St Arnaud Primary School Kindergarten

Location: 8 Dunstan Street St Arnaud 3478

Building Blocks Capacity Grant – Modular Kindergarten

Start
Q3 2024
Planning
Design
Construction
Finish
Q1 2025

The above dates are forecast only and subject to change.

About the project

We worked in partnership with Northern Grampians Shire Council to build a new kindergarten at St Arnaud Primary School.

We helped the council assess several site options before the council selected the primary school site. Having the kindergarten and school together may help local children make a smooth transition into primary school and can also make drop-off time simpler for families.

We built the new kinder using modular construction. The new kindergarten has 2 kindergarten rooms, an outdoor play area and carparking, allowing the service to offer kinder to up to 66 children at a time. It may be able to enrol more local kids by spreading classes throughout the week.

This kinder was previously known by the name of St Arnaud Modular Kindergarten (interim name).

Enrolment

Northern Grampians Shire(opens in a new window) has been appointed to run this kindergarten. Please contact them to enquire about enrolments.

Funding

This project shares in $283 million provided in the 2019–20 State Budget for Three-Year-Old Kindergarten capital funding, delivered over 5 years and was approved in Round 3 of the 2022–23 Building Blocks Capacity Grant stream.

Funding type

Building Blocks Capacity Grant

St Arnaud Primary School Kindergarten – indicative site plan

This image shows the indicative site plan for St Arnaud Primary School Kindergarten.
The plan shows the modular kindergarten building in the middle of the site plan and marked up in purple. It includes:
- 2 playrooms
- a kitchen and office
- 2 toilets (labelled as WC).
The other coloured areas on the site plan are:
- the kindergarten entry and decking marked up in orange
- the kindergarten play space marked up in light green
- the kindergarten sheds marked up in light blue, on either end of the play space
- peripheral landscaping marked up in a darker green
- the bins marked up in grey.
The cark park is above the modular kindergarten building, with an entrance from Dunstan Street at the top of the site plan. A replacement ticket booth is marked up in dark blue and placed outside of the carpark, along Dunstan Street.
The trees that will be retained are marked up as green circles, and the trees that will be removed are marked up as red circles, which are placed where the car park will be.
The new fencing for the kindergarten is indicated by a black thick line, and the existing fencing is indicated by a white thick line.
Other landmarks and roads labelled on the site plan include:
- St Arnaud Primary School in the bottom-left
- the school oval above the primary school, and to the left of the kindergarten
- the Lord Nelson Park & Reserve on the right
- Charlton Road on the far left.
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Building Blocks Planning Grant

About the project

We helped Northern Grampians Shire Council select a site for a new modular kindergarten. A new kinder will help meet growing demand for kindergarten places in St Arnaud.

The council led this project. We helped them to consider all possible locations for the modular kindergarten building.

Funding

In 2024 this project was allocated $148,950 in planning funding.

Funding type

Building Blocks Planning Grant

Updated 10 February 2025