Our long-term vision for the St Michael’s Campus
Our commitment to holistic education is demonstrated through recent award-winning facilities delivered over the past 10 years, including The Gipson Commons, the Performing Arts Centre St George’s, the Junior School Centre for Inquiry and Innovation, and the recent Allan Pizzey building refurbishment.
Campus planning is a testament to the collective effort of our community, spanning successive cohorts of students, parents and educators, honouring the vision of those who came before us and ensuring that current and future students, along with their families, will benefit from a vibrant and enriching learning environment.
Mr Andrew Eddy, Chair of the St Michael’s Board of Directors
Our centre of interdisciplinary excellence in research, science, technology and humanities, leveraged for learning and collaboration from Early Learning through to Year 12 and a study hub for our Senior students.
Our hub for music, dance, drama, and production, setting a new standard in performing arts education built form across the sector.
An interdisciplinary research centre for Junior School students, encouraging curiosity and problem-solving.
The Allan Pizzey building has refurbished in the Summer 2024-2025 holidays, providing more open spaces, natural light and world-class learning facilities to further enhance this central hub for Prep to Year 6 students.
In Term 4, we officially opened the Coleman Courts, a new facility including one full-size undercover/outdoor court with basketball, volleyball, and netball flexibility, and a mini basketball and volleyball court.
The Coleman Courts have reduced our reliance on offsite venues and further enabled high-performance sport development on campus.
Already a popular play space for St Michael’s students, the Coleman Courts have a welcoming and open atmosphere, abundant greenery and can be used for community gatherings, performances and classes.
This development is part of our broader commitment to sports excellence, which includes ongoing explorations with international sporting consultants, elite coaches, partner schools and existing local partners such as Port Melbourne Football Club.
Our longer-term vision involves an enhanced Aquatics facility for the benefit of St Michael’s students, including our elite swimmers, as well as for the many school and community groups that use our campus for swimming.
We are also envisioning enhancements to our hub for design and technology in the Senior School, with a goal to link Science, Technology, Art, Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M) learning spaces across our campus, delivering outstanding interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students and staff.
With architects, sustainability planners and donors to our School, we are still in the process of envisioning the best way to achieve this.
As plans evolve, we will ensure that community members are kept updated, and as always, any project will be carefully planned to minimise disruption to student learning, and our neighbours.
