Photo: Sharyn Smart
A steady increase in the school roll over the last five years has meant Vogeltown School‘s office block needed an update.
The office block is currently undergoing a $35,000 interior and exterior upgrade which was started in the school holidays.
Principal Mark Luff said the roll used to be around 230 and currently sits at 270.
“Just today we’ve had six enrolments,” he said.
The “hub” of the school was last revamped in 1998 and Mr Luff said it was now being brought in line with other school developments.
“We also have the centenary coming up in 2015 so we want to make sure the school is looking all tidy,” he said.
Work on the office interior is half done but work on the outside of the building was scheduled for a later date.
Pupils Megan Schwank, 9, Germaine Grewel,9, and Finn Heard,10, got a surprise as they came into the new office area yesterday.
“It looks awesome,” said Finn.
Mr Luff was looking forward to finally be able to display all the school’s trophies when a new trophy cabinet was built as part of the upgrade.
“At the moment only a small amount of trophies are able to be displayed,” he said.
In light of all the recent earthquake activity around New Zealand Mr Luff said the school was getting its buildings checked out.
“We are currently having earthquake reports done on all of our buildings as one of the buildings was originally built in 1919. We want to make sure it will be here to celebrate the centenary,” he said.
The Vogeltown School centenary will be held May 29-31 2015.
This article was published in the North Taranaki Midweek on Wednesday August 7, 2013