Benefits to Schools

As well as meeting the demand for Catholic education in the area, the overall aim of the project is to replace and/or upgrade existing facilities for each of the schools. This is to provide greater flexibility and improve the functionality of current facilities to support contemporary learning needs, including to:

• rejuvenate and renew educational facilities in the Westmead area
• upgrade and/or replace existing facilities and demountables
• improve functionality and flexibility of facilities to better support contemporary learning practices
• address shortfalls in Catherine McAuley learning spaces
  • permanent learning areas increase by more than 70%
  • specialist learning spaces (e.g. Art, TAS) increase by more than 90%
  • outdoor spaces are consolidated and aggregated and increase by more than 50%
• address shortfalls in Parramatta Marist learning spaces
  • permanent learning areas more conducive to project-based learning
  • specialist learning spaces (e.g. Art, TAS) increase by more than 60%
  • outdoor spaces are consolidated and aggregated and increase by more than 5%
• provide separate and distinctive entrances for the new Mother Teresa Primary, Catherine McAuley Westmead and Parramatta Marist High
• address the current visitor and student interaction and child protection issues
• increase indoor assembly, sporting and multipurpose spaces – dedicated and discrete with capacity to be linked for joint use
• increase outdoor passive and active recreational areas by consolidating disparate spaces to improve supervision and usability