NEWMAN Senior Technical College celebrated the completion of their new buildings and additions with a special opening ceremony on June 27.
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The $3.3 million project was jointly funded by the Australian Government under the Capital Grants Program and The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Lismore.
The Coalition Government provided $1,575,739 in funding from the Capital Grants Program, which provides funding for non-government schools to improve capital infrastructure where they otherwise may not have access to sufficient capital resources.
Nationals Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker MP officially opened the new facility on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham. He said the whole school community would benefit from the new facilities.
Kyle Maslen is a year 12 hospitality student at the college who will benefit greatly from the new state-of-the-art facilities.
“I think it’s fantastic. It’s a great change and I’m learning a lot of new skills because of it,” he said.
“It boosts our learning experience and it’s a big bonus. All of the new technology benefits us and gives us the skills that we need for the future.
“It also teaches us the business side of things so that one day I could open my own restaurant if I wanted to.”
Thee new buildings and extensions provides new facilities to meet the increasing student and subsequent staff numbers.
Additional facilities include more general learning areas, an increased staff room, counselling, and canteen spaces.
The most significant area of expansion is a contemporary training café named The Food Project and an additional cutting edge, commercial kitchen.
Principal of Newman, Steve Pares, said the key was to make it an environment where they bring the real world into the classroom.
“In the commercial restaurant and café we have it functioning as a business,” he said. “We’re delivering our curriculum differently. Instead of having formalised and structured classes they are put on shifts, if you like, which is a different but positive way to learn.”
Mr Pares said is was significant that the ceremony united the different stakeholders in the project to celebrate their efforts.
Matt Attard
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