Archive for January 9th, 2011
Fire devastation at Glendowie Primary
, 01 09th, 2011
Our wonderful junior block at Glendowie Primary has been damaged due to a horrific fire that started on Friday evening.
The devastation caused by the fire was immense, it was at the rear of the school, which is our junior area. We have lost our fantastic junior resource room, Rooms 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 26, The mini hall, the junior playground, the caretakers room, the art room, plus there was damage to the new freeman block as well as a bit of bubbled paint and cracked windows to the classes opposite.
What a huge blow, and is a very emotional time for our close knit community, but what I have seen so far, is a community that is strong and will work together to make amazing things happen, so this will not affect our community spirit. I know that we can all pitch in and do what we can to help.
Oscars will still be operating, as planned from the 10th January 2011, as the fire was at the rear of the school, and the hall is at the front of the school, so was unscathed by the fire damage.
nz herald links:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10698500
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10698643