Schools funded for range of projects to aid students
Students at St Francis Catholic School in Ayr will benefit from a Local Schools Community Fund grant to purchase robotics gear. St Francis is one of 14 schools in my electorate to get a funding boost under this new program.
I WAS happy to announce today that students at 14 schools in my electorate are set to benefit from projects funded through the Morrison Liberal National Government’s new Local Schools Community Fund program.
There were some very grateful recipients, who will now go on to provide a range of facilities and services for their students.
I look forward to meeting with the schools individually next year to congratulate them in person and check on their progress in delivering everything from new cricket nets and refurbished libraries through to play areas and cooling fans.
This is an additional investment on top of the Coalition Government’s record funding of $310 billion for schools.
The recipients are:
MACKAY REGION
StJoseph’s Catholic Primary School – $20,000 – Bring Back the ShadeProject (Replacement of shade lost during Cyclone Debbie and updated equipmentfor the Years 3-6 playground)
MackayDistrict Special School – $20,000 – Early Years Playground Upgrade(removal, disposal and replacement of degraded soft fall which is creatinghealth concerns)
MackayNorthern Beaches High School – $20,000 – It Takes a Village to raise aChild Project (to provide more hours of counselling and youth mental healthsupport for the school’s 1050 students)
SeaforthState School – $15,000 – Installation of computer and IT facilities(to increase ICT literacy and participation in STEM and programming technology)
BeaconsfieldState School – $12,000 – Enhancing Student Sporting Opportunities(Installation of a cricket pitch for school use and inter-school opportunities)
PindiPindi State School – $10,500 – Library Refurbishment(shelving, furniture and books to benefit students, staff and students who are64km away from the nearest library)
NorthviewState School – $8,045 – (Standing Frame for a student with cerebralpalsy and vision impairment for greater participation and more socialinclusion, benefitting not only the individual but wider school community)
WHITSUNDAY REGION
CannonvaleState School – $18,140 – Instrumental Music Strings Program (topurchase instruments, storage, sheet music etc to add a strings section to themusic program)
ProserpineState High School – $20,000 – Cricket nets (to replace the cricketpractice nets that are no longer safe for students and community use)
BOWEN REGION
GumluState School – $20,000 – Digital Revolution project (installation ofcomputer and ICT facilities and equipment to increase digital knowledge forthis small isolated school)
QueensBeach State School – $3,195 – Contribution to the installationof computer and ICT facilities and equipment
BURDEKIN REGION
Home Hill State High School – $10,000 – Dig Inn Project to deliver an agricultural plot on their school grounds
St Francis Catholic Primary School – $3,120 – Coding EV3 Robotics Project (a study resource for digital systems and engineering principles
TOWNSVILLE REGION
Oonoonba State School – $20,000 – Being Cool Project (for purchase of two large industrial fans for multipurpose hall)