The winner of Mandurah Forum’s ‘Growing Together’ initiative was announced on Tuesday, with the winner, Meadow Springs Primary School and Education Support Centre, winning $10,000 towards their obstacle course project.
“We’ve walked away being able to put money towards something we’ve all wanted within our schools… everyone wants the best for their school, and we are so thankful we got this opportunity,” Meadow Springs Primary principal Ashley King said.
“We’re going to have a fitness track around the outside of our school oval, and also include some sensory equipment because we’ve got lost of autistic children, so everyone can participate,” Education Support Centre principal Gwen Evan said.
“We’re a really big school, so we want to have lots of opportunities for kids’ recreation, and to get some exercise… we’ve got over 800 students at the school, so it’s really important we have lots of places for kids to play.”
The project will be managed by the Meadow Springs P&C.
The ‘Growing Together’ initiative encouraged the Mandurah community to place the ping-pong ball they received when shopping at the Forum in one of the four donation boxes located outside the Bank of Queensland branch in the centre, each box representing a local primary school.
Local MP David Templeman presented the cheques, won by measuring the number of ping-pong balls a school had collected.
Second place winner was Greenfields Primary School, who received $2000 towards their new nature playground.
Runners-up received $1000 each, which went to Mandurah Primary School, to help with their students’ veggie garden, and Living Waters Lutheran College, to help create a nature playground for their kindergarten students.