Introducing a series of acoustic panels to your classroom can also make it easier for students to hear and understand the teacher. Classrooms typically have hard floors with minimal soft furnishings, which means the sound bounces easily off many different surfaces. This can make it hard to understand what a teacher is saying, particularly in classes with younger students and lots of chatter. Acoustic screens help to prevent sound reverberation, making for a more productive (and less distracting) learning environment.
Wipe-Clean Classroom Dividers
Since the arrival of the pandemic in early 2020, we’ve been seeing social distancing screens set up in all sorts of different locations - including schools. Although they have never been mandated for use in classrooms, wipe-clean dividers can serve a variety of different purposes within a school classroom environment.
While social distancing measures are being kept to a minimum in schools, particularly early learning facilities, the benefits of choosing wipe-clean dividers for classrooms go far beyond Covid. Classrooms have always been breeding grounds for bugs and illnesses, particularly during the winter months, resulting in staff and student sickness which also spreads to the students’ families. While installing wipe-clean classroom dividers cannot prevent this entirely, choosing smooth surfaces which can easily be sanitised, removing all traces of viruses and bacteria, can promote a healthier and more hygienic school learning environment.
Within our range of wipe-clean classroom screens, we have a variety of transparent dividers that are made from Perspex acrylic or toughened safety glass. These lightweight partitions allow light to pass through them, maintaining a bright atmosphere for your classroom. However, as these designs are see-through, they may prove distracting if you’re using them to divide off play or reading areas from the main classroom area, as students will be able to see their friends completing different activities.
School Room Dividers
There are alternatives to screens and dividers that can make more sense if you’re looking for a more permanent classroom partition solution. Products like the Bubblegum 6 Cube Horizontal Room Divider offer a comprehensive way to divide off a part of your classroom. Whether you use it as a standalone partition or you fix it atop the corresponding classroom cupboard module, it serves a dual purpose - offering both helpful storage space for books, toys and other classroom accessories as well as for segmenting up your learning space.
Made from lightweight but durable MFC in a Japanese Ash finish and accentuated with bright, playful colours, the Bubblegum range offers practical classroom furniture with a coordinated look. Match the hues or mix up the colours to create a welcoming classroom atmosphere for young students.
Using school furniture as a classroom divider creates a permanency to your classroom space which can be extremely helpful for younger students, or those with learning difficulties, who find change disruptive and distressing. Shelving units are also a practical choice for creating a reading corner, as you can use the compartments to store and display books from which students can self-select their favourites. Another benefit to using classroom furniture as room dividers is that you never need to find anywhere to store these products, as they remain in their own space as part of your classroom design.
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