New lease of life for Huntingdale Primary School, Western Australia
Friday, 16 October 2009
Year 7 Head Girl Tiffany Sullivan,
and Pre-primary student Hannah Belton,
in the playground that will be refurbished,
in front of the freshly painted Pre-primary block
The repainting and minor refurbishments works at Huntingdale Primary School in Western Australia is near complete as part of the National School Pride (NSP) Program under the Building the Education Revolution (BER).
Huntingdale Primary School received $200,000 in funding under the NSP Program for painting, repair works to rusted gutters and dented downpipes, and the resurfacing of external areas.
For the first time since the school was built 30 years ago, sections of the Primary School have been repainted, and Principal Mr Edd Black is delighted with the results.
“As the school term begins I can stand in the playground and look at the school, painted and attractive for children and families to walk into, for the first time in the ten years I have been principal at Huntingdale,” said Mr Black.
Huntingdale’s pre-primary school children will now be getting a sandpit shelter without a termite-eaten wooden frame, and synthetic turf around the play area. Staff will enjoy a revitalised entrance area to their staff room, instead of stained cement and a leaky patio.
The school also received funding under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century Program (P21) to construct a new classroom block, and a covered assembly area with multipurpose rooms. Works are due to commence this month.
The P21 funding allows the school’s temporary transportable classrooms – that have been on site for 21 years – to be removed, giving Year Seven students proper classrooms.
The covered assembly area will replace a large, flat, grey metal roof with no sides, allowing the school’s 800 students to gather during winter.
“Huntingdale would never have been lifted to this new standard without the BER funds,” said Mr Black.
“Parents who were once students of Huntingdale themselves can’t believe the difference, especially the removal of those orange, yellow and green colours of the late seventies into fresh new colours,” Mr Black explained.
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