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Parent-Teacher Association of Killinchy School
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TitleParent-Teacher Association of Killinchy School 
DescriptionThe Killinchy Parent-Teacher Association KPTA) was formed at a meeting on 6th June 1944.
Within that year the group had started making money with card evenings, formed a study circle to educate themselves about children, arranged fancy dress and dancing lessons and a dance and taken over raising funds, including a raffle, for the school picnic and annual breakup.
Fancy dress school dances carried on for many years.
The 1944 and 1945 school picnics were held at Sumner and in 1946 it was up to the parents to choose between Ashburton Domain, Coe’s Ford or New Brighton.
It was also decided in 1946 to take the children to the Christchurch Industries Fair in August.
There was a good attendance at the July 1947 AGM at which it was decided to try and make the monthly meetings more attractive.
At the August meeting a film projector was demonstrated and purchased soon after with money from the KPTA.
As mentioned in a previous Echo article, by March 1949, fundraising for the school pool was the main concern and it was decided to hold a bazaar and take up a collection from residents.
All were occupied organising stalls, inviting guests, writing letters of thanks for donations and organising the collection of equipment.
By June 1951 it was decided to end the card evenings.
In September 1953 it was reported to a KPTA meeting that the school children had planted an English beech tree to commemorate the crowing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Later they went to Dunsandel to see the Queen as she passed through on her way south.
Picnics continued until the school closed and a wide range of places were visited including Christchurch Gardens, Ashburton Domain, Timaru (with Leeston School to hold a sand castle building competition), Karaki Beach, Quail Island, Corsair Bay and Pines Beach.
The pupils of Killinchy School also visited the glass factory in Hornby and carpet factory at Riccarton, the telephone exchange, Lane Walker Rudkin’s factory, Industries Fair, Apex Ice cream factory, antiquarian and winter show, Ernest Adams, Edmonds baking powder factory, Radley’s Woollen Mill among other places of interest, over the years.
In 1957, a little closer to home, a visit to the Council Chambers at Leeston, the Leeston Exchange and Ellesmere Guardian Office.
Several successful functions were held in the 1956-7 year.
Two film evenings, three dances and a fancy dress ball which netted a profit of over £32.
By 1958 the school roll stood at 10 children and at the KPTA AGM, time was spent discussing ways to increase the school roll.
The final AGM was held in July 1959 and arrangements were made, in case the school closed at the end of the year, to transfer monies to the fund to maintain the swimming pool.
Boon, McLenaghen, Rathgen, Chappell, Riches, Millar, Dawson, Blair, Hardy, Manson, Boon, Isles, Hill, Carradous, Lemon, Pycroft, White, Thompson, McIlraith, Moorland were the surnames mentioned in the early KPTA minutes and all those doing anything, were female.
Mike Noonan & Sandra Opie
Ellesmere Historical Society
Date14 October 2021SourceThe Ellesmere EchoLocationKillinchy
DescriptionThe Killinchy Parent-Teacher Association KPTA) was formed at a meeting on 6th June 1944. Within that year the group had started making money with card evenings, formed a study circle to educate themselves about children, arranged fancy dress and dancing lessons and a dance and taken over raising funds, including a raffle, for the school picnic and annual breakup.
Fancy dress school dances carried on for many years.
The 1944 and 1945 school picnics were held at Sumner and in 1946 it was up to the parents to choose between Ashburton Domain, Coe’s Ford or New Brighton.
It was also decided in 1946 to take the children to the Christchurch Industries Fair in August.
There was a good attendance at the July 1947 AGM at which it was decided to try and make the monthly meetings more attractive.
At the August meeting a film projector was demonstrated and purchased soon after with money from the KPTA.
As mentioned in a previous Echo article, by March 1949, fundraising for the school pool was the main concern and it was decided to hold a bazaar and take up a collection from residents.
All were occupied organising stalls, inviting guests, writing letters of thanks for donations and organising the collection of equipment.
By June 1951 it was decided to end the card evenings.
In September 1953 it was reported to a KPTA meeting that the school children had planted an English beech tree to commemorate the crowing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Later they went to Dunsandel to see the Queen as she passed through on her way south.
Picnics continued until the school closed and a wide range of places were visited including Christchurch Gardens, Ashburton Domain, Timaru (with Leeston School to hold a sand castle building competition), Karaki Beach, Quail Island, Corsair Bay and Pines Beach.
The pupils of Killinchy School also visited the glass factory in Hornby and carpet factory at Riccarton, the telephone exchange, Lane Walker Rudkin’s factory, Industries Fair, Apex Ice cream factory, antiquarian and winter show, Ernest Adams, Edmonds baking powder factory, Radley’s Woollen Mill among other places of interest, over the years.
In 1957, a little closer to home, a visit to the Council Chambers at Leeston, the Leeston Exchange and Ellesmere Guardian Office.
Several successful functions were held in the 1956-7 year.
Two film evenings, three dances and a fancy dress ball which netted a profit of over £32.
By 1958 the school roll stood at 10 children and at the KPTA AGM, time was spent discussing ways to increase the school roll.
The final AGM was held in July 1959 and arrangements were made, in case the school closed at the end of the year, to transfer monies to the fund to maintain the swimming pool.
Boon, McLenaghen, Rathgen, Chappell, Riches, Millar, Dawson, Blair, Hardy, Manson, Boon, Isles, Hill, Carradous, Lemon, Pycroft, White, Thompson, McIlraith, Moorland were the surnames mentioned in the early KPTA minutes and all those doing anything, were female.
Mike Noonan & Sandra Opie
Ellesmere Historical Society
Date14 October 2021SourceThe Ellesmere EchoLocationKillinchyClick on the image to add
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