Students and teachers at St Justin’s Catholic Primary School in Oran Park now have access to new learning facilities following the opening of high quality amenities.
Officially opened by the Federal Member for Macarthur, Russell Matheson, last Friday, the new facilities include a school administration block, library learning centre, staff room, canteen, car park, sports storage area and general and specialist learning areas for students with disability.
The work cost $7.8 million provided by the Australian Government under its Capital Grants Program (CGP).
“I am very pleased to visit St Justin’s Catholic Primary and see first hand the new facilities that students and the whole community will no doubt benefit from using,” Mr Matheson said at the official opening.
“These new learning spaces take into account the latest education research and will see students learn more effectively.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]“This CGP project represents the government’s commitment to give all Australian school communities the necessary infrastructure to support positive educational outcomes and to equip students to meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive world.”[/social_quote]
The minister for education and training, Senator Simon Birmingham, said the Australian Government was investing a record $69.5 billion – or an extra $4.1 billion – to support government, independent and Catholic schools over the four years of 2014-2018.
“As well as delivering increased funding, the Australian Government is strengthening the requirements for teacher literacy and numeracy, and requiring primary school teachers to have specialist skills in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM) or languages,” Senator Birmingham said.
“While buildings alone do not make a school great, I hope students and staff will enjoy learning and be inspired by these new facilities.”
Jeff Pollard (President, P&F Assoc); John Milgate (Principal); Peter Turner, Rev Bishop Peter Ingham, Russell Matheson; Father David Catterall (Parish Priest, St. Mary MacKillop Parish Oran Park).
