Library gets thumbs up from students

Above, pupils get comfortable in the new Whangaparaoa Primary School Library. Left, children were impatient to get into the new library for the first time. Photos, Pauline Stockhausen

Whangaparaoa School officially opened its new library on August 30 with an official blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony.The old library was originally a classroom and needed replacement due to increased roll growth and structural issues with the building.

The new purpose-built library, which has been built on the original site, is a modern, open planned construction with lots of light and more space for both pupils and books. It also houses teaching resources and has been designed and built to cater for future library requirements.

A focal point is the wall of windows framing a very large pohutukawa tree; the colours used in the library reflect a forest theme.

Teachers say that the library now caters well for the school’s 750 pupils and is proving to be a very popular place for both the pupils and the student librarians.