largest generators of waste and pollution in our economy. In addition, largely due to the age of many of our school buildings, internal environmental conditions are...
Have you considered spreading your modular school build over multiple stages? Take a look at this three phase project at Woolwich Polytechnic.
Woolwich Polytechnic Is a school that has been on the up for some years now. Situated in one of Londonās less gentrified locations, it has long enjoyed a good reputation for the quality of its pastoral care and, in more recent times, the impact of clever,...
Why mental healthcare in school matters
TheĀ Mental Health FoundationĀ has hosted Mental Health Awareness Week in the second week of May since 2000, and so theĀ 8th to 14th May markedĀ 2017ās event. The stated aim this year wasĀ to look at mental health from a new angle. Rather than ask why so many people are...
Five Financial Advantages of a Standalone Eco-classroom.
The budget screws keep tightening and the pupil numbers keep rising. Wouldnāt it be nice to be able to create extra classroom space that is not only a fantastic environment in which to learn and teach, but which also adds a boost to your schoolās finances? A Learning...