Facilities Updates

Tree collapse; Sunday, 18 March 

At 4pm Sunday 180318 an incident occurred in our playground.  A 25m high/15 m canopy Blue Gum had uprooted next to the 3b classroom.  No one was harmed and the building was not touched.  Cushman and Wakefield (DET insurer) have been notified.  Note:  an Arborist report has been completed Feb 2018 identifying the age and condition of all the trees surrounding CSPS.  We will continue to work with support services to gain momentum of works requiring urgent need.  Year 1a/1b, 3a/3b have been temporarily moved to another learning space until confirmation of the next stages of tree care/removal (School Council meeting on Wednesday, 21 March and agreed that such arrangements will continue until Friday, 23 March).Any questions, please see Sally Herbert or Monique Corcoran.

New Septic System

After much consultation over many years, the school Septic System is finally being upgraded.  This a massive and extremely expensive undertaking, which financially is being addressed by the Department of Education.  During the upcoming months, there will be disruptions to the oval area of which we will address accordingly.  The current Water Treatment cement structure (between 5/6 classrooms) will be removed.

Student toilets

The upgrade to the Septic system is separate to our continual local focus on the toilet blocks. 

Upon the request from myself, School Council President Jodi Price and Vice President Kylie Murphy, an official hygienist report was conducted earlier in this week.

We have been informed that the student toilets are to be closed until works have been completed.

Temporary toilets (including disabled) have been installed.  This is a positive step towards improving what the CSPS community and School Council has requested for a number of years.

School Council will keep the community informed.

Future 'tradies' in the making

We have been busy commencing works on a cubby house construction in our playground; with the help of students in Year 3 and the Maintenance Man; Brendan Corcoran.  

In consultation with various stakeholders, we hope that such constructions continue, in conjunction with adventure playgrounds and utilisation of our natural environment to support students at CSPS.   Watch this space.