Point Clare Public School will be undergoing renovations from September this year that will continue for roughly a year.
Acting school Principal, Ms Jane Young said: “It’s a progressive refurbishment. “We have 12 demountable classrooms and when it’s done, we’ll have no demountable buildings and a new library,” Ms Young said. “We will build a new administration block, 10 new learning spaces, a library and the current library will be turned into two classrooms.”
Ms Young said the two main aims of the renovations were to have no demountable classrooms, to give an increased playground space to the students and a new multilevel building. The before and after school care students and staff members will also receive a new space as well as a new office space.
“We’re going to have much more modern classrooms that will accommodate indoor and outdoor learning,” Ms Young explained. “They’ll be beautiful.” As well as undergoing renovations, Point Clare Public School staff will also have their teaching techniques adapted to the new style.
“The teaching style will be state of the art, there will be collaborative learning as well as critical and creative thinking skills.” “We’re hoping to be the best school on the Coast,” Ms Young said. “The renovations are government funded and have been quoted at costing around $9 million, “it’ll be fantastic, we’ve spent about a year with the architects.”
To ensure that students’ space and lunch breaks are not disrupted by the renovation, kindergarten to year two students have a separate lunch and recess time to years three to six. Ms Young said: “Our school is running as usual because we’ve spent so much time planning.
“As different stages of the building are completed, we’ll move straight into the new buildings.”
Interview, 22 Jul 2015
Jane Young, Point Clare
Public School
Newsletter, 15 Jul 2015
Jane Young, Point Clare
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