Building for the future
Construction of a new K to 6 junior school, will accelerate the school鈥檚 capacity to deliver next generation education at the heart of its strategic plan.
The project also includes an outdoor junior assembly area, that will also serve as a sports grandstand and amenities, plus conversion of existing K to 2 rooms for senior use.
Next generation teaching and learning
At the core of the junior school architectural design are three buildings, one each for Years K to 2, 3 to 4 and 5 to 6, with flexible learning spaces flowing into seven neighbourhoods - one for each year level - with a seamless transition onto landscaped gardens and terraces. Friendships can flourish in separate, secure and age appropriate outdoor play zones for each stage.
Headmaster Bill Low said that the new K to 6 facility, which will be ready for the start of the 2021 school year, will revolutionise teaching and learning.
鈥淒uring the last four years we鈥檝e transformed our learning culture and implemented Harvard Education鈥檚 Teaching for Understanding Framework, but it鈥檚 challenging to deliver student centred, innovative and collaborative learning in buildings dating from the foundation of the school in 1985.
Student centred learning environment
鈥淩evolutionising learning has driven every design decision for this new facility, resulting in a learning environment centred on students rather than classrooms. Adaptable furniture and learning spaces will give teachers the flexibility to facilitate individual focus, group projects and grade workshops according to different learning intentions and learning styles.
鈥淓ach of the facility鈥檚 thirty light filled learning spaces will be fitted with cutting edge technological enhancements to individualise learning and connect students in exciting and absorbing real world scenarios,鈥 said Mr Low.
All students will benefit when existing K to 2 facilities are rapidly redeveloped to create equally exciting senior learning spaces, fundamentally realigning the geography of the campus.
The school has a strong history of developing state of the art facilities that accelerate programs from Kindergarten to Year 12.
State of the art facilities across whole school
In 2018 senior students benefited from the $2 million redevelopment of the History and English block, a blueprint for the whole school rollout of innovative learning environments. The re-fitting of current K to 2 facilities will further enhance senior provision.
Other developments in the last ten years have included the construction of a dedicated dance studio in 2019, an award winning $10 million Performing Arts Centre in 2014, the redevelopment of the Science centre in 2012, a library in 2010 and a floodlit synthetic sports field in 2008.
