New Zealand - Auckland - Point Chevalier School - P4 - 1943 - Photo Courtesy of Janine Arthur Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Point Chevalier School - A school consisting of two rooms and a large porch were opened on 15 October 1887. They were used until January 1898 when they were destroyed by fire. - By 1915 the roll had expanded to 405 and a further school was desperately needed. A site was finally purchased for ??1,150 in Te Ra Road. A side school was opened in Armstrong's Hall in June 1922 for primer classes only and the new school in Te Ra Road was officially opened in June 1925. The school catered for students from Primer classes to Standard 6. - By 1927 the school was using the local church hall for the overflow from its standards' classes. A new infant block was opened in September 1927 to ease the pressure of a roll of 680. But by the end of 1929, with porches being used as classrooms, temporary buildings were brought on site to cater for the number of students at the school. Another new infant block was built at the Walford Road end of the school in 1941. Roll growth in the area led to the opening of Pasadena Intermediate in 1942 to cater for the Standard 5 and 6 students. Despite this 'decapitation' of the school, by the end of 1945 the schools roll was 900 students. http://www.ptchev.school.nz/about-us-1/history-of-pt-chevalier #pointchevalier #school