Selwyn Times: March 07, 2018
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 17<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
to celebrate 150-year jubilee<br />
“Before then you would tell<br />
lots of people and they would say<br />
“where is Broadfield School?”<br />
Now you say it is where the<br />
scarecrows are and they go “oh I<br />
know”,” Miss McMillan said.<br />
Broadfield was opened in 1868<br />
and originally operated in the<br />
Broadfield Methodist Church<br />
before its first buildings were<br />
built in 1870.<br />
While the earliest roll of pupils<br />
ranged from 50-60, the attendance<br />
was a lot less and the ages<br />
ranged from 4 to 18-years-old.<br />
At this time schooling was not<br />
free so a charge of £1 per annum<br />
was made.<br />
It was reported school was not<br />
compulsory and not all children<br />
attended due to difficulties in<br />
paying.<br />
The grounds of the original<br />
school comprising of three acres<br />
was purchased by the late Samuel<br />
Early for £30.<br />
The official opening for the<br />
new school building was on<br />
Wednesday, July 6, 1870.<br />
The first teacher at the school<br />
was 19-year-old George Cotton,<br />
who served until 1872.<br />
It was reported Mr Cotton<br />
died about 1874 and about 250<br />
adults and 50 children attended<br />
his funeral.<br />
The longest serving teacher at<br />
the school is Linda Trolove, who<br />
taught at the school from 1987,<br />
until her retirement at the end of<br />
2017.<br />
While it now has a solid roll of<br />
140 pupils, it has had a history of<br />
fluctuating numbers.<br />
In 1973 the roll dropped to<br />
seven and there was talk of closing<br />
the school but the moving<br />
in of a family with two children<br />
saved the school and it began to<br />
increase.<br />
Over the years the school has<br />
had several extensions with the<br />
most recent upgrade in 2016.<br />
BIG PLANS: An artist impression of jubilee pavilion structure to<br />
be installed over the school’s netball court area.<br />
(Left) – Broadfields School new entrants celebrate the 150th<br />
jubilee, including (back) Cooper McDonald, Toby Trevathen,<br />
Nate Manson, Ravi Berg, Michael Aitken, (front) Haniteli<br />
Vakapuna, Matilda Hansen, Izzy Edwards-Stieller and<br />
Cole Johnston.<br />
The Ministry of Education<br />
approving building a two-classroom-equivalent<br />
space plus an<br />
administration area, principal’s<br />
office, staff room and sick<br />
bay.<br />
The school’s original tennis<br />
court area was removed but a<br />
new court area was laid between<br />
the field and playground.<br />
*A large amount of history<br />
sourced for the article was<br />
researched and complied by<br />
former teacher Cynthia Parker.<br />
•To see the full schedule<br />
of events for the jubilee<br />
celebrations, go to http://<br />
www.broadfield.school.nz/<br />
or https://www.facebook.<br />
com/BroadfieldJubilee/<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you<br />
have memories of Broadfield<br />
School? Email your views to<br />
georgia.oconnor@starmedia.<br />
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