Stratford Primary School - In the Beginning

On February 5, 1935, SPS was notified by the Taranaki Education Board that “the school was to close at 12.30 pm on account of the hot weather! The teachers were advised of fire prevention and temperance schemes.” Quoted from School Log Book.

Another quote, in 1936, was that “A questionnaire circulated by the N.Z. Educational Institute found that no child slavery exists in Stratford. A committee looked into jobs the children worked at before and after school.”

School opened on March 1 in 1937 due to an epidemic of Infantile Paralysis.

On May 12 of the same year the children were let out at 2.15 pm instead of the usual 3.15pm because they had successfully banked one hundred pounds ($200) in the Post Office Savings Bank scheme. It was also the coronation of King George VI.