Under Roof Ratio Explained

A serious error is a roof outlet vent net free area that exceeds the air inlets at lower roof edges or eaves.

Under roof ratio explained.

When calculating the ratios some services like to implement something called under the roof ratio. It s a hot topic that divides educators. For those of you who haven t heard the term before under the roof is the term some services use to justify not having a certain number of staff directly with the children. It will not work if rooms are completely separate or closed off from each other because adequate supervision still needs to be maintained by the educator counted against both age ranges.

Under the roof the ratio works well in a whole group setting or when services are open between all rooms or when children are all grouped together. The ratio of soffit intake to roof outlet should be at least 2 1 to avoid unnecessary these heat losses from the building. So the number of educators required is calculated based. When applied correctly under the roof ratios facilitate learning opportunities that would otherwise not be possible including those that take place during family grouping mixed age grouping open indoor outdoor grouping and flexible grouping which occurs when children are offered the freedom to roam between rooms at their leisure.