Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It was my pleasure in April to officially open the Glen Huon Primary School’s multipurpose hall as part of the Rudd government’s Building the Education Revolution program. The Glen Huon Primary School received $75,000 under the National School Pride Program and $850,000 under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century program. I would like to read to the House the statement that the students gave to me on the day and that they have asked me to pass on:

On behalf of the students of Glen Huon Primary I would like to thank the Federal Government for giving us the BER & Pride in our School money. This has enabled us to build this new hall, a canteen and to re surface our oval.

The new hall has given students a place to go to during wet weather lunch and recess, and we have been able to play table tennis in here at lunchtime.

Now on a wet day our PE lessons can still go ahead.

We have a proper space for our school assemblies, with a stage and audio gear.

We have used the hall as a large Art space, a place for a drama and after school some one is hiring it to run African drumming workshops.

We now have a proper canteen, better cooking facilities, a proper place to serve food and a space where groups of lucky kids will be going to have cooking lessons.

None of these things were possible before.

The school has also managed to resurface our oval, and soon we will be able to play soccer and other games there. With our money we have also bought to 2 interactive whiteboards, got a set of Glen Huon sports tops, and done lots of repairs around the school.

All the students are very grateful, and love the ‘new look school’ we have..

Thank you very much.