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This book is a work in progress, just like the new 

classroom is.

Photos of us - coming soon.

We would like to introduce you to 

Blair, he is one of the builders 

that is building the new 

classroom.

He answers our questions and 

tells us all about what he is doing.

Blair is wearing his tool belt which 

carries the tools he needs to do 

his job, and he has work boots on 

to protect his feet just in case he 

stands on a nail or drops 

something on his foot.

The digger needs to dig up the big rocks off the grass and 

into the big hole so the rocks can reach the top of the 

bricks.   We were surprised to see a lady controlling the 

digger.   We think this is cool!

The man is using a digger to fill the big hole with stones 

because it will need to be a flat ground to put the 

concrete on.   The machine sits on caterpillar tracks 

because they make it stable.   We think part of the 

digger looks like a huge dinosaur claw, clawing at the 

stones.

Here is another digger, but this one has wheels instead of 

caterpillar tracks.   It is getting the stones and spreading 

them around to fill the gaps in so the concrete will be 

strong.   The digger is called a Bobcat.

The builder is using the compactor to compact the 

gravel so when they put the concrete on it the 

concrete doesn't go straight through any gaps.

We think he is making a hole to put a pipe in and he is 

wearing a helmet so nothing hard can hit him.   He is 

wearing earmuffs because they protect his ears from 

loud noises.

A worker is using a tool to cut wood into different 

lengths to make the structure.

The area is ready to put 

the concrete on.

The concrete 

truck has 

brought in the 

wet cement. 

If the barrel doesn't 

keep spinning around 

the cement will turn 

into concrete and it 

will set hard. 

The cement is being pumped 

along the pipe that is attached 

to the very long arm of this 

truck. We think the arm looks 

like a leg from a 'daddy long 

legs' spider. 

There is a yellow 

machine to tell you 

if the ground is 

level or not.   Look 

into the screen to 

see.   We asked 

Dave, one of the 

other builders and 

he told us it is 

called a dumpy.

In the background you can see a man guiding a machine 

that puts cement on the ground in the grid.

They are putting the concrete in one part of the 

area and the rest of the area is covered with steel 

reinforcing sheets to make the concrete stronger.

Watch out! The cement is wet.   Try not to get stuck. 

This man is smoothing out the cement with a special 

tool called a pole float, before the cement dries and 

goes hard.  

We don't want a bumpy floor in our new classroom.

The concrete is set and hard.   The builders 

can work on top of it now.   They are getting 

ready to build the framing for the walls and 

the roof of the classroom.

The builders have put the framing for the walls 

together.   It will hold the walls up and also the roof.

The builders did not make the framing at school.  

It was made at a factory and the builders had to 

put it together like a jigsaw puzzle.

These are nails.   The 

nails go inside a nail gun.

A nail gun is like a gun 

and the nails are like the 

bullets.

Using a nail gun is easier 

than using a hammer to 

bang the nails.   We think 

using a nail gun would be 

fun.

The steel beams have gone up.   They have holes in 

them so the builders can bolt pieces of wood into 

them.   We think that the builders are brave 

because they have to work up high.

Blair has bolted wood to the blue steel beams so 

he can join the roof framing to them.   We think 

this is a hard job to do.

The classroom is ready to attach the roof and the 

outside walls because the framing is already 

finished.

The roofing material is ready and waiting to be put 

up on the classroom.

The builders used building paper to stick onto 

the framing for the walls so no water can leak 

into the new class.

Now the new classroom is ready to   have it's 

windows and outside cladding put on it.

They are almost finished the new classroom.   The 

windows are in and the outside cladding is on.   Now 

the builders will be working inside, getting it ready 

for the new children.