By Victoria Stone-Meadows
Devon Meadows Primary School has reached a year-long fund-raising goal and has had its ageing outdoor basketball court brought back to life.
The parents’ association of the school and council brought the community together to help raise much-needed funds.
Acting principal Brendan McDonough said the fund-raising efforts for the new basketball court was a project the whole community worked on.
“The parents’ association did heaps of fund-raising and it brought our school community together,” he said.
The old court had a multitude of issues with the surface, the drainage and everything in between.
According to Mr McDonough, the students have a new basketball court they love, and it gives them pride of place for their school.
“We have been working on the students’ engagement and absenteeism and now they have pride in their school and they want to come to school,” he said.
The school officially opened their newly re-surfaced basketball court to the public on Thursday 29 June with a knock-out basketball competition and ribbon cutting ceremony marking the occasion.
