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Developed for Department of Education, GNCTD by Vinyãs, Centre for Architectural Research & Design, New Delhi 1

ckyk B a L A Building as Learning Aid

BaLA in Government Schools of Delhi.

A document for School Principals

BaLA (Building as Learning Aid) is an innovative concept towards qualitative improvement in education, through intervention in school building infrastructure.

BaLA was conceived under the project ‘Creating Teaching-Learning Aids and Experiences in the Primary School Built Environment'

This project was developed with support from

UNICEF, India under Primary Education Enhancement Project

(I)

by

VINYÃS Centre for Architectural Research & Design,

New Delhi

October 2007

Contents Section Concept 2 2 BaLA Design Ideas and their

relationship with Core Learning Areas

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3 Visuals for BaLA intervention

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4 Design basis and way forward

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5 Annexure 1: Table of Spacewise and Gradewise BaLA ideas with costs

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6 Annexure 2: Example of assembling BaLA ideas in a class.


1. CONCEPT

What is BaLA ? BaLA is a way to holistically plan and use the school infrastructure. It incorporates the ideas of activity based learning, child friendliness and inclusive education for children with special needs (CWSN). At the core, it assumes that the architecture of school can be a resource for the teaching-learning processes. There are two levels of this intervention:

1. Develop the SPACES to create varied teaching-learning situations

2. Develop the BUILT ELEMENTS in these spaces as teaching-learning aids

The Spaces can be Classroom Corridor Steps Outdoor space

The Built Elements can be Floor Wall Window Door Ceiling Platform

BaLA is about innovatively treating the space and the built elements to make the existing school architecture more resourceful with higher educational value in a child friendly manner.

But, why BaLA?

It Lets school be conceived in a holistic way Makes the school a child friendly place Can be introduced in existing and new school Makes school an exciting place, allowing

learning with fun Creates conducive self-learning situations

for children Can help creating inclusive learning spaces

and provisions spaces for Children With Special Needs (CWSN)

Allows learning materials accessible to children, at all times

TLM cannot be stolen or misplaced and can remain orderly

Teachers can adapt them to suit their specific needs

Is more lasting and durable Can be combined with building repairs and

upgradation

2. BaLA Design Ideas and their relationship with Core Learning Areas This section will help the school teachers and the Principals to take decision to identify BaLA ideas based on the pedagogical needs in their respective schools. These are grouped according to Subjects and Topics for ease of selection. Note:

Visuals of various ideas are given in a sequential form in section 3, Visuals for BaLA intervention.

The Grade-wise listing of BaLA ideas in

classroom, corridor and outdoor is given in Annexure 1. These are given in a sequential form. It also gives indicative costs.

To get an overall idea of how the BaLA ideas

will appear in a typical classroom, see drawings in annexure II.

Use the numbers given in parenthesis e.g.(23) to identify the idea from sequence in section 3 or Annexure.

LANGUAGE Ideas that promote the basic core learning areas of literacy • Play with Words (21)

- word wall - word connectors - labelling and signage

• Writing and Displaying (19) • Visuals Around Us (22) • Prewriting Aids (18) • Post Box (49) • Grid Boards (26) • Trails to Explore (23) • Dot Boards on Floor and Walls (25) • Tracing Surfaces (20)


1.Alphabets and writing • Prewriting Aids (18)

- Pre writing patterns in window grills and on wall surfaces/ borders

• Grid Boards (26) - Grid on walls for alphabet recognition and sorting objects according to initial sounds/ alphabets.

• Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on Walls (33) - Niches for classification activities based on alphabets

• Writing and Displaying ( 19 ) - writing surfaces , some ruled , news paper

• Dot Boards on Floor and Walls (25) • Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls (24)

- Using alphabet shapes 2. Words / Vocabulary • Play with Words (21)

-Word Wall, word connectors / matching words labelling of built elements and common objects

• Grid Boards (26) - Grids on wall and floor for a variety of word games

• Board Games on Floor and Seats (27) • Visuals Around Us (22)

- Visuals and motifs for generating vocabulary / conversation and writing activities

3. Communication • Counter as a Space for Interaction Interactive settings for communication (counter) • Shade / Grove / Nook / Corner for Everyone

(60) • Space for Exploration and Discovery / Counter as

a Space for Interaction - alternative settings for group work / performance

• Trails to Explore (23) • Post Box (49) • Loud Speaker (42) • Musical Railing (43) • Pipe phone Railing (41) • Writing and Displaying Surfaces (19)

- Notice boards, bulletin boards, news paper 4. Reading comprehension • Play with words (21)

- Word Wall, word connectors, labelling • Play with Words (21)

Word Wall

• Visuals Around Us (22) - Visual stories / borders for creating written stories, may be done as shared writing

• Book Corners (20) • Space for Exploration and Discovery

- with writing surfaces • Writing and Displaying Surfaces (19)

- Notice board, bulletin board, newspaper • Shade / Grove / Nook / Corner for Everyone

(60) • Trails to Explore (23)

- Trails, treasure hunts for following or giving directions, these may also be used as riddle corners (children can be encouraged to write riddles based on description of visible objects and elements).

5. Poor written expressions • Visuals Around Us (22)

- Visuals and motifs as triggers for writing, visual stories in a sequence as a stimulus for writing

• Play with Words (21) - Connectors for grammar and vocabulary exercises

• Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls (24) - Shape Poems

• Writing and Displaying (19) - Stone slabs for writing in different areas, various different surfaces for written communication Writing and Pin-up boards on wall Wall grid/ word wall to generate vocabulary for writing

MATHEMATICS

Topic/ concepts/ broad problem areas 1. Developing Number Sense (understanding the quantitative meaning of the number symbols) • Natural Learning Materials (50)

- Growing plants which provide natural materials for doing number work • Visuals Around Us (22)

-Visuals and motifs on walls / borders for doing number work

• Grid Boards (26) • Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on walls (33) • Brick and Tile Patterns (32) • Dot Boards on floor and walls(25) • Abacus (15) Gintara on Window • Magic Squares on floor and walls (28) • Board Games on floor (27) Flat Dice • Calendars on Walls (11) • Display Museum (40)

As a resource

2. Basic Numeracy and Counting • Natural Learning Materials (50)

- Growing plants which provide natural materials for number work and counting

• Grid Boards (26) • Number Lines (14)

- Stepping Stones as number line


3. Understanding Symbols (+ - x => <) • Balances (03) 4. Understanding the properties of numbers- odds and evens, multiples, square numbers, addition and subtraction facts. • Grid Boards (26) • Abacus (15) • Visuals Around Us (22)

- Floor Designs and kolams, motifs for learning number related properties

• Brick and Tile Patterns (32) • Natural Learning Materials (50) • Dot Boards on floor and walls (25) • Magic Squares on floor and walls (28) • Board Games on floor (27) 5. The four mathematical operations (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) • Grid Boards (26) • Number Lines (14)

- Stepping Stones as number line • Natural Learning Materials (50) • Brick and Tile Patterns (32) • Magic Squares on floor and walls (28) • Board Games on floor (27) Counter as a Space for Interaction

Experiences of pretend play such as shopping which use mathematical operations

Tracing Surfaces (30) For number shapes, money outlines and other resources

6. Place Value • Abacus (15) - Hoop Abacus on wall • Place Value Window (16)

With variations for different classes • Boards Games on floor (27)

- Flat Dice

7. Multiples and multiplication tables • Grid Boards (26) • Brick and Tile Patterns (32) • Natural Learning Materials (50)

Multiples through leaves, flowers, twigs etc • Activity Boards and Surfaces on walls (24) Geometrical Patterns • Dot Boards on floor and walls (25) 8. Relating mathematics to daily life - through number stories and word problems • Visual Illusions on Walls (06) • Counter as a Space for Interaction

The counter provides a setting for pretend play. E.g. Shopping

• Natural Learning Materials (50) • Calendars on Walls (11) • Time Devices (10) • Measures Around Us (01)

- Demarcated standard and non standard measurements, weights measures and milestones

• Tracing Surfaces (30) For resource material

• Dot Boards on floor and walls (25) 9. Fractions • Brick and Tile Patterns (32)

- Tile patterns in borders or on the floor through which different fractions can be depicted

• Fraction Aids (17) • Grid Boards (26) • Board Games on floor (27) • Geometrical shapes (14), (32) • Symmetry Around Us (04)

- Symmetry in Geometrical Shapes as a basis for understanding fractions

• Tracing Surfaces (30) -Tracing corner (different shapes which can be subdivided into different number of parts)

10. Decimals • Place Value Window (16) Place value chart with decimals (class 5) 11.Measurements • Different units, standard and non standard and

their conversion. • Grid Boards (26)

- Grid on the wall ( non standard units) - Grid on the window (30 x30 1cm. Squares). Visuals Around Us (22) -Sequence of repeated motifs on the floor / wall / border patterns, or foot prints / hand prints on floor/ wall patterns as units of non standard measurements.

• Colour Teasers (07) and Stapu Frame (29) -Shaded bands of different widths on the floor, to give different experiences of measures such as through jumping or hurdles.

• Measures Around Us (01) -Benchmark scale on the wall /floor, along the door, demarcated dimensions of different objects, milestones, raised levels with relative measures and scales.

• Angles Around Us (02) 12. Weights and volume (Standard and non standard units and their conversions) • Balances (03) - Wall Balance 13. Money (Conversion of money units) • Tracing Surfaces (30)

Settings like the counter/ performance areas for pretend play such as shopping experiences Counter as a Space for Interaction


14. Time and its relationship to daily life • Time Devices (10) Clock (with variations to suit different age

groups) Hour glass, sundial, movement of shadows or sunlight through the day / year.

• Calendars on Walls (11) • Colours, Naturally (51) and And Some Fragrance

too (52) -Selection of plants to show the sequence of seasonal changes

• Visuals Around Us (22) -Visuals depicting seasons and related natural phenomena or social events like festivals / school events.

• Play of Sunlight (34) • Planetary Orbits (09)

-This may be used for the concept of day and night

• Time Lines (12) 15. Distance, time and speed • Time Devices (10)

-The Hourglass • Mystery Wall (35)

-For experiencing the relationship of time, speed and distance -Swing with regular sound which can depict the relations between distance, speed and time*

• Visuals Around Us (22), Colour Teasers (07) --Visuals or graded colour / texture series in a panel along racing track to show changes with speed of movement. Also, pixilated effect at the end of running space

• Measures Around Us (01) -Scaled demarcations along periphery, possibly diagonal

• Musical Railings (43) • Planetary Orbits (09)

-Concentric circles around pole to show further the distance, greater the time taken to move around. This may be used for concept of day and night

16. Geometry • Angles Around Us (02) • Brick and Tile Patterns (32)

-Angles and shapes in tile and borders patterns Border / brick or tile patterns with geometrical shapes, including jaalis and tessellations (walls / floors / corridors)

• Tangram Tiles on Floor and Wall (31) • Writing and Displaying (19)

-Display boards/ writing surfaces in various 2D shapes for shape poems

• Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on walls (33) • Visuals Around Us (22)

Highlighted shapes (regular and irregular) in the built elements. Demarcated triangles in the built elements like the trusses, railings, grills

Tracing Surfaces (30) - Tiles for tracing regular and irregular shapes • Invert Image (05)

-2D/ other shapes in the window grills (inverted images)

• Book Corners (20), Shade / Grove/ Nook / Corner for Everyone (60) Spaces as a continuum of shapes (design of settings, nooks and corners in different shapes / spaces as combination of shapes).

• Mazes (47) - Mazes ,pathways and hedges to delineate different geometrical shapes

• Activity Boards and Surfaces on walls (24) • Number Lines (14) 17. Symmetry • Brick and Tile Patterns (32) • Symmetry Around Us (04)

- Symmetry in the built elements motifs on walls / floors (as an activity to complete images)

• Tracing Surfaces (30) • Naturally Learning Materials (50)

- For experiences of symmetry in nature

18. Area and perimeter • Grid Boards (26)

Grid on the wall or floor (finding area/perimeter in non standard units), window glass grid boards (finding area with standard units)

• Dot Boards on Floor and Walls (25) • Measures Around Us (01)

-Dimension scales on the floor along which area of shapes can be calculated

• Brick and Tile Patterns (32) -Geometrical patterns on tiles to calculate area through non standard units

• Activity Boards and Surfaces on walls (24) -Geometrical Patterns for finding area

SCIENCE Topic/ concepts/ broad problem areas 1. Living and non living things • Shade / Grove / Nook / Corner for Everyone(60) • A Mini Waste Water Herbal Garden (54) • Display Museum (40) • Space for Exploration and Discovery • Mazes (47) • Inviting More Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Insects (53) • Space to Play with Mud and Sand • Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on walls (32) • Natural Learning Materials (50) • Activity Boards and Surfaces on walls (24) • Writing and Displaying (19)


• Visuals Around Us (22) visuals and motifs which depict living and non living things

2. Natural phenomena • Visuals Around Us (22)

-Visuals depicting natural phenomena • Calendars on Walls (11) • Colours, Naturally (51) • And Some Fragrance too (52)

-selection of plants that show changes according to the seasons

• Planetary Orbits on Ground (09) • Cycles Around Us on Circular Elements (13)

-Cyclic ideas like different life cycles to be depicted around pillars and other cylindrical surfaces

• Rainwater Wall (39) • Play of Sunlight (34) - light passing through grills forming shapes on wall

/floor, movement of these shapes through the passage of time, light touching a point on a particular day of the year, reflective metal pieces on wall/ sills of south facing walls

3. Air and gases • And Some Fragrance Too (52)

Fragrant plants to be planted, so that children can experience the direction of the wind through the smell

• Natural Learning Materials (50) -Principle of aerodynamics to be conveyed through leaves that float and fall with different rates, pockets of loose soil left to experience wind direction -Jaalies to be used as filters for creating cooling and heating*

• Wind Chimes (44) or sound created through vibrations caused by air movement

4. Directions • Grid Boards (26)

-Wall grid and floor grid for following directions • Dot Boards on Floor and Walls (25) • Invert Images (05)

Inverted images in grills • Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on Walls (33) • Trails to Explore (23) • Space to Play with Mud and Sand • Map Your World (08) • Play of Sunlight (34)

-Diminishing and enlarging shapes with movement of sunlight

5. Water cycle • Play of Sunlight (34)

-Channelising of drinking water to flower beds/ nursery/ bio-pond

• A Mini Waste Water Herbal Garden (54)

-Deliberate puddles for natural collection of rain water( not very deep, to allow for percolation)

• Rainwater Wall (39) • Enhancing Rainwater Harvesting from Roof Top

and Surface Run-Off (61) -Rain water harvesting ideas which are visible to children

• Cycles Around Us (13) -Water cycle to be depicted visually along a cylindrical element

6. Simple machines • Colour Teasers (07)

-Fan colour wheel, wheels to be used in different ways

• Balances (03) - See-Saw Balance -Ramps with half textured and half smooth floor surface.

SOCIAL STUDIES 1. Natural phenomena Design ideas are the same as given in science section 2. Measurement of distance Design ideas given under mathematics section 3. Mapping and understanding maps • Map Your World (08)

- Borders of common objects viewed from above, as introduction to symbols / legends on a map, a range of mapping experiences through wall maps ( classroom, school, neighbourhood,, Delhi, India, world / activity map. Circular world map which shows concentric circles of larger geographical areas like state, country, continent.

• Benchmark scales along floors / walls maps - Map Your World (08) 4. Means of Transport • Visuals Around Us (22) Visuals depicting different means of transport,

borders with different means of transport 5.Colours • Colour Teasers (07) - Fan Colour Wheel, window colour panel

colour panels with gradations in colour along floor/ walls, corridors

• Colours, Naturally (51) -Colours through natural materials and plants

• Natural Learning Materials (50) • Colourful Sun Catcher (07)

Sunlight passing through different coloured glass / coloured glass in window panes to look through.


FUN IDEAS • Space for Adventure Play

Visual Fun • Play of Sunlight (34) • Mystery Wall (35) • Mirrors on Wall (36) • Periscope on Wall (37) • Perspective Lines on Walls (38) • Rainwater Wall (39) • Display Museum on Walls (40) Fun with sound • Pipe Phone Railing (41) • Loud Speaker on Wall (42) • Musical Railings (43) • Bell / Chimes (44) Other fun ideas • Extrusion Moulds on Platform (45) • Shape Moulds on Platform (46) • Mazes (47) • Joy of Movement (48) • Post Box (49) • Climb, Jump, Swing… On Trees (55)


3. Visuals of BaLA Intervention Visual documentation from Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Karnataka: SPATIAL SETTINGS FOR DESIGN IDEAS Existing, Formal, Structured Settings for Learning

Class rooms of grades I & II Class room of grade III Classrooms of grades IV & V Classrooms of grads VI & VII Classrooms of grade VIII Classrooms of grade IX & X

Existing and Proposed, Informal Settings for Learning

Existing settings

Circulation Corridor Space Outdoor Space and Natural Environment Developing space between two blocks Developing backyards and plinths

Proposed settings

Counter as a Space for Interaction Space for Exploration and Discovery Space for Exploring Three Dimensions Activity Space to Play with Mud and Sand Space for Adventure Play with Tyres


DESIGN IDEAS FOR FUN & LEARNING Understanding the Physical World Around Us 1. Measures Around Us

- Scales Horizontally and Vertically - Milestones - Weights - Capacity

2. Angles Around Us - Angle Protractor on Window Glass - Angles on a Window Grill - Door Angle Protractor - Cupboard Angle Protractor - Angles in a Bench - Highlighting Naturally Occurring Angles in Buildings

3. Balances - Wall Balance - See-Saw Balance

4. Symmetry Around Us - Symmetry in the Built Elements - Revealing Part-Whole Images - Symmetry in Geometrical Shapes - Symmetry in Mirror Images - Symmetry in Traditional Motifs and Patterns - Rotational Symmetry - Symmetry in the Natural World

5. Invert Images - Inverted Images on Railings - Inverted Images in Mirrors - Inverted Images on Borders

6. Visual Illusions on Walls - Impossible Illusions - Deceptive Illusions - Dual Illusions

7. Colour Teasers - Fan Colour Wheels - Window Colour Panel - Colourful Sun Catcher - Panel of Colour Shades

8. Map Your World - Map of the Classroom - Map of the School - Map of the Neighbourhood / Village - Map of the City / District / State - Map of the Country - Map of the World - Me and my World - Activity Map in Brick and Sand

9. Planetary Orbits on the Ground - Simple Planetary Orbits - Planetary Orbits with Twelve Divisions

Understanding the Passage of Time in Our Daily Lives

10. Time Devices - Wall Clock - The Hourglass

- Window Shutter Hourglass - Bottle Hourglass

- Sundials - Ceiling Sundial - Wall Sundial - Sundial on the Ground


11. Calendars on Walls - Calendars for Classroom - Long Calendar - Square Calendar with Clock - Calendar for the Whole School

12. Time Lines - Cubby Holes as a Time Line - Tiles as a Time Line - Word Organisers as a Time Line

13. Cycles Around Us on Circular Built Elements - Continuous Cycles with Beginning and End - Continuous Cycles without Beginning or End

Dealing with the Complexity of Numbers

14. Number Lines - Wall Number Line Tiles

- Number Line Caterpillar - Number Line Train - Number Line as a Row of Children

- Floor Number Line Tiles and Panels - Number Line on Paved Floor - Stepping Stones as Number Line

15. Abacus as Built Element - Gintara on Windows - Hoop Abacus on Wall

16. Place Value Window - Place Value Chart for four digit numbers - Place Value Window for seven digit numbers - Place Value Window for nine digit numbers

17. Fraction Aids - Fractions on Window Grills - Fractions on Wall Tiles - Fractions on Floor Tiles - Fraction Disc on Ground

Ways of Interacting with Language

18. Prewriting Aids - Prewriting Patterns on Window Grills - Prewriting Patterns on Wall Surfaces - Prewriting Grooved Patterns on Walls

19. Writing and Displaying Surfaces - Writing Boards on Wall - Chalk Board on Wall - Pin-up Boards on Wall - Writing and Pin-up Boards on Wall - Hanging Display System on Ceiling

20. Book Corners - Classroom Book Corner - Cosy Book Corners in Corridors and

Outdoors 21. Play with Words

- Word Wall with Alphabet Border - Word Organiser on Wall - Labelling Around Us

22. Visuals Around Us - Folk Art - Traditional motifs - Kolams - Visual Patterns - Line drawings - Visuals for Giving Information - Some Interesting Visuals - Shape Images on Window Grills - Highlighting Naturally Occurring Shapes in Buildings


23. Trails to Explore - Clue Boards

Doing and Learning

24. Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls - Geometrical Patterns Board - Hidden Shapes Board - Squiggles Board - Thumb Prints Board - Alphabet Shapes Board - Shape Poem Board - Children‘s Wall

25. Dot Boards on Floor and Walls - Dots in Straight Rows - Dots Staggered in Straight Rows - Geoboards on Walls

26. Grid Boards - Wall Grid Boards - Window Glass Grid Boards - Floor Grid Boards

Children‘s Own Little Games

27. Board Games on Floor and Seats - Indigenous Board Games - Flat Dice

28. Magic Squares on Floor and Walls - 3x3 Magic Square - 4x4 Magic Square

29. Stapu Frame on Ground or Floor Design Ideas that can be Used in Many Ways 30. Tracing Surfaces

- Tracing Tiles - Tiles for Tracing Three Dimensional Shapes - Tiles for Tracing Regular and Irregular Shapes

- Tracing from Window Glass 31. Tangram Tiles on Floor and Walls 32. Brick and Tile Patterns on Floor and Walls

- Simple Brick and Tile Patterns - Complex Brick and Tile Patterns

33. Cubby Holes and Peep Holes on Walls Fun Ideas

Visual Fun 34. Play of Sunlight 35. Mystery Wall 36. Mirrors on Walls 37. Periscope on Wall 38. Perspective Lines on Walls 39. Rainwater Wall 40. Display Museum on Walls Fun with sound 41. Pipe Phone Railing 42. Loud Speaker on Wall 43. Musical Railings 44. Bell / Chimes Other fun ideas 45. Extrusion Moulds on Platform 46. Shape Moulds on Platform 47. Mazes 48. Joy of Movement and Pause 49. Post box


Developing and Enhancing the Natural Environment

Enhancing experience and learning opportunities, Naturally 50. Natural Learning Materials 51. Colours, Naturally 52. And Some Fragrance Too 53. Inviting More Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Insects 54. A Mini Waste Water Herbal Garden 55. Climb, Jump, Swing… On Trees 56. Nature and Culture

Enhancing the physical environment, Naturally 57. A Living Filter and Buffer Belt 58. Creating a Visual Screen 59. Natural Shade And Insulation for Buildings 60. Shade / Grove / Nook / Corner for Everyone 61. Enhancing Rainwater Harvesting from Roof Top and Surface Run-Off

A school before BaLA intervention

The school after BaLA intervention

This is how it could be


4. Design Basis and way forward

These design ideas were developed with an in-depth understanding of children’s

Spatial aspirations from their school Natural behavioural patterns in

school space Need for facilitation of all round growth

and development Problematic areas of comprehension

in teaching and learning Socio-cultural-educational

background at home Need for literacy environment And a detailed study of repair,

environment enhancement and construction issues of the school building components

CONCLUSIONS

1. Maximising educational value of built structure. Built structure of the school has a dual use:

To give shelter to the educational activities

To be a resource for teaching-

learning.

School building architecture should be optimally made to derive maximum educational value.

2 Planning for school with interdisciplinary approach

Any design intervention in the school must focus on children for design, implementation and maintenance.

Teachers must be the facilitators in

ensuring the use of these interventions.

School administrators and teachers should be oriented and trained towards effective use of available.

Each school should plan for intervention with its specific needs, limitations and potential.

Taking design ideas to the ground. • With coordinated action by the school

principals, teachers and others, this can be made operational with Vidyalaya Kalyan Samiti (VKS) funds.

• Each school will have to undertake the

following steps: • Make an overall school development plan

with keeping in mind future needs of classrooms, toilets, other spaces.

• Properly decide the seating plan for all

classes. This cannot be changed later, since BaLA ideas are class and grade specific.

• Identify all potential spaces (classrooms,

corridors and other circulation spaces, outdoors), where BaLA ideas can be made.

• Plan to work in phases, i.e. if presently Rs

2 lakhs is available, only part of the overall plan will be developed. Next year, with another 2 lakh, next phase of work can be taken up.

• Undertake basic repair of floor, plaster,

lights, sanitation and plumbing, seepage / dampness, etc. first before starting BaLA work.

• Go through the document and decide,

which BaLA elements the school needs on priority. Accordingly, decide and make the them with the available grant.


Annexure I Space and Gradewise BaLA Ideas

For Classrooms (Ideas for Classroom interior)

Gradewise Skills required

for making BaLA Item*

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Rate Unit 1 Measures Around Us (01) Horizontal Scale 105 sqm Vertical Scale 105 sqm Weights 26 sqm Concept of Big and Small 205 sqm

2 Angles Around Us (02) Angles Protractor on Window Glass 175 sqm Angles on a Window Grill 16 rm Door Angle Protractor 38 no Highlighting Naturally Occurring Angles in Buildings 62 sqm

3 Balances (03) Wall Balances 145 no

4 Symmetry Around Us (04) Symmetry in the Built Elements 205 sqm

5 Colour Teasers (07) Fan Colour Wheels 202 no Window Colour Panel 106 no Colourful Sun Catcher Panel of Colour Shades 275 sqm


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7 Time Devices (10) Wall Clock 461 no

8 Calendars on Walls (11) Long Calendar Square Calendar with Clock 955 no Square Calender Without Clock

9 Time Lines (12) Word organiser as a Time Line 679 no

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Abacus on Wall 670 rm Gintara on Windows 2980 sqm Hoop Abacus on Wall

12 Place Value Chart (16) Place Value Chart on Wall 480 sqm

13 Fraction Aids (17) Fraction on Window Grills (Using MS Flat) 13 no

14 Writing Aids (18) Prewriting Pattern on Window Grills 1386 sqm Prewriting Pattern on Wall Surfaces 518 sqm Writing Pattern on Wall Surfaces 518 sqm Grooved Writing Patterns on Walls 354 sqm

15 Writing and Displaying Surfaces (19) Chalk Boards 440 sqm Plain Writable Surface 440 sqm Ruled Writable Surface 518 sqm Pin-up Boards on Walls 454 sqm

16 Book Corners (20) Classroom book Corner (Cupboard) 37 no






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Word Wall with Alphabet Border 480 sqm Word Organiser on Wall 679 no Labelling Around Us (Hindi) 182 sqm Labelling Around Us (English) 182 sqm

18 Visuals Around Us (22) Folk Art 678 sqm Traditional Motifs 597 sqm Kolam Designs 867 sqm Line Drawings 275 sqm Expressions 275 sqm Picture with Fun 275 sqm Shape Image 301 sqm Geometrical shapes on window grill 301 sqm Colour wheel on window 301 sqm Some Interesting Figures on Door / Almirah Shutter 205 sqm Parallel lines on Door Shutter 205 sqm

19 Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls (24) Geometrical Pattern Board 715 sqm Hidden Shapes Board 715 sqm Squiggles Board 715 sqm Thumb Print Board 550 sqm Alphabet Shape Board 550 sqm Shape Poem Board 715 sqm






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Rate Unit 20 Dot Board on Floor and Walls (25)

Dots in Straight Rows 490 sqm Dots Staggered in Straight Rows 490 sqm

21 Grid Boards (26) Wall Grid Boards 480 sqm Window Glass Grid Boards 175 sqm

22 Tracing surfaces Tracing Tiles Tracing from Window Glass 175 sqm

23 Tangram Tiles on floor and Walls Tangram Tiles on Walls 15 no

24 Cubby Holes Recessed cubby holes for chalk & duster 96 no

25 Mirror on wall 693 sqm



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Rate Unit 1 Measures Around Us (01) Horizontal Scale 105 sqm Vertical Scale / Height Scale 105 sqm Weights 26 sqm Concept of Big and Small 205 sqm Milestone

2 Angles Around Us (02) Highlighting Naturally Occurring Angles in Buildings 62 sqm

3 Symmetry Around Us (04) Symmetry in the Built Elements 205 sqm Symmetry in mirror images Symmetry in Geometrical shapes

4 Inverted Images Inverted Images on mirror

5 Vissual Illusions Impossible Illusions 275 sqm Deceptive illusions 275 sqm Dual illusions 275 sqm

6 Colour Teasers (07) Panel of Colour Shades 275 sqm





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Rate Unit 7 Map Your World (08) Me & My World 182 sqm Map of School

8 Time Lines (12) Word organiser as a Time Line 679 no

9 Cycles Around Us Phases of Moon 275 sqm Cycle of seed germination 275 sqm Life cycle of butterfly 275 sqm Life cycle of frog 275 sqm Water Cycle 275 sqm Food Chain 275 sqm Life cycle of Mosquito 275 sqm

10 Number Lines (14) Floor Number Line Tiles Stepping Stone

11 Abacus as a Built Element (15) Abacus on Wall 670 rm Hoop Abacus on Wall





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Rate Unit 12 Place Value Chart (16)

Place Value Chart on wall 480 sqm

13 Fraction Aids (17) Fraction on Wall tiles 440 sqm

14 Writing Aids (18) Prewriting Pattern on Wall Surfaces 518 sqm Grooved Writing Patterns on Walls 354 sqm Writing Pattern on Wall Surfaces 518 sqm

15 Writing and Displaying Surfaces (19) Plain Writable Surface 440 sqm Ruled Writable Surface 518 sqm Pin-up Boards on Walls 454 sqm

16 Play with Words (21) Word Wall with Alphabet Border 480 sqm Word Organiser on Wall 679 no General signage 182 sqm

17 Visuals Around Us (22) Folk Art 678 sqm Traditional Motifs 597 sqm





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Rate Unit Kolam Designs 867 sqm Line Drawings 275 sqm Expressions 275 sqm Picture with Fun 275 sqm Some Intresting Fiqures on Door / Almirah Shutter 301 sqm Gender Sensitive Visuals Parallel lines on door shutter 205 sqm

18 Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls (24) Geometrical Pattern Board 715 sqm Hidden Shapes Board 715 sqm Squiggles Board 715 sqm Thumb Print Board 550 sqm Alphabet Shape Board 550 sqm Shape Poem Board 715 sqm

19 Dot Board on Floor and Walls (25) Dots in Straight Rows 490 sqm Dots Staggered in Straight Rows 490 sqm

20 Grid Boards (26) Wall Grid Boards 480 sqm

21 Board Games (27) 443 sqm





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Rate Unit 22 Magic Square (28) 480 sqm

23 Tracing surfaces (30)

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24 Tangram Tiles on floor and Walls (31) Tangram Tiles on Walls 15 no

25 Cubby Holes Recessed cubby holes for keeping chalk & duster 96 no Cubby holes for display 119 no


Space and Gradewise BaLA Ideas BaLA ideas in Outdoors

1 Visual Illusions (06) Impossible Illusions Deceptive illusions Dual illusions

2 Map Your World (08) Map of School Activity Space in Brick & Sand

3 Planetary Orbits (09) Planetary Orbit withn 12 divisions

4 Time Devices (10) Sundial

5 Writing and Displaying Surfaces (19) Plain Writable Surface

6 Play with Words (21) Labelling the trees

7 Visuals Around Us (22) Folk Art Traditional Motifs Line Drawings Expressions Picture with Fun Kolam Design Gender Sensitive Visuals

8 Activity Boards and Surfaces on Walls (24) Children's wall Hidden Shapes Board Thumb Print Board Squiggles Board

9 Dot Board on Floor and Walls (25) Dots in Straight Rows

10 Grid Boards (26) Wall Grid Boards

11 Board Games (27)

12 Stapu frame (29)

13 Tangram Tiles on floor and Walls (31) Tangram Tiles on Walls

14 Mystery Wall (35)

15 Counter Space

16 Ramp

17 Tyre Playground

18 Amphitheatre

19 Drinking Water Point

20 Recharge Trench

21 Pipe phone Railing


For Annexure 2, see attached pdf files.

Designed and conceptualised at

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