Scaffolding is removed from the front of the Remarkables
Primary School. Photo by Emily Adamson.
One month on from the opening of the $17.3 million
Remarkables Primary School, more than 60 children are being
educated by the foundation staff of 13, and construction
continues on schedule.
The first four "learning spaces" within the first "learning
pod", called Fauna/Ahuwhenua, were launched at a public
ceremony on February 4.
A June date is anticipated for staged completion of the
primary school, and the final opening is set for term three,
which starts on July 19.
Chairman Roy Thompson said the establishment board of
trustees was very pleased with construction progress.
"The roof is being finished to create an additional play
area.
"The amphitheatre is under construction and the cedar
cladding and formal entranceway on the roof is coming along."
Eight additional learning spaces within learning pods
Earth/Whenua and Water/Wai, built on top of each other in a
two-storey block, would be ready at the start of term two, on
April 19.
Teaching and administration staff would move from their
temporary base in the stand-alone early childhood centre to
either one of the pods and the other would be opened for
teaching.
Frankton Playcentre would move into the early childhood
centre from its leased premises on Gray St over the two-week
school holidays in April, playcentre president Andi Smillie
said.
The two-storey block containing learning pods Minerals/Pohatu
and Sky/Irirangi, plus the administration block, which would
contain the hall, library, staff room and multipurpose room,
were set for completion in term 3, in September.
Queenstown project manager Josie Cederman, of Coffey
Projects, said accessible decked areas on top of the
administration block would extend to parts of the two-storey
pods.
The school's main entrance would be on the same level as Lake
Ave and stairs and a lift would lead to the two floors below.
Ms Cederman said the central courtyard was partially
finished.
A pair of multisport courts would be completed in term three
and access to the staff car park on the northern end of the
site was still to formed.
"It's been going very well and a good team and good
relationships have been created," Ms Cederman said.
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