Did You Know?

• some of the trees from the Fenton Street SPS site were moved to the current site? This included a well-grown Kauri tree?
• in the early 1950’s the Education Board started planning for another primary school in Stratford?
• by the early 1950’s the roll had risen to 690 students?
• in 1953 pupils were supervised to build the concrete fish pond?
• in 1954 the school opened with a roll of 730 and a staff of 17!
• In 1951 four pre-fabricated classrooms were erected down the hill from Rooms 14 and 15?
• although the school buildings were newly built the children’s desk were very old, heavy, and battered, as were the teacher’s tables?
• the new locatable classrooms were tendered for in 1975, and arrived soon after.
• The school library opened in 1975?