MISSION ROAD S
SCHOOL
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Architect's impression of the School from Farm Road,
The most serious shortage, is. of of course, in Primary schools, and one the biggest obstacle to increasing their number is, again, the lack of suitable sites. Here again standardisation is nects- maximum sary in order to obtain the tacilities in minimum space.
At practically every public function easy access. Because of the scarcity of Ground Floor comprises the two covered held in connection with social and educa- building land however Government has playgrounds with a basket-ball court in the tional welfare work, speakers stress the had to restrict the size of school sites and centre. At the western end are changing urgent need of providing more schools this school will serve as a very good exam- rooms, toilets, caretaker's quarters and and other educational institutes in order ple of how to make the maximum use of store-rooms. The Ground Floor itself com- to catch up with the serious shortage of the minimum area on which a 24-classroom prises the main entrance, two wings of educational facilities, and to maintain a school can be built. The chief feature is classrooms and the central administration degree of literacy in the Colony of which the economy of space effected by its being block. The main entrance is from Farm can be proud and to which goal we built over a covered playground and by Road at the north-western end of the are making very gratifying progress
having a roof playground in addition. school. There is a comparatively spacious entrance hall (34' x 30') which leads to The school will be U-shaped and has
the headmasters" rooms and offices. At been designed so that the classrooms form each end of the centra! administration the two wings. A central block of ad- block, the "school" wings run east and ministration rooms, changing rooms and west each containing classrooms. The toilets forms the base of the "U". The classrooms are the same size throughout two classroom wings run from east to west the school i.e. 24′ x 23′, each accommodat so that the light will come in from the ing 45 pupils. The school will therefore Because of the shortage of primary north. Each wing stands over a covered be able to accommodate 2,160 pupils in
and places, Government is now building 24- playground
comprises three storeys two sessions. classroom primary schools and the Mission each with four classrooms. Thus there is a
At the western end of the south wing Road Government Primary School is one total of 12 classrooms in each wing giving of three 24-classroom Government primary an overall total of 24 for the school. Since on each floor is a special room (31′ x 25') schools at present under construction. Two the school is going to operate in two which is in addition to the classrooms. On of these schools are in Kowloon and one sessions. the administration rooms on the the ground floor this special room is the is on the island. The Mission Road Gov- ground floor have been duplicated as far General Purpose Room, which will be used ernment Primary School is one of the two as possible. There are two separate rooms for Art and Music during the day and for Kowloon schools,
for the Headmasters arranged on either Adult Education in the evening. side of a central office. Each Headmas- three classrooms of the south wing next The title "Mission Road" is not strictly ter's office has an adjoining store-room. to the General Purpose room will also be correct since the site is just off Mission Similarly, there are two large staffrooms used for Adult Education and for that Road and is actually on Farm Road. that the teachers for each session can reason they are to have folding partitions which runs between Mission Road and Ma have their Own
These partitions can room. The two schools instead of walls. Tau Wei Road. The site is a good one should therefore be able to operate com- be folded back to make one large hall from a school point of view in that it is pletely independently of each other. for lectures, concerts, and film shows in the evening. The classrooms are placed far enough away from the main roads to be free from the noise of traffic and yet The school will consist of three floors next to the General Purpose Room SO is sufficiently near the bus route to allow over a covered playground. The Lower that the piano, gramophone and radio
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