We are so excited that our SRC students will be working in consultation with the P&C on our CPS Toilet Beautification Project. Toilets have always been a hot topic during SRC meetings, so it is wonderful that an opportunity has come along for our students to be involved in a project to improve this area of the school. Pleasant, clean and safe toilets that kids are happy to go to at school can improve children’s short and long-term physical and mental health and learning outcomes.
2023 Update:
Thanks to the focus on the toilets by the school, P&C and kids, we got the attention of the Department of Education who have come into the school over the summer holidays and have upgraded all the main toilet blocks. This upgrade has included new floor and wall tiling, new partitions, paint and some other minor additions. With this much needed refurbishment, it will enable the P&C to focus on elements to beautify the toilets (rather than needing to spend on functionality, cleanliness and safety).
Here are a before and after shot of one of the Active playground toilets (don’t mind the paint tin!):
This term, the P&C will fund the beautification of the teachers toilets, the Kindy building toilets and the disabled toilet next to Coogee Care Centre. We will also add beautification elements to enhance the newly refurbished main toilet blocks. Stay tuned!
Photos before and after the NEON SPLASH WORKING BEE - this was just to let the kids know that this project is going ahead. The full beautification is yet to come!
Girls Toilet Block in Lower Active
Girls Toilet Block in Active
Boys Toilet Block in Active
Mel Vurlow & Costa Cominos
Neon Splash in the Kindy building toilets
Girls Toilets in 3-6 Building
Boys Toilets in 3-6 Building
Staff Facilities 3-6 Building
Thank you so very much to Costa, Anne & daughter, Morag, Thida & daughters, Mel & daughter and professional painter and total legend Kindy dad Radoslaw and to Cari O’Neil for showing up on Saturday 16th for the NEON SPLASH working bee and donating time, skill and equipment!! Thank you to two other parents who very generously sourced and donated paint and heaps of supplies! We created some fun and colour in the run-down toilets and dramatically improving the entrance to the lower Active girls toilets. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you!
It’s actually a movement … schools everywhere are refreshing their toilets to improve children’s short and long-term physical and mental health and learning outcomes. You can read the research and media attention right here:
Enlightened Education - The School Toilet Project
ABC News 2019 The School Toilet Project Turning Loos Into Positive Places
SMH 2022 Smell Dirty Unsafe Parents Say School Toilets are Disgraceful