School structure on schedule

Scaffolding is removed from the front of the Remarkables Primary School. Photo by Emily Adamson.
Scaffolding is removed from the front of the Remarkables Primary School. Photo by Emily Adamson.
One month on from the opening of the $17.3 million Remarkables Primary School, more than 60 children are being educated by the foundation staff of 13, and construction continues on schedule.

The first four "learning spaces" within the first "learning pod", called Fauna/Ahuwhenua, were launched at a public ceremony on February 4.

A June date is anticipated for staged completion of the primary school, and the final opening is set for term three, which starts on July 19.

Chairman Roy Thompson said the establishment board of trustees was very pleased with construction progress.

"The roof is being finished to create an additional play area.

"The amphitheatre is under construction and the cedar cladding and formal entranceway on the roof is coming along."

Eight additional learning spaces within learning pods Earth/Whenua and Water/Wai, built on top of each other in a two-storey block, would be ready at the start of term two, on April 19.

Teaching and administration staff would move from their temporary base in the stand-alone early childhood centre to either one of the pods and the other would be opened for teaching.

Frankton Playcentre would move into the early childhood centre from its leased premises on Gray St over the two-week school holidays in April, playcentre president Andi Smillie said.

The two-storey block containing learning pods Minerals/Pohatu and Sky/Irirangi, plus the administration block, which would contain the hall, library, staff room and multipurpose room, were set for completion in term 3, in September.

Queenstown project manager Josie Cederman, of Coffey Projects, said accessible decked areas on top of the administration block would extend to parts of the two-storey pods.

The school's main entrance would be on the same level as Lake Ave and stairs and a lift would lead to the two floors below.

Ms Cederman said the central courtyard was partially finished.

A pair of multisport courts would be completed in term three and access to the staff car park on the northern end of the site was still to formed.

"It's been going very well and a good team and good relationships have been created," Ms Cederman said.

 

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