Learning centre of the future
IGNATIUS Park College will have a new state-of-the-art Learning Resource Centre in 2022.
The $6 million building will accommodate what is needed for learning and resources in the education of young men of the 21st Century.
The design and fit-out includes interactive and student focused elements.
“The brief has been met and the centre will include technology for video conferencing, glass interactive boards, digital and electronic tables that cater to many learning capabilities including chess to be played or a newspaper to be read,” said principal Shaun Clarke.
“Ignatius Park College will continue to connect with students from Edmund Rice Education Schools all over the world.”
The space will have learning hubs that are teenager friendly, it will possess a deck with seating under a rainforest canopy, open planned learning, and a modern and wellequipped library. The library will feature a well-planned fiction and non-fiction reading and learning areas.
“Students will be empowered to learn in unique settings, not necessarily traditional ones,” said Mr Clarke. “Learning environ
ments need to be flexible and to take on the needs of the modern world. The space will support all our thinkers, whether they be creative, analytical, social, critical, or divergent.”
The learning setting will allow the students to feel safe and comfortable, to be able to work in groups and on projectbased assignments that can occur outside the classroom.
The design also includes a media and communications room with a green screen, editing for digital media and the latest technology in media recording devices.
The plan internally offers break-out spaces, tiered lecture area and a cafe style common room for network learning.
The building will be iconic in its presentation, melding into the rainforest garden, yet offering an outdoor area for reflection via cultural spaces and pathways built with names of Old Boys and families who have been a member of the Ignatius Park College Community through its former years.
“The school will continue to undertake works relative to the Master Plan where it benefits the boys learning, both socially, pastorally, technologically and academically,” said Mr Clarke.