TE KINGA’S NEW SCHOOL

Grey River Argus, 11 May 1945, Page 6

TE KINGA’S NEW SCHOOL

OPENING CEREMONY. A new school at Te Kinga was on April 28 formally, opened. The building, .’ivhich, when the grounds are completed will cost about £3OOO, comprises two large class rooms, cloak rooms, library room, and staff room, with the usual outbuildings. It is a structure of the open-air type, the front facing the sun, the rays of which enter the rooms directly irom opening to closing time throughout the year. „ , Mr F. L. Turley, (Chairman of the Building Committee of the Canterbury Education Board) performed the opening ceremony. Mr .R. Dickson (Chairman of the 'Te Kinga School Committee) - opened the function, which proved very successful, by congratulating the Board on the fine building they had erected, and on the workmanship that had been put into it He called for a few remarks from the Headmistress, Miss Schwebe, who, after welcoming the visitors, remarked on the contrast between the new building and the old one, and said that the sunlight and airy rooms would be reflected in the health of the children, while the new facilities would render teaching easier. ( Mr J. Ryan (member of the Greys County Council), congratulated the Board and the residents in having such a fine school. Mr Newborough (Director of United Sawmills, Ltd.), stated he was pleased to take part at such a gathering, and to see such a fine school opened in the district. As the children would be the citizens of the future, every- j thing possible should be done to give | them a good education. He promised to send some pictures to be hung in j the school. Mr Turley, before declaring the new school open, said that this building had long been overdue, but it had certainly been worth waiting for, as they now had a school which,_ for its size, was second to none in the Board’s area. He felt sure that the Committee and the parents would do their share in ensuring that the surroundings would be brought ip to the standard of the new school. School Committees that showed keenness in helping themselves would always find the Board ready to appreciate their work by assisting them in every way possible. He stated that a large number of school buildings were to come down and to be replaced by modern ones, but progress had been retarded as a result of the war. Every effort would be made to have buildings completed as quickly as the Department provided the funds, and as labour and material w'ere made available. The Committee provided afternoon tea, and in the evening a very successful ball was held.