New Zealand - Christchurch - Beckenham School - Room 8, Form 2 - 1990 Photo Courtesy of Paul Ryder Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto is a state, co-educational, full primary school catering for school Years 1 to 8. First opened in 1915 the school operates under a modern collaborative teaching and learning model. Learning programmes are delivered in flexible, collaborative groupings and each student has access to multiple teachers. Beckenham - An inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand - European settlement of Beckenham dates back to the first arrival of British settlers in Christchurch, and was part of the initial allocation of land to the new settlers - Stephen Fisher named the area Beckenham after the English town of the same name, although the name Fisherton was also used - Electricity was provided to Beckenham in 1912 and a waste water scheme was provided in the 1920s