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Addington School is a primary school in the suburb of Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a year 1 to 6 school with a roll of approximately 230 children. The school runs a "Conductive Education Unit" for children with motor disorders. ==History== Addington School was established in 1881, as a side school to West Christchurch School. The main building consisted of three rooms, and there were 500 children on the roll, although only 430 attended regularly. There was a headmaster, five teachers and four pupil-teachers. A swimming pool was built around 1903 and used by the Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club as well as the pupils of the school. The Headmaster from 1893 to at least 1903 was Mr William Nixon Seay, who was born in Ireland in 1863. The First Assistant Master in 1903 was Mr Hans Kennedy. He enjoyed many different sports such as cycling, cricket and rowing. The Infant Mistress from 1893 to at least 1903 was Miss Mary Sisson Shirtcliffe. She had studied at West Christchurch School and then spent four years as a pupil-teacher at East Christchurch School. She then spent two years at the Normal Training College and was Infant Mistress at Ashburton before moving to Addington School. 60th anniversary celebrations were held in 1941, 75th anniversary celebrations were held in 1956, and centennial celebrations were held in 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Addington School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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