Primary school building marks first step in Australian Christian College Southlands’ 20-year vision

Australian Christian College Southlands is preparing to break ground on a new primary school building, marking the first step in a 20-year plan to grow the Brewster Road campus. Work on the building, which will feature 10 modern classrooms, an undercover exercise area, and student amenities, is set to start early next year on the school’s 10-acre property. The new building will mark the start of an exciting chapter for the school as it begins to implement a 20-year master plan. As part of the vision, the school aims to construct another secondary school building, a sports stadium and a performing arts centre. Since Australian Christian College took over the campus in 2006, it has grown to more than 600 students, split between on-campus and online distance education from pre-primary to Year 12. More than 300 students across the country take part in online distance education through the school. Principal Malcolm Bromhead said as they added new buildings to the campus, the school would grow to one class per year group. He said the new addition would allow the “space and right ambience” for learning. “We couldn’t be more thrilled with gaining approval to construct our newest building development and welcome more students to our ever-growing campus,” Mr Bromhead said. “The new building’s design includes a central atrium to provide a collaborative and innovative space for students, staff and the parent community to gather and connect. “Plus, the large undercroft provides a base for our exciting outdoor education and sports programs. “By having all these extra classrooms, we are going to transform our current classrooms into specialist areas specially for technology and robotics.” Mr Bromhead said the school hoped to have the first building complete within 18 months.