The first sod is cut as the building of our new school gets under way.

Tuesday, 28 October 2008



A view through the rear of the kitchen.


The concrete being transferred from one lorry to another.

A view of the P5,6 &7 Playground - hopefully it will not be as muddy as this when finished!!


Remaining floors being put down.


The pump bing manoeuvred into position.

Thursday, 23 October 2008



Another view of the roof being constructed over the Hall.

Roofing of the Hall commences.


Wednesday, 22 October 2008



This shows the link from the Senior Playground to the P3&4 Playground.

Same view, slightly different angle.


Another view from the back of the P5,6&7 Playground.


A view of the new school from the back right corner of the P5,6&7 Playground.

Scaffolding in place for the inside walls.








Rising to scaffolding height.


Scaffolding in place and the 'Brickies' are building higher.

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Health & Safety.



The safety nets are in place ready for Monday when the roof of the hall is going to be started.

Round the back of the school.

The outer walls make an appearance.


Mr Gault in fancy footwear outside the P7 classroom.


Just to prove that the sun does actually shine from time to time!!


I just thought this was quite a good picture this part of the site. You can see the Nusery close to the fence.

A view of the P1 & P2 classroom layout.

An aerial view.


This photograph was taken from the roof of the P5 classroom.

Monday, 13 October 2008



Most of the Primary 1 & 2 floors complete.

Flooring in the Primary School.


Taking advantage of the better weather conditions on Saturday Farrans have now finished the majority of floors in the main building.

Friday, 10 October 2008

P7 classroom.


Mrs Gregory standing in one of the P7 classrooms.

Mrs Gregory in the new Nursery.


Mrs Gregory at last gets to see the beginnings of the new Nursery.

Thursday, 9 October 2008

The first walls begin to appear.


Geoff surveys the work to date - with his hands out of his pockets!!. Scaffolding should be in place for Monday, weather permitting.


The vast majority of the steel is now in place.



Further Steel Construction


Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Steel construction continues.


You can now see the outline of our hall and canteen taking shape. Hopefully all the steel will be in place by tomorrow.

Monday, 6 October 2008



This photograph shows some of the steel that has been erected already.


The crane hoists another piece of steel into position.

The steel arrives.


The steel for the hall arrived early this morning. This photograph show one piece being slotted into place.

Friday, 3 October 2008

work continues.


The work continues in all weather conditions - at this time hail is actually falling!

P3&P4 Playground


This photograph shows what will be the playground for our P3 & P4 pupils.

Nursery.



Blocks in place for Monday morning.

51 days into the build.


The Nursery foundations are completed.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Nursery Foundations being completed.


Nusery Foundations.


Nursery Foundations.


Great relief for Mrs Gregory and all in our Nursery as the foundations to the new nursery are started.

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

P5,6 and 7 floors complete.


In the foreground is what will be the main entrance to the school. (You can just see the corner of my office. )To the left are the P5, P6 and P7 classrooms. The playground will be to the rear of the school.

Foundation Stage Foundations!


Stacks of block ready to be built on the foundations of the P1 & P2 classrooms.

P7 classrooms


This shows the layout of the two P7 classrooms. The areas not concreted are the cloakrooms and toilets for each of the classrooms.

More Floors


More Floors



A close up showing how the concrete is transferred from one vehicle to another and then pumped to wherever needed.

Laying the floors.


The photograph shows the concrete being pumped to the areas required. The lorry arrived at 5.30am and work continued all day.