What’s On Armstrong – August 2, 2018

Building works
Anyone driving, cycling or walking along Unity Drive will have seen the site huts, fencing and tradies’ vehicles opposite Club Armstrong.

Preliminary works for the construction of the much-anticipated Armstrong West Primary School are now underway and the school is scheduled to open for business at the start of the 2020 school year.

The $20 million Armstrong West Primary will take 475 pupils and its arrival has been hastened by Villawood’s sale to the State Government of the 2.4-hectare site earlier this year.

Education Minister James Merlino was on site for the turning of the first sod recently.

He assured the Armstrong community “this will be an incredible local school that will provide the community the first-rate education facilities they deserve”.

As he says, it’s all about delivering an exciting primary school so families can access a great local school as the population in Armstrong continues to grow.

Wetlands action
Elsewhere around Armstrong, locals will find preliminary works getting underway on the dining precinct at Armstrong Boulevard.

Overlooking wetlands and the brilliant nature-inspired artwork of Villawood’s resident sculptor Folko Kooper, this is one of the most exciting projects within Armstrong.

Folko’s giant pelicans and birdhouses rise from the wetlands adjoining Armstrong Creek in front of this exciting precinct. If you look carefully in the coming month you’ll see the nesting season getting under way.

Look out for fledglings, especially wood ducks, corellas, Major Mitchell cockatoos, rosellas and lorikeets and even boobook owls.

New school head
Armstrong’s Geelong Lutheran College has a new and inspiring head in Jill Lange-Mohr, who recently took up the position as the second college principal.

A Queensland Telstra Businesswoman of the Year (2002), Jill was founding principal of St Peters Lutheran College, a K-12 College in Springfield, Queensland, where she has worked since 2007.

The college is delighted to have Jill on board, both at Armstrong Creek and St John’s in Newtown, and says the community will love the warmth and positivity she brings to her role.

Jill has a passion for education and with an exciting year ahead, they’re confident the schools will go from strength to strength under her leadership.