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20/10/2016
New £11.5m Primary School Opens In East Dunbartonshire
A new £11.5 million primary school has been officially opened in East Dunbartonshire.
Council Leader Rhondda Geekie unveiled the new Lenzie Meadow Primary School and Early Years Centre during a ceremony on Thursday, 13 October.
The project was delivered by Lendlease and hub West Scotland as part of the council's £48m Primary School Improvement Programme (PSIP).
The new school is built on the site of the old Lenzie Moss Primary and is a merger of both Lenzie Moss and Lenzie Primary Schools. Features include classrooms with LCD touchscreens, Wi-Fi throughout the building, multi-use games area in the grounds, covered outdoor learning areas and small and large group work spaces.
The building was designed through close consultation with parents, pupils and teachers and is based on the new Lairdsland Primary School building, the first of the Council's PSIP schools which has been established as a reference design for primary schools in Scotland.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms Geekie said: "Representing an investment of almost £11.5m, including £5m funding through the Scotland's Schools for the Future programme, each part of this new school is designed to support the on-going implementation of Curriculum for Excellence. This new school is a real testimony to what can be achieved through working in partnership as every one of our partners has made a significant contribution. I must admit that we are all very proud of this building and what has been achieved."
Grant Robertson, schools programme director at the Scottish Futures Trust, added: "We are delighted to see East Dunbartonshire Council use our award winning design concept once more for the Lenzie Meadow Primary school. The Council first used this new design approach on Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch which in turn has gone on to win numerous architecture and design awards since opening in 2015.
"Our reference design is also being used by many other councils across Scotland which is helping them get their new schools built sooner and which saves them money as well."
(LM/CD)
Council Leader Rhondda Geekie unveiled the new Lenzie Meadow Primary School and Early Years Centre during a ceremony on Thursday, 13 October.
The project was delivered by Lendlease and hub West Scotland as part of the council's £48m Primary School Improvement Programme (PSIP).
The new school is built on the site of the old Lenzie Moss Primary and is a merger of both Lenzie Moss and Lenzie Primary Schools. Features include classrooms with LCD touchscreens, Wi-Fi throughout the building, multi-use games area in the grounds, covered outdoor learning areas and small and large group work spaces.
The building was designed through close consultation with parents, pupils and teachers and is based on the new Lairdsland Primary School building, the first of the Council's PSIP schools which has been established as a reference design for primary schools in Scotland.
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Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms Geekie said: "Representing an investment of almost £11.5m, including £5m funding through the Scotland's Schools for the Future programme, each part of this new school is designed to support the on-going implementation of Curriculum for Excellence. This new school is a real testimony to what can be achieved through working in partnership as every one of our partners has made a significant contribution. I must admit that we are all very proud of this building and what has been achieved."
Grant Robertson, schools programme director at the Scottish Futures Trust, added: "We are delighted to see East Dunbartonshire Council use our award winning design concept once more for the Lenzie Meadow Primary school. The Council first used this new design approach on Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch which in turn has gone on to win numerous architecture and design awards since opening in 2015.
"Our reference design is also being used by many other councils across Scotland which is helping them get their new schools built sooner and which saves them money as well."
(LM/CD)
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