The Challenge
Soft Egg recently carried out a school hall project with a 112 pupil primary school in Surrey. When the Headteacher approached us, they had traditionally been using their hall for daily assemblies and infrequent PE lessons, and felt that they could make better use of the hall. They wanted to use our experience of hall installations and ‘refreshes’ to come up with some ideas on how they could achieve this. In comparison to the rest of the school, the technology and equipment in the hall was extremely dated and they felt this restricted the possibilities for new experiences, school productions and opportunities to get all stakeholders more involved.

As each school hall is different, we consulted all staff and governors, gathering ideas about possible uses and preferences, gaining an invaluable understanding of what we needed to achieve. Following these meetings and a site survey, designs and costs were generated to match the schools vision and importantly, their budget.

The Solution
After reviewing different options and designs we provided, our experienced installation team went about transferring the hall from a largely unused space to a modern up to date environment with the latest audio visual technology. We provided a large electronic screen along with a neat, ceiling fixed projector capable of creating a clear image in the large, light space and visible from the back of the hall. To compliment this, we installed a multimedia audio system that incorporated a range of multimedia devices and had room for the school to expand their capabilities. 

The Results
Everybody involved with the school are absolutely delighted with the results! The area is now a real ‘centre piece’ of the school, with constant activity throughout the day. Teachers are able to deliver more creative, visual assemblies straight from their laptops that keep the pupils attention and which they find easy to set up and control.
Another dramatic change has been the ability to put on school productions that create a real enthusiasm among the pupils who are all eager to get involved and a much improved experience for the audience. The hall can still be used for sports, with the new equipment safe and secure and the electric screen protected when not in use.

This investment has created other opportunities for the hall and include plans to hire out the space some evenings, weekends and holidays to local social groups and companies, bringing in much needed extra funds.

Ultimately, the project has created endless possibilities for the school and due to the excellent relationship built up with Soft Egg, we are now working on numerous other projects including an ICT suite refurbishment and projector/whiteboard refreshes.