New $1.5 million early intervention centre for northern suburbs school

  • Architecture firm Hodge Collard Preston appointed
  • The centre will provide essential health and wellbeing services to parents and children
  • Construction to start in January 2021
  • The Warwick community is set to benefit from a new $1.5 million early intervention centre at Hawker Park Primary School.

    Architecture firm Hodge Collard Preston has been chosen to design the new facility which will include a psychologist office, general offices, multipurpose rooms, a kitchen, and store rooms for services such as playgroups and child health checks.

    Once up and running, the centre will be open to the local community and offer vital programs and services for families with young children aged from birth to eight years.

    Services include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language specialists plus access to a child health nurse.

    Construction will start in January 2021 and the centre is expected to open to families in October 2021.

    This investment is part of the McGowan Government’s $5.5 billion WA Recovery Plan to modernise Western Australian public schools and will support five jobs.

    As stated by Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery:

    “This brand new early intervention centre will be an incredibly important community asset and a wonderful addition to Hawker Park Primary School.

    “These facilities will provide local families with essential services and help give children the best possible start to their education.”

    As stated by Kingsley MLA Jessica Stojkovski:

    “This project will have enormous benefit providing a hub for the local community around Hawker Park Primary School. Investing in our children from a young age and ensuring their needs are identified and addressed is essential to giving them the best start in life.

    “This project is more than just a building, it is providing the opportunity to bring pre-school aged children and their families into the school community which can help to ease the transition and jitters that some kids, and parents, feel when it is time to start school.

    “As a Mum who utilises my local out of school care program regularly, I know the importance of co-locating these services on school sites. This building was designed with this in mind and will be appreciated by the parents who need to use these services.”

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