Facilities
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Outdoor Play
The school has two distinct adventure playgrounds. The oval play equipment incorporates parallel slides, a climbing net, a rock wall as well as climbing bars and a bridge. Shade sails were installed over this playground at the start of 2018. A smaller adventure playground in front of our hall has balance equipment, monkey bars, bridge and a fire pole and is more suited to our younger students or those wanting a quieter play space. Imaginative play in this area can also take place in our accessible cubby house/shop fronts. This area is shaded naturally by established trees and also contains accessible musical instruments and a low basketball hoop. Our oval area has goalposts for soccer, rugby and football and sits adjacent to full size basketball and netball courts. Overlooking the oval is a deck area with plenty of seating and is shaded by newly installed shade sails. Passive spaces We recently added a huge sandpit to our central play area. Our old sandpit could only be used when the long jumpers weren't practising! The students love digging and building in the new sandpit during recess and lunchtime. A shade sail was placed over the sandpit in 2018. 2020 saw the opening of our new Inclusive Sensory Playspace. This new area includes tactile trails, quiet seating areas, edible planting, rubberised ground areas and low play equipment. In 2023 we created a new mud kitchen play area which we have found is not only popular with our younger students! In 2024 we built a new gaga pit where students can play a fast moving game that's a bit like poison ball. Our students also enjoy playing a range of giant yard games at recess and lunchtimes. Chess, Checkers, Snakes & ladders, Connect Four or using the outdoor blackboard are some activities they like to play.
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Classroom Learning: Learning Neighbourhood
2011 saw the opening of our Building the Educational Revolution building and the relocation of classes into its spaces. Its environmentally friendly design sees water reused, heating and cooling optimised and energy efficient lighting installed. Classrooms are all equipped with Interactive Whiteboards, there is a computer hub as well as many energetic learners. The central space is used for collaborative activities and investigations/inquiry learning.
Classroom Learning: Main (Heritage) Building
We are fortunate to have beautiful heritage learning spaces at our school. Our main building corridor houses our Admin Areas as well as a number of classrooms. This building was recently updated to make all of these classrooms into more accessible, well ventilated and light filled learning spaces.
2011 saw the opening of our Building the Educational Revolution building and the relocation of classes into its spaces. Its environmentally friendly design sees water reused, heating and cooling optimised and energy efficient lighting installed. Classrooms are all equipped with Interactive Whiteboards, there is a computer hub as well as many energetic learners. The central space is used for collaborative activities and investigations/inquiry learning.
Classroom Learning: Main (Heritage) Building
We are fortunate to have beautiful heritage learning spaces at our school. Our main building corridor houses our Admin Areas as well as a number of classrooms. This building was recently updated to make all of these classrooms into more accessible, well ventilated and light filled learning spaces.
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Classroom Learning - Specialist Spaces
Three of our specialist areas (Music, Art and Italian) have their own dedicated spaces in our Specialist Building. Other specialist areas in our school are the Library and the Hall (for Physical Education). |
Multi-purpose Gymnasium
The gymnasium, referred to as the 'The Hall', is used by a wide range of groups. Containing a full basketball court and extensive sporting equipment The Hall provides the ideal location for class physical education lessons. School concerts, the Year 6 Graduation, weekly assemblies, Footsteps Dance program, Circus Skills sessions and special guest performances also take place in The Hall. During the week it is hired out to a wide range of community users and also utilised as our designated space for our TeamKids Out of School Hours Care program.
The gymnasium, referred to as the 'The Hall', is used by a wide range of groups. Containing a full basketball court and extensive sporting equipment The Hall provides the ideal location for class physical education lessons. School concerts, the Year 6 Graduation, weekly assemblies, Footsteps Dance program, Circus Skills sessions and special guest performances also take place in The Hall. During the week it is hired out to a wide range of community users and also utilised as our designated space for our TeamKids Out of School Hours Care program.
Library
The school library is used weekly by classes and as one of our specialist programs. Students are encouraged to borrow regularly from the extensive collection of children's literature. The library is open regularly during lunchtimes for students.
The school library is used weekly by classes and as one of our specialist programs. Students are encouraged to borrow regularly from the extensive collection of children's literature. The library is open regularly during lunchtimes for students.
Classroom Learning: Makers' Space
As well as mobile technology in classroom areas (iPads and netbooks), students at Pender's Grove enjoy a shared Makers' space where they can explore a range of activities based around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) and where resources such as iPads, netbooks, an interactive whiteboard, green screen (for video production), 3D printer, a wet area and science kits provide a rich opportunity to develop students' STEM skills. This space also allows for a wide range of enhanced teaching and learning experiences as part of our Inquiry & Investigations programs.
As well as mobile technology in classroom areas (iPads and netbooks), students at Pender's Grove enjoy a shared Makers' space where they can explore a range of activities based around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) and where resources such as iPads, netbooks, an interactive whiteboard, green screen (for video production), 3D printer, a wet area and science kits provide a rich opportunity to develop students' STEM skills. This space also allows for a wide range of enhanced teaching and learning experiences as part of our Inquiry & Investigations programs.
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Outdoor Learning: Covered Areas and Gardens
Covered seating areas adjoining the main building and LN building ensure that students are able to eat, play and learn quietly in protected areas. In addition a covered rubber surfaced play area in front of our hall provides an additional safe playground space. These protective spaces complement a range of outdoor playground equipment located at different sites around the school. These areas adjoin a covered amphitheatre space which is used both by students at lunch and recess times as well as by classes an outdoor teaching space or assemblies. |
Aerial View of the School
