Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to congratulate our 13 local schools who received funding under the Local Schools Community Fund. The successful schools in this round of funding are: Aitken Hill Primary School, to build a landscaped sandpit; Campbellfield Heights Primary School, to purchase classroom iPads; Gladstone Park Secondary College, to install air-conditioning in the gym; the Holy Child Primary School in Dallas, to complete a master plan; Hume Central Secondary College, to install air-conditioning at two of its campuses; Jacana School For Autism, to purchase STEM teaching resources; Meadows Primary School, to build a sensory garden; Newbury Primary School, for a refugee student learning enrichment program; Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School in Craigieburn, for a junior playground; Our Lady's Catholic Primary School in Craigieburn, to help refurbish an old tram as an additional learning and student welfare space; Penola Catholic College in Broadmeadows, to purchase outdoor furniture for student use; Tullamarine Primary School, to install shade sails over the playground; and Westmeadows Primary School, to purchase musical instruments for the Drumbeat Program. All these schools are deserving of the funding they have received. We received a large number of applications, and I want to thank the local committee that was formed, which in the end had to make decisions based largely on need; we prioritised the neediest schools. I congratulate them and I look forward to visiting their programs.