2020 and looking to the future

Part of the reason why BSB continues to be successful is that we are always looking forward – asking ourselves questions such as what will our students need in the future? How will they learn? What will our school look like? What are the challenges and opportunities and how can we make our dreams reality for the next generations of BSB learners?

We know that the environment within which we live and learn is really important. We have a wonderful campus in a beautiful environment but we know that we must continue to invest in the development of learning spaces of the highest quality in order to ensure that current and future students enjoy a great education. With this in mind we are working on creating the learning spaces of tomorrow and beyond.

We have embarked upon an extensive and detailed master planning exercise for the development of the BSB campus. We have spent several months building an accurate picture of the strengths and weaknesses of our current estate and we have developed a top-level educational vision, with some clear ‘must haves’. You won’t be surprised to learn that even at this early stage the BSB community is clear that we want to maximise our green spaces and encourage outdoor learning, we want spaces that encourage people of all ages to come together to learn and socialise and we want an inclusive and welcoming environment that fosters the values we talk about in our Guiding Statements.

2020 will be the year we engage with stakeholders and our preferred architects to turn our ideas into a masterplan for the development of the campus, building what will probably be there for the next 25 years! We therefore need plans that are flexible enough to respond to unexpected opportunities in the future. How exciting!

On top of this, in celebration of BSB’s 50th Anniversary we will be planting 50 indigenous species of trees across our campus. A joy now and an investment for future staff, students and families of BSB.

Melanie Warnes, Principal