Site Tour 14: Northern Fringe 2
On this tour you will visit three sites that showcase new initiatives searing growing outer metro communities for ages 4 to 24.

The new school design combines world-class education and community inclusion, providing education and care from Birth the Year 12. The school is designed to accommodate 1500 students, 100 special school students and a 75 place children’s centre with many school spaces available for community use outside of school hours. The new school provides pre-school and long day care, OSHC, an inclusive and accessible hub, VET kitchen and cafeteria, 300 seat performing arts centre and expansive outdoor facilities including courts, gymnasium, dual purpose soccer and hockey fields and full size AFL oval.

As part of thorough consultative process for St Brigid’s Catholic School’s Masterplan, the two innovative Learning Pods for the year 5 & 6 students have replaced existing tightly arranged transportable GLAs to improve the school’s external environments with improved connectivity to existing green and hard play spaces.

These innovative Learning Pods provide a variety of sub-divided internal spaces that are student-centred, resource rich and purposeful, that include Shared Learning Neighbourhoods, Imagination Makerspaces, Presentation and Critic corners, with added Media, SOLE and Sensory Pods that all help to provide the continuous opportunity for these students to achieve their preferred educational outcomes.

The use of multiple perimeter outdoor covered canopies and decks ensure that learning anywhere and everywhere is at the heart of these environments and to be available in all-weather conditions. This includes a better connection to new natural environments, ecological and kitchen gardens that surround these Learning Pods. 

Compass Catholic Community is a learning community for young people aged 17-24, seeking to re-engage with their education. We offer a co-constructed curriculum, with SACE, VET and Key Capabilities outcomes, achieved through students engaging in projects, rather than subjects. We are a fee free school, with a free breakfast every morning in our Kitchen Hub, and free child minding in our Early Years Hub for the kiddos of our students. We believe in working side by side with young people as they journey towards living lives that are meaningful to them.