NEWS DESK
New rules and costs for pools
Cake time: Celebrating Kunyung Primary School’s 40th are former principal Elaine Vitale, current principal Kim Jackson and former principal John Pearson. In front are students Danny, Madi, Annie and Oli. Picture: Gary Sissons
School has been in for 40 years IT was many happy returns for Kunyung Primary School last week when celebrating its 40th anniversary with a big cake and special assembly. The 780 students and 50 staff were arranged in a “human 40” on the oval to be photographed from overhead by a drone. Buddy grades spent the morning playing party games.
Business manager Eleanor Nuttall said the school was to be called Mount Eliza West Primary School when work started in October 1978, but changed its name to Kunyung Primary when its doors opened in February 1979. Doug Slattery was the first of five principals assisted by two assistants and 10 teachers. They oversaw 301
students in 10 classrooms. The school’s principals now have an avenue-of-honour at the landscaped front entrance with trees named after past and present principals. The school’s four houses are also named after four past principals. The school now has 780 students in 34 classes and 58 staff.
NEW regulations being introduced in December mean backyard pool and spa owners must pay $37 registration fees to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. The shire says it knows of about 17,000 combined pools and spas on the peninsula – the most of any municipality in Victoria. Under the state-wide rules, owners must shell out $20 for compliance certificates from qualified surveyors and arrange three-yearly inspections of pool fences and safety barriers. Fines of up to $330 will be levied if pools are found to not comply. Owners will have 20 days to fix safety issues. The deadline for registrations is 14 April next year. The tougher rules come after a recent survey by the Victorian Municipal Building Surveyors’ Group found that
up to 90 per cent of pools breached safety rules. The state coroner also recommended a harder line on pool safety regulations after investigating several drowning cases. Drowning is the biggest cause of death among young people, with 27 children drowning in private pools and spas over the past 20 years. Many more carry lifelong learning and behavioural impairments. Planning and building director David Bergin said the shire would be making a submission to the state government about the pool and spa regulations. “Once regulations are finalised, we will be contacting all peninsula residents to advise of the new pool and spa barrier regulations,” he said. Stephen Taylor
Talk about housing over soup A SOUP kitchen to aid those “doing it tough” will be held tonight (Wednesday 7 August) at Capel Sound. It is being put on by Mornington Peninsula Housing Network and the Salvation Army Corp Rosebud. The event aims to “raise awareness and share stories of the challenges that people experiencing homelessness face”. Those attending are invited to share
their stories about housing loss and then share in a selection of hearty homemade soups, desserts, tea and coffee. An auction and panel of speakers will follow. The soup kitchen opens at 5.45pm at SalvoCare Eastern, corner Melaleuca Avenue and Eastbourne Road, Capel Sound. Gold coin donation. Details: 5986 0000.
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Mornington News
6 August 2019
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