Bolinda Primary School received a splash of colour over the September school holidays to continue its post COVID-19 makeover.
School staff were joined with about 20 Bunnings workers to paint the cubbyhouse, fences and the shed, which now stands as a mini version of the Bolinda Hall.
For the school with just 47 students, principal Jordan Chamerski said Bunnings lending a hand for this community project makes a big difference to the school.
“The main goal was to give the school a bit more colour and life and make it an inviting place for the kids to come to,” he said.
“For our community it shows that we’re putting effort and time and energy to show pride in our school, we want the kids to build that pride as well.”
Mr Chamerski said a Bunnings community liaison officer offered to help the school with different projects after they had a BBQ to raise money for its swimming program.
He said the splash of colour has helped to revamp the area, which also includes a new edible indigenous veggie garden.
“We received an about $1000 grant this year to design an indigenous garden, which was transformed [from] overgrown grass… into an area with planter boxes and herbs.
“The idea is that the kids can go in and have a bit of a tastester [and] there’s a mud kitchen as well for the kids [to play with].
“A big focus of our school was to get the grounds up to the standard before COVID-19. There’s no way we could have done any of this work without Bunnings.”
Zoe Moffatt
