Western Australia
The Early Learning Centre (ELC) at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS) is the first of two new buildings to be delivered in phase one of Hames Sharley’s master plan, increasing the School’s capacity to accommodate new students as they collocate their Beechboro campus with their existing Mirrabooka Campus.
Conceptually, the design echoes the School’s pedagogy to provide a state-of-the-art learning environment beyond its internal walls, setting a precedent for lifelong learning from the very first moment a child attends the School.
The two-storey building utilises the challenging topography of the site to place the learning and play areas level with the main school campus, while inserting a maintenance and storage undercroft below. A nature-based playground capitalises on the sunlit northern aspect of the site, while the interior of each building has a strong connection to the surrounding landscape, creating vibrant spaces that keep young minds engaged and inquisitive.
Hames Sharley has done an amazing job bringing the indoor and outdoor learning environments together seamlessly. We now have an ELC that empowers our team to use the environment as a third teacher, with multisensory opportunities for our students each day using a design that aligns with our pedagogy that encourages children to develop their curiosity.
Our teachers feel a sense of happiness and belonging as soon as they enter the grounds, where they have the ability to use the environment “inside and out” to enhance their teaching and learning programs positively. It’s an incredible space for us.
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Flyt, Traffic Engineer
Forth, Structural and Civil Engineer
Gabriel Hearne Farrel, Acoustic Engineer
Rider Levett Bucknall, Quantity Surveyor
RMS Surveys, Surveyor
Xero Fire, Fire Engineer
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