Over the next few years the school saw considerable growth and a corrugated iron prefab was added to the school in 1925 which by now had 107 pupils.
The school continued to grow between 1925 and 1952 with the addition of more classrooms, a dental clinic and a swimming pool. In 1954 land was purchased in Orkney Road for the new school site, by 1955 Mount Primary had a roll of 500 students.
It wasn’t until 1970 that the school began its big move away from what was a growing commercial area. Term 3 of 1970 saw all students learning in prefab classrooms while contractors readied that school buildings for their move. The pupils moved into the new classrooms in Orkney Road in April 1971.
With the opening of Omanu school in 1955 our school roll dropped to about 414 students. This is the same size as our school currently is now in 2013. The original school building can be seen still at the Tauranga Historic Village on 17th Ave. Whilst our school is very old, we are always implementing and trialling new ideas for enhancing the learning of our students. Our current school has many exciting and vibrant learning spaces, please feel free to come on down and have a look.
