Monmouthshire’s Vice Chairman Councillor Maureen Powell will open the county’s first learning plaza at Caldicot’s Castle Park Primary School on Friday, 14th October 2011 at 10am.
The new learning plaza for 60 students provides a flexible and technologically advanced multi-functional space enabling Castle Park to deliver personalised education and prepare children for transition to secondary school. The plaza will help promote 21st Century learning, life skills and future employment. Constructed with sustainability in mind the building is highly insulated and employs panels of local straw for the walls, reducing the need for heating. Photovoltaic panels have been installed to generate power while children enjoy high levels of natural daylight and ventilation.
Governors and staff as well as county councillors and representatives from Monmouthshire County Council, the Welsh Government and construction partners Wilmott Dixon will mark the opening with a morning of celebration with pupils who will share their experiences of the new learning plaza and conclude the event by the planting of a tree.
