2018 06 15 (2)

Monty South Sporting Oval

New synthetic turf oval post school renovation required for community.

Project details

Suggested by: Vanessa

Project partner: Montmorency South Primary School

Budget

$188,000.00

Votes

321 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Our school is currently under renovation and to make way for the new buildings we have had our old oval removed. The school renovation budget provided by the Government does not include external spaces. We will have no appropriate outdoor space for the children and the greater community. Prior to the renovations, we were a hub for local community sporting groups and families who taught children to ride bikes, kick footballs and play cricket on our old oval. Our gates are always open to provide free healthy lifestyle space for the greater community to utilise.

The new school oval provides a safe, free space to families and locals. There are fitness clubs, soccer groups, cricket teams and bike riders who all used the old oval as well as it providing a stage for school activities such as Reconciliation week, bush dances, Christmas carols and performances. It is central to the schools philosophy of providing extra-curricular activities during and outside school hours. The oval acts as a central outdoor space that furthers the strong sense of community that is a trademark of Montmorency South Primary School uniting families within the school with the community.

Project details

Suggested by: Vanessa

Project partner: Montmorency South Primary School

Budget

$188,000.00

Votes

321 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Comments

Comments closed

mattandmish73

13 Sep 2018

Great for not only the school children but for local communites to utilse.

Btrisso@hotmail.com

10 Sep 2018

A great addition needed for the whole community of Monty and surrounds

Lyn

31 Aug 2018

Something for the whole community.
With the new building comes the removal of the existing oval to accommodate many portable classrooms.
Once the building is completed these classrooms will be removed and the old Astro turf oval rendered unusable.
To complete the package these wonderful teachers, students and community members will require extra help to pay for the cost of s new playing field.
This fabulous school is most deserving of project funds.

Manelle007

23 Aug 2018

An excellent community resource that was widely used by the local and school community for social events, sporting activities, weekend leisure activities and the like. It has been missed!!!

PickMyProject

22 Aug 2018

This is a great project and the whole community can benefit if we get this all weather out door play space. Thank you.

Xenier

22 Aug 2018

Our kids often used the oval for riding their bikes. A great safe, flat area for children and adults to exercise and ride their bikes

Gadipad

22 Aug 2018

Funding urgently needed to give our community a much needed and greatly missed meeting place.

Tyneedancer

21 Aug 2018

Desperately needed for the burgeoning school. It also provided an excellent meeting place for local bootcamps and fitness classes.

Liz Coffey

21 Aug 2018

Good for walking jogging running exercise safely without walking the streets

dale

21 Aug 2018

My children learned to ride their bikes on the old oval. A great place for them to play.

Nickig

21 Aug 2018

A fabulous space for all both during school and after school hours. Greatly missed by al during current renovations.

revella

21 Aug 2018

We use the oval every weekend to kick the footy, play cricket, ride bikes and meet friends.

JoeyM

21 Aug 2018

so important for the kids to have play space.

NTran

21 Aug 2018

Such an important project for both the school and the wider community.

Beck F

21 Aug 2018

Great initiative benefiting everyone in Monty!

micahib

21 Aug 2018

What a great way to benefit the school and the community.

JanePlunk

21 Aug 2018

Go Monty South!!!

ALB

21 Aug 2018

The Monty South Primary School oval is a fantastic local asset to both the school and surrounding community. It is used for school and community activities. Please support this project.

GeorginaN

21 Aug 2018

The Montmorency South Primary School oval is an important community space and school asset.
Please support the replacement of this valuable piece of local infrastructure.

Igwell

14 Aug 2018

Both my children went to Monty South and I was on the School Council for 7 years. This is a great school run by great people. The only thing letting the school down is the facilities. We got the Hall now we're getting a new building. Once done and to tie everything together a new oval is needed. The school benefits, the community benefits and social groups benefit. This is a mandatory need of the school and should be given the funds to do so.

CATaylor

13 Aug 2018

My grandchildren attend Monty South and the oval has been a great community facility that has Ben used all week and at weekends by local families. The sooner it's replacement is built the better for our community.

Kroberts

13 Aug 2018

This is desperately needed by the primary school. The school is also a community meeting place on the weekend & used by many sports groups. It’s an extremely hilly area and the oval provides a flat area to run & kick a ball etc. This oval would be very appreciated by the 650+ students and the local community.

hqqns

13 Aug 2018

The site has always been prone to become a mud pit hence why the artificial turf was put in, in the first place. Let's do it for the kids and the community.

hayes.merriel.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

13 Aug 2018

The oval at Montmorency South has always been a hive of activity with families and sporting clubs using the space on the weekends and evenings. At present we are going through a rebuilt which has impacted on the space we have available for our students to play. A new artificial turf oval will provide our students and wider community with the space that they have always valued.