New Zealand - Birkdale School Standard 4 class of 1957 Birkdale Primary School - A culturally diverse, decile 5, contributing school (Year 1 to 6) on Aucklands North Shore - There are 12 classrooms, and a library-information centre, hall, swimming pool, an administration block as well as resource rooms and several small multi-purpose rooms. - Te Puawaitanga, our Maori immersion unit occupies 3 classrooms on the Salisbury Road boundary. - Established in 1986, Te Puawaitanga takes graduates of the local kohanga reo and students wanting to be educated in te reo me tikanga Maori. - Situated on the corner of Salisbury and Birkdale Roads on an attractive north-facing site Birkdale Primary is the oldest school in the Birkenhead area having been established in 1894 when the area was Aucklands market garden. - Strawberries were the principal fruit grown in the area and the leaves of the strawberry plant feature in the schools logo. - Locals of the area valued education and saw it as the way to the future for their children. Early records show the fight they had with the Auckland Education Board to establish a school on its present site one hundred and thirteen years ago. - It is now protected under an historical protection order put on it by the North Shore City Council... (Reference: https://www.birkdaleprimary.school.nz/our-school/) #birkdale #beachhavenbirkdale --------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections T5116 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/32375