Browns Bay School

Property Changes

31 January, 2012

As you may have noticed, the holiday break has been a time of considerable activity around the school site.

Office/Admin block: This new building has been built by the Ministry of Education to replace the previous office/admin which was found to be part of the ‘leaky building syndrome’. Whilst we had hoped that this would be completed and fully operational before school started for the 2012 year, this has not been the case and there are a number of finishing touches still being completed. This will provide some minor disruption over the next few weeks and we hope you will bear with us during this time and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Site works: The site of the previous office building is being reinstated. Concrete is being laid today to part of the area and the remainder will be filled and grassed over the next few weeks. We have plans to develop this area for students as funds permit and not just leave it as an empty space.
Relocatable classrooms: We were provided with two temporary relocatable classrooms (Rooms 26/27) whilst the new office block was being built. These were removed for placement in another school in the past two weeks. Unfortunately in doing so the surface of our main field has been damaged and we are hoping this will rectified this week.
Senior Playground: Friends of the School (FOTS) were successful with grant applications over the holiday break to add to the significant funds they had already raised. They are now able to proceed with this new structure which will be erected near Room 23 and should be in place later in February. This will be an exciting addition to the school environment.