We need this space to help keep our children safe, happy and enjoying quiet outdoor play.
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New school passive play area and community space
Community meeting space and mindful area for the students.
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Suggested by: Victoria
Project partner: Port Melbourne Primary School
Region
Inner Metro
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This new outdoor landscaped area will be the heart of the school: the main entry; a community meeting space and a mindfulness area for students to use. In a recent well-being survey, students identified the need for a play area to be set aside for passive activities, away from the ball games and active play areas of the school. Our new passive play and community space will serve as a quiet place to relax and sort out problems, chat to friends, meet new people and become an additional outside classroom and a special project area for our students and community.
Our school was originally built for three hundred students and now we have close to eight hundred and fifty students and many new portable classrooms. This limits places to sit and be calm without the danger of being hit by a ball. We will work as a team with our wonderfully diverse students and local people to build a passive play space for the school and outside of school hours for the community to come and meet at the school. This space will incorporate our diverse culture, local history and native flora and become the heart of our community.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Victoria
Project partner: Port Melbourne Primary School
Region
Inner Metro
Budget
Votes
551 votes received
Spread the word
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As the number of students has increased so dramatically, so the outdoor area has contracted proportionally. A small quiet space would be a wonderful addition to a school heroically trying to cope.
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Important area for a large school pupil wise but with a small actual space
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A well designed outdoor space will make the over crowded school feel so much more spacious. Definitely needed for this growing area.
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This is a really worthwhile project
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This is so needed for this school and community.
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This funding would really help future proof and beautify our school grounds so that every child has a place to play and form friendships.
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PMPS is in dire need of a new passive play space for the children. The rapid rise in enrolments, has taken its toll on the outdoor environment of the school.
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Rebecca Fermanov
15 Aug 2018
Such an awesome idea as the mother of children who attend Port Melbourne Primary I just know this space will be very appreciated