Buildings Facilities

Buildings and

Facilities

The major project this year was the first phase of revolutionising our Design Technology area. The two separated food technology rooms were moved together and we now have two amazing teaching spaces, connected by a central technician’s area and a fantastic larder. The project demonstrated the best in collaboration skills between architect, ESF project team and KGV staff and we are delighted with the outcome. The students are going to love learning to cook, like stovetop ballerinas, in these wonderful, new classrooms.

The other major project was in creating a bright, roomy workshop to replace three, awkward disconnected spaces. Replacing all the rotten old windows, putting in decent ventilation systems and fitting out with sharp, modern designed work spaces has been a joy. The new workshop, DT6, is a revelation and we cannot wait to get the students in designing, creating and making. New furniture in the Library and larger lockers for Year 8 have also improved the look and feel of the School. We are now planning for a major refurbishment of the ground floor workshops next summer.

KGV walls have again stepped up in style with the Maths and English corridors of Link Block now displaying bright new murals. The Maths Department have celebrated some of the teacher’s heroes with pictures of famous mathematicians (including Hong Kong’s own Terence Yao) plus some funky geometric designs. English have quotes from a selection of the authors we study, with styles and traditions represented in bright, vivid colours. Our own talented artist, Suman Vase (Maths Teacher) has contributed to brightening up our staircases with a selection of maths inspired art.

Covid19 gave us extra impetus to focus on hygiene this year. We fitted thermal cameras to check everyone’s temperature and have been advised by a succession of experts from UST and numerous hygiene companies. We have treated the school with various antimicrobial coatings, hopefully giving us persistent sanitisation solutions tailored for the specific environment. We have upskilled our cleaning staff to use a new range of products that are at the forefront of hygiene technology in effectiveness and sustainability.

The outside areas are in good repair, with the field and pitch being looked after and the borders well tended. Our gardens continue to thrive thanks to the great efforts of Eco-Club, Paul Melsom and our gardener Grace, with wonderful fruit, herbs and native plants growing, pollinated by bees and butterflies. Our new In2care mosquito control system is working very well and uses the best in modern, sustainable technology.