Friends’ Junior School

– New Build News

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WORK CONTINUES APACE
We welcome Scott Dunbar as the new Senior Site Manager who has taken over the final stages of our project allow­ing Ben Ephgrave to move across to the CB1 devel­op­ment in Cambridge.

The new Junior School build­ings continue to take shape, seem­ingly with each passing day. Under­floor heat­ing has now be laid in both build­ings on all floors and screeded over and the solar panels have also been fitted to the roof.

THE INTERIOR
One of the most excit­ing parts of a devel­op­ment is seeing it all come together and begin to take shape. We are certainly at that point now with the new Junior School and have final­ised colours, floor­ing and all other interior finishes.

A TOUR FOR THE GOVERNORS
School Governors hold their Board meet­ings towards the end of each term and on 27^th March took the oppor­tun­ity to tour the new Junior School build­ings during their lunch break. Every­one expressed their surprise at how much larger the propor­tions of the rooms and corridors were compared to the plans which they have only be able to view up to now. The views from the floor to ceil­ing windows on the north side of the main build­ing look­ing up the avenue to the 1879 build­ing were very impress­ive. There was even talk of perhaps being able to hold the next Board meet­ing on 19^th June 2012 in the new hall!

FRIENDS AND FAMILIES DAY
We hope to be in a posi­tion to offer tours of the new build­ings to parents and Old Schol­ars on Friends and Famil­ies Day. Look out for more details nearer the time.

OVER THE EASTER BREAK
Plas­ter­ing will be carried out through­out both build­ings with ceil­ings and acous­tic sound boards in place. Mains services are also expec­ted to be connec­ted during this time.

During the first week of the holi­days Debden Road will be closed to allow the sewer drains to be connec­ted. We hope this causes as little disrup­tion as possible.

HAND OVER
At the start of the project in July 2011, the anti­cip­ated handover date was 4^th June 2012. The single story Early Years build­ing is now expec­ted to be ready on 15^th June while the 2 storey main build­ing will be handed over on 3^rd July.

This is still before the end of term and there­fore allows us ample time to move in during the summer holi­days and begin the new academic year in our brand new buildings.

Colour scheme for new classrooms:

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