Sunnybank Hills State School celebrated the official hand over of their new Building the Education Revolution (BER) funded Performing Arts and eLearning Centre on July 1, developing a creative and innovative space for the school community.
Project managers, Ridgemill Project Management handed over the multi-million-dollar facility to elated school Principal Geoff Mill, who was excited to grow and strengthen the creative arts program at the school.
The Performing Arts and eLearning Centre was funded under the Australian Government’s $16.2 billion Building the Education Revolution (BER) program which is providing contemporary educational facilities to eligible Australian schools as part of a national economic stimulus package.
The Performing Arts and eLearning Centre supports the increased emphasis on physical activity in the school curriculum and the growth of our creative and performing arts program. It also provides an environment for innovative teaching and learning enterprises.
Working collaboratively with the builders, Lightwave and Grindley Construction delivered a centre that exceeded the schools expectations.
The overall design of the centre was to liven up an area that was otherwise lacking activity and connect to the oval beyond. With some bright colours and strong forms the new facility includes a specially designed acoustic ceiling, retractable seating and video stage monitoring in adjoining rooms. Creating a series of active edges that integrate into the adjoining areas the building provides an extension that enhances the existing school facilities while adding to the schools capability of providing state of the art teaching and performance spaces.
Sunnybank Hills State School received $3million under Primary Schools for the 21st century (P21) element of BER for the Performing Arts and elearning Centre. Minor refurbishments at the school were funded through an additional $150,000 under the National School Pride (NSP) element.
The Australian Government has approved nearly 4500 BER projects totalling $2.1 billion in more than 1200 Queensland state schools.
Sunnybank Hills State School has employed a number of local apprentices and tradesmen during the construction of their BER facility. The total training hours achieved for apprentices was 545hours and 1335 training hours for cadetships.
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