Kaikorai School currently has major building projects being developed.
1. The full school rebuild - September 2020 - Ongoing
2. Memorial Steps and Back Gate improvements.- TBA
Full School Rebuild
The school rebuild was announced in May 2017 but has been in the planning for much longer than that. The initial brief of eight classrooms and admin has morphed into 12 new classrooms and a new administration block, a new library and staff room and offices.
Students will have access to a "learning street" running along the front of each block of four classrooms. This will be an area of collaboration between students within and across different classes and also with different teachers.
Large glass doors will enable supervision and more importantly learning support of children at all times by a number of teachers. A new hall, makerspace/studio is included in the project.
Additional hardcourt space will be built, the back field where the current hall is standing will be flattened and turned into play space. Playground equipment will be dotted around the school.
Kaikorai Primary School will be transformed into a space which enables collaborative learning, integrated curriculum delivery, a mix of teacher and student directed teaching and learning, project work while also fostering the all important relationships between student and teacher.
Read the latest ODT article here
Works continue with the unveiling of the administration block and library in April 2023.
Grounds work continues, with the Bell Cairn back in place and the development of the terraces well under way.
Click the links below for a virtual tour of the new school.
Memorial Archs
Please follow this link to learn more about our restoration project.