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School buildings:

So, imagine a hillside. And scatter a few gum trees across it.

Now, build some buildings. All single-storey – maybe three or four classrooms in a single building. Scatter the buildings kind of randomly across the hillside.

It's occasionally going to rain hard enough to soak everyone. So, you need covered walkways between the buildings. Just covered with tin roofing over the footpath – no walls.

At least one of the buildings should be inexplicably inaccessible by covered walkways. Getting to this one will require holding your school books over your head and sprinting through the rain.

Most of the hillside is still open grass. Turn some of it into a basketball court, put in some kind of playground, and then put seats EVERYWHERE. (Lunch is eaten outside, on people's laps, so seating is crucial. Half the students will still eat sitting on the ground.)

If you're building a high school, lockers will be installed under the eaves of the buildings. (Primary schools don't have these.)

Add plenty of signage and small foliage, and you're done!