PEREGIAN Springs State School has been handed the keys for the latest addition to their facilities – a two-storey, state-of-the-art indoor sports centre.
The new addition will mean students can play sports year-round as well as function as an events venue with new audio equipment and a drop-down screen installed.
The multi-use facility has an indoor sports space, storerooms, office space, two fully-equipped, air-conditioned classrooms, toilets, showers and a commercial kitchen.
The centre has special rubberised sports flooring, as well as acoustics provided by the attractive timber veneer sound lining.
The space can accommodate a full, international-sized basketball court and also has capabilities to host badminton, netball, volleyball, tennis and soccer, with basketball nets and posts for other sports automatically adjusted for all age groups.
Principal Gwen Sands said she was over the moon to finally have such a fabulous addition to the school.
“This facility will be such an enormous benefit to our fast-growing school which has seen numbers climb from 250 students in 2010 to over 800 students currently,” she said.
“Our students are extremely lucky. The greater community will also benefit hugely from the centre as we will be able to host events and hire out the centre as a top class sporting venue.
“We look forward to welcoming everyone in very soon.”
Her excitement almost matched that of sports teacher Cameron Hutchins who has been anxiously watching the progress of the build for the past few months by construction group Broad.
The centre will be officially unveiled by the school’s P&C committee at a date yet to be announced.
