St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School took over the existing Bannockburn Primary School at the end of the 2017 school year.
In early January 2018, all of the portable classrooms were removed and the area they occupied made good for the children. The remaining brick buildings received a 1-million-dollar makeover including new paintwork, carpet, light fittings, pinup material etc. New furniture was provided for the children and staff.
The school entry in High St also received a makeover along with the school grounds.
In 2019-20 a further building project demolished the old toilet block and built two new toilet blocks and developed an award-winning plays pace with sandpits, climbing equipment, tepees and hard surfaces etc.
In 2021, a new Administration area and STEM Centre were built. The original School house built over 130 years ago was renovated to become a staff lounge and planning space.
A new entrance was created in Milton St. The old administration area was redeveloped into classroom spaces and further landscape works were undertaken.
2022 saw the development of the children’s play areas including new adventure playground, hard court surfaces and work around the oval space to enhance the play spaces for all children.
At the beginning of Term 2, 2024 we took over the new Senior school building. This new double story learning facility has been constructed for our Year 4 – 6. The entire area was also landscaped to match the rest of the school and the asphalt area was turned into a plexipaved basketball court and play area.
This leaves just one more stage in finalising the creation of our learning spaces for all children.
We will hopefully be adding another 4 classrooms to this building in the near future to complete the 12 learning spaces that are required for the Year 3 – 6 to call this building home.
View the Building Concepts and School Masterplan below.
School Master Plan
The latest incarnation of our Masterplan shows much of the work that has been undertaken since our original Masterplan in 2018. The next and final stage of our Masterplan will be to complete the double story building with the four remaining classrooms.
