A TURNING of the sod ceremony was held at All Saints Anglican School Shepparton on Monday, March 24 as works for the next stage of development began. A sod-turning ceremony, also known as a groundbreaking ceremony, is held to acknowledge progress and marks the beginning of a new building project.
“It is a very exciting day when you break the soil for a new building, in this case, 12 new classrooms fall right here, where we are,” said CEO of the Anglican Schools Commission, Peter Laurence OAM.
“Going around the classrooms today, we were seeing full classrooms of children everywhere, which is just terrific, from just over 200 last year to 400 this year to about 600 next year. We cannot keep up with the growth of the school, but we are that’s why we build buildings.
“It’s a great day, because you only do these things when the school is going well, and we only put new buildings in because people want to come to this great school, and they want to come because those who are the students and the teachers and support staff now are doing such a fantastic job.”
12 new classrooms are scheduled to be completed by Keyystone Building Group on November 19, 2025, at the All Saints Anglican school in time for the 2026 school year.
