Sunshine Heights Primary School
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (11:24): With the new school year well and truly upon us it has been great to be getting out and about visiting local schools right across the Laverton electorate. This morning I want to give a special shout-out to an incredible school in Sunshine West: Sunshine Heights Primary School. This is one of the many schools that I have been able to visit as the member for Laverton, and I have to say I was so impressed when I went to visit the school to check out their new playground. This is an incredible new playground made without any plastic, made possible by a $200,000 grant from our government’s Inclusive Schools Fund. That grant also helped build such a beautiful sensory garden, fully comprised of native plants and trees. When I had a good look around and I asked students what they liked most about their playground, they could barely choose just one thing. There are little cubbies that kids are playing in. There is some climbing apparatus. I think what the kids loved most, because they were pretty disappointed that there was no water when they were pumping the hose, was a dry creek riverbed that they loved walking around in, and I have no doubt that there will be some water on these warmer occasions. I want to give a big shout-out to principal David Cocks, an incredible, dedicated principal and educator who cares so much about the local school community. I cannot wait to go back to the school and spend a lot more time there.