Ashburton Courier: June 17, 2021
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Big build project at St Joseph’s<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
St Joseph’s School hasstarted<br />
alongtermbuildingproject<br />
withfour newclassroomsat<br />
thesoutheast cornerofthe<br />
grounds.<br />
The workisthe startofa<br />
longterm plan costingover$1<br />
millionand fundedbythe<br />
Catholic Development Fund;a<br />
cyclic fund administeredby<br />
thechurchtoits schools.<br />
It is also topped up with<br />
state integrated school<br />
infrastructure funding from<br />
government of around<br />
$<strong>17</strong>2,000, which would ensure<br />
the workwas fully finished<br />
withinteriorfittings.<br />
PrincipalCathBlacklow<br />
said thebigger, longtermplan<br />
would seetheremoval of a<br />
section of older classrooms<br />
and autilityblock near the<br />
newbuild, theextensionofthe<br />
existing office block and<br />
staffroomareainto oneofthe<br />
classroomsand wouldallow<br />
otherspaces to berepurposed.<br />
“It’s really great... the<br />
funding streams have<br />
aligned,” shesaid,whichhad<br />
enabledthe worktogetunder<br />
way.<br />
It wasbeingdoneby<br />
Hanham andPhilip<br />
Contractors, of Christchurch,<br />
and was expected to be<br />
finished in time for Term4.<br />
Mrs Blacklow said pupils<br />
would have fournew<br />
classroomsand,asabonus,a<br />
St Joseph’s School principal Cath Blacklow is looking forward to the completion of four new<br />
classrooms, which is part ofalongtermbuilding plan at the school.<br />
newhalfsized basketball<br />
court usingexistingbasketball<br />
hoopsbut with arefurbished<br />
playing surface.<br />
The school has arollof250<br />
pupils, which by theend of the<br />
year wouldlikely sitat265, its<br />
maximum level.But there<br />
werenoplans,orany need,to<br />
buildextraclassrooms, Mrs<br />
Blacklowsaid.<br />
Thenew classrooms were<br />
goingtobemodernplan and<br />
could be usedasstand alone<br />
classroomsoropened up.They<br />
would alsohave kitchen<br />
facilities.The existingstaff<br />
classroom would become an<br />
officeforlearning support coordinatorShereeTait<br />
whowas<br />
basedatthe schoolbut also<br />
worked with pupils at<br />
Wakanuiand <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Christianschools.<br />
There werealsoplansto<br />
build aschoolhall on the<br />
grounds,Mrs Blacklowsaid.<br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
5<br />
Methven<br />
board want<br />
new plan<br />
Methven Community Board<br />
(MCB) members are keen to<br />
see aformal refresh and<br />
update of Methven’s<br />
strategic plan.<br />
The plan provides<br />
Methven with a‘roadmap' for<br />
the community's direction<br />
and development over the<br />
next few years and was last<br />
updated in 2009.<br />
MCB chairman Dan<br />
McLaughlin said there had<br />
been initial update work<br />
done in 2014 and five years<br />
later alocal strategic plan<br />
had been developed.<br />
Much of the 2019 work was<br />
still relevant today, he said.<br />
‘‘We’ve done alot of work<br />
and spent alot of time on this<br />
plan.<br />
‘‘It was forwarded to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> council awhile<br />
ago, but nothing has<br />
happened with it.’’<br />
Speaking at Monday’s MCB<br />
meeting, council community<br />
services manager Steve<br />
Fabish said that with growth<br />
in Methven in recent years it<br />
was agood time to look at<br />
updating the strategic plan.<br />
MCB passed amotion<br />
asking council to look at the<br />
strategic plan update and to<br />
offer feedback on it at the<br />
next community board<br />
meeting.<br />
MASPORT<br />
WINTER<br />
SALE<br />
Clean burning low and ultra<br />
low emission wood burners<br />
R5000<br />
PED PACK<br />
$2699<br />
WAS $3598<br />
RANGITATA<br />
PACK<br />
$2599<br />
WAS $3298<br />
WAIMAKARIRI<br />
PACK<br />
$2599<br />
WAS $3798<br />
*TERMS ANDCONDITIONS APPLY. WHILESTOCKSLAST.<br />
FREE MASPORT<br />
WINTER WARMERS PACK<br />
FREE<br />
WORTH<br />
$199<br />
RAKAIA<br />
PACK<br />
$3299<br />
WAS $4498<br />
Laser Electrical<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
726 East Street<br />
03 308 2106<br />
VISIT OUR LIGHTING SHOWROOM<br />
HOURS: Mon -Fri 8am -5.30pm<br />
RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL | RURAL | LIGHTING | HEATING | 24HOUR MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING<br />
www.laserelectrical.co.nz | 0800 LASER 4U(0800 527 374)
Change language