Parents and guardians are asked to support the end of year program.
From Monday, 19 December to Wednesday 21 December all Year 7 and Year 8 students will be involved in predominantly a school based program. The program is aimed at extending the learning that has taken place in 2011 and which will continue into 2012. There are no additional costs to parents for this program.
Students in 7K were able to visit the NGV after a class member wins an art competition. This lead to a workshop provding them with the inspiration and skills to produce some creative art. This will be on display at the exhibition and can be seen here.
Building Report - 5 December 2011
We had hoped that Stage 1 works would have been complete by this time, however not to be. Handover is not far off although we will not be fully operational in the new building until the start of the new school year.
The general office, canteen, careers and first aid will take up residency before the end of year. Food technology, drama and the performance centre will come on line for the start of term 1, 2012.
The new facilities are taking shape with the exterior works basically complete. Carpenters, joiners, plasterers, painters, electricians, plumbers, carpet layers, glaziers are working hard to complete the building as quickly as possible.
The change over to the new switchboard will occur on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of December. This will mean that part of the school will not have power and data for part of the weekend. Move information will be in the Community Newsletter.
The purchase of seating and ancillary equipment for the Performance Space still has to occur. The school is asking members of our community to become a shareholder in our co-operative. This action will allow the co-operative to take out a loan to purchase this equipment that is not provided as part of the building budget.
Stage 2 works will commence in January 2012. The builder will take over a large part of the central courtyard. The first part will be demolition works and then setting out for the concrete slab. Student safety is paramount. We have been in discussions with the builder to ensure that a safe environment is always maintained. Temporary fencing will be erected around the building area and along the driveway coming in from Ely Street.
Access through the central courtyards near the canteen and science courtyards will be reduced. This has been done to ensure that student and staff safety is not compromised.
The builder will soon be providing an updated construction schedule for Stage 2. Information will be update as we receive it.
While stage 1 works has taken a bit longer to complete than initially planned, we will soon have some excellent facilities for our community.
Do see the updated photo gallery on the school web page.
Bruce Martyn
