Timeline.... 1884 - Richmond Road Primary School first opened with Emma Fletcher as principal. She had the added distinction of being the first female principal in the Auckland Education Board area. 1903 - Manual training centre was opened at the school. This area is now used by the Samoan/English Ropu. 1934 - Honourable Michael Savage and the then Minister of education, Peter Fraser, opened the main part of the current school. 1960's - The school gains international recognition for its innovative work in literacy education. The teaching methods that were developed have since become standard practice in New Zealand schools. 1970’s - The school began initiatives in bilingual units on Maori, Samoan and Cook Island Maori along with contributing preschools on site. These are Ritimana Kohanga Reo, A’oga Fa’a Samoa and Te Apii Reo Kuki Airani. 1976 - End of Form 1 and 2 as Ponsonby Intermediate is opened. 1984 - 100 years since school opened ! 1996 - A French bilingual unit is established 1999 - Richmond Road School Banners 2000 - French as a Foreign Language introduced. 2009 - 125th Jubilee (School Production - The History of Richmond Road School, Thursday 24th September; Celebrations at school on Friday 25th September) | ANZAC Ceremony - 23rd April 2010 Lance Corporal George Charles Thompson Good morning, my name is Benjamin McIntosh. Today, I would like to tell you more about Lance Corporal George Charles Thompson. Mr. Thompson used to live just across the road from the school, at 4 Cockburn Street, and was a carpenter. On the 19 January 1917, in Wellington, Mr. Thompson boarded the vessel called Ulimaroa. He was 30 years old. He was part of the Auckland Infantry Regiment. Upon arrival in Plymouth, England, he was sent to France to fight the Germans. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme in France on March, 27 1918. His name appears on the Grevillers Memorial of the British Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais, France. Unfortunately I was not able to find any of Mr. Thompson’s relatives living in the Grey Lynn area. Lance Corporal Robert John Dowsing My name is Leilani and I have been researching Robert John Dowsing, because he used to be a student at Richmond Road School. Before he left for the war, he was an ironmonger. He left Wellington on the 15th of November 1916, for England. He died in Belgium only 6 months later and he was killed in action. Robert was part of a unit called Auckland Infantry Regiment. He started in the army as a Private and he was a Lance Corporal when he died. Lest we forget. |
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Richmond Road School 1884 to 1984
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