Accrington Academy

Year 7, 8 and 9 students were involved in competitive workshop sessions where they formed individual ‘companies’ to design an independent environmental classroom and learning landscape.

As project design and management professionals, students worked together researching information and producing plans and sketches, resulting in a final design ‘pitch’ to a panel of judges.

A team from each year group was selected as a winner with the ultimate prize of constructing the project ‘for real’. With the guidance of COYO, the winning 30 students have formed their own company - “Roots”, and attended intensive surveying, architecture and landscaping sessions resulting in a final plan which will be submitted by Roots for planning in the coming months.

The students must now attract funding and sponsorship to build their project.

This project will be the first of its kind and a fantastic learning opportunity for the school.

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