AF00173900 Tweed River High School NRS-3829-11-[14-7892]-2 - Flipbook - Page 13
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
NORTH COAST AREA
63/N0250/29539 IS :BAW
M1 6091
Box 422, P.O.,
Lismore
The Secretary,
Department of Education,
Box 33, G.P.O.,
SYDNEY.
SUBJECT
Tweed River High School : Acquisition
of Additional Land.
REFERENCE :
Your letter dated 28th. January, 1964.
64/250/30126 LG:P2.
It is noted that the area of land available for the
two schools, Tweed River High and Tweed Heads South, is
just over twenty three acres, and, therefore, in excess
of the present standard of fifteen acres for high schools
and seven acres for primary schools.
However, two acres of the high school site have had
to be set aside and fenced off as an effluent disposal
area,thus reducing the effective area of land available
for school purposes. Furthermore, approval has been given
for the provision of an additional five rooms at this
school and still further accommodation will be requested
when future proposals are being considered. Any additions
to the existing buildings will, of necessity, reduce the
areas at present available for playground purposes.
It will be necessary also for this school to be selfcontained in respect to playing field facilities. While
many schools in this Area have some playing fields, the
schools are situated in close proximity to community playing
fields which are made available for the schools' use. In
the case of Tweed River High School, however, the nearest
oval is two and a half miles distant, involving special
transport for the pupils. The only other playing field is
in Queensland and not available to the school. Funds have
been made available for the development of part of this
site to provide a football field and a hockey field,
I have
together with two physical education areas.
existing
the
of
location
the
showing
enclosed a plan
buildings, (to which must be added the additional accommodation referred to), and the proposed layout of the playing
fields. This plan shows quite well how the present site
will be occupied. Having regard to the siting of
additional accommodation at the school, and the provision
of the playing fields, it can be stated that the whole of
the available site will be utilised to its fullest extent.
This then leaves the school with a further problem
in the provision of a suitable area for the teaching of
Agriculture. Agriculture was only introduced into this
school last year, and, although the subject is only taught
at present for eight periods per week, this should grow
to at least twenty four periods in 1967 if the subject is
available for teaching in senior groups. This should,
