PACKING up your belongings to move house is invariably a stressful business but imagine your task is to empty two high schools ahead of a flit across the city.

That's the task ahead of Fife Council with St Columba's and Woodmill to be vacated this summer, with £123 million worth of new buildings and facilities opening in August, ahead of them being demolished towards the end of the year.

While teaching staff will take a lot of equipment and materials with them, there's a warehouse full of new furniture ready to be installed in the new schools at the Dunfermline Learning Campus.

In storage are 1,850 classroom tables and 3,684 chairs, 131 teaching walls and 2,548 pupil lockers.

The £223m campus will see two new high schools open in August, the current cost is £123m after a jump of over £1.6m in November, while the £100m Fife College building is due to open in 2025.

Dunfermline Press: There are 1,850 classroom tables and 3,684 chairs, 131 teaching walls and 2,548 pupil lockers ready to be moved into the new high schools at Halbeath.There are 1,850 classroom tables and 3,684 chairs, 131 teaching walls and 2,548 pupil lockers ready to be moved into the new high schools at Halbeath. (Image: Fife Council)

The council's latest update said the project is on schedule and highlighted that local clubs, groups and individuals will be able to book the community use facilities at the evenings, weekends and holiday periods.

They're also hopeful that the "amazing venue" will be of a standard to attract "large scale regional and national events" while staff from Active Schools gave the developments the thumbs up after getting their trainers on and visiting the sports pitches and halls.

Scott Fenton, team manager for community use, said: "Everyone was hugely excited by the opportunities Dunfermline Learning Campus offers.

"Currently, we're consulting with existing users of community use facilities at Woodmill and St. Columba's.

"Early next year we'll invite more groups to express their interest in using the new community use facilities at the campus."

The progress report for 2023 included a high point in May with the 'topping out' ceremony for the 58-acre campus, pitch perfect pupils having a kickabout on the sports pitches in June and parents rating the project as "absolutely fantastic" in October after a tour of some of the classrooms.

The council also reported that, with digital technology now such an important part of the learning experience, all of the pupils at St Columba's and Woodmill have received Chromebooks.