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Your Flexible Setting needs, our expertise!

Your Flexible Setting needs, our expertise!

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A Flexible Setting is:

Ergonomic Varied and adapted products, favouring a good posture, whether working on the ground, standing or sitting.

It is our pleasure to present you this informative guide on Flexible Setting. Inside you will find plenty of pertinent information according to your needs, whether it’s for flexible, semi-flexible or traditional settings. From page 12 onwards, you will find various products from our collection that are sure to meet the basic needs of your flexible setting projects.

Multipurpose Shelves that delimit

areas and allow storage, tables and mobile desks favouring various groupings: individual work, two-by-two, in teams.

Active Movement and learning make a great pair !

Healthy Natural light, ventilation and adequate temperature are essential !

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+ Counter a sedentary lifestyle by moving from one place to another in the classroom.

Flexible Setting is much more than a different way of arranging furniture, it is a real pedagogical approach.

+ Prolong concentration with position changes from time to time

If the spaces must be ergonomic and functional, the objective is to promote active learning, autonomy, collaboration and meet the needs of both children and the teacher. Interested in Flexible Setting? This informative document gives you some basic principles. More and more studies mention the benefits of a layout that allows students to move and vary their working positions. In addition to having physical benefits, such as counteracting a sedentary lifestyle, improving tone and posture, there is greater student involvement, development of self-regulation, independence and prolonged concentration. No matter the location, whether it is in class, day care, library, day camp or at home, children, teens and adults reap the same benefits.

+ Develop autonomy by choices as to the work to be done and where to do it.

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How to choose the proper seats as well as the tables and desks

A few specifications

Tables and Desks Clearance: For seated work, the table should provide about 20 cm of clearance. This is the space between the top of the thigh and the underside of the table. • Some chairs have a flexible backrest allowing movement, while providing good back support. • The balls should be periodically inflated, and varying inflation provides various seat heights. • The child must use seats to support his back, especially the lower back. • Bistro height stools, often used at standing desks, should have a footrest bar. • Chairs provide four different seating positions: Oriented towards the front or the back, or seated on the left or right side, preventing twisting of the torso.

Ergonomics being primordial, the choice of seats for a class is always a major challenge. In flexible setting, the diversity of the types of seats further complicates the task! See below for basic information that applies, no matter the type of seat as well as specifications for each. Seated position  No matter the type of seat, an ergonomic seated position requires the feet to be flat on the ground and that the knees be bent at 90˚. The seat height corresponds to the height from the floor to the crook of the knee. The following table is based on recommendations from various sources and constitutes a reliable guide. However, measuring the child ensures the best possible adjustment.

Hint from B 2 Whether working sitting on the floor, a chair, a stool or standing, the work surface must always be at elbow height.

45 cm

40 cm

35 cm

30 cm

The following table constitutes a good guide.

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5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13+

Age

Seat height

30 cm 35 cm 40 cm 45 cm 50 cm 55 cm 60 cm 65 cm

Height of the underside of the table

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Preliminary questions for Flexible Setting projects

Tables and Desks

Storage needs

• Cabinets to separate the work areas

Fixed or on casters

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

You would like to transform your classroom? The following steps will help you prepare for the change.

According to the designation of the zones/areas?

For standing work Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Be informed and Plan More than just a way to arrange furniture, Flexible Setting is a genuine pedagogical approach. In fact, it requires a review of the way you teach as well as class management. The following questions allow you to think about the transformation in a concrete way.

For seated work

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Number of zones/ areas and designation

For standing or seated work

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

For work on the floor

Zone/area 1

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Zones-Areas

Dimensions of the classroom

Zone/area 2

Standing work

Seats

Shape

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Zone/area 3

Work on the floor with low table Yes No

Ball chairs

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Zone/area 4

Specifications

Nbr. students ——

Balls

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

• Storage for the group

Seated work without a teacher Yes No

Nbr. students ——

Standard chairs

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

For what type of material

Main designation of the room

Teaching/Work with a teacher Yes No

Stools (seated)

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

• Storage for each student

Nbr. students ——

Stools (standing) Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

For what type of material

Other uses

Reading

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Rocking stools

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Age/Level of users

Rest/Relaxation

Floor seats

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Delimitation of floor zones

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Bean bags

Yes

No

Nbr. students ——

Profile of students/group

Gathering/Group activity Yes

Carpet

Yes

No

Dimensions of the zone ——

No

Nbr. students ——

Other(s)

Foam squares Yes

Special needs students

Other(s)

No

Dimensions of the zone ——

Other(s)

Number of students seated at the same time

Is there an Interactive White Board?

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Activity and Material Zones

Planning grid

1 sq. ft. =

After determining what you want, you have to think of the material you will need. A first step is to make an inventory of what you already have and how it will fit in your "new" space, then to supplement according to the designation of each zone, and the needs of the group. Finally, the grid on the next page allows you to draw a model.

Zone 1

Zone 2

Designation

Designation

Material

Material

Zone 3

Zone 4

Designation

Designation

Material

Material

Complementary material

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We are pleased to present a variety of products from our flexible setting collection. They have been chosen with care from our extensive range, and meet the basic needs of your flexible setting projects.

Rave Rockers Seat height of 30.5 cm 2036929 $154.95 Seat height of 35.5 cm 2036937 $154.95 Seat height of 40.6 cm 2036945 $154.95 Seat height of 45.7 cm 2036952 $154.95

Seating for children and adults

Suspended Rave Chairs Seat height of 30.5 cm 2039378 $89.95 Seat height of 35.5 cm 2039386 $89.95 Seat height of 40.6 cm 2039394 $104.95 Seat height of 45.7 cm 2039402 $104.95

ErgoErgo Stools KidsErgo - 38.1 cm high x ø 35.5 cm Blue 2045961 $96.95 ErgoErgo - 50.8 cm high x ø 40.6 cm Blue 2045979 $129.95 ExtraErgo - 50.8 cm height x ø 48.2 cm Black 2046241 $179.95

Rocking Stools 31 cm 2009199

Scooter Stool 2340784

Modern Ball Chair Small - Child size 2101335 Large - Adult size 2101343

$64.95

Ergonomic adjustable height Stool 2045581 $114.95

$317.95

37 cm 2009207 45 cm 2009215 53 cm 2096642

$149.95

$69.95

$199.95

$73.95

Swivel Tractor Seat Stools Grey 2039188

$77.95

$99.95

Blue 2039170 Black 2039196 Red 2039204

$99.95

$99.95

Sit'N Gym Ball 45 cm 2101442

$99.95

$29.95

55 cm 2101459 65 cm 2088524

$35.95

$43.95

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Variable height tables

Floor seating

Flip Top Tables Maple top and edge band Adjustable height 56 to 76 cm 2037018 $789.95 76 to 107 cm sit-stand 2037034 $842.95 Marker Board White dry-erase top and navy edge band 56 to 76 cm 2037042 $819.95 Marker Board White dry-erase top and navy edge band 76 to 107 cm sit-stand 2037059 $873.95

Collaborative Bowtie Tables Grey top, grey borders 2062446 $359.95 Maple top, grey borders 2016855 $353.95

Pear Bean Bag 5046552

$141.95

Folding Floor Chairs 2014629 $44.95

Cocoon Cushion Seat 5044045 $89.95

Monoblock Comfort Chair 2071645

$143.95

Collaborative Hub Table Gray top, grey borders 2062438 $455.95 Maple top, grey borders 2016863 $447.95

Ray-L Chair - Blue 2001634

$39.95

Scoop Rockers Set of 6 2034825

Replacement cover for Ray-L chair 2111094 $24.95

$59.95

Fatboy Junior 127 x 101 cm 2015022

U shaped Marker board table 92 x 183 cm 2037075 $539.95

Single unit 2039311

$12.95

$199.95

Others

The Surf Portable Workstation Blue 2017051

$34.95

Black 2017069

$34.95

Movin' Sit - Junior 2031060

$32.95

AlphaBetter ® Adjustable-Height Stand-Up Desk 71.1 x 50.8 cm working surface 2017218 $399.95 91.4 x 60.9 cm working surface 2017226 $469.95

Disc 'O' Sit Junior 5000021

Bentwood Lap Desk 2014546

$31.95

$79.95

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