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Coal Point Primary School Naturespace & Community Hub

Locality: Coal Point

Address: 166 Coal Point Road 2283 Coal Point, NSW, Australia

Website: https://mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au/project?projectId=cjy158ipc1h400781u8hbf28c

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25.01.2022 We Need Your Opinions - Construction is underway! Please help us prioritise the types of elements for the activity zones in our grant project by filling in this 2 min survey. What would your kids like to play on/around?https://forms.gle/k7MVaKRXrf1fkBUM8 We'll be reviewing responses at the end of next week. Thanks for your input!... The Environment Team

21.01.2022 Progress photos ... Synergy Trails is doing a great job. A reminder to fill out our 2min online survey this week. What play elements do you think the kids would like to play on the most? https://forms.gle/XCgz8Ca2sgLUeqAz7

13.01.2022 Update on the Coal Point Public School - Naturespace and Community Hub project We're in the exciting phase of developing a design for the Coal Point Public School - Naturespace and Community Hub. A concept plan with an education trail and play zones has been shared with the teachers and we received useful and positive feedback. The Naturespace and Community Hub will be built around the edge of top field in an area that currently gets little use. Once the project is completed ...we expect that it will get lots of use, and so it has been necessary to assess the risk posed by the trees currently growing in the area. An arborist has completed this assessment. During the last school holidays we marked the proposed route for the education trail with pink paint and flags and a specialist trail builder measured and recorded the alignment of the trail. His team are now preparing scoping documents and costing for the trail. We'll keep you posted with more updates. Soon we'll be looking for specialist skills to support the project. Watch this space! Please help to connect us with resources when we put out the call :) Thanks for your support. The Naturespace team

13.01.2022 What a great way to get to school!

12.01.2022 It takes a good crew to make a good education track. Some photos of the trackwork starting for the Naturespace and Community Hub Grant project at Coal Point Primary School (proudly funded by the NSW State Government). There will be 4-6 crew members from Synergy Trails on site for a number of weeks busily working on the first half of our grant project.

09.01.2022 We're excited to announce that the Naturespace and Community Hub Grant project (proudly funded by the NSW State Government) has started construction this week on the eastern boundary of the school (above top field). We will be complying with Work, Health & Safety requirements but please be aware that there will be a construction crew and equipment moving around this top part of the school and be extra careful when picking up kids and/or walking across the track to the ridge. Also, look out for a survey that will be available soon to help guide choices for natureplay elements to be installed as part of the project. More info to come.

08.01.2022 Coal Point Public School - Naturespace and Community Hub project - about to start construction: The education trail that forms almost half of our Naturespace and Community Hub project at Coal Point Public School will soon be under construction. It is proudly funded by the NSW State Government. The trail will be built around the periphery of the top field at the school. Our successful contractor is an expert in track design and construction and we're excited to have them start... on site in the next couple of weeks. To date, the trees in the area (including on adjacent Council properties) have been assessed by an arborist and pruned as needed to provide a safe environment for users of the trail. Be aware that access to the school from the Coal Point Ridge Track may be limited at times of construction. Please help the project by following signage and/or instructions of the contractor if passing through on your walk/run/ride. The Naturespace component of the project adjacent to Rofe Street is still in the final stages of design. Jamie Russell from Metiri Consultants in Toronto is providing civil engineering services. His team has kindly provided more services than their contract states in support of this local community project. We're hoping we can move quickly to have this second stage of the project in construction in the next couple of months, to meet the timing requirements of the grant. Part of finalising the Naturespace design will be choosing play elements to be incorporated into the activity zones we're creating. We're hoping to involve the kids through their classes. Covid restrictions have limited our community outreach but there may also be opportunity for community feedback and participation in planting activities. Please stay tuned and send us a message if you're interested in being involved. The Naturespace Team :)