Congo lines, cartwheels as Primary Pavilion opened

(posted 26.02.10)

To strains of Celebration and I Like to Move It, Matthew Flinders Anglican College’s youngest students celebrated the unofficial opening of the new Primary Pavilion.

Representatives from the Student Staff Council were given the honour of cutting the tape, allowing 500 primary students to stream onto the undercover area for the “Special Kids Opening” on Wednesday, February 24.

Matthew Flinders Anglican College was successful in gaining a $3 million grant under the Federal Government’s Primary Schools for the 21st Century component of the “Building the Education Revolution” (BER) Stimulus Program.

These funds saw construction throughout 2009 of the Multi-Purpose Hall/Sports Area built over the existing Primary School Netball/Basketball Courts; and the building of additional Music, Curriculum Support and Junior Primary classrooms.

The Primary Music Department has been extended with extra practice rooms, offices, and another classroom, which has bi-fold doors opening out onto the covered space, allowing this room to be used as a stage for functions including the Flinders Fair.

Two more Junior Primary classrooms and a purpose-built Curriculum Support Centre have also been constructed.

Architect Paul Braithwaite, of Sprout Architects, builder Dan Quinn, of Murphy Builders, project manager Ken Sutherland, Head of Primary Bruce Winther and HPE Coordinator Linda Donald were given a loud round of applause from the students for all their hard work towards the project.

After a countdown from 10, the tape surrounding the Primary Pavilion was cut and students from Prep to Year 6 and their teachers joined together to dance, cartwheel and even form congo lines to celebrate the opening of their new undercover area.

Flinders’ next building project is the Performance Centre, a world-class auditorium seating up to 1000.

The centre will be an extension of the existing Music and Drama facilities, providing a convenient location linking both the Primary and Secondary schools. 

Construction starts this month and is due for completion in mid-2011.  

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