Deputy Prime Minister visits new facilities at Bellaire Primary School in Highton, Victoria

Friday, 19 February 2010

The Hon Julia Gillard MP, this week visited Bellaire Primary School in Highton, Victoria to see the progress of the school's Building the Education Revolution (BER) projects.

Under BER, Bellaire Primary School received $200,000 National School Pride (NSP) funding for minor refurbishments, and $3 million under Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) for a new learning centre.

The Deputy Prime Minister was joined by Member for Corangamite, Darren Cheeseman, and Member for Corio, Richard Marles for a Question and Answer session with Bellaire’s senior students before inspecting the building site and the plans for the new learning centre.

Bellaire Primary School's new learning centre will provide additional facilities to the school and wider community.

Bellaire Primary School is one of 2,280 schools in Victoria to receive over $3.8 billion in funding under the BER program.

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