Work
Oakfield School
Oakfield is a local school for children with varying special needs. Due to this we had to put a lot of thought into how the site was navigated and presented. Its all coming together great and I am looking forward to the launch to see the reaction of both the students and the parents.
My involvement
I have spent a lot of time planning the site with the teachers at Oakfield and as a result I’ve come up with a great navigation method that uses jQuery, which really gives the user great feedback on where they are in the site and how they got there (via some super cool sliding animations!)
There is to be a students area which contains music and fun stuff, there is also a homework storage area so students that cannot make it to school for whatever reason can still keep up. There is a parents area that will have upcoming diary dates, school information as well as various downloads with OFSTED reports and other handy resources.
In addition to this we are including a private password protected staff area so that the teachers can consolidate their current numerous methods of file distribution and calendar information, that staff can view at any time.
The site will be fully content managed using ExpressionEngine giving the teachers a fool proof method of adding or updating content.
