Murray Bridge South Primary School receives $1.1 million in funding

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Murray Bridge South Primary School has been named as one of 18 recipients of funding from a state Schools Upgrade Fund.

The school will receive up to $1.1 million for upgrades to the toilet block and new coverings over all three of its playground structures.

Principal Michelle Shepherd said the school wanted to provide safer outdoor learning spaces that aligned with sun smart polices.

The school will be given a project manager over the next couple of weeks to help with further planning.

The current toilet block hasn’t had a proper upgrade since the school was first established.

“They are the only girls’ toilets accessible to students throughout the day, otherwise the only other ones are up at the office or down at the gym,” Ms Shepherd said.

“By the end of this year things will have really started to move along quite quickly, if not already well on the way to starting.

“It opens up opportunities weather-wise: if it is that drizzly kind of weather it creates more undercover spaces where students can play and it also incorporates the element of being sun smart, especially when students are out there for two 30-minute blocks.

“These were the two key upgrades needed, so we are ever so grateful that we’ve received the funding; it means not only so much to us as a site but also to the students as well.

“It shows the students that we care enough to make these changes and of course the parents are happy too.”

The Schools Upgrade Fund will deliver an estimated $17 million in infrastructure projects at South Australian public schools.

Eighteen public schools with the greatest need have been prioritised, including schools with high numbers of students from a low-socio economic background, First Nations students, and students with disability.

South school was the only one in the Murraylands to receive funding.