Improving student safety, health and wellbeing
During the development of the new school, the Latrobe Council, Department of Education and the Port Sorell Primary School staff and community worked together to determine how to improve student safety around the school. The working group also wanted to encourage health and wellbeing in the community by supporting students to walk/cycle/scoot to school and to encourage similar active travel patterns to after-school activities. The then Mayor of the Latrobe Council, and also Member of the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mike Gaffney (MLC) was instrumental in having active travel as part of the planning for the new primary school and sponsored a study primarily focused on creating safe transport (walking and cycling) routes for the Port Sorell Community.