A small group of parents and governors met at the school on 26th May to come up with some creative ideas for the use of our decommissioned swimming pool. Sketches were made, ideas exchanged and some of us visited the pool for inspiration. Governor (and parent) Andy Gardiner provided tracing paper which we overlaid on large photos of the pool. We then doodled our ideas for new uses onto the tracing paper.
Amongst the ideas we came up with: a theatre/amphitheatre, an outdoor science lab/lecture theatre, a skate park, a walled garden. We talked about: canopies and removable seating, a sloping grass bank, dressing rooms and temporary stages. It was all very inspiring and left us with the idea that doing something imaginative and useful with the pool is well within our capabilities. Matt Johnson (headteacher) gathered up all our ideas for the next stage of the process. I’ll publish some here on the blog at some point.
There are some more photos from the evening on Flickr. Leave a comment if you’ve got ideas or questions of your own of if you’d like to get involved.
Steve Bowbrick, Chair of Governors
