A three-room kindergarten for 99 children at a time in Armstrong Creek is almost ready for assembly.
The new Bloinks Community Hub (interim name) hub will also provide community spaces and allied health suites and is nearing completion at Modularity’s Moolap factory before assembly takes place on-site, along with landscaping and carpark works.
The design consists of several modules which are constructed individually, and assembled and connected to utilities onsite, before outdoor areas and other works are completed. Assembly at the Warralily Boulevard site is anticipated to commence this month.
Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn said the hub would support the growing Armstrong Creek community.
“Victoria’s population is growing and we’re making sure our early learning infrastructure grows with it – giving children the best start in life and supporting families with more kinder places close to home,” she said.
A Victorian government grant to the City of Greater Geelong to deliver the hub, and its template design and prefabrication method, allow for it to open from next year, ahead of the originally planned opening in 2029.
Member for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney welcomed the latest development in the hub’s construction.
“It’s wonderful to see the Bloinks Community Hub and kindergarten taking shape – and even better that it’s arriving three years earlier than planned,” she said.
“This is a real win for the Armstrong Creek community, and I can’t wait to see the centre open its doors in January to welcome local families.”
The project is majority-funded by the grant from the state government, sharing in $283 million provided in the 2019–20 State Budget for Three-Year-Old Kindergarten capital works. Funding was allocated in Batch 4 of the 2024 Building Blocks Grants Capacity Building stream. The Victorian Schools Building Authority is managing the construction, while the City of Greater Geelong is contributing $3.5 million.
The new kindergarten will offer up to 178 places, with the City funding an additional community room and amenities.
