Nachos News Writing Competition

On Thursday the 7th of September the winners of our Nacho News Writing Competition, La Reina Weale and Madison Lowther, visited St Ignatius for a school tour.

They were very excited, as were we, to see the significant progress of our beautiful buildings.

Mr Michel Butler who is the Property Portfolio & Development Manager for the Diocese, led us around the site and showed the families the plans for Stages Two and Three as well.

We were delighted by the number and calibre of writing entries but it was the student's enthusiasm and use of descriptive language that distinguished their work from the others.

They were given the opportunity to see the progress first-hand and to write an update for you all to read.

Please see their articles below.

Nachos News Winner - La Reina Weale (Year 8 2024)

For those who have already driven past Burtt Road in Drury and have seen the campus grounds, it may just look like a big white tent in the green countryside. As someone who has seen the campus up close, I can assure all that there is much more under that big white plastic wrap.

The school is four storeys high and built with thousands of small red bricks. We visited the school hall which will be temporarily used as a gymnasium and a basketball court. The hall is next to the chapel, the music/recording room and the highly anticipated tuck shop. In front of the tuck shop will be the school courtyard with tables and chairs for students to hang out and have lunch.

The classrooms will be in the main building. This is stage one of the build with two more stages to come, including the permanent gymnasium. We went up to the top storey of the main building and the view of the countryside was very impressive. I’m excited to see the view from the classrooms. Behind the school will be a number of sports fields for all to enjoy.

Once the school is open it’s sure to look phenomenal—something for us to all look forward to.

Nachos News Winner - Madison Lowther (Year 8 2024)

On the 7th of September, I was elected to go to St Ignatius for a sight tour. 

Upon arrival, we were instructed to put on hard hats and helmets and after that, we went on a site tour with our guide Mr Butler. Lots of the brickwork had already been done around the site making the walls and windows more noticeable. The entire building was environmentally ventilated by a series of levers and doors that can open when it gets too hot in summer and it was made so the whole building got sunlight all year round.

Halfway through our tour, we were shown the hall. The hall was around 8 meters tall and connected to the chapel and music studio. There were rooms for recording, practising and teaching in the music studio. We were told that in Level 1 there was the Admin Office, Library and RE Department but there were 4 Levels in total but we don’t know much about the other levels.

The entire construction was going through 3 Phases. The first phase was to get the main building in the hall while Phase 2 was working on the driveway, courtyard and other buildings and Phase 3 was working on the gymnasium and the other side buildings that are going to be built in a few years. But right now Phase 1 and part of Phase 2 are in place, Phase 3 will come in later years.

St Ignatius will be ready and amazing for next year.