Revealed: Gold Coast’s 18 biggest school projects happening now

Playgrounds, high-tech drone landing pads and a mountain bike “pump” track are just some of the projects on the reno list this summer. SEE THE FULL LIST

SCHOOL holidays may have begun, but that doesn’t mean campuses across the Gold Coast are empty.

Playgrounds, high-tech drone landing pads, a mountain bike “pump” track and airconditioned classrooms are some of the projects on the reno list this summer.

At Upper Coomera College, a new playground is being built for junior students.

The two-month, $120,000 build will open up a previously unused grassy area to include an outdoor performance space, wooden stage, climbing area and elevated outdoor learning space.

“This school has a lot of students, so this allows for performances during lunch breaks,” Head of Junior school Carmel Ord said.

“It is just such a flexible area for all types of learning, and is also a beautiful space for children to interact with each other and nature.”

In 2020 students can also expect some fresh paint and new carpets in the high school area.

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Upper Coomera College junior school has opened a new park area for their students this week. Picture: Jerad Williams

In Ashmore, Trinity Lutheran College will continue its plans to modernise learning spaces across the campus by doing away with traditional, “sedentary”-style classrooms.

Included in the projects are state-of-the-art contemporary classrooms, an 180-seat auditorium with 5mx3.5m HD LED screen for cohort learning and breakout spaces for learning, a social pantry, a Wellbeing Centre, a cafeteria, an innovative hub and technology lab.

“The contemporary learning space prepare our students for jobs that do not yet

exist along with work and life in the 21st century,” principal Dr Tsae Wong said.

Artist impressions of the Trinity Lutheran College - Senior Learning Precinct.

Nearby, Aquinas College will begin the first stage of its multimillion-dollar master plan that includes administration and staff space and classroom airconditioning.

Artist impressions of the administration building as proposed in the Aquinas College Master Plan

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The final touches will be added to a new $8 million, two-storey learning space at Pacific Pines State High School. The works include 12 new classrooms and STEM learning spaces.

An $800,000 upgrade will be completed of the I block at Worongary State School.

Brand new two storey classrooms at Pacific Pines State High School. The new rooms which were finished in the final week of school will be furnished over the school break.

In Pimpama, King’s Christian College expects to complete a two-storey library and office building. The library will be on the ground floor, together with an outdoor study area. The top floor will contain office space for staff.

A new high school classroom building will include dance, drama, science, art and industrial design/technology rooms.

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Artist impressions of the proposed two storey library and office building at King's Christian College Pimpama. Works are set to begin in 2020.

Palm Beach State School students will have a cool start to school thanks to the P&C donation of $30,000 to aircondition all classrooms.

Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) will finish construction on its new science, technology, engineering and maths lab (STEM) for Year 5-12 students.

The lab comes equipped with specialty flying areas and landing pads for drones.

A specialty drone landing pad inside the proposed Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) STEM centre at Coomera.

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St Andrew’s Lutheran College will be making space after demolishing one of the school’s first classrooms, a demountable.

St Andrews Lutheran College at Tallebudgera has dismantled one of its earliest classrooms, a small demountable.

The materials have already arrived at Nerang State High School for a new mountain bike “pump track”. It will be finished for 2020.

Assisi Catholic College in Upper Coomera will complete the refurbishment of its main administration building. The project was quoted to have an approximate budget of up to $20 million.

Dirt has been dropped off at Nerang State High School for the construction of the new mountain bike track.

The Southport School is set to open the 1200 seat multi-purpose ANNAND Theatre ‘rebirth’ in 2020.

Set to be home to 17 students in 2020, Numinbah Valley State School has worked to update gardens, paths and an outside seating area. An extensive variety of colourful line marking across the concrete surfaces around the school including snakes and ladders, activity track, hopscotch, number grid, compass-clock and the school logo will also be added.

The Southport School’s ANNAND Theatre.

The Marymount College planning committee last week met with an architect to finalise the school’s master plan, which could include a new senior school building, canteen and more.

Ashmore State School will refurbish, resurface and paint a number of areas over the break, such as the netball courts and hall and begin the construction of a new building.

Bellevue Park State School will finish refurbishment works in some classrooms and will fully aircondition the Year 3 block over summer, thanks to fundraising work of the P&C which raised $30,000.

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The school has only one block left to aircondition.

A boom gate will be added to the staff car park at Benowa State School to prevent community access during morning and afternoon drop-off.

Teachers at Cedar Creek State School have a new space with the completion of staffroom refurbishments, allowing them to move out of their current demountable.

A long-awaited prep playground replacement fort and a softfall rubber mat will also be added to the Cedar Creek campus.