New library for Bellaire Primary School, Victoria

Friday, 2 October 2009

Bellaire Primary School in Highton, Victoria, has welcomed the start of construction on their new $3 million library and learning neighbourhood as a result of funding under the Building the Education Revolution component of the Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan.

School Principal, Ms Jane Warren, is excited about the new centre and the opportunities it will provide the school in continuing its innovative team teaching and shared learning models.

“Bellaire has been working on the ethos of shared learning communities for a couple of years now and we are very excited by our BER project which will give us a purpose built space to continue the model,” she said.

Year 6 student, Justin, said the team teaching allows him to always get help when he needs it. “All the teachers are there to help everyone,” he said.

The school has welcomed the learning neighbourhood’s template design which uses best practice design principles, open plan learning spaces and a high level of environmentally sustainable design.

“The template building designs have given us exactly what we want from a new facility,” Ms Warren said. “They are flexible and take much of the burden off the school normally caused by contracting a series of our own architects, a timely and costly process.”   

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