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at the heart of the village with traditional values and high standards

From

Old

To

New

The story of the building of

our new classrooms

at Claverdon Primary School.

By Class 2

Thank you for coming to look at our work about our new classrooms!

There are a lot of pictures our our work and the work which was carried out during the build project. As you look through, you will find that it is possible to click on some of the images to see a larger version.

This is a building site.



Report to the site office 
before entering.


A safety hat, safety footwear 
and fluorescent jacket must
be worn at all times.

Our building work began at the end of the Summer Term when we packed up all our belongings and the huts were moved.

During the Summer holidays the site was prepared and the foundations dug out and the drainage pipes put in.

At the beginning of the Autumn term the steel supports were erected. They were lifted by a very big crane.

The roof was the next to go on.

This was followed by the floor which was cemented.

Next the brickwork was layed.

A lot of window frames were then fitted.

The glass was then put in.

The internal walls were fitted.

It is now up to the plumbers, plasterers, electricians,
carpenters and painters to complete it all.

A lot if different people are involved in building our classrooms.

The arcitect draws up the plans.

The plumber lays the pipes.

The carpenter saws the wood.

The plasterer plasters the walls.

The bricklayer lays the bricks.

The electrician routes the wires and cables.

The glazier fits the glass.

The decorator paints the walls.

The site manager organises the men.

All these tradesmen work with different materials.

Plastic Wood

Metal

Glass Cement

Tarmac

Brick Paint

Claverdon Primary School - Building our Classrooms

The Story of our Building by Caitlin, Year 2

When the steel structure was erected we studied it carefully and made these pictures

Crane by Connor, Class 2

There are lots of right angles

Crane by Kelly, Class 2



	Crane by Daisy, Class 2

Nearly all the lines are horizontal or vertical

Crane by Fin, Class2

Most of the shapes are squares and rectangles.

Because the bricks are cuboids they fit together perfectly.

There is a right way to lay bricks.



This wall will be strong

This wall will be strong.

And there is a wrong way to lay bricks.



	Crane by Eliza, Class 2

This wall will fall down.

A lot of different work has been taking place on the site.

Hammering

Building

Sawing

Lifting

Digging

Carrying

Roofing

Plumbing

Driving

Erecting

Joining

Laying

Nailing

Climbing

We also wrote these poems about the building site:

Not I said the builder working on the site

Nails hammering,

Builders roofing

Trench digging

Truck driving

Not I said the builders working on the site.
Alex

Not I said the builders working on the site

I'm too busy sawing

You are dumper truck driving

Then you started digging

Yesterday you were plumbing

This morning you were nailing

Not I said the builders working on the site.
Kelly

Not I said the builders working in the mud

Builders freezing

Wellies squelching

Men hesitating

Just keep on climbing

Dumper truck driving

Bolt of lightning

Not I said the builders working in the mud. Joe

Not I said the builders working on the site

We're cold and soaking

And oh so freezing

It started thundering

We had to keep climbing

Not I said the builders working on the site.
Amelia

Not I said the builders working on the site

Hammering and carrying

Nailing and railing

Roofing and sawing

Building and lifting

Dumping and driving

Not I said the builders

So busy working on the site. Kate

Not I said the builders working on the site

Bulldozer driving

Crane lifting

Bricks building

Diggers digging

Truck carrying

Roofers roofing

Not I said the builders working on the site
Eliza

Not I said the builders working on the site

Brickies carrying

Dumper driving

Nails hammering

Wood sawing

Pipes lifting

Scaffold climbing

Not I said the builders working on the site
Emily



The story of our building, by Eliza S, Year 2

Story of our Building by Patrick, Class 2

All packed up and nowhere to go!

Was it really like this?

	Yes?
Yes?
	Yes!

We're on our way

We drew these plans of how we thought our new classroom could look:

We're off.

	Up,
up
	and away!

Finished at last.

	Yes?
Yes?
	Yes!

We moved into our new classrooms
	on Friday 14th January 2005

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at our project. If you would like to let us know what you thought of it, please fill out the form below.

Mrs Pilling and Class 2

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