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Creativity shines for show Kids from the Pakenham Library’s STEAM Club have been creating amazing farm dioramas, helping to grow their understanding of the importance of agriculture. The dioramas will then be entered into the Parklea Pakenham Show, with prizes awarded for the Most Popular Voted Exhibit and a Randomly Drawn Public Vote. Story page 4
Mohammad was delighted with his diorama work. 392529 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
New school work Low Dose CT, Digital X-ray, Comprehensive Ultrasound, Dental X-ray, Dexa or Bone Densitometry, Echocardiogram
The school will be situated in the vicinity of Kenneth and Thewlis Roads, within the still-developing residential estates north of the Princes Highway.
Once open, the school will be able to enrol 525 students. It will come with a full sporting field and hard courts. Beyond its first day, it will also have a community hub on site to cater for the neighbourhood in more ways than just education.
A school principal will be appointed in Term 2 2024, while an official name is expected to be finalised by Term 3 2024. Trucks, materials and excavators are already on site, beginning the preliminary works in the build that will see the school open for Term 1 2025.
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Work on Pakenham’s next primary school scheduled to open in 2025 - has begun. The new school, with the interim-name Pakenham North West Primary School, was revealed last year in the State Government’s 2023
budget, sharing in $573 million of funding to construct and open nine new schools in 2025.
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By Corey Everitt