Oaklands School junior pupils outside their newly completed block. Junior pupils at Oaklands School in Halswell has moved into a renovated and expanded junior block – the first completed stage of the school’s campus redevelopment. A new $180,000 junior school playground funded by the Board of Trustees and PTA has also just been installed. A new extension links two existing junior blocks to create a dedicated junior school area. Because Oaklands School buildings held up well in the earthquakes, the completed campus will be a unique mix of new buildings and refurbished existing long ‘Canterbury’ blocks from when the school was opened in the 1960s, Mrs Trotter said.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 31, 2019 23:26 UTC