STUDENTS and staff at St Martins Lutheran College now have full use of six new general learning areas and an art room, which was officially opened on Friday.
Member for Barker Tony Pasin officially opened the new facility on behalf of Education and Training Minister Simon Birmingham.
“It was great to visit St Martins Lutheran College and see the new facilities firsthand and the impact they will have on students’ learning potential,” Mr Pasin said.
The Turnbull Government delivered $960,560 in funding from the Commonwealth Capital Grants Program.
St Martins Lutheran College interim principal Robyn Teakle said students and the whole school community would benefit from the new facilities.
“These new learning spaces take into account the latest in educational research and will see students learn more effectively,” Ms Teakle said.
“This is part of our commitment to ensuring students have the support they need to succeed in the classroom.”
Education and Training Minister Simon Birmingham said in addition to funding for projects like the new general learning areas and art room, the Turnbull Government was also delivering a new funding system to ensure every student had the resources they need.
“We are overhauling Australia’s schools funding system and boosting investment to St Martins Lutheran College from around $9210 per student this year to about $13,567 over the next decade,” Mr Birmingham said.
Mr Birmingham said these changes will ensure students with the greatest needs benefit from the greatest level of resources.
“We know that funding and buildings alone do not make a great school, so we have asked a panel of education experts led by David Gonski to recommend how schools can best use the extra resources we’re delivering to boost student outcomes,” he said.
“Families and teachers can see exactly what our $25.3b funding boost means for their local schools by visiting our funding estimator at www.education.gov.au/qualityschools and they can learn more about our reforms.”
