Principal Bernadette Newlands said the board of trustees recently put the Ministry of Education-funded project out for tender, and it was hoped the work would begin in August.
"We’re very excited because the senior school was refurbished in 2015 and they’ve had really lovely learning facilities, and the junior block people have been waiting expectantly to get a similar well-refurbished learning environment.
"So it’s going to be great to have an equally good environment for them."
She said the junior pupils would not be able to use their classroom spaces while the work was being done.
Instead, they would work in the school’s very large library.
The three-classroom junior block would receive replacement floor coverings, new wall linings, new LED lighting, opening of the walls between teaching spaces, a new roof, asbestos removal, new wet area teaching spaces, a new bag storage area, new sound reducing linings to the walls, new double-glazed windows, a fire alarm and emergency lighting upgrade, and replacement roofs for the swimming pool and playcentre.
"Our dream would be that it’s all ready to go at the start of 2022."
She said it was a busy time for the school because it was also one of 90 schools nationwide, due to have their old coal boilers replaced next year.
