Delivering real value to the school…

St Anne’s is a Church of England VA Primary School just outside Weston-Super-Mare. New homes in the area have dramatically increased the demand for school places and in March 2014 the school set about meeting the demand by building a second site 3 miles away, to run in parallel with the existing school.

Building a new school while running an existing one has its challenges but the school senior leadership team were determined to get the very best for their new site. The new school building was planned with a light and airy multipurpose hall at its heart.

This hall needed to allow for all the normal demands placed upon it such as meal times, physical education, assemblies and acts of worship, as well as community use. The school also really wanted to equip the space with a stage and lights to use for performances.

“When we saw the OpusPrimary demonstrated we realised we could have lights, a sound system, projection and a stage, I couldn’t quite believe what we could achieve within the budget. The school really wanted to equip the new school hall with a stage and lights to use for performances
but we didn’t think we had the budget, Opus changed that.” said Helen Burge, School Business Manager

St Anne’s is using the system regularly to enhance their curriculum activities but it has also become a indispensable tool outside the teaching timetable.

Lisa Dadds Head Teacher: “I have been extremely pleased with the installation of the OpusPrimary System we get real value from it. We were shown how the system worked and we haven’t looked back…”

Jeanette Morris, Teaching assistant in reception, explains: “Having sound, lights and a stage is such a confidence boost for the children, it gives them such a great platform and it is a dream to use. The children from across the school have already been up onstage in role play, performing puppetry and dancing”.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Name of School	St Anne’s C of E VA Primary School
Town	Weston-Super-Mare
LEA/Affiliation:	North Somerset Council
Student Numbers:	210
Location:	Primary School Hall
Finance Option:	Purchased
Main Use:	Assemblies, curriculum and extra-curricular

“We are thrilled with the OpusPrimary System, we use it literally every day, for playing music and showing video clips. We often have the coloured lights on as it is so quick and simple to use.”

DI MARTIN, DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER