A reading session in the storage shed from teacher, Carol Eggleston, when it was known as Waimari Kindergarten, 1953
The above image is of a reading session at Waimairi Kindergarten in the early days and below are two excerpts from the Christchurch Kindergarten Chronicle that tells about Waimairi’s history.
“Waimairi has become much more civilised with a new fence enclosing the grounds, new swings, a shed and a jungle gym. Soon we shall look and feel like one of the well established kindergartens instead of a newcomer!”
As we celebrate our Association being 100 years young, read below about how Kendal Ave celebrated many years ago for the Centennial.
“Our slide was greatly in demand during the Centennial festivities – used on both the Kaiapoi and Christchurch Kindergarten floats to give the general public the right idea of what a slide should be!”
Running the entire length of Kidsfirst Kendal Ave’s kindergarten fence the mural is a big boost for the community who were looking to revamp and enhance their outdoor area (that needed a little bit of TLC as a result of four years closure after the Canterbury earthquakes).
So it was a momentous day it was to be able to officially reopen the original building – now as good as new after structural strengthening and extensive refurbishment.
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0800 KIDSFIRST (0800 454 373)
Kidsfirst Kindergartens, PO Box 8089, Christchurch 8440
