2023-10-29 14:34:00
Quebec launches Lab-Écoles, schools of the future to which we also give priority at home
By D.SW. In Quebec, they founded the concept of Lab-École whose mission was to bring together multidisciplinary expertise to design the schools of tomorrow.
The Stadacona primary school welcomed its first students in August 2022. It is the first Lab-School to emerge in Quebec in the Vieux-Limoilou district of Montreal, a sector which is experiencing a significant demographic increase, which led to overcrowding in the three surrounding primary schools. It is part of a major project to revitalize this sector of Montreal which has a high deprivation index.
Thriving students
An ultra-modern and comfortable school, skylights which must make the sun explode, unfortunately absent during our visit. Music room worthy of a recording studio, stands near the library, space next to the kitchen for making snacks, outdoor classroom nested within the building, spacious changing rooms, interactive boards in all rooms and a series more traditional services. In short, everything that should lead students to flourish to the fullest. Plus a daycare service that opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 5:45 p.m., more than three hours following the children’s classes end… but which still costs parents 4 Canadian dollars (2.73 euros) per hour.
So this is what the school of the future looks like. Quebecers are currently carrying out a study (Lab-École, lab as laboratory) to see if these pleasant conditions improve student learning.
Schools of excellence
“This is not unknown to us,” comments Minister Désir. “We want to develop schools in line with our desire to develop the common core. Meeting the requirements of the common core and improving energy performance are also two criteria in the calls for projects. Schools with flexible spaces. We minimize the notion of “old-fashioned benches facing teachers”, but we integrate the fact that children must move and work together. Much attention is also given to the insulation of a gym, to the fitting out of a refectory, for example. Combating noise is important, also for the comfort of staff. We cannot have excellent teaching without excellent buildings,” she concludes.
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