About the Project

Moriac Pre-school has been a hub for the town and surrounding rural community since 1970 and is run by a voluntary parent committee of management.

The project aims to:

  • Increase Moriac Pre-School’s licensed places.
  • Optimise opportunities to integrate and/ or co-locate with other local services and programs, such as Child and Family Health and playgroups.
  • Improve access and connection to surrounding public open space.

The proposed design will integrate new and old, and celebrate the character of the existing site.

We've secured $40,000 to complete this design work through the Victorian Government Building Blocks Planning Grants. We’ll seek further funding for the construction phase of this project.

Thanks to those who completed the survey

The survey is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback, which is outlined in the Community Engagement Report in the Document Library on this webpage.

We will now take some time to review the comments and results.

This feedback will be used to develop a final concept design and cost plan.

The design has aimed to improve accessibility, safety and connections to the pre-school and surrounding public open space including:

  • Increased outdoor space for the Pre-School.
  • Pre-School expansion to the west whilst maintaining access to the playground and for informal car parking.
  • Extension of the Child and Family Health (MCH) and multi-purpose room to the east and improving the outdoor space.
  • Improved connections with a new northern footpath connecting to the entry, playground and other existing footpaths.
  • Improved accessibility allowing for an inclusive approach of different modes of transport such as bikes, scooters, prams, mobility aids, wheelchairs etc.
  • Sufficient space to park prams, scooters, bikes, mobility aids close to the entry and for larger farm vehicles on Clerk Court.
  • A new frontage promoting a welcoming environment easily orienting all users with new signage.
  • A fencing replacement at (especially) the eastern yard with a permeable fence allowing for increased passive surveillance.

The concept design has aimed to improve functionality, accessibility and to cater for the growing demand by:

  • Reception becoming the first point of contact and welcoming children and families into an internal covered waiting area.
  • A shared kitchen space accessible from both play rooms with accessible step-up areas allowing the children to participate in cooking activities.
  • The inclusion of child-friendly breakaway spaces that are adjacent to and visible from program rooms enhancing usability and inclusiveness.
  • Strong connection from internal to external spaces improving programming capacity for both the Pre-School and Child and Family Health (MCH).
  • Inclusion of a multi-purpose room in the Child and Family Health (MCH) area providing a presence in the community and promotes flexible use such as play groups, meeting space or carer groups.

The design and the renders aim to integrate old and new and celebrating the character of the site, by:

The use of use of timber cladding is proposed to maintain the biophilic aura that the environment already provides.

  • The use of bricks to match the existing brick in existing areas.
  • The proposal requires the replacement of two exotic mature trees and a species listed as a weed with newly planted native species.