Students enjoy new outdoor facilities at St Georges Road Primary School, Victoria

Monday, 2 November 2009

Within days of landscapers finishing the new outdoor amphitheatre at St Georges Road Primary School in Shepparton, Victoria, students were making full use of the new space.

St George’s Road Primary School used funding of $150,000 under the National School Pride Program element of the Building the Education Revolution (BER), to develop the junior playground into an outdoor learning environment by installing tiered seating and sun-shading, extending the veranda and re-asphalting the area.

School Principal, Mr Dougie Souter, said the new play area was as popular with teachers as it was with the students.

“Having an outdoor learning space creates flexibility in the way kids learn. It’s such a benefit to have diverse, engaging environments for learning, such as this,” Mr Souter said.

The school engaged local contractors to undertake the playground redevelopment.

Under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century element of BER, St Georges Road Primary School also received $2.5 million in funding for a new library and learning neighbourhood.

“We are very excited about this new facility because it means we will be able to move out of the outdated portables we currently have at our school and into environments that are well-suited for 21st century learning,” explained Ms Souter.

“Without the BER funding, we would never have been able to achieve anything of this scale.”    

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