Welcome upgrades at Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, ACT

Isabella Plains Early Childhood School is the first government school in Canberra to complete their Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) project under the Building the Education Revolution (BER).

The school received $250,000 in funding under the P21 element of BER to refurbish their existing assembly hall.

“Isabella Plains is one of four ACT schools that is implementing a new model of early childhood education and care; providing learning and development programs within a fully integrated service,” said Principal Ms Liz Wallace.

“We provide services for children aged birth to eight years and their families.”

“The school has been a very busy place during our establishment year. Receiving the funds and support to refurbish our assembly hall and insert a brand new shade structure has been extremely valuable,” explained Ms Wallace.

“Now it is complete the hall looks great; the children, staff and community members are able to take advantage of the facility in a range of new ways including fundamental motor skill programs, games, for our Artist in Residence program and as a dining hall.”

“The hall is now much more user friendly to our young clientele. Community groups who hire the hall are also thrilled with the enhancements made,” said Ms Wallace.

As part of the refurbishment, the school has also updated the audio visual equipment and capabilities as well as storage capacity. These enhancements will be put to great use for school performances and assemblies.

As part of the National School Pride element of BER, Isabella Plains also received $50,000 for a new shade structure.

“The shade structure that we received under BER has been important not only in providing additional shaded areas for playing and learning, but for introducing students to the Sun Smart message,” said Ms Wallace.

The work undertaken at the school has involved a number of local tradespeople, including apprentices.

Builder GE Shaw and Associates welcomed the project, and employed four to five workers per day for the duration of construction.  

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