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Facilities and Services

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St Helens City Learning Centres offer a range of quality facilities and services and our centres are fully accessible for disabled visitors.

Our Centres offer outstanding state-of-the-art ICT facilities and are fully equipped with multi-format multimedia computers and a range of peripherals.

The Apple iMacs are cross platform machines which means they can be operated as normal PCs running Windows XP or as Apple machines running Mac OS-X.

We also offer a range of refreshments and buffets/snacks which can be ordered in advance.

Our Facilities

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The CLC is not just for schools and business. Adults and children alike are welcome to use our facilities. Whether you want to catch up on homework or just want to 'surf the net'.

Within each City Learning Centre there are five main rooms available for booking:

Haydock

Learning Zone 1

Suitable for 30 students/delegates and one trainer. This room is a flexible learning space and can be set up in the following ways:

  • 31 PCs
  • interactive SMARTboard
  • data projector

Printing and flip chart also available.

Learning Zone 2

Suitable for 30 students/delegates and one trainer. This room is a flexible learning space and can be set up in the following ways:

  • 31 PCs (or)
  • 31 Apple Macs (or)
  • 16 PCs & 16 Apple Macs
  • interactive SMARTboard
  • data projector

Printing and flip chart also available.

Media Production Zone 1

Hosts the centre's specialist equipment for presentation and multi-media production.

Intimate live performance area. Large 80 seater Presentation Suite which can be flexibly set up to facilitate boardroom, cabaret or theatre style layout incorporating:

  • 6m x 4m screen
  • 2 data projectors
  • OHP
  • Flip charts
  • 5 Interactive wall mounted SMARTboards
  • Video Editing
  • Digital Radio Station
  • Video Production
  • Live television
  • Chroma-key
  • Multi track recording
  • Animation
  • Shadow Puppets

Media Production Zone 2

  • Fully air conditioned
  • 17 Apple Macs
  • Small Flexible area
  • Self contained VC Studio
  • Conference tables seating up to 10 people
  • SMART Board
  • Data projector
  • Flip chart
  • OHP
  • TV, video, DVD facilities

Laptops and ibooks available.

Media Production Zone 3

This room is a fully air conditioned room and houses:

  • 12 dual-boot Apple Mac computers
  • Data projector
  • Musical instruments
  • Fully equipped radio station
  • Seating and working area

Rainhill

Communication Zone 1

Suitable for small groups of up to five students/delegates and one trainer/teacher.

This room boasts a fully equipped radio station.

Communication Zone 2

A fully air conditioned 40 seat conference/lecture facility.

This room boasts a large media wall offering remote control surround sound, PC, DVD and CD facility. Each chair has an optional laptop/notebook table.

Conference tables are also available for use within this room.

Communication Zone 3

Equipped with 'dual-boot' Apple iMacs. Suitable as a small training/teaching room for up to seven students/delegates and one trainer.

This room houses:

  • Seven 'dual-boot' iMacs
  • PC laptop or Apple MacBook For Trainer
  • Widescreen plasma TV with SMART Board Overlay
  • Colour and mono printing facility
  • Video Conferencing facilities

*Video Conferencing facilities are charged separately – please contact the CLC for information.

Learning Zone 1 - Food Technology and Research & Development Zone

This Zone is a 'clean area'. The Zone will accommodate 26 PC’s. This Zone houses a raised demonstration area with a video/projection unit capable of screening demonstrations on the interactive whiteboard located in the room and recording the demonstration for use back in schools or in repeated sessions.

This Zone accommodates:

  • Seven dual-boot Apple iMacs (more laptops available)
  • Dual-boot Apple MacBook For Trainer
  • Data projector
  • Interactive whiteboard
  • Rollo oven
  • Food Sensors
  • Cake Icing Printer
  • Digital Scales
  • Bread Maker
  • Smoothie Makers

Learning Zone 2 - Apple Suite

Suitable for a maximum of 30 students/delegates and one trainer. This room incorporates two flexible meeting/planning tables which can accommodate up to 16 students/delegates incorporating, ipod technology, isight cameras and microphones. The flexibility of this learning space allows it to be set up in the following ways:

  • 17 dual-boot iMacs (one Teacher's Machine) and
  • Up to 8Apple iBooks or
  • Up to 8 PC laptops
  • Colour and mono printing facility
  • Data projector
  • Interactive SMARTboard

Learning Zone 3 - Manufacturing Zone

Suitable for 30 students/delegates and one trainer. This room houses:

  • 13 dual-boot iMacs (one Teacher's machine)
  • PC laptops and Apple MacBooks available for larger groups
  • Large Meeting/Planning Table
  • Production Table
  • Colour and mono printing facility
  • Data projector
  • Interactive whiteboard
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