Matthew Flinders Anglican College is investing in a 15-year Master Plan to provide new contemporary learning spaces on campus for its more than 1,400 students from Prep to Year 12.
The goal is to build on the College’s reputation for academic excellence and diverse co-curricular opportunities while maintaining a clear focus on the wellbeing and potential of each child.
To achieve this goal, it is vital that the College provides flexible and versatile and tech-rich learning spaces that enable students to learn 21st century skills of creativity, collaboration and innovation.
The first phase of the Master Plan (2019-2024) has been completed, with the final project in this phase - the Infinity Centre - opened to students in January 2024.
Completed projects in the 2019-2024 Master Plan
- Infinity Centre in the Secondary School (opened in Term 1, 2024)
- Wonderarium learning centre in the Primary School (opened in Term 4, 2021)
- Flagship Centre in the Primary School (opened in Term 1, January, 2021 catering to our Years 5 and 6 students).
Commencing in 2019, the 15-year Master Plan ensures the College continues to strive for excellence and provide high quality, functional, expertly designed facilities to support effective teaching and learning.
Design Rationale
The Flinders Master Plan recognises that an agile learning environment has the ability to turn a static space into a dynamic space,and to encourage all learners to be creators rather than consumers.
To encourage agile learning, the new facilities are designed with movable furniture and walls, and equipped with intuitive digital technology.
This design approach enables students and teachers to move, interact and collaborate as they engage in different pedagogical styles and work on different tasks.
At Flinders, we notice students rise to the challenge of these modern classrooms. Students develop a new mindset where they are active and ready to spontaneously engage in personalised and hands-on learning as well as group work, team building and other ‘flipped’ learning activities.
In terms of aesthetics in design, the new Flinders buildings are light-filled, aspirational and modern spaces that are a pleasure to teach and learn in.
Infinity Centre
OPENED IN TERM 1, 2024
The three-storey Infinity Centre in the Secondary School is a dynamic and agile tech-rich hub for students to embrace and explore entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity and design thinking.
The facility features dedicated specialist spaces to support student projects as well as maker, exhibition and presentation spaces, including a high-end gallery.
Wonderarium
OPENED IN TERM 4, 2021
The Wonderarium in our Primary School is designed to inspire wonder, awe and curiosity through literature, artefacts, works of art and provocations.
Learning is ignited through Wonder Lessons, or Wonderations, explained in more depth in this short video. The facility is wholly funded by the Flinders Foundation.
The Flagship Centre
OPENED IN TERM 1, 2021
The Flagship Centre supports our Year 5 students on the ground level and Year 6 students on the first floor.
The space is a welcoming and flexible environment with richly integrated technologies to enable innovative and personalised learning. The seamless integration of indoor-outdoor learning enables students and staff to engage with nature for enhanced wellbeing.
To learn more about the Flinders Master Plan, visit the dedicated page here.
