St. Gerard's Building Project Brochure 2018

St.Gerard’s School New Senior & Junior School Wings

Senior School Junior School

An exciting new investment for St. Gerard’s School The school has been granted planning permission

We are committed to delivering the highest standards

to build a new Science and Technology wing for

of education at St. Gerard’s School and these projects

the Senior School and a new Creative Learning and

represent a vital investment in the future of your

Performance wing for the Junior School. Construction

children. We recognise that maintaining the school at

will commence in late June 2018, after the Junior and

its current capacity is critically important to our success

Leaving certificate exams, and the construction work is

and to ensuring that we maintain a vibrant and inclusive

scheduled to run until Autumn 2019.

school community.

Over this period there will be no access to the rear car

The overall budget for this next phase of investment in

park so interim traffic management measures to assist

the campus is close to €10 million and we are pleased

with daily drop-off and collection are in operation in the

to confirm that the funding is already in place. We will

front car park.

keep you informed of progress as the project develops.

Once completed the new wings will provide enhanced learning experiences for our students and will support our teaching staff in delivering new, innovative and collaborative teaching methods. In addition with the upgrade works planned for the rear car park the whole school community will benefit from improved traffic flows on the campus.

“It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing“ Steve Jobs

Science and Technology wing for the Senior School The new two-storey wing, arranged around a central double-height space, links with the existing school at ground floor level and will provide four state-of-the-art Science Laboratories, an innovative Design Communication Graphics room, five new Classrooms, a Multipurpose room and a new Deputy Principal’s Office. These works will allow the existing school to be refurbished to provide enhanced facilities for Home Economics, Art, Music and Social Interaction Spaces.

St. Gerard’s School New Senior & Junior School Wings

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Thornhill House

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Rear Car Park

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Chapel

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Dining Hall

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Halla Nua

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Existing Senior School

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Existing Junior School

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Junior School Hall

Performance wing$−

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Front Car Park

Junior School

Tennis Courts wing$−$Senior School

13. Creative Learning &

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”

Creative Learning and Performance wing for the Junior School The new accommodation will provide exciting and innovative educational spaces that will compliment the traditional classroom.

The new two-storey wing, incorporating a new double-height central space around which new teaching and collaborative spaces are arranged, will integrate into the existing Junior School, and provide the following new spaces: a new Library, an Arts Zone and Collaboration

John Dewey

Studio complete with green screen which will complement existing classroom provision. Refurbishment and upgrade works to existing classrooms will also be completed as part of this project.

St. Gerard’s School New Senior & Junior School Wings

St. Gerard’s School Thornhill Road Bray Co. Wicklow A98 R242 www.stgerards.ie Junior School Tel +353 (0)1 2393445 junior@stgerards.ie Senior School Tel +353 (0)1 2821822 office@stgerards.ie