Celebrations as extension project completed at St Mary’s School Falmouth

Pupils,

parents and teachers are celebrating the completion of a £300,000

extension project at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Falmouth.

Penzance-based

RLT Architects led the build which began last November.

Chair

of governors, Matt Higham, said: “We are absolutely delighted, it’s

a fantastic building. It’s provided more rooms to provide

specialist lessons for the children, for example music lessons, as

before they were either in the staff room or the headteacher’s

office.

“It’s

also great for the teaching staff as they have a much larger staff

room, with improved study facilities. We have also enlarged the hall

to give us greater capacity for school plays and other gatherings.

We have all been waiting a long time for this building as we started

planning for it about five or six years ago. It will benefit everyone

and we are really pleased with it.”

The

project will allow the school to meet future needs, provide new

teaching and administration space as well as new staff facilities.

When

redesigning the school RTL Architects worked closely with St Mary’s

to reduce its environmental impact. The thermal performance of the

building has now been improved to reduce the school’s carbon

dioxide emissions.

Headteacher,

Jacqui Scarborough, said: “The fact that we will be able to reduce

our carbon footprint is very important to us, and it’s good to have

the support of RLT, with their expertise and knowledge in this area.”

The

work was carried out by local contractor, Scrace & Co, and was

designed to compliment the existing building which it wraps around. A

modern feel to the school entrance has been achieved with the use of

coloured claddings and external finishes in facing brickwork.

RLT

Architects has been acting for and advising the Plymouth Roman

Catholic Diocese, which looks after St Mary’s, on their various

school assets in Cornwall and parts of Devon for more than 15 years.

The

company’s director, Danny Cooper, said: “We are so pleased that

everyone is happy with the finished project. It is great to know that

the building will make a real difference to the pupils and the

teaching staff for many years to come.”

For

more information please contact Danny Cooper on 01736 367646 or visit

www.rltarchitects.co.uk.