Benefits of School Lockers – Teaching Independence in Education
These days, more than ever, the benefits of school lockers are an essential part of school life, and can help teach many personal lessons to students, young or old. If your recollection of student lockers are of free-standing, tatty, cheap lockers, with bent hinges and missing doors, then you are not alone. Thankfully, these days there are quality designers, manufacturers and installers of durable school lockers out there who can add value to the school in more ways than one.
Lockers are a lesson in themselves, and are a valuable asset when bringing children up from infancy, right through to adolescence. Students learn independence, self-esteem, communication skills, responsibility, health & safety, the value of money and personal possessions, organisational skills, and a sense of pride.
What Are the Benefits of School Lockers Re. Life Skills?
One of the main reasons for education is to equip pupils/students with the skills to prepare them for life in the adult world. “Isn’t that the parent’s job?” some may ask. The answer is “Yes.” However, whilst in school or an educational setting, teachers and headteachers are acting in ‘loco parentis.’ This means they have a legal responsibility to temporarily assume the role of the parents, and are trusted with teaching their children, caring for them and keeping them safe from harm.
When a child is given access to school lockers for personal use, you may be forgiven for thinking that they are simply for coats. School lockers can be made in various forms, and at Crown Sports Lockers we also produce various types of lockers, such as classroom lockers, gym lockers (& gym changing rooms – along with integral benches,) cloakroom lockers or staffroom lockers.
Lessons by Wooden School Lockers
This is the first lesson in school lockers… the following lessons will be submitted in a series of articles.
Lesson 1: Classroom Lockers, Cloakroom Lockers & Corridor Lockers
Lesson 1 covers independence and responsibility. For the youngest of pupils, low level lockers for primary schools are a fantastic way of teaching them how to fetch resources without help from an adult, retrieving items from open lockers within the classroom. They then learn how to be responsible for these resources, to look after them and return them independently, once they have finished using them. A simple task you may think, but a 5-year-old learning to hang their coats and gym bags in cloakroom lockers is also a learning experience.
For older students, they learn how to be responsible for following their timetable, for looking after their textbooks/exercise books/belongings etc., and independently ensuring that they have the correct resources for the corresponding lessons when required. They may also have house keys or mobile phones/tablets to be responsible for, which can be safely locked away for the day.
Contact Us
Despite our name, we have been producing wooden lockers for over 30 years, and using our experience and wide knowledge base, we cover many more sectors than simply sports. If you are interested in school lockers for your independent school or college, Crown Sports Lockers design, manufacture and install a full range of quality wooden lockers, such as classroom lockers; cloakroom/corridor lockers; gym changing rooms; primary school lockers; secondary school lockers and college/university lockers, in addition to staffroom lockers and office lockers for the adults.
Call us on 01803 555885 to discuss your school lockers project, or complete the contact form on our website.
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