Page 54 - 2021 Virtual Field Day

54 SPECIAL PUBLICATION Thursday March 18, 2021 .
VIRTUAL FIELD DAY

WESTMINSTER is celebrat- a wonderful team and work cutter/printer.
ing its 60th anniversary in closely with all teaching sta "Last year, our year 12
2021, having opened as a to care for boarding students. students achieved an un-
boarding school in 1961. As parents with rural back- paralleled ve SACE (South
Students from regional grounds, they have a terri c Australia Certi cate of Ed-
and rural South Australia, empathy for our boarding ucation) merits in fashion,"
and beyond, have proudly community." Mr Shepherd said.
graduated to make an impact At Westminster, all board- roughout the middle
in their chosen line of work ing students have access to oor, breakout and collabo-
and community. the outstanding academic rative spaces serve engineer- AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: Westminster School's steer program is popular with
e school's boarding program and teaching sta , ing, architecture and digital boarding students.
precinct is established with co-curricular activities, and design learning.
a boys' boarding house, girls' superb facilities in which the e hub's top oor is ded- end, this tri-levelled centre
boarding house and the Luke School is currently making icated to the sciences with will also house the senior
Boylan Centre for the recrea- a substantial investment specialised labs for chem- library, music and drama,
tion of boarding students. through its impressive cam- istry, physics, biology and while dance, already with
e precinct sits in a pus masterplan. psychology. a purpose-built studio, will
leafy, secluded corner of the " e new Inquiry and e Carter wing, adjacent soon feature a second dance
school's 24-hectare campus, Innovation Hub is allow- to the hub, re-opens soon space.
next to the Sturt Grove Farm, ing students to re-imagine with new creative art, digital "Aside from new facilities,
home of agriculture at West- learning by taking creative tech and media studios, as there is much more on o er
minster. thinking and problem solv- well as being home to our to boarding students, includ-
"With our open spaces, ing skills to new heights", Mr outstanding STRETCH team, ing specialised weeknight
Westminster feels more like Shepherd said. helping students of all abili- tutoring, supervised exercise
a country town than a city e ground oor is divid- ties ful l their potential. programs in the pool and
school," principal Simon ed into material solutions In the heart of the sporting BOARDING CAPTAINS: Boys boarding captain Angus Golden Keys Training Cen-
Shepherd said. with its practical workshop precinct, the new omas Ryan and girls boarding captain Ava Corcoran-Cox . tre, and, of course, there is
" e wellbeing of board- facilities, and a large com- Pavilion is the latest show- the social program, whether
ing students underpins mercial kitchen, central to case for sport with its wrap- training. herd said. at school, the local beach-
all programs to build that food technology and hospi- around viewing room and "Development at West- " e campus masterplan es or in the city as popular
all-important 'home away tality programs. grandstands, hall of fame, minster is continuous with now sees the contemporary examples. e active life of
from home'. Director and e Hurd Design Labora- suite of changerooms and buildings or programs as cultural centre underway to a Westminster boarding
head of boys' boarding An- tories, on the middle level, the Golden Keys Training we are always looking to include the new school and student is undoubtedly
drew Junge and head of girls' feature IT labs, fashion and Centre, a state-of-the-art improve the student learn- boarding dining room. rich with purpose and great
boarding Jane Edwards run an industry standard laser gym for individual and group ing experience", Mr Shep- "To be completed by year's friendships."