East Gippsland Specialist School will build a new playground for its students, receiving $200,000 from the Inclusive Schools Fund.

Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, congratulated the school and visited the site of the soon-to-be-built facility today.

"The school will replace its current playground with a much more advanced facility, which will include a pod swing, small trampolines, a water play area and a sandpit and a climbing frame as well as a grassed, so it is more inclusive of all students,” he said.

"I fully congratulate the school for planning this and writing up a successful grant application.

“It really is fantastic news for the entire school community,” Mr Bull said.

EGSS principal, Barb Olsen, said: “It’s a very exciting opportunity for the school to provide appropriate facilities to meet the needs of a wide range of students at our school.”

“It will provide an environment to teach explicit language around play that can be transferrable into other environments, such as the All Abilities Playground.

“It will also provide a rich environment to engage our special needs playgroup children,” she said.

Caption: Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, with East Gippsland Specialist School's Carolyn Taylor, who submitted the grant application, and principal, Barb Olsen, looking over the plans for the new playground.

Thursday, March 16, 2017